William F. Morris, Professor
Bill Morris studies the population ecology of plants and insects (both herbivores and pollinators). Current projects include: the population dynamic consequences of constitutive and inducible resistance in plants, the maintenance of mutualistic interactions between flowering plants and nectar-robbing pollinators, the use of population-level attributes to detect biotic responses to ongoing environmental changes, and the use of mathematical models to assess viability of threatened and endangered populations. The common thread uniting these projects is that they combine field experiments and mathematical models to study population dynamics in natural and managed systems.
Education:
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1990
B.S., Cornell University, 1983
Office Location: 104 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: (919) 525-4585
Email Address: wfmorris@duke.edu
Specialties:
Ecology and Population Biology
Research Categories: Population ecology, mutualism, plant-insect interations, life-history adaptations to stochastic environments, theoretical ecology, conservation ecology
Research Description: Bill Morris studies the population ecology of plants and insects (both herbivores and pollinators). Current projects include: the population dynamic consequences of constitutive and inducible resistance in plants, the maintenance of mutualistic interactions between flowering plants and nectar-robbing pollinators, the use of population-level attributes to detect biotic responses to ongoing environmental changes, and the use of mathematical models to assess viability of threatened and endangered populations. The common thread uniting these projects is that they combine field experiments and mathematical models to study population dynamics in natural and managed systems.
Recent Publications (More Publications) (search)
- Cayton, HL; Haddad, NM; Henry, EH; Himes Boor, GK; Kiekebusch, EM; Morris, WF; Aschehoug, ET, Restoration success varies based on time since restoration in a disturbance-dependent ephemeral wetland ecosystem, Restoration Ecology, vol. 31 no. 5 (July, 2023) [doi] [abs].
- Heiling, JM; Irwin, RE; Morris, WF, Conflicting constraints on male mating success shape reward size in pollen-rewarding plants., Am J Bot, vol. 110 no. 6 (June, 2023), pp. e16158 [doi] [abs].
- Jones, SH; Reed, PB; Roy, BA; Morris, WF; DeMarche, ML, Seed type and origin-dependent seedling emergence patterns in Danthonia californica, a species commonly used in grassland restoration., Plant Environment Interactions, vol. 4 no. 2 (April, 2023), pp. 97-113 [doi] [abs].
- Henry, EH; Terando, AJ; Morris, WF; Daniels, JC; Haddad, NM, Shifting precipitation regimes alter the phenology and population dynamics of low latitude ectotherms, Climate Change Ecology, vol. 3 (December, 2022) [doi] [abs].
- Louthan, AM; Keighron, M; Kiekebusch, E; Cayton, H; Terando, A; Morris, WF, Climate change weakens the impact of disturbance interval on the growth rate of natural populations of Venus flytrap, Ecological Monographs, vol. 92 no. 4 (November, 2022) [doi] [abs].