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Below is a list of our current and proposed Working Groups, organized by authorship model. Each includes a brief description with a link to a PDF document with more information. Please see the [HerbVar Manual chapter on paper working group proposals](https://herbvar-network.github.io/herbvar_manual/02_collab/working-group-pubs.html) for details on how to propose new Working Groups. Or if you are interesting in proposing a new, add-on data collection effort, please see the [HerbVar Manual chapter on proposing new data collection](https://herbvar-network.github.io/herbvar_manual/02_collab/new_data_collection.html).

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# Open Working Groups

These Working Groups include all Site PIs who contributed relevant data, or they are open to any member who wants to join. Leads will reach out to involve co-authors.


### Spatial Pattern in Herbivory Working Group

- Is herbivory contagious? The spatial pattern of herbivore damage within plant populations across the globe
- Lead: William Wetzel, Montana State University
- Co-authors: All relevant HV Site PIs will be included. This includes all members who contributed data to our 2023 Science paper.
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/Wetzel et al - HV spatial abstract.pdf)


### Focal Family Working Group

- Examining patterns of herbivory within our focal families
- Lead: N. Ivalu Cacho, Institute of Biology, UNAM
- Co-authors: All relevant HV Site PIs who contributed focal family data will be included as co-authors.
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/HerbVar_Abstract_FocalFams_NIC_2014_1114.pdf)


### Education Working Group

- The HerbVar Education Working Group aims to help faculty teach undergraduates about variability-based issues of scientific and social importance, and to provide research training for graduate students and postdocs that will support future variability-based research. You can read more about their efforts [here](https://herbvar.org/education.html).
- Lead: Nora Underwood, Florida State University
- Co-leads: TBD
- Other members: Open to new members, please get in touch with Nora Underwood (nunderwood@bio.fsu.edu)
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/HV Education abstract.pdf)

### Reproductive Damage Working Group

- Variability in herbivore damage to reproductive structures
- Lead: Susan Whitehead
- Co-leads: Steering Committee
- Co-authors: Contributors of surveys of reproductive damage
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/Whitehead et al_HerbVar repro abstract.pdf)

# Working Groups with a traditional authorship model

These ongoing Working Groups are using a traditional invitation authorship model that involves people with specific skills or expertise necessary for the project.


### Plant Traits Working Group

- Examining the relationships between plant traits and herbivory patterns with a review paper and a data paper
- Lead: Andrea Galmán, Montana State University
- Co-authors: Karen Abbott, Betty Benrey, Emilio Bruna, Carlos Bustos, Ivalu Cacho, Emmanuel Defossez, Lee Dyer, Michael Eisenring, Susan E Everingham, Martin M. Gossner, Patrick Grof-Tisza, Phil G Hahn, Brian D. Inouye, Sergio Rasmann, Mar Sobral, Nora Underwood, Susan R. Whitehead, William C. Wetzel
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/Galmán et al_Traits & Variability abstract.pdf)


### Gradients Working Group

- Variation in herbivory across global environmental gradients
- Lead: Phil Hahn, University of Florida
- Co-authors: Jake Herschberger, Ivalu Cacho, William Wetzel, Susan Whitehead, Karen Abbott, Andrea Galman, Nora Underwood, Brian Inouye, Lee Dyer, Emilio Bruna, Robi Bagchi, Daniel Anstett, Rupesh Kariyat, Carina Baskett
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/Hahn et al HV gradient abstract.pdf)


### Scales Working Group

- From leaf to biome: multi-scale variability in plant-herbivore interactions
- Lead: Susan Whitehead, Virginia Tech
- Co-authors: Carolina Quintero, Yamila Sasal, Andrea Galmán, Mar Sobral, Phil Hahn, Nora Underwood, Brian Inouye, Karen Abbott, Lee Dyer, Ivalu Cacho, Emilio Bruna, William Wetzel
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/Whitehead et al_HerbVar multiscale abstract.pdf)


### Distributions Working Group

- Herbivory distribution parameters across space and time
- Lead: Lee Dyer, University of Nevada, Reno
- Co-authors: HerbVar Steering Committee 
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/HerbivoryDistrubtions2024.pdf)


### Null Model Working Group

- Null Models of Herbivory: what shapes distributions of damage?
- Leads: Karen Abbott (Case Western), Brian Inouye (Florida State University)
- Co-authors: The HerbVar steering committee, Bret Eldred
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/Null Models abstract for HerVar.pdf)


### Common Garden Data Working Group

- Common Gardens: The influence of plant genetics and environment on variability in herbivory
- Lead: Michael Eisenring (Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL)
- Co-authors: Jill Anderson (U. Georgia), Rebecca Best (Northern Arizona U.), Andrea Galmán (Montana State U./Misión Biolóxica de Galicia, CSIC), Martin Gossner (Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL), Phil Hahn (U. Florida), Jessie Mutz (Dartmouth), Sergio Rasmann (U. Neuchâtel), Nora Underwood (Florida State U.), Will Wetzel (Montana State U.)
- [Working Group abstract](workingGroups/Eisenring et al - HerbVar - Common Garden Abstract.pdf)


# Newly proposed Working Groups

If you are interested in proposing a Working Group, please review the [HerbVar Manual](https://herbvar-network.github.io/herbvar_manual/). Working Groups can use existing data or design and implement new data collection protocols. Feel free to reach out to the Steering Committee if you have questions. We're excited to help you use HerbVar data to answer your research questions!

### Phytochemistry Working Group
- Relationship between plant chemistry and damage patterns
- Lead: Lee Dyer
- Co-leads: TBD