Dr. Ragan (Ray) Callaway is a prominent plant and community ecologist that obtained his Masters of Science at the
University of Tennessee
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in 1983 and his Doctor of Philosophy at the
University of California, Santa Barbara
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in 1990
Currently, he researches and teaches out of the
University of Montana
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in
Missoula, Montana
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, USA
His research concentrates on the interactions within plant communities and ecosystems, predominantly those in alpine environments
His most highly cited papers investigate both the direct and indirect interactions between plants and with other organisms
,2,3,4,5 More specifically, these interactions include resource competition, allelopathy, facilitation/mutualisms
,3and interactions with invasive species
,5 as well as soil microbe
herbivore and competitor-mediated interactions
See also
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Suzanne Simard
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References
*1. Callaway, R. 2014. Ragan (Ray) Callaway's Plant Community Ecology Lab University of Montana.
nlineAvailable at: https://archive.today/20141105035557/http://plantecology.dbs.umt.edu/
ccessed: 4 Mar 2014
*2. Bertness, M. D., & Callaway, R. 1994. Positive interactions in communities. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 9(5): 191–193.
*3. Callaway, R. M. 1995. Positive interactions among plants. The Botanical Review, 61(4): 306–349.
*4. Callaway, R. M., & Aschehoug, E. T. 2000. Invasive plants versus their new and old neighbors: a mechanism for exotic invasion. Science, 290(5491): 521–523.
*5. Callaway, R. M., & Ridenour, W. M. 2004. Novel weapons: invasive success and the evolution of increased competitive ability. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2(8): 436–443.
*6. Callaway, R. M., Thelen, G. C., Rodriguez, A., & Holben, W. E. 2004. Soil biota and exotic plant invasion. Nature, 427(6976): 731–733.
*7. Callaway, R. M., & Walker, L. R. 1997. Competition and facilitation: a synthetic approach to interactions in plant communities. Ecology, 78(7): 1958–1965.
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American ecologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
University of Montana faculty
University of Tennessee alumni
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni