Martin Cipollini,^1,*,** Patrick Felch,^2,*** N. Royce Dingley,^3,**** Chandler Maddox<sup>4,*****

1</sup>1Berry College Department of Biology Mount Berry, GA 30149
²2Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality 515 East Amite Street Jackson, MS 39201
³3Northwest Georgia Public Health 1309 Redmond Road, NW Rome, GA 30165-9655
⁴4University of Georgia Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Genomics 111 Riverbend Road Athens,

^*Corresponding author: mcipollini@berry.edu; (706) 346-7956
^**Martin Cipollini holds degrees in biology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (BS, MS) and in ecology from Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey (PhD). His research focuses on longleaf pine and American chestnut restoration, plant–animal interactions, and plant reproductive ecology. He is Dana Professor of Biology at Berry College.
^***Patrick Felch holds a degree in biology from Berry College (BS) where he worked on longleaf pine, chestnut, and spicebush research as part of the college's student work and Gates Scholarship programs. After spending time in the Peace Corps in Namibia, he is presently employed by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
^****N. Royce Dingley holds a degree in biology from Berry College (BS) where he worked on longleaf pine, chestnut, and spicebush research as part of the college's student work and Gates Scholarship programs. After spending time in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua, he is presently employed by Northwest Georgia Department of Public Health.
^*****Chandler Maddox holds a degree in biology from Berry College (BS) where she worked on longleaf pine, chestnut, and spicebush research as part of the college's student work program. She is presently in the PhD program in plant breeding, genetics, and genomics at University of Georgia, Institute of Plant Breeding.