An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan (Classic Reprint)

An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles C. Adams
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780428646134

Excerpt from An Ecological Survey in Northern MichiganTo the Honorable, the Board of Geological Survey of the State of Mich 1gan: Hon. Fred M. Warner, President. Hon. L. L. Wright. Hon. Patrick H. Kelley, Secretary.Gentlemen - I herewith transmit for publication, in the Annual Report of the Board for 1905, the following report. This is a contribution to the Biological Survey of the State, which the Legislature authorized you to supervise and execute by Act N o. 250 of the Session of 1905. The follow ing report is the result of a natural history survey made in the Porcupine Mountains and on Isle Royale by a party from the University Museum, University of Michigan. It is not a mere list of plants and animals, but a study of these forms in relation to their surroundings. It is thus a con tribution to the natural history of the Upper Peninsula, and in addition to its scientific value will, I trust, be of use to teachers in all parts of this region and stimulate them in the study of the forms of life about them.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.

An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan...

An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan...
Author: Charles C. (Charles Christopher) Adams
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2013-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781314876086

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

The Theory of Ecological Communities (MPB-57)

The Theory of Ecological Communities (MPB-57)
Author: Mark Vellend
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0691208999

A plethora of different theories, models, and concepts make up the field of community ecology. Amid this vast body of work, is it possible to build one general theory of ecological communities? What other scientific areas might serve as a guiding framework? As it turns out, the core focus of community ecology—understanding patterns of diversity and composition of biological variants across space and time—is shared by evolutionary biology and its very coherent conceptual framework, population genetics theory. The Theory of Ecological Communities takes this as a starting point to pull together community ecology's various perspectives into a more unified whole. Mark Vellend builds a theory of ecological communities based on four overarching processes: selection among species, drift, dispersal, and speciation. These are analogues of the four central processes in population genetics theory—selection within species, drift, gene flow, and mutation—and together they subsume almost all of the many dozens of more specific models built to describe the dynamics of communities of interacting species. The result is a theory that allows the effects of many low-level processes, such as competition, facilitation, predation, disturbance, stress, succession, colonization, and local extinction to be understood as the underpinnings of high-level processes with widely applicable consequences for ecological communities. Reframing the numerous existing ideas in community ecology, The Theory of Ecological Communities provides a new way for thinking about biological composition and diversity.

Picturing Hemingway's Michigan

Picturing Hemingway's Michigan
Author: Michael R. Federspiel
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780814334478

Anyone interested in Michigan history, the life of Ernest Hemingway, or the culture of the early twentieth century will enjoy this beautiful volume.