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
Saara J. DeWalt

Institution
Department of Biological Sciences , Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
E-Mail
saarad@clemson.edu
Keywords
tropical forests, fungal pathogens, insect herbivores, demography, mechanisms of invasion, biocontrol, invasibility, invasiveness, genetic variation, lianas, shrubs, trees

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Name
Elise Gornish

Institution
Florida State University, Department of Biological Science
King Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32304-4295
E-Mail
esgornish@bio.fsu.edu
Keywords
invasion ecology, matrix, demography, climate change, range and invasion theory

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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
Jane Molofsky
Associate Professor
Institution
University of Vermont, Department of Botany
Burlington, Vermont 05405
E-Mail
jmolofsk@uvm.edu
Keywords
experimental population and community ecology, plant competition, plant demography, plant genetics and evolution, spatial models, theoretical ecology
Phalaris arundinacea
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Name
Kevin Rice

Institution
University of California Davis, Department of Plant Sciences
4326 Storer Hall , University of California Davis, CA 95616
E-Mail
kjrice@ucdavis.edu
Keywords
adaptation, demography, ecological genetics, evolutionary dynamics of invasions, grasslands, igert goatgrassplant competition, plant population biology, rangelands, restoration ecology, Serpentine
Aegilops
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Name
Katriona Shea
Assistant professor of Biology
Institution
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology
208 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802
E-Mail
k-shea@psu.edu
Keywords
active adaptive management, decision theory, demography, dispersal, models, Thistle
Carduus acanthoides, Carduus nutans
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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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Name
Don Waller

Institution
University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Botany
430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
E-Mail
dmwaller@wisc.edu
Keywords
data archiving, deer herbivory / impacts, historical ecological change, forest and wildlife management policy, inbreeding, plant community monitoring, plant demography, plant population genetics, pollination and dispersal ecology

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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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