Island Life
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Island Life is a seminal 1880 biogeography book by Alfred Russel Wallace that analyzes the distribution of species on islands and its implications for evolution and natural selection.
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biogeography book
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book → non-fiction book → scientific book → |
| author |
Alfred Russel Wallace
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Darwinism
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The Malay Archipelago → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| described |
effects of isolation on speciation
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impact of climate change on species ranges → role of geological history in biogeography → |
| field |
biology
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ecology → evolutionary biology → phytogeography → zoogeography → |
| genre |
scientific literature
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| hasAudience |
educated general readers
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naturalists → scientists → |
| hasPart |
analysis of glaciation effects
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analysis of past climate changes → case studies of continental islands → case studies of oceanic islands → discussion of insular faunas → discussion of insular floras → |
| hasPerspective |
Darwinian evolution
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naturalistic explanation of biodiversity → |
| influenced |
development of island biogeography
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early conservation biology → historical biogeography → |
| influencedBy |
On the Origin of Species
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theory of natural selection → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
biogeography
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evolution → island biogeography → natural selection → species distribution → |
| notableFor |
analysis of island species distribution
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support for evolution by natural selection → use of islands as natural laboratories → |
| publicationCentury |
19th century
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| publicationYear |
1880
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| scholarlyWork |
yes
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| subtitle |
Or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras
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| title |
Island Life
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Alfred Russel Wallace
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Island Life
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