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Natural selection and Tropical nature : essays on descriptive and theoretical biology / by Alfred Russel Wallace. - New ed., with corrections and additions. - London : Macmillan and Co., 1891. - XII, 492 p.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
NATURAL SELECTION
I ON THE LAW WHICH HAS REGULATED THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SPECIES
II ON THE TENDENCY OF VARIETIES TO DEPART INDEFINITELY FROM THE ORIGINAL TYPE
III MIMICRY, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES AMONG ANIMALS
IV ON INSTINCT IN MAN AND ANIMALS
V THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIRDS’ NESTS
VI A THEORY OF BIRDS’ NESTS, SHOWING THE RELATION OF CERTAIN DIFFERENCES OF COLOUR IN FEMALE BIRDS TO THEIR MODE OF NIDIFICATION
VII CREATION BY LAW
VIII THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RACES UNDER THE LAW OF NATURAL SELECTION
IX THE LIMITS OF NATURAL SELECTION AS APPLIED TO MAN
TROPICAL NATURE AND OTHER ESSAYS
I THE CLIMATE AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE EQUATORIAL ZONE
II EQUATORIAL VEGETATION
III ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS
IV HUMMING-BIRDS
V THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS AND SEXUAL SELECTION
VI THE COLOURS OF PLANTS AND THE ORIGIN OF THE COLOUR-SENSE
VII THE ANTIQUITY AND ORIGIN OF MAN
VIII THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN IN NORТH AMERICA
X THE DEBT OF SCIENCE TO DARWIN
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