A biogeographer's construction of tropical lands: A.R. Wallace, biogeographical method and the Malay Archipelago

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-75

  Taylor, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0034058432     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9493.00064     Document Type: Article

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