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08/05/08

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Schoener, T.W., D.A. Spiller, and L.W. Morrison. 1995. Variation in the hymenopteran parasitoid fraction on Bahamian islands. Acta Oecologica, 16: 103-121.

Morrison, L.W. 1996. The ants of Polynesia revisited: Species-area relationships and the role of interspecific competition. Ecography, 19: 73-84.

Morrison, L.W. 1996. Community organization in a recently assembled fauna: the case of Polynesian ants. Oecologia, 107: 243-256.

Morrison, L.W. 1997. Polynesian ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species richness and distribution: A regional survey. Acta Oecologica, 18: 685-695.

Morrison, L.W. 1997. The insular biogeography of small Bahamian cays. Journal of Ecology, 85: 441-454.

Morrison, L.W., C.G. Dall'Aglio-Holvorcem, and L.E. Gilbert. 1997. Oviposition behavior and development of Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae), parasitoids of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Environmental Entomology, 26: 716-724.

Gilbert, L.E. and L.W. Morrison. 1997. Patterns of host specificity in Pseudacteon parasitoid flies (Diptera, Phoridae) that attack Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Environmental Entomology, 26: 1149-1154.

Morrison, L.W. 1998. The spatiotemporal dynamics of insular ant metapopulations. Ecology, 79: 1135-1146.

Morrison, L.W. 1998. A review of Bahamian ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) biogeography. Journal of Biogeography, 25: 561-571. <PDF available> "This is an electronic version of an Article published in Journal of Biogeography, 25, 561-571"

Morrison, L.W., and L.E. Gilbert. 1998. Parasitoid-host relationships when host size varies: the case of Pseudacteon flies and Solenopsis fire ants. Ecological Entomology, 23: 409-416.

Morrison, L.W., S.D. Porter, and L.E. Gilbert. 1999. Sex ratio variation as a function of host size in Pseudacteon flies (Diptera, Phoridae), parasitoids of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 66: 257-267.

Morrison, L.W., E.A. Kawazoe, R. Guerra, and L.E. Gilbert. 1999. Phenology and dispersal in Pseudacteon flies (Diptera, Phoridae), parasitoids of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 92: 198-207.

Brown, B.V., and Morrison, L.W. 1999. A new Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) from North America that parasitizes native fire ants, Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 92: 308-311.

Morrison, L.W. 1999. Indirect effects of phorid fly parasitoids on interspecific competition between fire ants. Oecologia, 121: 113-122. <PDF available>  "The original publication is available at http://link.springer.de or http://link.springer-ny.com; Springer-Verlag is the copyright owner"

Morrison, L.W. and L.E. Gilbert. 1999. Host specificity in two additional Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae), parasitoids of Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist, 82: 404-409. PDF available here.

Morrison, L.W. 2000. Mechanisms of interspecific competition between an invasive and two native fire ant species. Oikos, 90: 238-252.

Morrison, L.W. 2000. Mechanisms of parasitoid effects on exploitative and interference competition in host ants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 93: 841-849.

Morrison, L.W. 2000. Biology of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) ant parasitoids and their potential to control imported Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In S. G. Pandalai (ed.), Recent Research Developments in Entomology, 3: 1-13.

Morrison, L.W., E.A. Kawazoe, R. Guerra, and L.E. Gilbert. 2000. Ecological interactions of Pseudacteon parasitoids and Solenopsis host ants: environmental correlates of activity and effects on interspecific competition. Ecological Entomology, 25: 433-444.

Morrison, L.W. 2002. The geographic distribution of pubescence in the sea daisy, Borrichia arborescens, on Bahamian islands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 11: 247-252. <PDF available> "This is an electronic version of an Article published in Global Ecology & Biogeography (2000) 11, 247-252"

Morrison, L.W. 2002. Island biogeography and metapopulation dynamics of Bahamian ants. Journal of Biogeography, 29: 387-394. <PDF available> "This is an electronic version of an Article published in Journal of Biogeography, 29, 387-394"

Morrison, L.W. 2002. Determinants of plant species richness on small Bahamian islands. Journal of Biogeography, 29: 931-941. <PDF available> "This is an electronic version of an Article published in Journal of Biogeography, 29, 931-941"

Morrison, L.W. 2002. Long-term impacts of an arthropod-community invasion by the imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Ecology, 83: 2337-2345.

Morrison, L.W. 2002. Interspecific competition and coexistence between ants and land hermit crabs on small Bahamian islands. Acta Oecologica, 23: 223-229.

Morrison, L.W. 2003. Plant species persistence and turnover on small Bahamian Cays. Oecologia, 136: 51-62. <PDF available> "The original publication is available at http://link.springer.de or http://link.springer-ny.com; Springer-Verlag is the copyright owner"

Morrison, L. W. and S. D. Porter. 2003. Positive associations between densities of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and generalized ant and arthropod species diversity. Environmental Entomology, 32: 548-554. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W., S. D. Porter, E. Daniels, and M. D. Korzukhin. 2004. Potential global range expansion of the invasive fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Biological Invasions, 6:183-191.<PDF available>

Porter, S.D., L.W. Morrison, and L. A. Nogueira de Sa. 2004. Establishment and dispersal of the fire ant decapitating fly Pseudacteon tricuspis in North Florida. Biological Control, 29:179-188. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. and J. R. King. 2004. Host location behavior in a parasitoid of imported fire ants. Journal of Insect Behavior, 17: 367-383. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. 2004. Spatiotemporal variation in antlion density and impacts on ant and general arthropod foraging. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 97: 913-922. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. and S. D. Porter. 2005. Testing for population-level impacts of introduced Pseudacteon tricuspis flies, phorid parasitoids of Solenopsis invicta fire ants. Biological Control, 33:9-19. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. and S. D. Porter. 2005. Phenology and parasitism rates of introduced populations of Pseudacteon tricuspis, a parasitoid of Solenopsis invicta. BioControl, 50: 127-141. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W., S. D. Porter, and M. D. Korzukhin. 2005. Predicted range expansion of the invasive fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in the eastern United States based on the VEMAP global warming scenario. Diversity and Distributions, 11: 199-204. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. 2005. Arthropod diversity and allochthonous-based food webs on tiny oceanic islands.  Diversity and Distributions, 11:517-524.

Morrison, L. W. and D. A. Spiller. 2006. Land hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) densities and patterns of gastropod shell use on small Bahamian islands.  Journal of Biogeography, 33:314-322.

Morrison, L. W. 2006.  Mechanisms of coexistence and competition between ants and land hermit crabs in a Bahamian archipelago. Acta Oecologica, 29:1-8.

Morrison, L. W. and S. D. Porter. 2006. Post-release host-specificity testing of Pseudacteon tricuspis, a phorid parasitoid of Solenopsis invicta fire ants. BioControl, 51:195-205. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. 2006.  The ants of small Bahamian cays.  Bahamas Naturalist and Journal of Science, 1(2):27-32. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. 2007. Assessing the reliability of ecological monitoring data: Power analysis and alternative approaches.  Natural Areas Journal, 27:83-91. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. 2008.  Patterns of nestedness in remote Polynesian ant faunas.  Pacific Science, 62:117-127.

Morrison, L. W. 2008. The use of control charts to interpret environmental monitoring data.  Natural Areas Journal, 28:66-73. <PDF available>

Morrison, L. W. and D. A. Spiller. 2008. Patterns and processes in insular floras affected by hurricanes. Journal of Biogeography, in press.

Morrison, L. W., D. R. Smith, C. C. Young, and D. W. Nichols. 2008. Evaluating sampling designs by computer simulation: a case study with the Missouri Bladderpod. Population Ecology, in press.

Young, C. C., L. W. Morrison, M. I. Kelrick, and M. D. DeBacker. 2008. Monitoring Lesquerella filiformis Rollins (Missouri Bladderpod): Application and evaluation of a grid-based survey approach. Natural Areas Journal, in press.
 
   

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