Island Life
Island life, or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates
This is the first edition of Alfred Russel Wallace’s (1823-1913) work on biodiversity, a subject of study that wasn’t as popular 130 years ago. Wallace is referred to as the “father of biogeography” due to his extensive fieldwork around the world documenting species' distribution based on their locations. He is also considered Charles Darwin’s biggest influencer and proponent when Darwin was writing On the Origins of a Species, based on Wallace's theories of natural selection. Wallace proposed that evolution was influenced by natural selection and that coloration of animals evolved as a warning device.
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