William F Morris

Summary

Affiliation: Duke University Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Three-way coexistence in obligate mutualist-exploiter interactions: the potential role of competition
    William F Morris
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Am Nat 161:860-75. 2003
  2. ncbi Benefit and cost curves for typical pollination mutualisms
    William F Morris
    Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Ecology 91:1276-85. 2010
  3. ncbi Longevity can buffer plant and animal populations against changing climatic variability
    William F Morris
    Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Ecology 89:19-25. 2008
  4. ncbi Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis
    William F Morris
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Ecology 88:1021-9. 2007
  5. ncbi Low demographic variability in wild primate populations: fitness impacts of variation, covariation, and serial correlation in vital rates
    William F Morris
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Am Nat 177:E14-28. 2011
  6. ncbi 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
    Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Am Nat 163:579-90. 2004
  7. ncbi CO2-enrichment and nutrient availability alter ectomycorrhizal fungal communities
    Jeri Lynn Parrent
    Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Ecology 87:2278-87. 2006
  8. ncbi Biotic interactions and plant invasions
    Charles E Mitchell
    Department of Biology and Curriculum in Ecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3280, USA
    Ecol Lett 9:726-40. 2006
  9. ncbi Simultaneous effects of food limitation and inducible resistance on herbivore population dynamics
    Karen C Abbott
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Theor Popul Biol 73:63-78. 2008
  10. ncbi Ecological dynamics of mutualist/antagonist communities
    Judith L Bronstein
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85745, USA
    Am Nat 162:S24-39. 2003

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Three-way coexistence in obligate mutualist-exploiter interactions: the potential role of competition
    William F Morris
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Am Nat 161:860-75. 2003
    ..Our results suggest that mutualist/exploiter coexistence may be more easily achieved than previously thought, thus highlighting the need for a better understanding of competition among and between mutualists and exploiters...
  2. ncbi Benefit and cost curves for typical pollination mutualisms
    William F Morris
    Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Ecology 91:1276-85. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Longevity can buffer plant and animal populations against changing climatic variability
    William F Morris
    Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Ecology 89:19-25. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis
    William F Morris
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Ecology 88:1021-9. 2007
    ..We discuss how observed differences in effect size might be confounded with methodological differences among studies...
  5. ncbi Low demographic variability in wild primate populations: fitness impacts of variation, covariation, and serial correlation in vital rates
    William F Morris
    Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Am Nat 177:E14-28. 2011
    ..Our results suggest that wild primates may be buffered against detrimental fitness effects of environmental stochasticity by their highly developed cognitive abilities, social networks, and broad, flexible diets...
  6. ncbi 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
    Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
    Am Nat 163:579-90. 2004
    ..Applying this analysis to demographic data from five populations of the alpine cushion plant Silene acaulis, we provide evidence of stronger buffering in the vital rates that most influence fitness...
  7. ncbi CO2-enrichment and nutrient availability alter ectomycorrhizal fungal communities
    Jeri Lynn Parrent
    Biology Department, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708 0338, USA
    Ecology 87:2278-87. 2006
    ....
  8. ncbi Biotic interactions and plant invasions
    Charles E Mitchell
    Department of Biology and Curriculum in Ecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 3280, USA
    Ecol Lett 9:726-40. 2006
    ....
  9. ncbi Simultaneous effects of food limitation and inducible resistance on herbivore population dynamics
    Karen C Abbott
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    Theor Popul Biol 73:63-78. 2008
    ....
  10. ncbi Ecological dynamics of mutualist/antagonist communities
    Judith L Bronstein
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85745, USA
    Am Nat 162:S24-39. 2003
    ..More broadly, they point to the critical importance of studying the dynamics of pairwise interactions in community contexts...
  11. ncbi Resource-dependent dispersal and the speed of biological invasions
    Greg Dwyer
    Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Am Nat 167:165-76. 2006
    ..More practically, our work suggests that reducing invader densities behind the front may be a useful method of slowing an invader's rate of spread...
  12. ncbi Correctly estimating how environmental stochasticity influences fitness and population growth
    Daniel F Doak
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
    Am Nat 166:E14-21. 2005
    ..We apply this new sensitivity calculation to data from the desert tortoise and discuss its interpretation in light of the factors generating vital rate correlations...