The Alfred Russel Wallace Reader
Subtitle: A Selection of Writings from the Field (Center Books in Natural History)
Contributors: David Quammen (Foreword); Jane R. Camerini (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 13, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780801867897
Subjects: Evolution; History of science; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Popular science; c 1800 to c 1900; Natural selection; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Science; Nature/Ecology; England; Life Sciences - Evolution; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Biogeography; Life Sciences - Biology - General; 1823-1913; Wallace, Alfred Russel,
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