Taxonomy and Ecology Of Inland Sand Dune ... - Mycorrhizae

60AKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to express my sincere gratitude and thanks to my adviser, Dr. F. BrentReeves. His encouragement, advice, patience, endless enthusiasm, inspiration, kindness,and financial support when my funds had been cut, were factors in the success of mystudy and in my personal life. I also am especially grateful to Dr. D. H. Wilken, aformer committee member, who helped me with the identification of different plantspecies. My committee members, Dr. David Steingraeber, Dr. Kenneth Doxtader, andDr. Robert Parke, provided useful help in both the theoretical and practicalunderstanding of my research ideas. Their enthusiasm and moral support are gratefullyacknowledged.I owe a debt of gratitude to my family. Without their moral support throughout thetoughest years, none of this would have been possible. No person has been a greatersource of love and support than my wife, Faaza. She has sacrificed much to make thispossible, and she has never ceased to believe in me. To my kids, Raghed, Ali, Omar,and Malath - thanks for your love and patience.This study was supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (Contract DE-FG02-87ER60612), the Colorado State University Agricultural Experiment Station (Project NoCSRS COLO0609), and the University of Baghdad.