CONTENTS. 



ARTICLE I. AN OUTLINE OF THE RELATIONS OF ANIMALS TO page 

 THEIR INLAND ENVIRONMENTS. BY CHARLES C. ADAMS, 



Ph.D. July, 1915 3-32 



The dynamic relations of animals 3_17 



1. Introductory note 3 



2. The relations of animals to their environment 3' 



3. Optima and limiting factors 8 



4. Determination of dynamic status 9 



5. Animal responses 10 



6. The interrelations of animals 12 



7. Ecological units for study 14 



8. The animal association 15 



9. Associational succession 16 



The dynamic relations of the environment , 17-31 



1. Introductory 17 



2. The dynamic and genetic standpoint IS 



3. Dynamic and genetic classification of environments 21 



References to literature 31-32 



ARTICLE II. AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF PRAIRIE AND FOREST 

 INVERTEBRATES. BY CHARLES C. ADAMS, Pii.D. (63 Platics) 



September, 1915 33-280 



Introductory 33 



General description of the region and location of the ecological stations 35-40 



I. General description of the region 35 



II. The ecological stations 38 



Description of the prairie habitats and animals ■ . 40-56 



I. Prairie area north of Charleston, Station 1 40 



1. Colony of swamp grasses (Spartina and 'Elymus), Sta- 



tion I, a 41 



2. Colony of wild rye {Elymus virr/inicus suhmuticus) , Sta- 



tion I, c 43 



3. Wet area of swamp milkweed (As'Tpnirifi Incarnata). 



Station I, d 44 



4. Cone-flower and rosin-weed colony, Station I, c 48 



5. Colony of blue stem (Andropogon) and drop-seed (Sporob- 



olus), bordered by swamp milkweed, Station 1, g 49 



6. Supplementary collections from Station 1 52 



