Overview

How has northern Michigan evolved over the last hundred years? The answers are found in """"The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan"""", a colorfully illustrated, scientifically based overview of the research done at the University of Michigan Biological Station over the last century. Nearly 10,000 students have taken classes at the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS), laid out as a small village on Douglas Lake near Cheboygan in the northern Lower Peninsula. The property covers 10,000 acres and hosts research on field biology and related environmental sciences. The UMBS has been keeping records for exactly 100 years on the plants and wildlife in the northern Lower Peninsula and eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, documenting changes as people gradually moved in and settled in those areas. This book tracks those changes but also shows how the area has changed since pre-European settlement, based on the station's research. The results are dramatic, underlaid with hard science, and described in a very readable manner. """"The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan"""" is a must-read for anyone who is concerned about the environment and Michigan's wildlife, or who has had the good fortune to visit the UMBS.

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Author:   Knute J. Nadelhoffer ,  Alan J. Hogg ,  Brian A. Hazlett
Publisher:   The University of Michigan Press
Imprint:   The University of Michigan Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.755kg
ISBN:  

9780472070756

ISBN 10:   0472070754
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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The theme for each essay is change--namely the recovery of the environment and organisms og the region from the trauma of 19th and early-20th century logging to today's extensive second growth forrests...Some essays read as field guides, identifying species likely to be seen at particular locales. --K P McDonough, Northern Michigan University --K P McDonough CHOICE (12/21/2010 12:00:00 AM) These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods. --Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas --Matthew D Bloom Michigan Historical Review (12/21/2010 12:00:00 AM) These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods. --Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas This work is an excellent synthesis of the anthropology, geology, and biology of this important field station. --Taxon--Rudolf Schmid Taxon

This work is an excellent synthesis of the anthropology, geology, and biology of this important field station. --Taxon--Rudolf Schmid Taxon The theme for each essay is change--namely the recovery of the environment and organisms og the region from the trauma of 19th and early-20th century logging to today's extensive second growth forrests...Some essays read as field guides, identifying species likely to be seen at particular locales. --K P McDonough, Northern Michigan University --K P McDonough CHOICE (12/21/2010 12:00:00 AM) These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods. --Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas --Matthew D Bloom Michigan Historical Review (12/21/2010 12:00:00 AM) These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods.--Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas

This work is an excellent synthesis of the anthropology, geology, and biology of this important field station. --Taxon--Rudolf Schmid Taxon The theme for each essay is change--namely the recovery of the environment and organisms og the region from the trauma of 19th and early-20th century logging to today's extensive second growth forrests...Some essays read as field guides, identifying species likely to be seen at particular locales. --K P McDonough, Northern Michigan University -- (12/21/2010) These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods. --Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods. --Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas --Matthew D Bloom Michigan Historical Review (12/21/2010)

These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods.--Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas This work is an excellent synthesis of the anthropology, geology, and biology of this important field station. --Taxon--Rudolf Schmid Taxon (12/21/2010 12:00:00 AM) These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods. --Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas --Matthew D Bloom Michigan Historical Review (12/21/2010 12:00:00 AM) The theme for each essay is change--namely the recovery of the environment and organisms og the region from the trauma of 19th and early-20th century logging to today's extensive second growth forrests...Some essays read as field guides, identifying species likely to be seen at particular locales. --K P McDonough, Northern Michigan University --K P McDonough CHOICE (12/21/2010 12:00:00 AM)

This work is an excellent synthesis of the anthropology, geology, and biology of this important field station. --Taxon--Rudolf Schmid Taxon The theme for each essay is change--namely the recovery of the environment and organisms og the region from the trauma of 19th and early-20th century logging to today's extensive second growth forrests...Some essays read as field guides, identifying species likely to be seen at particular locales. --K P McDonough, Northern Michigan University -- (12/21/2010) These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods. --Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas --Matthew D Bloom Michigan Historical Review (12/21/2010) These case studies are especially pertinent to environmental historians and historical geographers of Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region, and they are equally useful to scholars who want to compare and contrast ecosystems of different regions and different time periods. --Matthew D Bloom, Concordia University Texas

Author Information

Knute J. Nadelhoffer is Director of the University of Michigan Biological Station and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. Alan J. Hogg, Jr., teaches science writing at the University of Michigan as a faculty member of the Sweetland Writing Center. His Ph.D. research explored the effects of ozone and nitrogen oxides on UMBS forests. Brian A. Hazlett is Professor Emeritus of Zoology at the University of Michigan.

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