Excerpt from The Geographical Distribution of Animals and Plants, Vol. 15
IN taking up the subject of the Geographical Distribution of species, it will at once be perceived, that human interference must be taken into consideration; the face of nature having been greatly changed by the removal of the forest, the cultivation of the soil, and the intro duction and dissemination of foreign animals and plants.
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