THE GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF CHICAGO 



Bulletin No. 5 



ANIMAL COMMUNITIES 

 IN TEMPERATE AMERICA 



AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE 

 CHICAGO REGION 



A STUDY IN ANIMAL ECOLOGY 



By 

 VICTOR E. SHELFORD 



The University of Illinois 



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PUBLISHED FOR THE GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF CHICAGO 



BY 



THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS 

 CHICAGO • ILLINOIS 



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