Abstract
The Quetico-Superior Wilderness Research iCenter is at 91036-91041/ W. longitude and 480-4801' N. latitude, Basswood Lake, northwestern Lake County, Minnesota. In the Superior National Forest, approximately twenty miles from Ely and the nearest roads, it borders the southern edge of the Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario. Proximity map, Fig. 1. The vast territory of the Quetico-Superior area on the Canadian side is almost undisturbed by man. On the side of the United States, it was lumbered between 1885 and 1915, but since that time it has been free from destructive agencies and there remain isolated stands of virgin forest, such as the site of the Research Center. The Quetico-Superior Wilderness Research ,Center was conceived, estab-
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