Ecology and Population Biology
Ecology is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms, the interaction among organisms, and the interactions between organisms and their abiotic environment. Ecologists try to understand the inner workings of natural ecosystems and the species they contain. In fact, the Ecology faculty at Duke University span the complete range of ecological inquiry, from individual organisms to populations and communities of interacting species to ecosystems to the entire biosphere.
- Susan C Alberts, Professor
Behavorial ecology and ecological genetics of large mammals - Emily S. Bernhardt, Associate Professor
ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry - James S. Clark, H.L. Blomquist Professor of Environment and Professor of Biology and Professor of Statistics
Ecology - Kathleen Donohue, Professor
Evolutionary ecology and genetics of natural plant populations, genetic basis of adaptation, gene-environment interactions - Mary W. Eubanks, Adjunct Professor
Maize Evolution and Improvement - Sonke Johnsen, Professor
Comparative physiology; focusing on vision, crypsis, optics, and bioluminescence in the open ocean - Katia Koelle, Assistant Professor
Theoretical biology; ecology and evolution of infectious diseases - Manuel S Leal, Assistant Professor
Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology of Lizards, Animal Communication - Daniel A Livingstone, James B Duke Professor Emeritus and Research Professor
- Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Professor
Ecological and evolutionary genomics; Complex trait variation; Drought tolerance and food security - William F Morris, Professor
Population ecology, mutualism, plant-insect interations, life-history adaptations to stochastic environments, theoretical ecology, conservation ecology - Alexander F Motten, Associate Professor Of The Practice
Evolutionary ecology, plant reproductive biology, biodiversity - Stephen Nowicki, Professor of Biology and Dean of Undergraduate Education
Function, structure, and evolution of animal signaling systems - Mark D Rausher, Professor
Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Evolution - Chantal D. Reid, Assistant Professor of the Practice
Physiological ecology and global change - James F. Reynolds, Professor of Environmental Science and Biology
Land degradation in arid and semiarid rangelands; Experimental and modeling studies of effects of elevated CO2 and rainfall variability on dryland ecosystems - Julie A Reynolds, Assistant Professor of the Practice and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Science Literacy and Civic Engagement, Writing-to-learn pedagogies - Marcy K Uyenoyama, Professor
Population genetics, molecular evolution - John H Willis, Professor
Evolutionary genetics in natural plant populations - William Wilson, Associate Professor
- Justin Wright, Assistant Professor
Community, Landscape and Ecosystem Ecology
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