Name
Matthew Parker
Institution
Binghamton University, Department of Biological Sciences
Vestal Parkway East, Binghamton NY 13901, USA
E-Mail
mparker@binghamton.edu
Keywords
DNA, sequencing and other molecular methods to determine the identity and abundance of bacteria, symbiosis of legumes and nodule bacteria, soil microbiology
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
James P. Cuda
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
John E. Silvius
Institution
Cedarville University
251 N. Main St. Cedarville, OH 45314
E-Mail
silviusj@cedarville.edu
Keywords
Kudzu, seed viability, herbicidal control
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Toni Garrett Pennington
Institution
Center for Lakes & Reservoirs, Portland State University
PO Box 751-ESR, Portland, OR 97202
E-Mail
toni@pdx.edu
Keywords
Submersed aquatic plant biology, management of invasive aquatic plants, freshwater ecology, ed/outreach to prevent spread of invasive species
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Cynthia S. Brown
Institution
Colorado State University, Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
1177 Campus delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177, USA
E-Mail
Cynthia.S.Brown@colostate.edu
Keywords
"Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Plant community ecology, Plant ecophysiology, Plant invasions, Plant population ecology, Restoration ecology, Terrestrial systems
Bromus tectorum, Cirsium arvense
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Britta Denise Hardesty
Institution
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
PO Box 780. Atherton, QLD 4883
E-Mail
denise.hardesty@csiro.au
Keywords
genetic diversity, invasive species, tropical forest, molecular markers, seed dispersal, plant animal interactions
Miconia
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Name
Matthew P. Ayres
Institution
Dartmouth College, Department of Biological Sciences
Hanover, NH 03755
E-Mail
Matthew.P.Ayres@Dartmouth.EDU
Keywords
Bark beetles, Beech bark disease, Dutch elm disease, Forest insects
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Ryan A. Thum
Institution
Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
471 Morrill Hall, 505 South Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801
E-Mail
rthum@uiuc.edu
Keywords
molecular genetics, population genetics, phylogenetics, hybridization, cryptic invasions, multivariate statistics
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Susan J. Mazer
Institution
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California 93106
E-Mail
mazer@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Keywords
ecology and evolution of seeds, genetic variation, heritability, life history variation, pollen quality, quantitative genetics, sex allocation, wild radish
Raphanus raphanistrum, Raphanus sativus
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
Kalyan Das
Institution
Department of Mathematics, Poddar Institute of Management and Technology
Poddar Vihar: 137, V.I.P. Road, Kolkata : 700 052, India
E-Mail
kalyandas70@rediffmail.com
Keywords
Mathematical Modelling in Biology,Ecology and Epidemics
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Douglas O. Fuller
Institution
Dept. Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33124
E-Mail
dofuller@miami.edu
Keywords
bioclimatology, GIS, remote sensing, vegetation mapping
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Scott J. Meiners
Institution
Eastern Illinois University, Department of Biological Sciences
600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL 61920-3099, USA
E-Mail
sjmeiners@eiu.edu
Keywords
general community-level analyses, invasion and community dynamics use/collection of long-term data, Invasion impacts (plants), regulation of invisibility
Lonicera japonica, Microstegium vimineum, Rosa multiflora
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
James E. Gragg
Institution
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
1239 SW 10th Street, Ocala, FL 34474
E-Mail
james.gragg@myfwc.com
Keywords
vertebrate pest management
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Sharon Ewe
Institution
Florida International University
Southeast Environmental Research Center, 11800 SW 8th Street, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199
E-Mail
sharon.ewe@fiu.edu
Keywords
plant ecophysiology, stable isotopes, plant physiology, ecology, deuterium, nitrogen, water relations, gas exchange, CO2, uptake, salinity stress, flooding, mangroves, pinelands
Schinus terebinthifolius, Hymenachne amplexicaulis, Ischnodemus variegatus
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Keith Clay
Institution
Indiana University, Department of Biology
1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-3700, USA
E-Mail
clay@indiana.edu
Keywords
ecology, endophytes, microbial interactions, soil-borne pathogens, symbiosis
Pythium
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Name
Heather L. Reynolds
Institution
Indiana University, Department of Biology
Jordan Hall 142, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-7005, USA
E-Mail
hlreynol@indiana.edu
Keywords
Plant competition and coexistence, plant nutrient use and niche partitioning, plant-microbe and plant-soil interactions, grasslands, forest understory, molecular (T-RFLP) and enzymatic approaches to microbial community analysis, plant and soil analysis (nutrients, water, pH, isotopes), 15N-tracer techniques, field sampling of plant community richness and evenness.
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Matt Liebman
Institution
Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy
3405 Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, USA 50011-1010
E-Mail
mliebman@iastate.edu
Keywords
cropping systems, ecology and management of agricultural weeds
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Norris Muth
Institution
Juniata College
E-Mail
nmuth@juno.com
Keywords
phenotypic plasticity, post-introduction evolution, plant-herbivore interactions, Phragmites, temperate forests, silviculture
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Mark A. Davis
Institution
Macalester College, Dept. of Biology
Saint Paul, MN 55105, USA
E-Mail
davis@macalester.edu
Keywords
fluctuating resources, grass-tree interactions, invasibility, oak, savanna, seedling establishment, tree, woodland
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Richard K Kobe
Institution
Michigan State University, Forest Ecology
126 Natural Resources Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
E-Mail
kobe@msu.edu
Keywords
eastern temperate forests, forest community dynamics, individual based models, neighborhood models, plant dispersal, plant growth, plant mortality, spatial models, wet tropical forests
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Bruce Maxwell
Institution
Montana State University, Land Resources & Environmental Science Department
334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA
E-Mail
bmax@montana.edu
Keywords
Plant population dynamics, inventory and survey of invasive plants, monitoring for invasiveness and impact, temporal and spatial population, dynamics, prioritizing established invasive species for management, Herbaceous invasive species of the northern Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains. Invasive species in agroecosystems
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Name
Arpita Choudhury
Institution
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/ National Ocean Science, NOAA/NOS , Coastal Center of Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Marine Forensics Branch
219 Fort Johnson Road Charleston, SC 29407
E-Mail
arpita.choudhury@noaa.gov
Keywords
aquatic invasive and introduced species, genetics, molecular biology
Crassostrea ariakensis, lionfish
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Name
Tracy M. Sterling
Institution
New Mexico State University, , Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science
MSC 3BE, Box 30003, N240 Skeen Hall, Corner of College and Knox, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
E-Mail
tsterlin@nmsu.edu
Keywords
Ecophysiology, oxidative stress, plant physiology, secondary products, weed science
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Allison A. Snow
Institution
Ohio State University, Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
318 W. 12th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210-1293, USA
E-Mail
snow.1@osu.edu
Keywords
agricultural weeds, cattails, gene flow, hybridization, introgression, population ecology, fitness, weed evolution
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
David A. Mortensen
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Katriona Shea
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Andrew G. Stephenson
Institution
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology
315 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA 16802
E-Mail
AS4@psu.edu
Keywords
Plant reproductive biology, molecular ecology, population ecology of pollen, seeds-seeds or fruits, evolution of mating systems and self incompatibility, gene flow, genetic interactions between cultivated and wild plants
Cucurbita, Solanum carolinensis
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Mitch Cruzan
Institution
Portland State University, Department of Biology
SB2 rm 246, 1719 SW 10th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97201,
E-Mail
cruzan@pdx.edu
Keywords
adaptation, allozymes, Computer image analysis, DNA sequencing, ecological genetics, ecological genomics, floral biology, genetic markers, GIS, histology, hybridization, Landscape genetics, Microsatellites (aka, SSRs, VNTRs), AFLPs, ISSRs, ESTs, Microarrays (mRNA expression), microscopy- epi-illumination fluorescence, molecular ecology, population genetics, phylogeography, speciation
Brachypodium sylvaticum
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Name
Alisa P. Ramakrishnan
Institution
Portland State University, Department of Biology
SB2 rm 246, 1719 SW 10th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97201
E-Mail
aramakris@yahoo.com
Keywords
DNA sequencing, Microsatellite development, Multiplex and nested PCR, Seed germination stratification, Use of ABI310
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Evan Siemann
Institution
Rice University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005-1892
E-Mail
siemann@rice.edu
Keywords
allelopathy, Big Thicket, China, disturbance, ecosystem processes, ecology, evolution, fire , Florida, foliar fungi, forests, genetics, ,Georgia, grasslands, herbivores, Hawaii, insects, Louisiana, mollusks, mycorrhizae, Texas
Andropopon ischaemum, Ligustrum sinense, Sapium sebiferum, Sus scrofa
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Kenneth D. Whitney
Institution
Rice University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EEB, MS 170, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005
E-Mail
kwhitney@rice.edu
Keywords
adaptive trait, ecological genetics, evolution of invasiveness, genetic diversity, herbivore resistance, herbivory, hybridization, introgression, microsatellites, plant-animal interactions, population biology, range expansion, seed dispersal, seed predation, sunflower
Helianthus
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Name
David Gibson
Institution
Southern Illinois University, Department of Plant Biology, Center for Ecology
405 Life Science II, 1125 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-6509
E-Mail
dgibson@plant.siu.edu
Keywords
competition, community ecology, exotic and rare species, grasslands, plant invasions, plant population ecology
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Andrew Wood
Institution
Southern Illinois University, Department of Plant Biology, Center for Ecology
405 Life Science II, 1125 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-6509
E-Mail
wood@plant.siu.edu
Keywords
analysis of amino acids and betaines, plant ecophysiology, water relations
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Janet Morrison
Institution
The College of New Jersey, Department of Biology,
P.O. Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628, USA
E-Mail
morrisja@tcnj.edu
Keywords
enemy release, Hawaii, plant-pathogen interactions, smut fungi
Alliaria petiolata, Andropogon virginicus, Lythrum salicaria, Microstegium vimineum
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Olga Jimenez
Institution
Turabo University, Gurabo, Puerto Rico
97-62 89 St. Villa Carolina, Carolina P.R. 00985
E-Mail
olgaj_1@yahoo.com
Keywords
population, spatial dynamics
Iguana iguana
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Hector Felipe Rios Alzate
Institution
Universidad Nacional Colombia
E-Mail
hfelirios@yahoo.com
Keywords
biological invasions, gorse and french brooms, wildfire responses of and consequences of alien invaders, invaders in tropical ecosystems, risk analysis
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Leslie J. Rissler
Institution
University of Alabama
Box 870345 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
E-Mail
rissler@bama.ua.edu
Keywords
Bufo marinus
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Marcel Holyoak
Institution
University of California, Davis
2148 Wickson Hall University of California Davis, CA 95616
E-Mail
maholyoak@ucdavis.edu
Keywords
annual plants, argentina ants, beetles, bird communities, community ecology, conservation biology, dispersal/movement, fish populations, food webs, landscape ecology, metacommunity, metapopulation, microbial ecology, microcosms, neutral theory, population ecology, predator-prey interactions, riparian systems, source-sink dynamics, spatial dynamics, time series analysis, urbanization and urban ecology
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
Jutta Burger
Institution
University of California, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
Riverside, CA 92521-0124, USA
E-Mail
jburg002@student.ucr.edu
Keywords
plant and insect population and community ecology, population genetics, molecular genetics, study of gene flow and hybridization
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Norman C. Ellstrand
Institution
University of California, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
Riverside, CA 92521-0124, USA
E-Mail
norman.ellstrand@ucr.edu
Keywords
Evolution of invasiveness, extinction by hybridization, gene flow, hybridization, transgene flow
Beta, Raphanus, Secale, Sorghum
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Caroline Ridley
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Ingrid M. Parker
Institution
University of California-Santa Cruz, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
E-Mail
parker@biology.ucsc.edu
Keywords
Bottlenecks, Evolution, Genetics, Impacts: generalizations, Matrix models, Plant-pathogen interactions, Pollination biology, Reproductive ecology, Spatial models
Ammophila arenaria, Cytisus scoparius, Genista monspessulana, Hypericum canariense, Verbascum thapsus
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Andrew Paterson
Institution
University of Georgia
111 Riverbend Road, Rm 228, Athens, GA 30602, USA
E-Mail
paterson@dogwood.botany.uga.edu
Keywords
gene flow, genetics, Johnson grass/sorghum, rhizomes
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
May Berenbaum
Institution
University of Illinois
320 Morrill Hall, 505 S Goodwin Urbana, IL 61801-3795
E-Mail
maybe@uiuc.edu
Keywords
coevolution, Lepidoptera, phytochemistry, plant-insect interactions, plant and insect population and community ecology
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
William F. Fagan
Institution
University of Maryland, Dept. of Biology
College Park, MD 20742-4415, USA
E-Mail
bfagan@glue.umd.edu
Keywords
ecological stoichiometry, spatial modeling, theoretical ecology
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Peter Alpert
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Carlos Garcia-Robledo
Institution
University of Miami, Department of Biology
P.O. Box 249118
E-Mail
carlos@bio.miami.edu
Keywords
herbivory, pollination, population, community ecology
Fraxinus chinensis
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Elizabeth Crone
Institution
University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation, Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences
E-Mail
ecrone@forestry.umt.edu
Keywords
applied math, applied statistics, conservation problems, plant population ecology, restoration problems, Intermountain West
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Stephen Vantassel
Institution
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
306B BioChemistry Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583-0759
E-Mail
svantassel2@unl.edu
Keywords
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Name
Wayne S Johnson
Institution
University of Nevada - Reno
89551-0105
E-Mail
wsjohnson@cabnr.unr.edu
Keywords
exotic pests, horticulture pests, Invasive weeds
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Donald H. Feener Jr.
Institution
University of Utah, Department of Biology
257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
E-Mail
feener@biology.utah.edu
Keywords
community ecology, fire ants, host-parasitoid interactions, invasive ants, phorid flies, physiological ecology, social insects, Southeastern US, Southwestern US, Tropical America
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Jane Molofsky
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Rachel J. Collins
Institution
University of Wisconsin, Department of Botany
430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
E-Mail
rcollins2@wisc.edu
Keywords
Forest - Community - Fire Ecology Vegetation analysis Plant animal interactions Prescribed fire training Trapping and banding vertebrates Radio telemetry Programming in SAS Parametric and Resampling Statistics Experimental Design
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Wun S. Chao
Institution
USDA, ARS, Biosciences Research Laboratory, Plant Science Research
1605 Albrecht Boulevard, Fargo, ND 58105-5674, USA
E-Mail
chaow@fargo.ars.usda.gov
Keywords
bud dormancy, cloning, Leafy spurge, macroarray, microarray, molecular biology, PCR
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Adam Davis
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Kurt Spokas
Institution
USDA-ARS
803 Iowa Ave., Morris, MN 56267
E-Mail
spokas@morris.ars.usda.gov
Keywords
Computer Modeling, Soil Microclimate, Soil Moisture, Soil Physics, Soil Temperature
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Frank Forcella
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
Gretchen Meyer
Institution
UWM Field Station
3095 Blue Goose Road, Saukville, WI 53080, USA
E-Mail
gmeyer@uwm.edu
Keywords
ecology, enemy release, evolution of increased competitive ability hypothesis, herbivory, photosynthesis, plant physiology, restoration
Alliaria, Rhamnus, Solidago
______________________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________________
Name
John Bishop
Institution
Washington State University, Vancouver, School of Biological Sciences
14204 NE Salmon Cr., Vancouver, WA 98686
E-Mail
bishop@vancouver.wsu.edu>
Keywords
Nutrient stoichiometry, Trophic interactions affecting colonization, Primary successional dynamics, Molecular evolution, Plant-pathogen coevolution, Evolution of plant defense proteins, Lupinus species and its herbivores,Willow-Willow stemborer, Arabis species, Glycine species, Mount St. Helens
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