| 单词 |
Wallacea |
| 释义 |
Wallacea, n. Zoogeogr.|wɒˈleɪsɪə|
[f. Wallace n. + -a.]
A zoogeographical area constituting a transition zone between the Oriental and Australasian regions.
1928R. E. Dickerson Distrib. Life in Philippines (Philippine Islands Bureau Sci. Monogr. No. 21) 101 Between the two last-described shelves lies Wallacea (new geographic name). Ibid. 297 Wallacea is outlined sharply by Wallace's Line (as modified) on the west and Weber's Line upon the east. 1944Q. Rev. Biol. XIX. 9/2 It seems..that the percentage of Australo-Papuan species in the Philippines (which are included in Wallacea by Dickerson and Merrill) is smaller than the percentage of Oriental species in New Guinea or Australia. 1957P. J. Darlington Zoogeogr. viii. 517 The archipelago of Wallacea..lies between the continental shelves of Asia and Australia and receives the fringes of the faunas of both continents. 1976Emu LXXVI. 79/1 The two swifts that winter commonly in Australia probably cross Wallacea rapidly. 1978Nature 18 May 186/1, 5,000 years ago..a new culture with the dingo and more diverse stone tools reached Australia, presumably from Wallacea. |
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