Tropical nature, and other essays.
By: By Alfred R. Wallace ...
Publisher: Macmillan and co.
Published: 1878
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Natural history.; Natural selection.; Botany -- 19th Century.; Evolution -- 19th Century.; Zoology -- 19th Century.; Tropics.
Table of contents: title: I. The climate and physical aspects of the equatorial zone.; title: II. Equatorial vegetation.; title: III. Animal life in the tropical forests.; title: IV. Humming-birds: as illustrating the luxuriance of tropical nature.; title: V. The colours of animals and sexual selection.; title: VI. The colours of plants and the origin of the colour-sense.; title: VII. By-paths in the domain of biology.; title: VIII. The distribution of animals as indicating geographical changes.