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Robinson, A. E., McDermott, C., Camargo-Cely, A., Poore, S., Aichelman, H. E., Morrison, C. R., & Mullen, S. P. (in prep). Geographic variation in fitness, larval performance, and chemical defense in a putative mimetic butterfly.
Li, C., Morrison, C. R., Plowes, R. M., & Gilbert, L. E. (in prep). Biology of Cactoblastis cactorum in Texas: Natural enemy interactions and comparative host plant performance over ongoing invasion. Morrison, C. R., Gaitho, A., Gathoni, M., Plowes, R. M., Martins, D. J., & Gilbert, L. E. (in prep). The life history, natural enemies, and population dynamics of the gall midge Arabukodiplosis basalis Kolesik (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Kenya, with notes on sustainable culture maintenance. Gomes, P. W. P., … Morrison, C. R., … & Dorrestein, P. C. (in review). plantMASST - Community-driven chemotaxonomic digitization of plants. Nature. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11118438/ Morrison, C. R., Sedio, B. E., Gilbert, L. E., Havird, J. C., & Somjee, U. (2026). The matador bug, Anisoscelis alipes, and several related leaf-footed bugs (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Coreinae) accumulate cyanide from their host plants. Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-026-01730-6 Moskowitz, N. A., Alvarez-Buylla, A., Morrison, C. R., Chamba, A., Rentería, J., Tapia, E. A., Coloma, L. A., Donoso, D. A., & O’Connell, L. A. (2025). Poison frog diet and chemical defense are influenced by availability and selectivity for ants. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70142 Morrison, C. R., Armstrong, W. R., Plowes, R. M., Gilbert, L. E., & Fernández-Triana, J. L. (2025). A new species of Iconella (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a parasitoid of Melitara subumbrella cactus moth larvae from New Mexico with biological notes and an updated key to American Iconella species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 98, 483–498. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.151036 Coleman, J. L., Wang, S. Y., Marek, P. E., Morrison, C. R., Sedio, B. E., & Cannatella, D. C. (2025). Nuance in the narrative of a brown poison frog: Environmental alkaloids and specialized foraging in a presumed toxin-free and diet-generalized species. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 51(2), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-025-01584-4 Morrison, C. R., Plowes, R. M., Springer, L. E., Sanchez-Peña, S., & Gilbert, L. E. (2025). Establishment and range expansion of invasive Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) in Texas. Florida Entomologist, 108(1), 20240052. https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0052 Morrison, C. R., Armstrong, W. A., & Gilbert, L. E. (2024). Egg cannibalism by passion vine specialist Disonycha Chevrolat flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 78(4), 494–498. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-78.4.494 Morrison, C. R., Hart, L., Wolf, A., Sedio, B. E., Armstrong, W. A., & Gilbert, L. E. (2024). Higher soil nutrient availability provides plants with survival bonuses, not trade-offs: Correlated growth traits, chemical defenses, and metabolomic expression of a tropical passion vine. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14537 Herbivory Variability Network, … Morrison, C. R., … & Wetzel, W. C. (2023). Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science, 382, 679–683. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh8830 Morrison, C. R., Plowes, R. M., Rhodes, A. C., Martins, D. J., & Gilbert, L. E. (2023). Arthropod associates of Kenyan buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris): A field survey for biological control candidates of a globally important invasive grass. African Entomology, 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2023/a16178 Morrison, C. R., Nguyen, C., & Gilbert, L. E. (2023). The role of host plant usage and accumulation of toxic secondary chemicals across the life cycle of a passion vine specialist butterfly. Ecological Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13229 Morrison, C. R., Rhodes, A. C., Bowman, E. A., Sedio, B. E., Plowes, R. M., & Gilbert, L. E. (2023). Adding insult to injury: Light competition and novel weapons interact to facilitate Guinea grass invasion. Ecosphere, 14, e4438. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4438 Morrison, C. R., Plowes, R. M., Jones, N. T., & Gilbert, L. E. (2020). Host quality does not matter to native or invasive cactus moth larvae: Grave implications for North American prickly pears. Ecological Entomology, 46, 319–333. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12964 Darragh, K., Montejo-Kovacevich, G., Kozak, K. M., Morrison, C. R., et al. (2020). Species specificity and intraspecific variation in chemical profiles of Heliconius butterflies. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 3895–3918. https://doi.org/10.1101/573469 Smiley, J., & Morrison, C. R. (2020). Using a portable hydrogen cyanide gas meter to uncover a dynamic phytochemical landscape. Applications in Plant Sciences, 8, e11336. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11336 Concha, C., Wallbank, R. W. R., Hanly, J. J., et al. (2019). Interplay between developmental flexibility and determinism in the evolution of mimetic Heliconius wing patterns. Current Biology, 29, 3996–4009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.10.010 Morrison, C. R., Aubert, C., & Windsor, D. M. (2019). Variation in host plant usage and diet breadth predict sibling preference and performance in the Neotropical tortoise beetle Chelymorpha alternans. Environmental Entomology, 48, 382–394. 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. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 34, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467418000342 Morrison, C. R., & Windsor, D. M. (2017). The life history of the neotropical tortoise beetle Chelymorpha alternans from Panama. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 111, 31–41. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/sax075 Darragh, K., Vanjari, S., Mann, F., et al. (2017). Male sex pheromone components in Heliconius butterflies released by the androconia affect female choice. PeerJ, e3953. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3953 Glassmire, A. E., et al. (2016). Intraspecific phytochemical variation drives population and community structure for specialist caterpillar. New Phytologist, 212, 208–219. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14038 Bernhard, J. M., Morrison, C. R., et al. (2015). Metazoans of redoxocline sediments in Mediterranean deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basins. BMC Biology, 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-015-0213-6 Bernhard, J. M., et al. (2014). Benthic protists and fungi of Mediterranean deep hypersaline anoxic basin sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00605 Baguley, J. G., Montagna, P. A., et al. (2014). Community response of deep-sea soft-sediment metazoan meiofauna to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Marine Ecology 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. #Sharks4life |
The view from 50m above the forest floor - STRI canopy crane,
Parque Nacional San Lorenzo, Panama. 
Merremia umbellata (Convolvulaceae). Gamboa, Panama.
Passiflora menispermifolia (Passifloraceae). La Selva BS, Costa Rica.
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