Publications - Colin Richard Morrison

Colin Richard Morrison

Morrison, C. R., Armstrong, W.A., & Gilbert, L.E. (in prep). Egg cannibalism by passion vine specialist Disonycha Chevrolat flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini).

Darragh, K., Montejo-Kovacevich, G., Kozak, K. M., Morrison, C. R., Figueiredo, C., Ready, J., Salazar, C., Linares, M., Byers, K. J. R., Merrill, R. M., McMillan, W. O., Schulz, S., & Jiggins, C. D. (in submission). Species specificity and intraspecific variation in the chemical profiles of Heliconius butterflies across a large geographic range.

Smiley, J. and Morrison C. R. (in press) Special Issue: Conducting botanical research with limited resources - Using a portable hydrogen cyanide gas meter to uncover a dynamic phytochemical landscape. Applications in Plant Sciences.

Concha, C., Wallbank, R. W. R., Hanly, J. J., Fenner, J., Livraghi, L., Rivera, E. S., Paulo, D. F., Arias, C., Vargas, M., Sanjeev, M., Morrison, C. R., Tian, D., Aguirre, P., Ferrara, S., Foley, J., Pardo-Diaz, C., Salazar, C., Linares, M., Massardo, D., Counterman, B. A., Scott, M. J., Jiggins, C. D., Papa, R., Martin, A., & McMillan, W. O. (2019). Interplay between developmental flexibility and determinism in the evolution of mimetic Heliconius wing patterns. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.010

Morrison C. R., Aubert C., & Windsor D. M. (2019). Host plant usage predicts variation in preference, performance of a neotropical tortoise beetle Chelymorpha alternans. Environmental Entomology. nvz005, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy194.

Morrison C. R. (2018). Predation of top predators: cane toad consumption of bullet ants in a Panamanian lowland wet forest. The Journal of Tropical Ecology. 0, 1-5, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467418000342.

Morrison, C. R., & Windsor, D. M. (2017). The Life History of Chelymorpha alternans (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) in Panamá. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 111(1), 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/sax075

Darragh K., Vanjari S., Mann F., Gonzalez M. R., Morrison C. R., Salazar C., Pardo-Diaz C., Merrill R. M., McMillan W. O, Schulz S., Jiggins C. D. (2017). Male sex pheromone components in Heliconius butterflies released by the androconia affect female choice. PeerJ, 5, e3935.
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3953.

Glassmire A.E., Jeffrey C.S., Forister M.L., Parchman T., Nice C.C., Jahner J.P., Wilson J., Walla T., Robinson L., Smilanich A.M., Morrison C.R., Simbaña W., Salgaje L.A., Dodson C., Miller J., Leonard M.D., Dyer L.A. (2016) Intraspecific phytochemical variation drives population and community structure for specialist caterpillar. New Phytologist, 212: 208-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14038.

Commentary on Glassmire et al. (2016) from the editor, Andre Kessler (2016). https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14136.

Bernhard J.M., Morrison C.R., Pape E., Beaudoin D.J., Todaro A., Pachiadaki M.G., Kormas K.A., Edgcomb V.P. (2015) Metazoans of Redoxocline Sediments in Mediterranean Deep-Sea Hypersaline Anoxic Basins. BMC Biology, 13: 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-015-0213-6.

Bernhard J.M., Kormas K., Pachiadaki M.G., Rocke E., Beaudoin D.J., Morrison C., Visscher P.T., Cobban A., Starczak V.R., Edgcomb V.P. (2014) Benthic Protists and Fungi of Mediterranean Deep Hypersaline
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00605.

Baguley J.G., Montagna P.A., Cooksey C., Hyland J.L., Bang H.W., Kamikawa A., Bennetts P., Morrison C., Saiyo G., Parsons E., Herdener M., Ricci M. (2014) Community response of deep-sea soft-sediment metazoan meiofauna to the Deepwater Horizon blow out and oil spill. Marine Ecological Progress Series, 528: 127-140. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11290.

My first scientific publication! I forgot about this fine book until my mom recently found it. Clearly, I've always had the passion for nature.

The view from 50m above the forest floor - STRI canopy crane,
Parque Nacional, San Lorenzo, Panama.

Merremia umbellata (Convolvulaceae). Gamboa, STRI, Panama.

Passiflora menispermifolia (Passifloraceae). La Selva, Costa Rica.