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Island Life

by Alfred Russel Wallace

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  1. 1Dedication — Corrections in Present Issue
  2. 2Preface to the Second Edition
  3. 3Preface to the First Edition
  4. 4Chapter I — Introductory
  5. 5Chapter II — The Elementary Facts of Distribution
  6. 6Chapter III — Classification of the Facts of Distribution — Zoologi…
  7. 7Chapter IV — Evolution as the Key to Distribution
  8. 8Chapter V — The Powers of Dispersal of Animals and Plants
  9. 9Chapter VI — Geographical and Geological Changes: The Permanence of…
  10. 10Chapter VII — Changes of Climate Which Have Influenced the Dispersa…
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The Causes of Glacial Epochs
  12. 12Chapter IX — Ancient Glacial Epochs, and Mild Climates in the Arcti…
  13. 13Chapter X — The Earth’s Age, and the Rate of Development of Animals…
  14. 14Part II — Insular Faunas and Floras · Chapter XI — The Classificati…
  15. 15Chapter XIII — The Galapagos Islands
  16. 16Chapter XIV — St. Helena
  17. 17Chapter XV — The Sandwich Islands
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Continental Islands of Recent Origin: Great Britain
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Borneo and Java
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Japan and Formosa
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Ancient Continental Islands: The Madagascar Group
  22. 22Chapter XX — Anomalous Islands: Celebes
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Anomalous Islands: New Zealand
  24. 24Chapter XXII — The Flora of New Zealand: Its Affinities and Probabl…
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — On the Arctic Element in South Temperate Floras
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Summary and Conclusion
  27. 27Part I — The Dispersal of Organisms — Its Phenomena, Laws, and Causes
  28. 28Chapter II — The Elementary Facts of Distribution
  29. 29Chapter III — Classification of the Facts of Distribution — Zoologi…
  30. 30Chapter IV — Evolution the Key to Distribution
  31. 31Chapter V — The Powers of Dispersal of Animals and Plants
  32. 32Chapter VI — Geographical and Geological Changes: The Permanence of…
  33. 33Chapter VII — Changes of Climate Which Have Influenced the Dispersa…
  34. 34Chapter VIII — The Causes of Glacial Epochs
  35. 35Chapter IX — Ancient Glacial Epochs, and Mild Climates in the Arcti…
  36. 36Chapter X — The Earth’s Age, and the Rate of Development of Animals…
  37. 37Part II — Insular Faunas and Floras
  38. 38Chapter XII — Oceanic Islands — The Azores and Bermuda
  39. 39Chapter XIII — The Galapagos Islands
  40. 40Chapter XIV — St. Helena
  41. 41Chapter XV — The Sandwich Islands
  42. 42Chapter XVI — Continental Islands of Recent Origin: Great Britain
  43. 43Chapter XVII — Borneo and Java
  44. 44Chapter XVIII — Japan and Formosa
  45. 45Chapter XIX — Ancient Continental Islands: The Madagascar Group
  46. 46Chapter XX — Anomalous Islands: Celebes
  47. 47Chapter XXI — Anomalous Islands: New Zealand
  48. 48Chapter XXII — The Flora of New Zealand: Its Affinities and Probabl…
  49. 49Chapter XXIII — On the Arctic Element in South Temperate Floras
  50. 50Chapter XXIV — Summary and Conclusion

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