The Contemporary Review (Volume 37) ebook
The Contemporary Review (Volume 37) ebook
The Contemporary Review (Volume 37) by Books Group
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Author: Books Group
Number of Pages: 546 pages
Published Date: 02 Jan 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d39ttiideeq0ys.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/2349/9781234957216.jpg
ISBN: 9781234955519
Download Link: The Contemporary Review (Volume 37)
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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1880. Excerpt: ... THE GEOGRAPHY OF LIVING CREATURES. THAT different parts of the earth's surface are inhabited by different animals and plants {i.e., have a different fauna and flora) is a fact generally known, as also that large beasts, brilliant birds, with many reptiles and multitudes of insects, are most abundant beneath the burning and blinding sua of the tropics. Familiar also is the circumstance that the wild flowers (and therefore the insects which live on them) of adjacent districts may differ much, as a summer walk from the Weald to the Southdowns or across any region where calcareous rocks alternate with clays and sandy soils, will suffice to show. Hardly less well known is it that in ascending any lofty mountain, the vegetation which clothes its base is never found to be continued to its summit, but instead to be replaced by fresh kinds of plants till, if the mountain be very high, no bring creatures, animal or vegetable, are any longer to be found. Very different is the extent of range of different species, even of birds, which, by their powers of flight, might readily extend their geographical limits. Thus, the flame-bearer humming-bird is confined to the crater of the extinct volcano Chiriqui, while the crow ranges over almost the whole world, except South America. Different animals and plants, in fact, are obviously influenced as to their extent of range by the requirements of their several constitutions; this is plainly indicated by that limitation of certain wild flowers to certain soils just referred to. It is also shown by the need to some plants of the arid climate of a sandy desert, and to others of the moisture afforded by bogs or marshes. Heat, light, moisture, and other such influences, play evidently an important part in placing restrictions upon organic distribution, and a ...
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The Contemporary Review (Volume 37) by Books Group
Author: Books Group
Number of Pages: 546 pages
Published Date: 02 Jan 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: Englishhttps://d39ttiideeq0ys.cloudfront.net/assets/images/book/large/9781/2349/9781234957216.jpg
ISBN: 9781234955519
Download Link: The Contemporary Review (Volume 37)
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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1880. Excerpt: ... THE GEOGRAPHY OF LIVING CREATURES. THAT different parts of the earth's surface are inhabited by different animals and plants {i.e., have a different fauna and flora) is a fact generally known, as also that large beasts, brilliant birds, with many reptiles and multitudes of insects, are most abundant beneath the burning and blinding sua of the tropics. Familiar also is the circumstance that the wild flowers (and therefore the insects which live on them) of adjacent districts may differ much, as a summer walk from the Weald to the Southdowns or across any region where calcareous rocks alternate with clays and sandy soils, will suffice to show. Hardly less well known is it that in ascending any lofty mountain, the vegetation which clothes its base is never found to be continued to its summit, but instead to be replaced by fresh kinds of plants till, if the mountain be very high, no bring creatures, animal or vegetable, are any longer to be found. Very different is the extent of range of different species, even of birds, which, by their powers of flight, might readily extend their geographical limits. Thus, the flame-bearer humming-bird is confined to the crater of the extinct volcano Chiriqui, while the crow ranges over almost the whole world, except South America. Different animals and plants, in fact, are obviously influenced as to their extent of range by the requirements of their several constitutions; this is plainly indicated by that limitation of certain wild flowers to certain soils just referred to. It is also shown by the need to some plants of the arid climate of a sandy desert, and to others of the moisture afforded by bogs or marshes. Heat, light, moisture, and other such influences, play evidently an important part in placing restrictions upon organic distribution, and a ...
Read online The Contemporary Review (Volume 37) Buy The Contemporary Review (Volume 37) Download and read The Contemporary Review (Volume 37) ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook The Contemporary Review (Volume 37) ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent