Name
Dana Blumenthal

Institution
USDA-ARS Rangeland Resources Research Unit, Crops Research Laboratory
1701 Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
E-Mail
DBlumenthal@ars.usda.gov
Keywords
multi-species experiments, ecosystems: Northern mixed-grass prairie; shortgrass steppe, Areas of study (all with respect to plant invasion): Resource availability, enemy release, evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA), global change, soil carbon addition, restoration.
Bromus tectorum, Centaurea diffusa, Gypsophila panniculata, Linaria dalmatica
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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
Bret E. Olson

Institution
Montana State University
P.O. Box 172900, MSU-Bozeman, Bozeman, MT 59717-2900
E-Mail
bolson@montana.edu
Keywords
carbon, ecophysiology, grazing management, livestock behavior, nitrogen , nutrition, population biology, rumen microbial response, seeds, stable isotopes

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Name
Jake F. Weltzin

Institution
University of Tennessee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1610, USA
E-Mail
jweltzin@utk.edu
Keywords
climate change, demography, population dynamics, woody plant encroachment, rangelands, invasive grasses, precipitation regimes, warming, carbon dioxide enrichment, soil types, invasive legumes, soil resources, arthropod communities, diversity-function relationships, community characteristics, direct and indirect effects, species interactions, competition

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