The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface (Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology) - Softcover

Wallace, Alfred Russel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108037852 ISBN 13: 9781108037853

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was a British biologist and explorer whose theories of evolution, arrived at independently, caused Darwin to allow their famous joint paper to go forward to the Linnean Society in 1858. Considered the nineteenth century's leading expert on the geographical distribution of animals, Wallace carried out extensive fieldwork in areas as diverse as North and South America, Africa, China, India and Australia to document the habitats, breeding, migration and feeding behaviour of thousands of species around the world, and the influence of environmental conditions on their survival. First published in 1876, this two-volume set presents Wallace's findings, and represents a landmark in the study of zoology, evolutionary biology and palaeontology which remains relevant to scholars in these fields today. Volume 2 explores the distribution of primates, the habitats and characteristics of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects, and patterns of migration.

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Book Description:

First published in 1876, this comprehensive two-volume set presents Alfred Russel Wallace's findings on the distribution of thousands of animal and bird species. Volume 2 explores mammals, birds, and fish, looking at a diverse range of zoological regions worldwide, contributing to a landmark study in zoology and evolutionary biology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108037852
• ISBN 13: 9781108037853
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640