Duever, W. Dineen, P. Rhoads, and H. Klein. Unpublished

materials were provided by J. Kushlan, J. Ogden, J. Hansen,

S. Nesbitt, R. Chandler, and others. J. Fry conducted a

field trip over his property in southeastern Hendry County

and into the Kissimmee Billy cypress strand.

 The National Audubon Society funded an aerial survey

of wading bird feeding sites in southwest Florida during

the 1973 1974 dry season. P. Schroeder, my husband, was

the pilot for the aerial survey and did many other noble

and ignoble tasks to help me complete my dissertation.

 Work was supported by the following grants and

contracts administered by the Center for Wetlands of the

University of Florida, H. T. Odum, principal investigator:

Rockefeller Foundation, Grant RF-73029, National Science

Foundation, Grant AEN 73-07823 A01, and Contract

CX000130057 with the National Park Service, U. S.

Department of Interior, and State of Florida Division of

State Planning.