Ph.D., Plant ecology, 1996, University of California, Davis. Dissertation: The community and population ecology of purple needlegrass, Nassella pulchra." Advisor: Dr. Kevin Rice.

M..A., Wildlife biology, 1990, California State University, Fresno. Thesis: The diversity and abundance of rodents in agroforestry plantations. Advisor: Dr. David Chesemore.

California Single-subject Teaching Credential (Science)- 1988. California State University, Fresno.

B.A., Zoology, 1981, California State University, Fresno

Associate Faculty: School of the Environment, University of South Carolina, from Fall 2000

Assistant Professor: University of South Carolina-Aiken. From August 2000. Teach ecology and biology classes, conduct research with undergraduates.

Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher: University of California, Davis, 1999-2000. Collaborated with Dr. Kevin Rice on research and publications related to population and community ecology of California grasslands with special emphasis on the population biology of invasive grasses. Co-PIs on USDA grant to look at the population biology of barbed goatgrass, Aegiliops triuncialis, an invasive annual grass.

Post-doctoral Research: University of Michigan, 1996-1999. Co-ordinated NSF-funded project based in Israel investigating the competitive interactions of species from two desert annual communities. Focused on productivity and density gradients with comparisons between individual and community responses in field, garden, and greenhouse experiments. Project PIs: Deborah Goldberg, Roy Turkington, Jessica Gurevitch.

Doctoral Research: Conducted investigations in the community and population ecology of purple needlegrass in two field experiments at the Jepson Prairie Reserve and one laboratory experiment. Measured the effects of the annual grassland community on competition intensity, resource availability, and survival of the target species. Molecular technique (RAPD) used to assess the genetic variation and sub-division of natural populations. Prepared and coordinated prescribed burning program.

Research Assistant: for Kevin Rice, Dept. of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis, 1991-1992. Research on several projects related to grassland and oak woodland ecology.

Assistant Professor: Introductory Ecology, Biological Science. Dept. of Biology & Geology, USC Aiken. Fall 2000 to present. Courses taught: Biological Sciences II, Introductory Ecology, Principles of Ecology.

Teaching Assistant: Range Ecology & Plant Identification. Department of Agronomy & Range Science, UC Davis. Spring 1993 and 1994.

Science Teacher: Fresno High School, Fresno Unified School District, Fresno, CA. 1988-1990. Taught high school biology, physical science, and earth science.

Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Zoology. Department of Biology, CSU Fresno. Fall 1986 and Spring 1987.

Co-PI: USDA #2000-00802. $165,000. 7/2000 - 6/2003

"Adaptive variation and invasive potential of barbed goatgrass, Aegilops triuncialis."

PI: Research and Productive Scholarship, USC. $5,645. 4/2001 - 4/2002.

"The quantitative and molecular genetics of invasive plant species."

PI: National Wild Turkey Federation. $48,732. 9/2001 - 6/2004.

"The ecology and population biology of chufa, Cyperus esculentus sativus."

Ecological Society of America

British Ecological Society

Society for Ecological Restoration

Botanical Society of America

Association of Southeastern Biologists

Southern Appalachian Biological Society

California Botanical Society

California Native Plant Society

Dyer, A. R., D. E. Goldberg & R. Turkington. The effect of community density and biomass gradients on individual species performance.

Dyer, A. R. Burning and grazing management in a California grassland: community response.

Rice, K. J., A. R. Dyer and J. L. Hardison. The effects of drought and competition on two ecotypes of Bromus tectorum.

Rice, K. J. & A. R. Dyer. The effects of herbivory, competition, and source on the growth and survival of three California oaks.

Peltzer, D. A., A. R. Dyer & D. E. Goldberg. Density dependent germination in contrasting communities of annual plants.

R. Turkington, D. E. Goldberg, L. Olsvig-Whittaker, & A. R. Dyer. Effects of density on timing of germination and consequences for survival and growth in two communities of annual plants.

Dyer, A. R. (in review, Restoration Ecology). Burning and grazing management in a California grassland: growth, mortality, and recruitment of Nassella pulchra.

Dyer, A. R. (in review, Journal of Ecology). Germination strategies in plants: parent-offspring conflict and sibling rivalry.

16. Dyer, A. R. 2002. Detecting and quantifying unpredictable events in ecological research. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 83:

15. Dyer, A. R. 2002. Burning and grazing management in a California grassland: effects on bunchgrass seed viability. Restoration Ecology 10:

14. Rice, K. J. & A. R. Dyer. 2001. Seed aging, delayed germination and reduced competitive ability in Bromus tectorum. Plant Ecology 155(2):

13. Goldberg, D. E., R. Turkington, L. Olsvig-Whittaker, & A. R. Dyer. 2001. Density dependence in an annual plant community: variation in direction and magnitude among life history stages. Ecological Monographs 71:423-446

12. Dyer, A. R., R. Turkington, D. E. Goldberg, & C. Sayre. 2001. Effects of growing conditions and source habitat on plant traits and functional group definition. Functional Ecology 15:85-95

11. Lessin, L. A., A. R. Dyer, & D. E. Goldberg. 2001. Using upper boundary constraints to quantify competitive response of desert annuals. Oikos 92:153-159

10. Dyer, A. R., A. Fenech, & K. J. Rice. 2000. Accelerated seedling emergence in inter-specific competitive neighborhoods. Ecology Letters 3:253-259

9. Lortie, C. J. & A. R. Dyer. 1999. Over-interpretation: Avoiding the stigma of non-significant results. Oikos 87:183-184.

8. Dyer A. R. & K. J. Rice. 1999. Effects of competition on resource availability and growth in a native bunchgrass in two California grasslands. Ecology 80:2697-2710

7. Gerlach, J. D., A. R. Dyer & K. J. Rice. 1998. Grassland and foothill ecosystems of the Central Valley. Fremontia 26:39-43.

6. Knapp, E. E. & A. R. Dyer. 1998. When do genetic considerations require special approaches to ecological restoration? Pages 345-363 in P. L. Fiedler and P. Kareiva, editors. Conservation biology, 2E: For the coming decade. Chapman and Hall, New York, New York, USA.

5. Dyer A. R. & K. J. Rice. 1997. Evidence of spatial genetic structure in a California bunchgrass population. Oecologia 112:333-339.

4. Dyer A. R. & K. J. Rice. 1997. Intraspecific and diffuse competition: the response of Nassella pulchra in a California grassland. Ecological Applications 7:484-492.

3. Dyer, A. R., H. C. Fossum & J. W. Menke. 1996. Effects of burning and grazing on emergence and survival of purple needlegrass. Madroño 43(2):316-333.

2. Kelly, T. D., A. R. Dyer & D. L. Chesemore. 1990. Impact of Eucalyptus plantations grown with agricultural drain water on avian abundance in the San Joaquin Valley, California, 1987-1989. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society. p.97-103.

1. Dyer, A. R., T. D. Kelly & D. L. Chesemore. 1990. Distribution, abundance, and ecology of small mammals in Eucalyptus plantations grown with agricultural drain water in the San Joaquin Valley, California, 1987-1989. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society. p.91-96.

A. R. Dyer. 2001. Dormancy in dimorphic seeds: maternal influence and sibling rivalry. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 82.

I. E. Scott and A. R. Dyer. 2001. Carolina Bay restoration: vegetation assessment of Lost Lake after 9 years. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 82.

A. R. Dyer. 2000. Using germination characteristics to help control barbed goatgrass. Rangeland Watershed Program, UC Davis

A. R. Dyer. 1999. How landscape changes occurred in California. California Exotic Pest Plant Council.

A. R. Dyer. 1999. Evidence that invasive species have adapted to new environments. Society for Ecological Restoration.

A. R. Dyer, D. E. Goldberg, & R. Turkington. 1999. The effect of community density and biomass gradients on individual species performance. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 79.

D. A. Peltzer, A. R. Dyer, & D. E. Goldberg. 1999. Density-dependent germination in annual plants from desert and coastal communities in Israel. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 79.

Dyer, A. R., R. Turkington, D. E. Goldberg, & C. Sayre. 1998. Abstract: Defining plant functional groups using trait data from multiple treatments. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 78.

Lessin, L. M., A. R. Dyer, & D. E. Goldberg. 1998. Competition as a boundary constraint in desert annuals. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 78.

Goldberg, D. E., R. Turkington, & A. R. Dyer. 1998. Individual- and community-level competition along a productivity gradient. Israel Ecological Society, Jerusalem.

Goldberg, D. E., R. Turkington, & A. R. Dyer. 1998. Relationships of plant traits to individual- and community-level competitive ability along a productivity gradient. International Association of Vegetation Science.

Dyer, A. R., R. Turkington, D. E. Goldberg, & C. Sayre. 1998. Trait plasticity and resource availability: a comparative analysis. Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants Workshop, Sede Boker, Israel

Dyer, A. R., R. Turkington, D. E. Goldberg, & C. Sayre. 1997. Traits and plasticity of annual plants along a productivity gradient. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77.

Rice, K. J., J. D. Gerlach, & A. R. Dyer. 1997. Closed canopies and open niches: patterns and mechanisms of sequential invasions in California grasslands. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77.

Dyer, A. R. & K. J. Rice. 1996. Sensitivity of Nassella pulchra growth to competition with exotic grasses. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76.

Dyer, A. R. & K. J. Rice. 1995. Non-native annuals suppress native bunchgrass growth and survival in California grasslands. Society for Ecological Restoration, Seattle, WA. 14-16 September 1995.

Dyer, A. R. & K. J. Rice. 1995. Effects of competition with annual species on Nassella pulchra in California. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 75.

Dyer, A. 1995. There are no "pristine" grasslands in California. Grasslands 5(4):2-3.

Dyer, A. R. & K. J. Rice. 1994. Clone Determination and Genetic Variability of Nassella pulchra Using Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA. Bulletin of the Ecology Society of America 74 and AAAS, Pacific Division Meeting, Syposium on Molecular Techniques in Genetic Conservation, San Francisco, CA. 20-22 June 1994.

Dyer, A. R. 1993 Response of native bunchgrass to burning, grazing (California). Restoration and Management Notes 11:150-151.