JOHN N. THOMPSON,¹ O. J. REICHMAN,² PETER J. MORIN,³ GARY A. POLIS,⁴ MARY E. POWER,⁵ ROBERT W. STERNER,⁶ CAROL A. COUCH,⁷ LAURA GOUGH,⁸ ROBERT HOLT,⁹ DAVID U. HOOPER,¹⁰ FELICIA KEESING,¹¹ CHARLES R. LOVELL,¹² BRUCE T. MILNE,¹³ MANUEL C. MOLLES,¹³ DAVID W. ROBERTS,¹⁴ SHARON Y. STRAUSS<sup>15

1</sup>John N. Thompson ( ) is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. thompson@biology.ucsc.edu
²O. J. Reichman is director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis Synthesis, 735 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
³Peter J. Morin is a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551.
⁴DGary A. Polis (deceased) was professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
⁵Mary E. Power is a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
⁶Robert W. Sterner is professor and head of the Department of Ecology Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.
⁷Carol A. Couch is a senior research scientist in the Water Resources Division of the US Geological Survey, Norcross, GA 30360-2824.
⁸Laura Gough is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0206.
⁹Robert Holt is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045.
¹⁰David U. Hooper is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9160.
¹¹Felicia Keesing is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology, Bard College, Annandale, NY 12504.
¹²Charles R. Lovell is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
¹³Bruce T. Milne and Manuel C. Molles are professors in the Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.
¹⁴David W. Roberts is an associate professor in the Forest Resources Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322.
¹⁵Sharon Y. Strauss is an associate professor in the section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.