Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD v
3. INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY xi
4. PREFACE lxxvii
5. CONTENTS lxxix
6. MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS lxxxvi
7. PART I. THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISMS; ITS PHENOMENA, LAWS, AND CAUSES
8. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY 3
9. CHAPTER II. THE ELEMENTARY FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION 12
10. CHAPTER III. CLASSIFICATION OF THE FACTS OF DISTRIBUTION.-ZOOLOGICAL REGIONS 31
11. CHAPTER IV. EVOLUTION THE KEY TO DISTRIBUTION 54
12. CHAPTER V. THE POWERS OF DISPERSAL OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS 70
13. CHAPTER VI. GEOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL CHANGES: THE PERMANENCE OF CONTINENTS 81
14. CHAPTER VII. CHANGES OF CLIMATE WHICH HAVE INFLUENCED THE DISPERSAL OF ORGANISM~: THE GLACIAL EPOCH 103
15. CHAPTER VIII. THE CAUSES OF GLACIAL EPOCHS 121
16. CHAPTER IX. ANCIENT GLACIAL EPOCHS, AND MILD CLIMATES IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS 163
17. CHAPTER X.. THE EARTH'S AGE, AND THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS 203
18. PART II. INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS
19. CHAPTER XI. THE CLASSIFICATION OF ISLANDS 233
20. CHAPTER XII. OCEANIC ISLANDS :-THE AZORES AND BERMUDA 238
21. CHAPTER XIII. THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS 265
22. CHAPTER XIV. ST. HELENA 281
23. CHAPTER XV. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS 298
24. CHAPTER XVI. CONTINENTAL ISLANDS OF RECENT ORIGIN: GREAT BRITAIN 312
25. CHAPTER XVII. BORNEO AND JAVA 348
26. CHAPTER XVIII. JAPAN AND FORMOSA 363
27. CHAPTER XIX. ANCIENT CONTINENTAL ISLANDS: THE MADAGASCAR GROUP 383
28. CHAPTER XX. ANOMALOUS ISLANDS: CELEBES 421
29. CHAPTER XXI. ANOMALOUS ISLANDS: NEW ZEALAND 442
30. CHAPTER XXII. THE FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND: ITS AFFINITIES AND PROBABLE ORIGIN 457
31. CHAPTER XXIII. ON THE ARCTIC ELEMENT IN SOUTH TEMPERATE FLORAS 477
32. CHAPTER XXIV. SVMMARY AND CONCLUSION 499
33. INDEX 513