Island Life : Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Clim (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. The Dispersal of Organisms: 1. Introductory; 2. The elementary facts of distribution; 3. Classification of the facts of distribution; 4. Evolution as the key to distribution; 5. The powers of dispersal of animals and plants; 6. Geographical and geological changes; 7. Changes of climate which have influenced the dispersal of organisms; 8. The causes of glacial epochs; 9. Ancient glacial epochs, and mild climates in the Arctic regions; 10. The earth's age, and the rate of development of animals and plants; Part II. Insular Faunas and Floras: 11. The classification of islands; 12. Oceanic islands; 13. The Galapagos Islands; 14. St Helena; 15. The Sandwich Islands; 16. Continental islands of recent origin; 17. Borneo and Java; 18. Japan and Formosa; 19. Ancient continental islands; 20. Anomalous islands: Celebes; 21. Anomalous islands: New Zealand; 22. The flora of New Zealand; 23. On the Arctic element in south temperate floras; 24. Summary and conclusion; Index.