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  • 1G. Philip Robertson ( robert30@msu.edu ) is a professor at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) and in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University (MSU), in East Lansing. Katherine L. Gross is a professor at KBS and in the Department of Plant Biology at MSU. Stephen K. Hamilton is a professor at KBS and in the Department of Zoology at MSU. Douglas A. Landis is a professor in the Department of Entomology at MSU. Thomas M. Schmidt is a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Sieglinde S. Snapp is a professor at KBS and in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences at MSU. Scott M. Swinton is a professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at MSU. All of the authors are lead investigators with the KBS Long-Term Ecological Research Program.

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