2019
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13500
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Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859): Connecting geodiversity, biodiversity and society

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“…As such, investigating historical differences in island occupancy would be an interesting avenue of future research. Finally, along with population size several other estimates of human inhabitation can be measured, such as dwellings, docks and farms [79,80], which can potentially yield interesting information on how humans occupy and use islands.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As such, investigating historical differences in island occupancy would be an interesting avenue of future research. Finally, along with population size several other estimates of human inhabitation can be measured, such as dwellings, docks and farms [79,80], which can potentially yield interesting information on how humans occupy and use islands.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Even today, there are still people who, directly or indirectly influenced by the distorted English "translation" of Humboldt's criticism of slavery in his Political Essay on the Island of Cuba, have stubbornly portrayed him as a defender of slavery in their writings. Therefore, it is necessary to clear his name as "a champion of the oppressed" [13] at the beginning part of this paper first to rectify the unfair misunderstanding of his attitude against slavery.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Torrid zone theory (Blumenbach, 1775(Blumenbach, /1795Smith, 1787Smith, /1810 did not do a good job regarding biogeographical research on the African continent. The third and last key figure after Pallas and perhaps the most influential figure ever to have affected Gloger theory was German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769Humboldt ( -1859, who invented some of the first tools for measuring temperatures and latitudes (Norder, 2019;Pausas & Bond, 2018;Rupke, 2021;Wulf, 2016), and whose thoughts are abundantly cited by Gloger (Gloger, 1833, pp. 13-15, pp.…”
Section: Qu'on Admette Même L'influence D'un Climat éTranger à L'anim...mentioning
confidence: 99%