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Show Canyon Offers ; ; Many Attraction: Aside from its unparallelc scenic attraction, Zion - caoyi world famous tourist playgromt offers the naturalist in 6ne gijii. tic cross section almost a compi; index of life relationships of plat . and animals of the southra; ranging from forms found in tri regions to those found in hmi areas. With the publication of a mono graph by Dr. Angus M Woodta; department of zoology at the Ho versity of Utah, "Biotic Relaiitt-ships Relaiitt-ships of Zion Canyon, Utah Wi Special Reference to Successic in the April issue of ' "Ecologies: Monographs," published in the interest in-terest of scientific investigation t biology at Duke University by tb Lrc logical Society of America, s1-written s1-written the vivid srery of lis . struggle of plant and animal Ir ' to meet the requirements of a-lftence a-lftence in such in unusual habi'i With a wealth of scientific to and illustration, Dr. Woodburjti shi.v.n the historical develops: Vitl::'n the region of biotic foil ranging in plaas from the f lichens clinging fast on the fan r sheer cliffs to the stately jtE:: pine trees 12 feet in girth and !i feet high, and in animals frx the countless forms of insects t the deer and mountain sheep Its: roam the plateaus and the tread-erous tread-erous cougar that stalks the wcoi-ed wcoi-ed retreats of the region. The monograph, which is rat a survey of geological, . botanies' and zoological interrelations i parts of the region, was Dr. Wcoi-bury's Wcoi-bury's doctor's dissertation at to University of California, in 19!: and as such was sent to the I-entific I-entific journal as s contribute from the Museum of Vertrttt Zoology at the University of Cs:-ifornia. Cs:-ifornia. A limited number of en of this singularly informative interesting thesis is available t both the University of -Califcffl and the University of Utah. |