. Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage . Fig. 117.—Deposition of eggs by Cochlostyla leucophthalma. After P. and F. Sarasin. place at night, while the neighboring grasslands supply food. In the continuous primeval forests of the North Temperate Zone, such ani- mals as the deer and the wolf are practically limited to a belt 5-8 km. wide near the forest In Java, deer, wild boar, and leopard lie concealed in thickets during the day and feed in the open at The forests that border the African grasslands af
. Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage . Fig. 117.—Deposition of eggs by Cochlostyla leucophthalma. After P. and F. Sarasin. place at night, while the neighboring grasslands supply food. In the continuous primeval forests of the North Temperate Zone, such ani- mals as the deer and the wolf are practically limited to a belt 5-8 km. wide near the forest In Java, deer, wild boar, and leopard lie concealed in thickets during the day and feed in the open at The forests that border the African grasslands afford food and shelter during the dry season for antelope, buffalo, rhinoceros, and elephants. The flying foxes (Pterojms) sleep among the forest trees and fly out in search of food. This is a common habit among birds which can range far from their sleeping places in search of food. Isolated forest islands in the Asiatic steppe are crowded with the nests of eagles, falcons, rooks, and other birds which feed on the The forest is a refuge for man as it is for the other animals. The camps of the American Indians were pitched along the forest mar- gins. The more primitive peoples still seek shelter within the forests from —witness the pygmies in Africa and Malay- , 24 The forest is not only a center of refuge from more powerful
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