Name
James P. Cuda
Associate Professor
Institution
Biological Weed Control, UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology Dept.
Bldg. 970, Natural Area Drive, PO Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
E-Mail
jcuda@ufl.edu
Keywords
Classical biological control of non-native aquatic and terrestrial invasive plants. Current projects include Brazilian pepper tree , hydrilla , hygrophila
Schinus terebinthifolius, Hydrilla verticillata, Hygrophila polysperma
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Name
Carla D'Antonio

Institution
University of California-Santa Barbara, Departments of Environmental Studies and Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9610, USA
E-Mail
dantonio@es.ucsb.edu
Keywords
context specificity of factors controlling invasions, Experimental community and ecosystem ecology, impacts of invaders on species interactions and on soils, legacy effects of species removals, restoration ecology, studies of ecological resistance

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Name
Adam Davis
Ecologist
Institution
USDA-ARS
N-319 Turner Hall, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave. Urbana, IL 61801
E-Mail
asdavis1@uiuc.edu
Keywords
biocontrol of invasive weeds, demography, integrated weed management, mathematical modeling

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Name
Julie S. Denslow

Institution
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, USDA Forest Service
60 Nowelo St., Hilo, HI 96720
E-Mail
jdenslow@fs.fed.us
Keywords
Hawaii, Pacific, Terrestrial Plants, Impact, Biological Control

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Name
Mark F. Dybdahl

Institution
Washington State University
School of Biological Sciences, PO Box 644236, Pullman, WA 99164
E-Mail
dybdahl@wsu.edu
Keywords
evolution of invasiveness, adaptation, evolutionary response, plasticity, reaction norms, general-purpose genotypes, enemy release, host-parasite coevolution, biological control, aquatic invaders, freshwater snails, Potamopyrgus, trematode parasites, interaction strength, impact

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Name
Frank Forcella
Research Agronomist
Institution
USDA-ARS Soils Lab
803 Iowa Avenue, Morris MN 56267, USA
E-Mail
forcella@morris.ars.usda.gov
Keywords
Control, Emergence, Management, Modeling, Phenology, Population dynamics, Reproduction, Seedling growth, Seed production, Simulation, Soil microclimate

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Name
Carol C. Horvitz

Institution
University of Miami
Department of Biology, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146
E-Mail
carolhorvitz@miami.edu
Keywords
interface between theoretical and empirical ecology; models of spatial population dynamics; stochastic demography; plant population dynamics; plant-animal interactions; dispersal; forest regeneration dynamics; invasives in tropical forests and in southern Florida; hurricanes, non-native shrubs, non-native vines, biocontrol, management, restoration; SAS; MATLAB
Ardisia elliptica, Dioscorea, Jasminum, Melaleuca, Merremia, Passiflora, Rubus, Syngonium, Theobroma cacao
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Name
Rebecca E. Irwin

Institution
Dartmouth College, Department of Biological Sciences
Gilman 404, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
E-Mail
Rebecca.E.Irwin@Dartmouth.EDU
Keywords
alpine ecosystems, biological control, economics, herbivory, multispecies interactions, pollination

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Name
Doug Landis

Institution
Michigan State University, Department of Entomology
204 CIPS, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824
E-Mail
landisd@msu.edu
Keywords
biological control, garlic mustard, insect population and community ecology, invasion biology, purple loosestrife, restoration

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Name
David A. Mortensen
Professor, Weed Ecologist, Chair, Ecology Inter College Graduate Program
Institution
Penn State University
422 ASI Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
E-Mail
dam37@psu.edu
Keywords
dispersal biology, integrated weed management, , invasion biology, spatially explicit plant population dynamics, weed control

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Name
Paul D. Pratt

Institution
USDA/ARS, Invasive Plant Research Lab
Fort Lauderdale FL, 33314
E-Mail
prattp@saa.ars.usda.gov
Keywords
biological control, Entomology, Everglades, Florida, Herbivore-plant interactions, invasion biology, resource allocation, quarantine

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Name
John E. Silvius
Senior Professor of Biology
Institution
Cedarville University
251 N. Main St. Cedarville, OH 45314
E-Mail
silviusj@cedarville.edu
Keywords
Kudzu, seed viability, herbicidal control

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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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