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By Virginia H. Dale

This publication used to be constructed from a workshop at the "Effective Use of Ecological Modeling in Management," held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, on October 23-26, 2000. The workshop was once subsidized by means of the dep. of Defense's (DoD's) Strategic Environmental study and improvement software (SERDP), the military examine Of?ce, and the Engineering examine and improvement heart of the Corps of Engineers in addition to by means of the U. S. division of Agriculture (USDA) woodland provider. It used to be hosted by way of the dept of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge nationwide Laboratory (ORNL). The organizing committee for the workshop incorporated senior s- entists from ORNL, the USDA wooded area carrier, and the U. S. military Corps of Engineers (ACE). The contributors of the steerage committee have been John Barko, Paul Bradford, invoice Goran, Jeff Holland, Russell Harmon, and Mike Vasievich. They helped advisor the workshop to an invaluable product by means of sugge- ing subject matters, audio system, and individuals. Workshop attendees integrated senior ecological modelers in the wooded area carrier, DoD, different federal and kingdom corporations, universities, and the non-public zone including ecologic- source managers within the woodland carrier, DoD, and different executive and nongovernment organizations and enterprises. The booklet by no means can have come to fruition with no the devoted efforts of Fred O'Hara in modifying all of the chapters and with the intention that the textual content used to be whole and exact and that normal equipment of expression and layout have been utilized in the textual content, references, tables, and ?gures. His cautious cognizance to the main points and to potent conversation is liked. many of us helped in bringing the e-book to of completion.