Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of Its ApplicationsMacmillan and Company, 1889 - 494 páginas |
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... the theory of progressive development , " and he explains the fact that there are so often distinct species in countries of similar climate and vegetation by " special creations " in each country ; and these 4 CHAP . DARWINISM.
... the theory of progressive development , " and he explains the fact that there are so often distinct species in countries of similar climate and vegetation by " special creations " in each country ; and these 4 CHAP . DARWINISM.
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... vegetation . On the other hand , of the many hundreds of hardy plants which produce seed freely in our gardens , very few ever run wild , and hardly any have become common . Even attempts to naturalise suitable plants usually fail ; for ...
... vegetation . On the other hand , of the many hundreds of hardy plants which produce seed freely in our gardens , very few ever run wild , and hardly any have become common . Even attempts to naturalise suitable plants usually fail ; for ...
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... vegetation than the goat , and Mr. Marsh believes that forests would soon cover considerable tracts of the Arabian and African deserts if the goat and the camel were removed from them.1 Even in many parts of our own country the ...
... vegetation than the goat , and Mr. Marsh believes that forests would soon cover considerable tracts of the Arabian and African deserts if the goat and the camel were removed from them.1 Even in many parts of our own country the ...
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... vegetation of a given district can only support a certain number of animals , and the different kinds of plant - eaters will compete together for it . They will also have insects for their competitors , and these insects will be kept ...
... vegetation of a given district can only support a certain number of animals , and the different kinds of plant - eaters will compete together for it . They will also have insects for their competitors , and these insects will be kept ...
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... vegetation : this again would largely affect the insects , and this , as we have just seen in Staffordshire , the insectivorous birds , and so onward in ever- increasing circles of complexity . Not that under nature the relations will ...
... vegetation : this again would largely affect the insects , and this , as we have just seen in Staffordshire , the insectivorous birds , and so onward in ever- increasing circles of complexity . Not that under nature the relations will ...
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