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Bi 11 <strong>in</strong>gs (1 970) has described the complexity of environmental <strong>in</strong>teractions with<br />

the diagram reproduced <strong>in</strong> figure 6. His characterization of a plant or plant com-<br />

munity and its environment is useful <strong>in</strong> portray<strong>in</strong>g the problem we are address<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

but it is not very helpful as a format for its solution. Based on this characteriza-<br />

tion, and <strong>in</strong> light of our own conclusion that the decisionmaker's focus is ultimately<br />

on vegetative response, we might suggest a matrix format (fig. 7) <strong>in</strong> which the state<br />

of the various components of the vegetative comunity at a certa<strong>in</strong> po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>in</strong> time are<br />

listed down the left (as row head<strong>in</strong>gs), and the state of the <strong>in</strong>fluenc<strong>in</strong>g environmental<br />

factors at the same po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>in</strong> time are listed across the top (as column head<strong>in</strong>gs).<br />

Figure 6. --lihviromenta2 <strong>in</strong>teractions (from BiZZ<strong>in</strong>gs 2970, p. 91.

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