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Ian J. Renne2 and Timothy P. Spira

Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0326

W. C. Bridges, Jr.

Department of Experimental Statistics, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634

Received for publication October 26, 2000, and in revised form February 14, 2001.

1 We thank Wylie Barrow and the National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette, Louisiana for partial funding of this project. Paul E Renne also provided financial support, and he, JoAnne and Don Lightner, Paul John, Jennifer, Paul A. and Eileen Renne, and John and Flo Ference deserve thanks for other forms of support. We thank Chuck Gresham and staff members at the Baruch Forest Science Institute in Georgetown County, SC for providing helpful suggestions and transportation.

2 Author for correspondence. E-mail: irenne@ clemson.edu