Name
Peter Alpert
Associate Professor
Institution
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Biology Department

E-Mail
palpert@bio.umass.edu
Keywords
coastal dunes, coastal prairie, clonal plants, grasses, competition experiments, conservation and development in poor countries, desiccation tolerance, field manipulations, mammalian herbivores, northern California, soil nutrients, sub-saharan Africa, water hyacinth

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Name
John Chapman

Institution
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University
Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Dr., Newport, Oregon
E-Mail
John.Chapman@OregonState.EDU
Keywords
Introduced species, taxonomy, molecular genetics, radio-carbon dating, biogeography, estuary ecology, California, Oregon, Washington, introduction mechanism, introduction vectors
amphipod, gammaridean
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Name
Caroline Ridley
Candidate for PhD/EPA STAR Fellow
Institution
University of California-Riverside, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
Riverside, CA  92521
E-Mail
caroline.ridley@email.ucr.edu
Keywords
California wild radish, evolution of invasiveness, gene flow, fitness studies- common garden and reciprocal, Hybridization, local adaptation, phenotypic evolution, SSR markers, transplant experiments
Raphanus raphanistrum, Raphanus sativus
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Name
Sharon Strauss

Institution
University of California, Davis
2148 Wickson Hall University of California Davis, CA 95616
E-Mail
systrauss@ucdavis.edu
Keywords
allelopathy, biocontrol efficacy, California flora, California grasses, collaborative teams, evolutionary ecology, IGERT, interdisciplinary approaches to invasions, internships outside academia, mycorrhizal interactions, phylogenetic perspectives, plant demography, plant-herbivore interactions, plant-pollinator interactions, seed limitation, training, yellow star thistle
Centaurea solstitialis, Holcus lanatus
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