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gained from field experience in selecting areas 

 for special study. Under these conditions he 

 locates the quadrats first and regrets his selection 

 later. The question of the size of quadrat to be 

 used in careful study must be answered as well 

 as its location. In this connection it is recog- 

 nized, of course, that the reason for turning to the 

 study of these sample plots is that it is impossible 

 to go over the entire community with similar 

 thoroughness. 



Many of the conclusions that will be reached 

 from the study of a university community will 

 depend on the location of the standard quadrats. 

 Suppose we are impressed by the number of 

 animals that collect at periodic intervals during 

 the morning before the entrance of the most used 

 lecture hall and locate one of our quadrats there. 

 The conclusions drawn from these periodic morn- 

 ing aggregations might be that this part of the 

 community is dominated by a decidedly col- 

 legiate type of person who nevertheless is quite 

 methodical in his habits. Turning to our real 

 knowledge of the subject we know that their real 

 importance in the community is less than would 

 be indicated by a painstaking study of this and 

 similar habitats and that they are not notably 

 methodical in habits. 



The more I consider the problem of the proper 



