THE AUTHOR 



DR. MUEGGLER has been with the Station since 1949. He is 

 currently stationed at the Forestry Sciences Laboratory 

 in Bozeman, Montana. In his previous assignments, he 

 was stationed at Spokane, Washir^ton, from 1955 to 

 1961, and at Dubois, Idaho, from 1949 to 1955. He ob- 

 tained his B. S. degree in Forestry (Range) at the Uni- 

 versity of Idaho (1949); his M.S. in Botany (Ecology) at 

 the University of Wisconsin (1953); and his Ph.D. in 

 Botany (Ecology) at Duke University (1961). 



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