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### Author
Cooper, William Skinner (1884-1978), American botanist, ecologist, geomorphologist, born in Detroit, Mich., studied at the University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1911, professor at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
**Abbreviated name**: *W.S. Cooper* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.S.Cooper*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection MIN|MIN]] (orig.), further material at [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]](musci), [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WYO|WYO]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 378 (b. 25 Aug 1884, Detroit, Mich.); BL 1: 131, 190, 291; Ewan, ed 1: 187, ed. 2: 48(caption); GR p. 210; IH 2: 138; Kew 1: 614; NW p. 43; Tucker 1: 170.
#### Biofile
- Allison, E.M., Univ. Colorado Stud. 6: 58. 1905/09.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 125, 126. 1969.
- Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 293, 330-331 (on his expedition to Alaska).
- Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 83. 1972.
- Rodgers III, A.D., Bernard Eduard Fernow 370, 415, 528, 531. 1951.
- Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 77. 1981 (archival papers at Hunt Inst.).
- Thomas, J.H., Contr. Dudley Herb. 5(6): 152. 1961.
#### Composite works
- (1) The *Strand and dune flora* of the Pacific coast of *North America: a geographic study, in* W.A. Setchell, Essays Geobot. 141-188. 1936.
### Publications
##### n.27.418. Alpine Vegetation
**Title**
*Alpine Vegetation* in the vicinity of Long's Peak, *Colorado*... Reprinted from the Botanical Gazette... 1908. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Mai 1908 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[319\]-337. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 45(5): 319-337. 1908.
##### n.27.419. Reproduction by layering among Conifers
**Title**
*Reproduction by layering among Conifers*... Reprinted... from the Botanical Gazette ... 1911. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Nov 1911 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 369-379. *Copies*: B, HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 52(5): 369-379.1911.
##### n.27.420. ecological succession of mosses
**Title**
The *ecological succession of mosses*, as illustrated upon Isle Royale, Lake Superior ... Reprinted from The Plant World... 1912. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep 1912 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 197-213. *Copies*: B, BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Plant World 15(9): 197-213. 1912.
*Ref*.: Anon., Rev. bryol. 40(4): 64. 1913 (brief note).
##### n.27.421. mosses
**Title**
A list of *mosses* collected upon *Isle Royale*, Lake Superior... Bryologist... 1913. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 20 Jan 1913 (in journal), p. \[3\]-8. *Copies*: BKL(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Bryologist 16(1): 3-8. 1913.
##### n.27.422. climax forest of lsle Royale
**Title**
The *climax forest of lsle Royale*, Lake Superior, and its development... Reprinted... from Botanical Gazette... 1913. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 15 Jan, 15 Feb and 15 Mar 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 1-44, unnumbered uncol. map, 115-140, 189-235. *Copies*: BKL, HH, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 55(1): 1-44, map. Jan, (2): 115-140. Feb, (3): 189-235. Mar 1913. – Also issued as Contr. Hull bot. lab. no. 165.
*Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 51 (Lit.): 12-13. 9 Dec 1913 (rev.).
##### n.27.423. flora
**Title**
A catalogue of the *flora* of *Isle Royale*, Lake Superior... \[Rep. Michigan Acad. Sci. ... 1914\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1914, p. \[109\]-131. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rep. Michigan Acad. Sci. 26: 109-131. 1914.
##### n.27.424. ecological life history
**Title**
The *ecological life history* of certain species of *Ribes* and its application to the control of the White Pine blister rast... Reprinted from Ecology... 1922. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1922 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 7-16. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ecology 3(1): 7-16. 1922.
##### n.27.425. broad-sclerophyll Vegetation
**Title**
The *broad-sclerophyll Vegetation* of *California*. An ecological study of the Chaparral and its related communities... Washington (Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington...). 1922. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Broad-scleroph. veg.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 16 Oct 1922 (date on p. \[2\] so stamped; ÖBZ Jan-Jun 1923, Nat. Nov. Apr 1923), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-124, *pl. 1-3* (uncol. maps), *4-21* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: MO, U. – Issued as Publ. no. 319 Carnegie Institution of Washington.
##### n.27.426. Vegetational development
**Title**
*Vegetational development* upon *alluvial fans* in the vicinity of Palo Alto, California ... Reprinted from Ecology... 1926. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1926 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-30. *Copy*: BKL. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ecology 7(1): 1-30. 1926.
##### n.27.427. fundamentals
**Title**
The *fundamentals* of *vegetational change*... Reprinted from Ecology... 1926. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Oct 1926 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 391-413. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ecology 7(4): 391-413. 1926.
##### n.27.428. successional change
**Title**
Seventeen years of *successional change* upon *Isle Royale*, Lake Superior... Reprinted from Ecology... 1928. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1928 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., *pl. 1* (uncol. phot.), p. 1-4, *pl. 2* (uncol. phot.), p. 5. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ecology 9(1): 1-5, *pl. 1-2.* 1928.
##### n.27.429. Reconstruction
**Title**
*Reconstruction* of a *late-pleistocene biotic Community* in Minneapolis, Minn.... Reprinted from Ecology... 1932 Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Helen Foot (1901-x), married 1932, Murray Fife Anell.
*Publ*.: Jan 1932 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 63-72. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ecology 13(1): 63-72. 1932.