JOHN LAWRENCE MARON
ADDRESS
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812,
Phone: 406-243-6202, Fax: 406-243-4184, e-mail:
EDUCATION
Ph.D. U.C. Davis, Ecology 1996
M.S. University of North Dakota, Biology 1983
B.S. U.C. Davis, Renewable Resources 1980
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Program Director, Organismal Biology and Ecology
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana 2009-2012
Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Montana. 2009-Present
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Montana. 2004-2009
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Montana. 2002-2004
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Zoology, University of Washington. 1999-2002
Assistant Professor, Botany Department, University of Washington. 1998-2002
Postdoctoral Fellow, with Dr. Susan Harrison, U.C. Davis. 1997-1998
Museum Scientist, Bodega Marine Reserve, U.C. Davis. 1996-1997
Assistant Museum Scientist, Bodega Marine Reserve, U.C. Davis. 1987-1997
TEACHING
University of Montana
Conservation Ecology (Undergraduate lecture course) 2014
Graduate Policies and Regulations (Graduate discussion course) 2008-2011
Population and Community Ecology (Graduate lecture & discussion course;
one of two instructors). 2010, 2011, 2013
Population Biology (Graduate lecture & discussion course; one of two instructors). 2009
Terrestrial Plant Ecology (Undergraduate lecture & discussion course). 2002-08, 2010
Rocky Mountain Flora (Undergraduate lecture & laboratory course). 2005, 2007, 2009
Plant-Consumer Interactions (Graduate lecture & discussion course). 2004, 2008, 2011
Intro. Biology (Undergraduate lecture & laboratory course; one of four instructors). 2003
Trends in Plant Ecology, (Graduate lecture course; one of two instructors). 2003
University of Washington
Advanced Ecology (Graduate lecture & discussion course; one of four instructors). 2001
General Ecology (Undergraduate lecture & laboratory course; one of three instructors). 2001
Plant-Consumer Interactions (Graduate lecture & discussion course). 1999
Introduction to Plant Ecology (Graduate lecture & laboratory course). 1998-2001
Other institutions
Conservation Biology, Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona (one of two instructors) 2006
Sub-Tropical Field Ecology, Universidad de Cordoba, Argentina. 1992
Field Ecology, U.C. Bodega Marine Laboratory (one of two instructors). 1985-1991
FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS/HONORS
University of Montana Distinguished Scholar Award 2014
Catalunya PIV Fellowship, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2005-2006
RESEARCH GRANTS
Previous
NSF, “Indirect effects of apex predators in a grassland ecosystem.”
$578,295. (Co-PI. D. Pearson). 2010-2013
EPA STAR, “Does intensive herbicide-use in natural areas indirectly drive
declines in pollinator abundance?” $111,000. (Written by J. Palladini). 2010-2013
NSF, “The role of soil microbes in plant invasions: inhibition at
home and facilitation away?” $625,000. (Co-PI: R. Callaway). 2006-2012
USDA, Managed Ecosystems program, “Assessing the indirect effects
of top predators on the diversity, productivity and health of grassland
systems,” $300,000. (Co-PI: D. Pearson). 2005-2010
BLM, “Effects of top predators on grassland communities,” $11,000. 2008-2009
NSF, “Interacting effects of native plant diversity and resource
availability on community invasibility and invader impact,”
$368,998. (Co-PI: M. Marler). 2004-2009
NSF ROA, “Interacting effects of native plant diversity and resource
availability on community invasibility and invader impact,”
$19,898. (Co-PI: P. Kittelson). 2005-2009
USDA McIntire-Stennis program, “Effects of top predators on the
management of grassland-forest ecotones in western Montana,” $89,942. 2005-2008
BLM, “Effects of top predators on grassland communities,” $11,000. 2007-2008
NSF, “Foxes and seabirds: the role of top-down processes in
controlling marine subsidies to a terrestrial ecosystem,”
$332,701. (Co-PIs: J. Estes and D. Croll). 2000-2007
NSF, “Dissertation Research: Population dynamics of an invasive
plant: Cynoglossum officinale in its native and introduced ranges,”
$12,000 (written by: J. Williams) 2005-2007
National Parks/ESA Research Fellowship, “Assessing trophic
control of Aspen demography across spatial and temporal
scales in the Rocky Mountains.” $150,000. (PI: M. Kauffman). 2004-2007
NSF, “Dissertation Research: Wildlife poaching, seed dispersal,
and the functional similarity of mammalian frugivores
in Thailand,” $8,242 (written by: J. Brodie) 2005-2006
NSF REU, “Interacting effects of native plant diversity and resource
availability on community invasibility and invader impact,” $6,000. 2006
BLM, “Effects of top predators on grassland communities,” $5,000. 2005-2006
BLM, “Effects of top predators on grassland communities,” $5,000. 2004-2005
Montana Weed Trust, “Interacting effects of native plant diversity
and resource availability on community invasibility and invader
impact,” $14,633. (Co-PI: M. Marler). 2003-2004
NSF, “Invasion and subsequent biological control of St. John’s
Wort (Hypericum perforatum): rapid evolution of herbivore
resistance?” $100,000. 2000-2004
Missoula Weed Board, “Interacting effects of native plant diversity
and resource availability on community invasibility and invader
impact,” $6,000. (Co-PI: M. Marler). 2002-2003
NSF REU, “Invasion and subsequent biological control of
St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum): rapid evolution of
herbivore resistance?” $6,000. 2002-2003
NSF REU, “Interacting effects of insect herbivory and rodent
granivory on plant population dynamics,” $7,000. 2001-2002
NSF, “Interacting effects of insect herbivory and rodent granivory
on plant population dynamics,” $283,051. (Co-PI: E Simms). 1997-2002
NSF REU, “Interacting effects of insect herbivory and rodent
granivory on plant population dynamics,” $5,000. 2000-2001
Royalty Research Fund, University of Washington, “Do biological
control targets evolve resistance/tolerance to biological control
agents?” $32,500. 2000-2001
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Board, American Naturalist 2007-2014
Panel Member, NSF, Ecology 2006, 2012
External “Frontiers in Ecology” Workshop, NSF 2006
Review Panel Member, NSF, Dissertation Improvement Grants 2002
External Workshop, NSF, Project NEON 2000
INVITED SEMINARS
SchexnayderLecture, Louisiana State University 2014
University of Georgia 2014
Cornell University 2012
Montana Natural History Center 2012
University of California San Diego 2012
University of Wisconsin 2012
Uppsala University 2011
University of Stockholm 2011
University of Florida 2010 UFZ Research Institute, Halle, Germany 2010
CABI Bioscience, Delemont Switzerland 2010
Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Sevilla, Spain 2009
“Darwin Lecture Series”, Fundation La Caixa, Madrid, Spain 2009
Guelph University 2008
Washington State University 2008
Miami University 2008
Colorado State University 2007
U.C. Davis 2007
Indiana University 2007
Fire Sciences Lab, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula 2007
University of Vermont 2006
Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Zurich 2006
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research 2006
Université de Fribourg 2005
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2005
“Eminent Ecologist Series”, Michigan State University 2005
UFZ Research Institute, Halle, Germany 2005
Plant protection meeting, Leysin, Switzerland 2005
CABI Bioscience, Delemont Switzerland 2005
University of Toronto Mississauga 2005
University of Toronto 2005
Idaho State University 2004
University Nevada Reno 2004
Cedar Point Biological Station, University of Nebraska 2003
Cornell University 2003
Bodega Marine Laboratory, U.C. Davis 2003
U.C. Santa Cruz 2002
University of Montana 2001
Native Plant Society, Seattle Chapter 2001
Duke University 2001
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater 2001
Bodega Marine Laboratory, U.C. Davis 2000
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2000
Simon Fraser University 2000
U.C. Santa Cruz 1997
University of Toronto 1996
Sonoma State University 1995
INVITED CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
Workshop on top carnivore conservation, Yale University 2013
NSF-sponsored meeting on Climate Change and Species Interactions. 2012
NSF-sponsored Research Coordination Network Meeting on Invasives. 2012
ESA workshop, “Are invasives different?” 2009
Invasive Species in Natural Areas Conference. 2008
Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions (#13). 2007
Vice-Presidential Symposium, American Society of Naturalists. 2007
NSF-sponsored Project Baseline Workshop. 2007
Joint U.S.-Indian Forum on Invasive Plants. 2006
NCEAS Working Group- Natural Enemies Hypothesis. 2004, 2005
NSF Workshop-Model Systems in Community Ecology. 2004
USDA Conference on Biological Control of Weeds. 2004
University of Minnesota Symposium- Evolutionary Consequences of
Invasions by Exotic Species. 2002
ESA Symposium-Phenotypic Change in Introduced Organisms. 2000
U.C. Bodega Marine Laboratory colloquium- Use of Model Systems in
Ecological and Evolutionary Research. 1997
NCEAS Workshop- Spatial and Temporal Population Dynamics 1996
PUBLICATIONS (Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals; 94 total)
Brodie, J.F., C.E. Aslan, H.S. Rogers, K.H. Redford, J.L. Maron, J.L. Bronstein, and C.R. Groves. In Press. Secondary extinctions of biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Maron, J.L., K. Baer and A.L. Angert. In Press. Disentangling the drivers of context-dependent plant-animal interactions. Journal of Ecology.
Palladini, J.D. and J.L. Maron. In Press. Demographic responses of a solitary bee to floral resource gradients created by native and invasive plants. Oecologia.
Pinto, S.M., D.E. Pearson and J.L. Maron. 2014. Seed dispersal is more limiting to native grassland diversity than competition or seed predation. Journal of Ecology 102: 1258-1265.
Maron, J.L., H. Auge, D.E. Pearson, L. Korell, I. Hensen, K. Suding, and C. Stein. 2014. Staged invasions across disparate grasslands: effects of seed provenance, consumers, and disturbance on productivity and species richness. Ecology Letters 17: 499-507.
Molins, M.P., J.M. Corral, O.M. Aliyu, M.A. Koch, A. Betzin, J.L. Maron and T.F. Sharbel. 2014. Biogeographic variation in genetic variability, apomixes expression and ploidy of St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) across its native and introduced range. Annals of Botany 113: 417-427.
Maron, J.L., J. Klironomos, L. Waller and R.M. Callaway. 2014. Invasive plants escape from suppressive soil biota at regional scales. Journal of Ecology 102: 19-27.
Palladini, J.D. and J.L. Maron. 2013. Indirect competition for pollinators is weak compared to direct resource competition: pollination and performance in the face of a potent invader. Oecologia 172: 1061-1069.
Maron, J.L., L. Waller, M. Han, A. Diaconu, R. Pal, H. Müller-Schärer, and R.M. Callaway. 2013. Effects of soil pathogens, disturbance, propagule pressure and competition on exotic plant recruitment at home and abroad. Journal of Ecology 101: 924-932.
Callaway, R.M., D. Montesinos, K. Williams, and J.L. Maron. 2013. Native congeners provide biotic resistance to invasive Potentilla through soil biota. Ecology 94: 1223-1229.
Parsons, E.W.R., J.L. Maron and T. Martin. 2013. Elk herbivory alters small mammal assemblages in high-elevation drainages. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 459-467.
Agrawal, A.A., M.T.J. Johnson, A.P. Hastings, and J.L. Maron. 2013. A field experiment demonstrating plant life-history evolution and its eco-evolutionary feedback to seed predator populations. American Naturalist 181: S35-S45.
Karban, R., P. Grof-Tisza, J.L. Maron and M. Holyoak. 2012. The importance of host plant limitation for caterpillars (Platyprepia virginalis) varies spatially. Ecology 93: 2216-2226.
Pearson, D., T. Potter and J.L. Maron. 2012. Biotic resistance: exclusion of native rodent consumers releases populations of a weak invader. Journal of Ecology 100:1383-1390.
Maron, J.L., T. Potter, Y. Ortega, and D. Pearson. 2012. Seed size and evolutionary origin mediate the impacts of disturbance and rodent seed predation on community assembly. Journal of Ecology 100:1492-1500.
Agrawal, A.A., A.P. Hastings, M.T. Johnson, J.L. Maron, and J-P. Salminn. 2012. Insects as drivers of community and evolutionary change. Science 338: 113-116.
Callaway, R.M., U. Schaffner, G.C. Thelen, A. Khamraev, T. Juginisov and J.L. Maron. 2012.
Impact of Acroptilon repens on co-occurring native plants is greater in the invader’s non-
native range. Biological Invasions 14:1143-1155.
Ortega, Y.K., D.E. Pearson, L.P. Waller, N.J. Sturdevant, and J.L. Maron. 2012. Population-level compensation impedes biological control of an invasive forb and indirect release of a native grass. Ecology 93:783-792.
Martin, T.E. and J.L. Maron. 2012. Climate impacts on bird and plant communities from an altered plant-animal interaction. Nature Climate Change 2: 195-200.
Bricker, M. and J.L. Maron. 2012. Seed predation lowers population growth rate in a long-lived perennial forb (Lithospermum ruderale). Ecology 93:532-543.
Callaway, R.M., L.P. Waller, A. Diaconu, R. Pal, A.R. Colllins, H. Müller-Schärer and J.L. Maron. 2011. Escape from competition: Neighbors reduce C. stoebe performance at home but not away. Ecology 92: 2208-2013.
Huntzinger, M., R. Karban and J.L. Maron. 2011. Small mammals cause non-trophic effects on habitat and associated snails in a native system. Oecologia 167:1085-1091.
Pearson, D.E., R.M. Callaway and J.L. Maron. 2011. Biotic resistance via post-dispersal seed predation: establishment by invasive, naturalized, and native Asters reflects generalist granivore preferences. Ecology 92:1748-1757.
Maron, J.L. and D.E. Pearson. 2011. Vertebrate predators have minimal cascading indirect effects on plant production in an intact grassland ecosystem. Ecology Letters 14:661-669.
Vilà, M., J.M. Espinar, M. Hejda, P.E. Hulme, V. Jarošík, J.L. Maron, J. Pergl, P. Pyšek, U. Schaffner, and Y. Sun. 2011. Ecological impacts of plant invaders. Ecology Letters 14:702-708.
Maron, J.L., M. Marler, J. Klironomos, and C. Cleveland. 2011. Soil pathogens contribute to the positive plant diversity-productivity relationship. Ecology Letters 14: 36-41.
Maron, J.L., D.E. Pearson and R. Fletcher Jr. 2010. Counter-intuitive effects of large-scale predator removal on a mid-latitude rodent community. Ecology 91: 3719-3729.
Williams, J.L., H. Auge, and J.L. Maron. 2010. Effects of disturbance and herbivory on invasive plant abundance at home and abroad. Ecology 91: 1355-1366.
Bricker, M., D. Pearson and J.L. Maron. 2010. Small mammal seed predation limits the recruitment and abundance of two perennial grassland forbs. Ecology 91: 85-92.
Maron, J.L., C.C. Horvitz and J.L. Williams. 2010. Using experiments, demography and population models to estimate interaction strength based on transient and asymptotic dynamics. Journal of Ecology 98: 290-301.
Colautti, R.I., J.L. Maron and S.C.H. Barrett. 2009. Common garden comparisons of native and introduced plant populations: latitudinal clines can obscure evolutionary inference. Evolutionary Applications 2: 187-199.
Johnson, M.T.J., A. Agrawal, J.L. Maron and J-P. Salminen. 2009. Heritability, covariation and natural selection on 24 traits of common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) from a field experiment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1295-1307.
Brodie, J., O.E. Helmy, W.Y. Brockelman and J.L. Maron. 2009. Bushmeat poaching reduces the seed dispersal and population growth rate of a mammal-dispersed tree. Ecological Applications 19: 854-863.
Seifert, E.K., J.D. Bever and J.L. Maron. 2009. Evidence for the evolution of reduced mycorrhizal dependence during plant invasion. Ecology 90: 1055-1062.
Brodie, J., O.E. Helmy and W.Y. Brockelman and J.L. Maron. 2009. Functional differences within a guild of tropical mammalian frugivores. Ecology 90:688-698.
Maron, J.L. and M. Marler. 2008. Field based competitive impacts of invaders on natives at varying resource supply. Journal of Ecology 96: 1187-1197.
Williams, J.L., H. Auge, and J.L. Maron. 2008. Different gardens, different results: Native and introduced populations exhibit contrasting phenotypes across common gardens. Oecologia 157: 239-248.
Maron, J.L. and M. Marler. 2008. Effects of native species diversity and resource additions on invader impact. American Naturalist 172: S18-S33.
Kittelson, P.M., J.L. Maron and M. Marler. 2008. Native diversity and invader impact: an exotic alters the leaf traits of two natives. Ecology 89: 1344-1351.
Maron, J.L. and M. Marler. 2007. Native plant diversity resists invasion at both low and high resource levels. Ecology 88: 2651-2661.