The Life of Isle Royale (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Life of Isle RoyaleThis book is a natural history of Isle Royale for the layman. It emphasizes the ecology of the island - that is, the relationships among its plants, animals, and physical environment - rather than the characteristics of individual species. The human history has been viewed. Largely from the standpoint of its impact on the land. The book has been written in a way that we hope will benefit armchair travelers as well as those fortunate persons who actually visit the island.Scientists have been studying Isle Royale since the mid-1800's, and I have read and learned much from their reports. Current students of the island have been particularly helpful. I would like to thank Dr. Robert J anke and Rolf Peterson, both of Michigan Technological University, for valuable informa tion in the field and for reviewing the text, Dr. Durward Allen, Purdue Uni versity, for reviewing, Dr. D. B. Botkin and his research assistants, Yale University, for information in the field, Dr. Peter A. Jordan, co-leader of the Yale group, for a very helpful criticism of the manuscript, and Dr. N. King Huber, U. S. Geological Survey, and Dr. H. E. Wright, University of Minne sota, for reviewing chapters 2 and 3.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.