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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— We are pleased to thank those whose 

 help was invaluable to the successful completion of this study: Messrs. 

 William Palmer and Alvin Braswell, North Carolina State Museum of 

 Natural History, gave us access to their unpublished notes on species 

 distributions. Dr. J. Frank Randall was supportive in the early stages of 

 the project. Mr. Bob Green allowed us to place the thermograph in a 

 protected area at Brown Mountain Beach. Mr. Pat Cook, District 

 Forest Ranger, supplied us with weather data for Wilson Creek. Deborah 

 Nicoletto, assistant city planner, City of Lenoir, provided weather data 

 for Lenoir. Computer time was donated by the Appalachian State Uni- 

 versity Computing Center. Janice Ashley typed the final draft of the 

 manuscript. An anonmyous reviewer provided helpful criticisms of the 

 manuscript. 



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