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Excerpt from The Life of Isle Royale
This 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.
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