The author wishes to acknowledge the many individuals who helped along the course of this project: Virginia Brown (The Nature Conservancy); Lisa Gould (Rhode Island Natural History Survey); Doug Greene, Jim Hines, and Scott La Greca (species lists); Elizabeth Kneiper (accommodations); unnamed members of The Nature Conservancy's Science and Stewardship Committee and the John Wald Science Grant program; and, especially, E.G. "Stu" Mehlin for endless encouragement and support.

This work was supported, in part, by Grant #1390758000-0002 from the John Wald Science Endowment and the Rhode Island Nature Conservancy.

Don Flenniken, January 2002