COMMUNITY ANALYSIS 45 



quantitative study of quadrats, but the president's 

 report of the numbers and kinds of individuals 

 that make up this particular community. With 

 such data, we can accurately determine a part 

 of the relationships existing between different 

 members and groups of the university, but even 

 such relatively complete statistics do not allow a 

 correct evaluation of the forces that regulate the 

 community, or an accurate analysis of the effec- 

 tiveness of the community organization. Even 

 with all available knowledge, who will be bold 

 enough to predict future trends of university 

 attendance or of curriculum emphasis? Yet 

 what ecologist would not be thrilled to be able 

 to prepare a data sheet for any non-human 

 animal community which would be hah* as com- 

 plete as the inadequate annual report of a con- 

 scientious university president? 



Each and all of the methods suggested above 

 have been made to yield information of value 

 concerning the constituents and organization of 

 animal communities but by comparing them 

 with the possible results of a similarly limited 

 study of a human community, their inadequacy 

 is immediately apparent. One can readily see 

 the greater insight into community life that would 

 be gained by living as a member of a community, 

 meantime studying it thoroughly. Under such 



