Peter M. Groffman,^* Lindsey E. Rustad,^** Pamela H. Templer,^*** John L. Campbell,^** Lynn M. Christenson,^**** Nina K. Lany,^***** Anne M. Socci,^****** Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur,^******* Paul G. Schaberg,^******** Geoffrey F. Wilson,^********* Charles T. Driscoll,^********** Timothy J. Fahey,^*********** Melany C. Fisk,^************ Christine L. Goodale,^{*************} Mark B. Green,^{**************} Steven P. Hamburg,^{***************} Chris E. Johnson,^********** Myron J. Mitchell,^{****************} Jennifer L. Morse,^* Linda H. Pardo,^******** Nicholas L. Rodenhouse<sup>****************


*</sup>Peter M. Groffman (groffmanp@caryinstitute.org) is a senior scientist and Jennifer L. Morse is a postdoctoral researcher at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, in Millbrook, New York.
^**Lindsey E. Rustad and John L. Campbell are research ecologists with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service's Northern Research Station, in Durham, New Hampshire.
^***Pamela H. Templer is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Boston University, in Boston, Massachusetts.
^****Lynn M. Christenson is an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York.
^*****Nina K. Lany is a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire.
^******Anne M. Socci is a graduate student in the Department of Biology at Boston University, in Boston, Massachusetts.
^*******Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur is a graduate student at the Complex Systems Research Center at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham.
^********Paul G. Schaberg is a research plant physiologist and Linda H. Pardo is an environmental engineer with the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station, in Burlington, Vermont.
^*********Geoffrey F. Wilson is the education director at the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, in Thornton, New Hampshire.
^**********Charles T. Driscoll and Chris E. Johnson are professors in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University, in Syracuse, New York.
^***********Timothy J. Fahey is a professor in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York.
^************Melany C. Fisk is an associate professor in the Department of Zoology at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio.
^{*************}Christine L. Goodale is an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York.
^{**************}Mark B. Green is an assistant professor at the Center for the Environment at Plymouth State University, in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and a research hydrologist with the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station, in Durham, New Hampshire.
^{***************}Steven P. Hamburg is the chief scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, in Boston, Massachusetts.
^{****************}Myron J. Mitchell is a distinguished professor in the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, in Syracuse and Nicholas L. Rodenhouse is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts.