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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS— We thank C. M. Cunningham, R. R. 

 Currie, B. J. Deetsch, J. R. MacGregor, D. Miller, D. C. Yancy, and R. 

 J. Yablonsky for assistance in the field. Funding was provided by the 

 United States Forest Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, 

 and The University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture. This 

 research was conducted with the approval of the Institutional Animal 

 Care and Use Committee of The University of Kentucky (Protocol 

 #90-0007A). This is a contribution of the Kentucky Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, paper number 93-8-129. 



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