Disciplines
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Zoology
Recommended Citation
Wallace, Alfred Russel, "On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago (1859)" (2009). Alfred Russel Wallace Classic Writings. Paper 4.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlps_fac_arw/4
Comments
In this paper, presented (though not by Wallace himself, still in the East at that point) at the Linnean Society on 3 November 1859 (and published in their Zoological Proceedings series the next year), Wallace describes in detail for the first time the faunal discontinuity that would later bear his name: “Wallace’s Line.” The paper also offers interesting observations on island biogeography in general. Original pagination indicated within double brackets. See more information on Wallace at The Alfred Russel Wallace Page, at: http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/index1.htm
Copyright 2009 by Charles H. Smith. All rights reserved. This transcription, in whole or in part, may not be reposted or otherwise reproduced for publication without the written consent of Charles H. Smith, Western Kentucky University.