FIGURES 



Number Page 



Coulombe 



1 - Institutional analyses components in a schematic network of 



information flow and feedback pathway in the development of 

 ecological information for use in habitat protection 7 



2 - Technical analysis components in a schematic network of 



information flow and feedback pathways in the development of 

 ecological information for use in habitat protection 8 



Bailey 



1 - Basic systems of the ECOCLASS method, showing the 



hierarchical classification and possible combinations 18 



2 - Third-order ecosystem regionalization of the United States 20 



Thomas 



1 - The kind and goals of wildlife management 29 



2 - The goals, objectives, and process of major kinds of management . . 29 



Cushwa & Du Brock 



1 - Factors influencing the design of fish and wildlife species data 



bases 38 



2 - Am implementation process for desigining, implementing, and 



managing a statewide fish and wildlife species data base to meet the 



information needs of the biologist, resource manager and 



administrator 40 



3 - A wildlife biologist preparing a species description 43 



4 - Fish and wildlife species information is retrieved by computer in a 



cross-index manner to facilitate aggregation of information to aid 



in planning and management decisions 44 



Johnston 



1 - Location of coastal ecological characterization studies 48 



2 - A wetland energy-circuit model superimposed on a sketch of an 



emergent wetland 50 



3 - Generalized secondary plant succession and associated bird species 



in white pine (left halO and shrub pine (right halO forests 52 



4 - Ecosystem trophic structure and food web 53 



5 - Ecological atlas information sources, topics portrayed, and uses 



of maps 54 



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