| 1902 - 642 pages
...principle. In his account of the gigantic wingless bird of New Zealand Owen in 1850 wrote as follows : — ' In proportion to its bulk is the difficulty of the contest which, as a living organised whole, the individual of such species has to maintain against the surrounding agencies that... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1859 - 750 pages
...conditions of a country affecting the due supply in sustenance to animals in a state of nature, I have also pointed out the characters in the animals themselves...antiquity have remained. In proportion to its bulk ¡a the dificulty of the contest which, as a living organized whole, the individual of such species... | |
| 1859 - 552 pages
...conditions of a couutry affecting the due supply of sustenance to animals in a state of nature. I have also pointed out the characters in the animals themselves...extinct, whilst smaller species of equal antiquity have remaiued. In proportion to its bulk is the difficulty of the contest which, as a living organized whole,... | |
| 1859 - 532 pages
...pointed out the characters in the animals themselves caleulated to render them most obnoxious to sneh extirpating influences ; and on one occasion I have...smaller species of equal antiquity have remained. ID proportion to its bulk is the difficulty of the contest which, as a living organized whole, the... | |
| 1859 - 478 pages
...conditions of a country affecting tho due supply of sustenance to animals in a state of nature. I have ulso pointed out the characters in the animals themselves calculated to render them most obuoxious to such extirpating influences : and on one oecasion I have applied the remarks to tho explanation... | |
| Richard Owen - 1859 - 120 pages
...of particular groups have become extinct, whilst smaller species of equal antiquity have survived. In proportion to its bulk is the difficulty of the contest which the animal has to maintain against the surrounding agencies that are ever tending to dissolve the vital... | |
| Richard Owen - 1859 - 118 pages
...of particular groups have become extinct, whilst smaller species of equal antiquity have survived. In proportion to its bulk is the difficulty of the contest which the animal has to maintain against the surrounding agencies that are ever tending to dissolve the vital... | |
| 1859 - 554 pages
....species of particular groups have become extinct, while smaller species of equal antiquity have survived. In proportion to its bulk is the difficulty of the contest which the animal has to maintain against the surrounding agencies that are ever tending to dissolve the vital... | |
| Richard Owen - 1861 - 552 pages
...of particular groups have become extinct, whilst smaller species of equal antiquity have survived. In proportion to its bulk is the difficulty of the contest which, as a living organism, the individual of such species has to maintain against the surrounding agencies that are... | |
| Richard Owen - 1866 - 734 pages
...the animals themselves calculated to render them most obnoxious to such extirpating influences ; and have applied the remarks to the explanation of so...is the difficulty of the contest which, as a living organised whole, the individual of such species has to maintain against the surrounding agencies that... | |
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