Our Living Hesoiirces 



Wc extend our sincere appreciation to all 

 who helped produce this report. 

 Especially important were the science editors — 

 Austin K. Andrews, Raymond J. Boyd. Glenn 

 R. Guntenspergen, Russell J. Hall, Michael D. 

 Jennings, Hiram W. Li, Michael J. Mac, 

 William T. Mason, Jr., O. Eugene Maughan, 

 Roy W. McDiarmid, Carole C. Mclvor, J. 

 Michael Scott, William K. Seitz. Thomas J. 

 Stohlgren, Benjamin N. Tuggle, Wayne A. 

 Willford, and Gary D. Willson. They served hy 

 coordinating reviews, including the peer 

 reviews of articles within their sections. In addi- 

 tion, they each provided an overview to the 

 material in their sections. Assisting with 

 overviews were Gregor T. Auble and B.D. 

 Keeland. 



Carl Anderson, Michalann Harthill, Deborah 

 E. Peck, Helen V. Turner, and Sherri L. Hendren 

 each provided tremendous technical support. 

 Contributing expertise in graphics were 

 Nicholas R. Batik, Mary A. Helmerick, Dave 

 Opp, Diane K. Baker, Janine J. Koselak, and M. 

 Jennifer Kapus. Technical editors — Mary 

 Catherine Hager, Beverly Kerr-Mattox, and 

 Kristie A. Weeks — dedicated months to the 



editing of individual articles. Technical typists 

 Deany M. Cheramie, Dana M. Girod, and 

 Tiffany Alexander Hall assisted by keyboard- 

 ing, correcting, and proofreading. Technical 

 typist Judy Zabdyr helped in the final stages as 

 did proofreaders Rhonda F. Davis and Lori E. 

 Huckaby, under the direction of editor Beth A. 

 Vairin, who also reviewed the report. Librarian 

 Judy K. Buys performed numerous bibliograph- 

 ic searches to verify citations, and Marilyn 

 Rowland indexed the report. Robert E. Stewart, 

 Director of the National Biological Service's 

 Southern Science Center, graciously allowed 

 the use of his staff, space, and equipment to pro- 

 duce this report, as did Lawrence Bembry, 

 Director of the Bureau of Land Management's 

 Ser\ ice Center. We are also grateful to all those 

 who gave permission to use their slides and 

 graphics. 



Finally, we would like to thank the authors, 

 the peer reviewers, and the state, federal, and 

 private agencies who so willingly gave of their 

 time and data. Without their hard work and 

 cooperation, this report would not have been 

 possible. 



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