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William F. Morris

William F. Morris

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
60
Citations
15952
World Ranking
2269
National Ranking
812

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

William F. Morris is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans a variety of subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The research interests of William F. Morris encompass several main topics. These include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Insurance, Mortality, Demography, and Risk Management, as well as Avian Ecology and Behavior, Marine and Fisheries Research, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

William F. Morris has contributed to multiple publications. Recent representative papers include:

  • A critical comparison of integral projection and matrix projection models for demographic analysis, 2021, Ecological Monographs
  • Climate manipulations differentially affect plant population dynamics within versus beyond northern range limits, 2020, Journal of Ecology
  • Climate warming threatens the persistence of a community of disturbance-adapted native annual plants, 2021, Ecology
  • Latitudinal gradients in population growth do not reflect demographic responses to climate, 2020, Ecological Applications
  • Are genetic variation and demographic performance linked?, 2022, Evolutionary Applications

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Ecological Monographs, Ecology Letters, Ecology, The American Naturalist, and UNC Libraries.

Frequent collaborators include Daniel F. Doak, Allison M. Louthan, Megan L. DeMarche, Nick M. Haddad, and Ellen Waddle, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

William F. Morris was recognized as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Quantitative conservation biology

    William F. Morris;Daniel F. Doak

  • Quantitative conservation biology : theory and practice of population viability analysis

    William F. Morris;Daniel F. Doak

  • Biotic interactions and plant invasions

    Charles E. Mitchell;Anurag A. Agrawal;James D. Bever;Gregory S. Gilbert

  • Interaction frequency as a surrogate for the total effect of animal mutualists on plants

    Diego P. Vázquez;William F. Morris;Pedro Jordano

  • Demographic compensation and tipping points in climate-induced range shifts

    Daniel F. Doak;William F. Morris

  • LONGEVITY CAN BUFFER PLANT AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS AGAINST CHANGING CLIMATIC VARIABILITY

    William F. Morris;Catherine A. Pfister;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Chirrakal V. Haridas

  • Predicting changes in the distribution and abundance of species under environmental change

    Johan Ehrlén;William F. Morris;William F. Morris

  • How do plant ecologists use matrix population models

    Elizabeth E. Crone;Eric S. Menges;Martha M. Ellis;Timothy Bell

  • Aging in the Natural World: Comparative Data Reveal Similar Mortality Patterns Across Primates

    Anne M. Bronikowski;Jeanne Altmann;Diane K. Brockman;Marina Cords

  • DIRECT AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF ENEMIES AND MUTUALISTS ON PLANT PERFORMANCE: A META-ANALYSIS

    William F. Morris;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Anurag A. Agrawal;James D. Bever

  • Ecological and evolutionary impacts of changing climatic variability.

    Diego P. Vázquez;Diego P. Vázquez;Ernesto Gianoli;Ernesto Gianoli;William F. Morris;Francisco Bozinovic

  • Buffering of life histories against environmental stochasticity: accounting for a spurious correlation between the variabilities of vital rates and their contributions to fitness.

    William F. Morris;Daniel F. Doak

  • Incorporating local adaptation into forecasts of species' distribution and abundance under climate change.

    Megan L Peterson;Daniel F Doak;William F Morris

  • Mechanistic basis of resistance to PCBs in Atlantic tomcod from the Hudson River.

    Isaac Wirgin;Nirmal K. Roy;Matthew Loftus;R. Christopher Chambers

  • CO2-ENRICHMENT AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY ALTER ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL COMMUNITIES

    Jeri Lynn Parrent;William F. Morris;Rytas Vilgalys

  • When can two plant species facilitate each other's pollination?

    Tracy S. Feldman;William F. Morris;William G. Wilson

  • A Practical Handbook for Population Viability Analysis

    Daniel Doak;Peter Kareiva;John Fieberg;Martha Groom

  • The Role of Lupine in Succession on Mount St. Helens: Facilitation or Inhibition?

    William F. Morris;David M. Wood

  • Ecological Dynamics of Mutualist/Antagonist Communities

    Judith L. Bronstein;William G. Wilson;William F. Morris

  • Life history of the long‐lived gynodioecious cushion plant Silene acaulis (Caryophyllaceae), inferred from size‐based population projection matrices

    William F. Morris;Daniel F. Doak

  • POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY PLANS: PAST USE AND FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS

    William F. Morris;Philip L. Bloch;Brian R. Hudgens;Leonie C. Moyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel F. Doak
Daniel F. Doak University of Colorado Boulder
Diego P. Vázquez
Diego P. Vázquez National University of Cuyo
Nick M. Haddad
Nick M. Haddad Michigan State University
Karen B. Strier
Karen B. Strier University of Wisconsin–Madison
Anne E. Pusey
Anne E. Pusey Duke University
Judith L. Bronstein
Judith L. Bronstein University of Arizona
Susan C. Alberts
Susan C. Alberts Duke University
Jeanne Altmann
Jeanne Altmann Princeton University
Linda M. Fedigan
Linda M. Fedigan University of Calgary
Marina Cords
Marina Cords Columbia University

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