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John Bishop
John Bishop is an associate professor of biology at Washington State University –Vancouver. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Mount St. Helens Institute for many years. His research, funded by the National Science Foundation, focuses on mechanisms that control the development of new plant communities. He is especially interested in how herbivores and a lack of nutrients shape the colonization of barren areas. Bishop earned his PhD in botany from the University of Washington in 1996. He has authored more than 20 scientific papers; available at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/programs/sci/.
