Steward T. A. Pickett,^* Mary L. Cadenasso,^** J. Morgan Grove,^*** Peter M. Groffman,^**** Lawrence E. Band,^***** Christopher G. Boone,^****** William R. Burch,^******* C. Susan B. Grimmond,^******** John Hom,^********* Jennifer C. Jenkins,^********** Neely L. Law,^*********** Charles H. Nilon,^************ Richard V. Pouyat,^{*************} Katalin Szlavecz,^{**************} Paige S. Warren,^{***************} Matthew A. Wilson<sup>****************


*</sup>Steward T. A. Pickett (e-mail: picketts@ecostudies.org) is a distinguished senior scientist, at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York.
^**Mary L. Cadenasso is an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California–Davis.
^***J. Morgan Grove is a research forester at the Northern Research Station of the USDA (US Department of Agriculture) Forest Service in South Burlington, Vermont.
^****Peter M. Groffman is a senior scientist, at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York.
^*****Lawrence E. Band is the Voigt Gilmore Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
^******Christopher G. Boone is an associate professor at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change and the Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University in Tempe.
^*******William R. Burch Jr. is the Fredrick C. Hixon Professor of Natural Resource Management and faculty director of the Yale Urban Resources Initiative at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
^********C. Susan B. Grimmond is a professor in the Department of Geography at King's College London and emeritus/adjunct faculty in the Department of Geography at Indiana University in Bloomington.
^*********John Hom is a deputy program manager at the Northern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
^**********Jennifer C. Jenkins is a research assistant professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont in Burlington.
^***********Neely L. Law is an environmental analyst at the Center for Watershed Protection in Ellicott City, Maryland.
^************Charles H. Nilon is a professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences at the University of Missouri in Columbia.
^{*************}Richard V. Pouyat is a research forester at the Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Baltimore Ecosystem Study, at the University of Maryland in Baltimore County.
^{**************}Katalin Szlavecz is an associate research professor at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
^{***************}Paige S. Warren is an assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
^{****************}Matthew A. Wilson is a senior economist and business analyst at ARCADIS in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.