The Dispersal of Shells: An Inquiry Into the Means of Dispersal Possessed by Fresh-water and Land MolluscaK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1893 - 291 pagini |
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... tions of vast and repeated changes in the distribution of sea and land were at once inadmissible and un- necessary . By his original and masterly investigation into the phenomena presented by oceanic islands he showed that.
... tions of vast and repeated changes in the distribution of sea and land were at once inadmissible and un- necessary . By his original and masterly investigation into the phenomena presented by oceanic islands he showed that.
Pagina vi
... islands he showed that these islands had never been connected with the continents , as had been almost invariably assumed by previous writers , and , consequently , that their entire fauna and flora must have originated from such ...
... islands he showed that these islands had never been connected with the continents , as had been almost invariably assumed by previous writers , and , consequently , that their entire fauna and flora must have originated from such ...
Pagina vii
... beetle's leg , or the conveyance of seeds in the mud adhering to a bird's foot , that many remote islands have become stocked with life , and the range of species extended or modified over the earth ; while through changes PREFACE . vii.
... beetle's leg , or the conveyance of seeds in the mud adhering to a bird's foot , that many remote islands have become stocked with life , and the range of species extended or modified over the earth ; while through changes PREFACE . vii.
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... Island Life , ” 1880 , p . 144 ; ed . 2 , 1892 , pp . 149-50 ; Darwin , " Origin , " p . 288. For a summary of the evidence on this head , see " Island Life , " pp . 101-2 ; ed . 2 , pp . 103-5 . B ance to the investigation and study of ...
... Island Life , ” 1880 , p . 144 ; ed . 2 , 1892 , pp . 149-50 ; Darwin , " Origin , " p . 288. For a summary of the evidence on this head , see " Island Life , " pp . 101-2 ; ed . 2 , pp . 103-5 . B ance to the investigation and study of ...
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... islands and continents . Some of the univalves live much out of water , but , even with these , powers of voluntary migration over land must be very limited . I find , however , in Mr. Musson's manu- script , a statement that a pond ...
... islands and continents . Some of the univalves live much out of water , but , even with these , powers of voluntary migration over land must be very limited . I find , however , in Mr. Musson's manu- script , a statement that a pond ...
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