publications
Publications are listed in reverse chronological order; *Graduate student authors; **Undergraduate student authors
2024
Fox SJ*, Eberth L**, Floyd JB**, Pederson C**, Stafford L**, Tillmanns N**, Vodo L**, Morris AB (2024) The importance of understanding clonal structure for species listing and recovery: case studies from the rare oconee bells (Shortia brevistyla and Shortia galacifolia; Diapensiaceae) and the federally endangered bunched arrowhead (Sagittaria fasciculata; Alismataceae). Conservation Genetics, published online 14 February.
Morris AB, Visger CJ, Fox SJ*, Scalf C**, Fleming S, Call G (2024) Defining populations and predicting future suitable niche space in the geographically disjunct, narrowly endemic leafy prairie-clover (Dalea foliosa; Fabaceae). Plants, 13: 495. Get the paper here.
2023
Morris AB, Visger C, Watkins S, Pollack C (2023) Extremely low levels of genetic variation and predicted shifts in suitable niche space for a geographically disjunct, federally endangered legume, leafy prairie-clover (Dalea foliosa). Castanea, 88: 91-110. Get the paper here.
2022
Monfils AK, Krimmel ER, Linton DL, Marsico TD, Morris AB, Ruhfel BR (2022) Collections education: The extended specimen and data acumen. BioScience, biab109, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bioab109. Get the paper here.
2021
Hays K, Havran JC, Heard MJ, Morris AB, Ovueraye L (2021) From then to now: Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Frontiers in Sociology, 6: 755072. Get the paper here.
Morris AB, Baskauf CJ, Diggs JT, Egan AN, Lincicome D, Mandel JR, Visger CJ (2021) Conserving the flora of limestone cedar glade communities of the Southeastern United States. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00178-1.
Oppmann E**, Morris AB (2021) Assessing the clonal nature of running glade clover (Trifolium calcaricum J.L. Collins & T.F. Wieboldt; Fabaceae). Castanea, 86:117-124. Get the paper here.
Morris AB, Trostel K*. Scalf C**, Burleyson A**, Call G, Albrecht MA (2021) Genetic variation and structure in natural and reintroduced populations of the endangered legume, Pyne's ground plum (Astragalus bibullatus). Conservation Genetics, 22: 443-454. Get the paper here.
Powell C, Krakowiak A, Fuller R, Rylander E, Gillespie E, Krosnick S, Ruhfel B, Morris AB, Shaw J (2021) Estimating herbarium specimen digitization rates: accounting for human experience. Applications in Plant Sciences, 9: e11415. Get the paper here.
2020
Marsico TD, Krimmel ER, Carter JR, Gillespie EL, Lowe PD, McCauley R, Morris AB, Nelson G, Smith M, Soteropoulos DL, Monfils AK (2020) Small herbaria contribute unique biogeographic records to county, locality, and temporal scales. American Journal of Botany, 107: 1577-1587. Get the paper here.
Rumble L*, Taylor G, Grinath JB, Morris AB (2020) Measuring spatial and temporal shifts in forest structure and composition in high elevation beech forests in response to beech bark disease in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Forest Ecology and Management, 461: 117954. Get the paper here.
2018
Morris AB, Shaw J (2018) Markers in time and space: a review of the last decade of plant phylogeographic approaches. Molecular Ecology, 27, 2317-2333. Get the paper here.
Yost JM, Sweeney PW, Gilbert E, Nelson G, Guralnick R, Gallinat AS, Ellwood ER, Rossington N, Willis CG, Blum SD, Walls RL, Haston EM, Denslow MW, Zohner CM, Morris AB, Stucky BJ, Carter R, Baxter DG, Bolmgren K, Denny EG, Dean E, Davis CC, Mishler BD, Soltis PS, Mazer SJ (2018) Digitization protocol for scoring reproductive phenology from herbarium specimens of seed plants. Applications in Plant Sciences, 6, e1022. Get the paper here.
2016
Evans J, Morris AB (2016) Isolated coastal populations of Tilia americana var. caroliniana exhibit long-term persistence through vegetative growth. American Journal of Botany, 103, 1687-1693. Get the paper here.
Fan D, Hu W, Li B, Morris AB, Zheng M, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Zhang Z (2016) Idiosyncratic responses of evergreen broad-leaved forest constituents in China to the late Quaternary climate changes. Scientific Reports, 6, 31044. Get the paper here.
Morris AB, Scalf C**, Burleyson A**, Johnson LT**, Trostel K* (2016) Development and characterization of microsatellite primers in the federally endangered Astragalus bibullatus (Fabaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences, 4, 1500126. Get the paper here.
Howell JS*, Morris AB (2016) Niche partitioning in sympatric Sarracenia species at Splinter Hill Bog Preserve, Baldwin County, Alabama. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 45, 12-18.
2015
Nelson G, Sweeney P, Wallace LE, Rabeler RK, Allard D, Brown H, Carter RJ, Denslow MW, Ellwood ER, Germain-Aubrey CC, Gilbert E, Gillespie E, Goertzen LR, Legler B, Marchant DB, Marsico TD, Morris AB, Murrell Z, Nazaire M, Neefus C, Oberreiter S, Paul D, Ruhfel BR, Sasek T, Shaw J, Soltis PS, Watson K, Weeks A, Mast AR (2015) Digitization workflows for flat sheets and packets of plants, algae, and fungi. Applications in Plant Sciences, 3, 1500065. Get the paper here. Get the workflows at GitHub.
See the press release! Featured in GBIF Science Review 2016.
2014
Shaw J, Shafer HL**, Leonard OR*, Kovach MJ, Schorr M, Morris AB (2014) Chloroplast DNA sequence utility for the lowest phylogenetic and phylogeographic inferences in angiosperms: The tortoise and the hare IV. American Journal of Botany, 101, 1987-2004. Get the paper here.
Hieb EE*, Nelson DH, Morris AB (2014) Oviductal eggs from road-kill turtles provide a novel source of DNA for population studies of the Alabama red-bellied turtle. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6, 837-839. Get the paper here.
Hieb EE*, Nelson DH, Morris AB (2014) Genetic monitoring reveals loss of microsatellite diversity in a breeding population of the endangered Alabama red-bellied turtle. Endangered Species Research, 23, 253-261. Get the paper here.
Morris AB, Millsaps NK**, Mason KQ**, Howell JS*, Speer JH (2014) Mature beech (Fagus grandifolia; Fagaceae) are persistently clonal in coves and beech gaps in the Great Smoky Mountains. American Journal of Botany, 101, 1-8. Get the paper here.
2012
Jackson TG*, Nelson DH, Morris AB (2012) Phylogenetic relationships in the North American genus Pseudemys (Emydidae) inferred from two mitochondrial genes. Southeastern Naturalist, 11, 297-310. Get the paper here.
2011
Hieb EE*, Jackson TG* Nelson DH, Morris AB (2011) Characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the endangered Alabama red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis; Emydidae). Conservation Genetics Resources, 3, 781-783. Get the paper here.
2010
Morris AB, Graham CH, Soltis DE, Soltis PS (2010) Reassessment of phylogeographical structure in an eastern North American tree using Monmonier’s algorithm and ecological niche modelling. Journal of Biogeography, 37, 1657-1667. Get the paper here.
Newell DL**, Morris AB. (2010) Clonal structure of wild populations and origins of horticultural stocks of Illicium parviflorum (Illiciaceae). American Journal of Botany, 97, 1-5. Get the paper here.
2008
Judd WS, Abbott JR, Morris AB (2008) Illicium guajaibonense, elevated to subspecies rank and compared with the subspecies of Illicium cubense (Illiciaceae). Journal of Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 2, 799-806.
Morris AB, Ickert-Bond SM, Brunson DB*, Soltis DE, Soltis PS (2008) Phylogeographical structure and temporal complexity in American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua; Altingiaceae). Molecular Ecology, 17, 3889-3900. Get the paper here.
Sherman TD, Boone E, Morris AB, Woodard A, Goldman E, Martin DL, Gautier C, O'Brien JJ (2008) Investigations of internal interactions between the parasitic barnacle Loxothylacus texanus (Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae) and its host Callinectes sapidus (Brachyura: Portunidae) using PCR techniques. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 28, 220-227. Get the paper here.
2007
Morris AB, Bell CD, Clayton JW, Judd WS, Soltis DE, Soltis PS (2007) Phylogeny and divergence time estimation in Illicium with implications for New World biogeography. Systematic Botany, 32, 236-249. Get the paper here.
2006
Soltis DE, Morris AB*, McLachlan JS, Manos PS, Soltis PS (2006) Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America. Molecular Ecology, 15, 4261-4293. Get the paper here.
2004
Guerrero A, Judd WS, Morris AB* (2004) A new species of Illicium subsection Parviflora from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti. Brittonia, 56, 346-352.
Morris AB*, Small RL, Cruzan MB (2004) Variation in frequency of clonal reproduction among populations of Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. in response to disturbance. Castanea, 69, 38-51. Get the paper here.
Scheen AC*, Brochmann C, Brysting AK, Elven R, Morris AB*, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Albert VA (2004) Northern hemisphere biogeography of Cerastium (Caryophyllaceae): Insights from phylogenetic analysis of noncoding plastid nucleotide sequences. American Journal of Botany, 91, 943-952. Get the paper here.
2002
Morris AB*, Baucom RS**, Cruzan MB (2002) Stratified analysis of the soil seed bank in the cedar glade endemic Astragalus bibullatus: evidence for historical changes in genetic structure. American Journal of Botany, 89, 29-36. Get the paper here.
Morris AB*, Small RL, Cruzan MB (2002) Investigating the relationship between Cryptococcus fagisuga and Fagus grandifolia in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist, 1, 415-424. Get the paper here.
Fox SJ*, Eberth L**, Floyd JB**, Pederson C**, Stafford L**, Tillmanns N**, Vodo L**, Morris AB (2024) The importance of understanding clonal structure for species listing and recovery: case studies from the rare oconee bells (Shortia brevistyla and Shortia galacifolia; Diapensiaceae) and the federally endangered bunched arrowhead (Sagittaria fasciculata; Alismataceae). Conservation Genetics, published online 14 February.
Morris AB, Visger CJ, Fox SJ*, Scalf C**, Fleming S, Call G (2024) Defining populations and predicting future suitable niche space in the geographically disjunct, narrowly endemic leafy prairie-clover (Dalea foliosa; Fabaceae). Plants, 13: 495. Get the paper here.
2023
Morris AB, Visger C, Watkins S, Pollack C (2023) Extremely low levels of genetic variation and predicted shifts in suitable niche space for a geographically disjunct, federally endangered legume, leafy prairie-clover (Dalea foliosa). Castanea, 88: 91-110. Get the paper here.
2022
Monfils AK, Krimmel ER, Linton DL, Marsico TD, Morris AB, Ruhfel BR (2022) Collections education: The extended specimen and data acumen. BioScience, biab109, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bioab109. Get the paper here.
2021
Hays K, Havran JC, Heard MJ, Morris AB, Ovueraye L (2021) From then to now: Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Association of Southeastern Biologists. Frontiers in Sociology, 6: 755072. Get the paper here.
Morris AB, Baskauf CJ, Diggs JT, Egan AN, Lincicome D, Mandel JR, Visger CJ (2021) Conserving the flora of limestone cedar glade communities of the Southeastern United States. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00178-1.
Oppmann E**, Morris AB (2021) Assessing the clonal nature of running glade clover (Trifolium calcaricum J.L. Collins & T.F. Wieboldt; Fabaceae). Castanea, 86:117-124. Get the paper here.
Morris AB, Trostel K*. Scalf C**, Burleyson A**, Call G, Albrecht MA (2021) Genetic variation and structure in natural and reintroduced populations of the endangered legume, Pyne's ground plum (Astragalus bibullatus). Conservation Genetics, 22: 443-454. Get the paper here.
Powell C, Krakowiak A, Fuller R, Rylander E, Gillespie E, Krosnick S, Ruhfel B, Morris AB, Shaw J (2021) Estimating herbarium specimen digitization rates: accounting for human experience. Applications in Plant Sciences, 9: e11415. Get the paper here.
2020
Marsico TD, Krimmel ER, Carter JR, Gillespie EL, Lowe PD, McCauley R, Morris AB, Nelson G, Smith M, Soteropoulos DL, Monfils AK (2020) Small herbaria contribute unique biogeographic records to county, locality, and temporal scales. American Journal of Botany, 107: 1577-1587. Get the paper here.
Rumble L*, Taylor G, Grinath JB, Morris AB (2020) Measuring spatial and temporal shifts in forest structure and composition in high elevation beech forests in response to beech bark disease in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Forest Ecology and Management, 461: 117954. Get the paper here.
2018
Morris AB, Shaw J (2018) Markers in time and space: a review of the last decade of plant phylogeographic approaches. Molecular Ecology, 27, 2317-2333. Get the paper here.
Yost JM, Sweeney PW, Gilbert E, Nelson G, Guralnick R, Gallinat AS, Ellwood ER, Rossington N, Willis CG, Blum SD, Walls RL, Haston EM, Denslow MW, Zohner CM, Morris AB, Stucky BJ, Carter R, Baxter DG, Bolmgren K, Denny EG, Dean E, Davis CC, Mishler BD, Soltis PS, Mazer SJ (2018) Digitization protocol for scoring reproductive phenology from herbarium specimens of seed plants. Applications in Plant Sciences, 6, e1022. Get the paper here.
2016
Evans J, Morris AB (2016) Isolated coastal populations of Tilia americana var. caroliniana exhibit long-term persistence through vegetative growth. American Journal of Botany, 103, 1687-1693. Get the paper here.
Fan D, Hu W, Li B, Morris AB, Zheng M, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Zhang Z (2016) Idiosyncratic responses of evergreen broad-leaved forest constituents in China to the late Quaternary climate changes. Scientific Reports, 6, 31044. Get the paper here.
Morris AB, Scalf C**, Burleyson A**, Johnson LT**, Trostel K* (2016) Development and characterization of microsatellite primers in the federally endangered Astragalus bibullatus (Fabaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences, 4, 1500126. Get the paper here.
Howell JS*, Morris AB (2016) Niche partitioning in sympatric Sarracenia species at Splinter Hill Bog Preserve, Baldwin County, Alabama. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 45, 12-18.
2015
Nelson G, Sweeney P, Wallace LE, Rabeler RK, Allard D, Brown H, Carter RJ, Denslow MW, Ellwood ER, Germain-Aubrey CC, Gilbert E, Gillespie E, Goertzen LR, Legler B, Marchant DB, Marsico TD, Morris AB, Murrell Z, Nazaire M, Neefus C, Oberreiter S, Paul D, Ruhfel BR, Sasek T, Shaw J, Soltis PS, Watson K, Weeks A, Mast AR (2015) Digitization workflows for flat sheets and packets of plants, algae, and fungi. Applications in Plant Sciences, 3, 1500065. Get the paper here. Get the workflows at GitHub.
See the press release! Featured in GBIF Science Review 2016.
2014
Shaw J, Shafer HL**, Leonard OR*, Kovach MJ, Schorr M, Morris AB (2014) Chloroplast DNA sequence utility for the lowest phylogenetic and phylogeographic inferences in angiosperms: The tortoise and the hare IV. American Journal of Botany, 101, 1987-2004. Get the paper here.
Hieb EE*, Nelson DH, Morris AB (2014) Oviductal eggs from road-kill turtles provide a novel source of DNA for population studies of the Alabama red-bellied turtle. Conservation Genetics Resources, 6, 837-839. Get the paper here.
Hieb EE*, Nelson DH, Morris AB (2014) Genetic monitoring reveals loss of microsatellite diversity in a breeding population of the endangered Alabama red-bellied turtle. Endangered Species Research, 23, 253-261. Get the paper here.
Morris AB, Millsaps NK**, Mason KQ**, Howell JS*, Speer JH (2014) Mature beech (Fagus grandifolia; Fagaceae) are persistently clonal in coves and beech gaps in the Great Smoky Mountains. American Journal of Botany, 101, 1-8. Get the paper here.
2012
Jackson TG*, Nelson DH, Morris AB (2012) Phylogenetic relationships in the North American genus Pseudemys (Emydidae) inferred from two mitochondrial genes. Southeastern Naturalist, 11, 297-310. Get the paper here.
2011
Hieb EE*, Jackson TG* Nelson DH, Morris AB (2011) Characterization of eight polymorphic microsatellite loci for the endangered Alabama red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis; Emydidae). Conservation Genetics Resources, 3, 781-783. Get the paper here.
2010
Morris AB, Graham CH, Soltis DE, Soltis PS (2010) Reassessment of phylogeographical structure in an eastern North American tree using Monmonier’s algorithm and ecological niche modelling. Journal of Biogeography, 37, 1657-1667. Get the paper here.
Newell DL**, Morris AB. (2010) Clonal structure of wild populations and origins of horticultural stocks of Illicium parviflorum (Illiciaceae). American Journal of Botany, 97, 1-5. Get the paper here.
2008
Judd WS, Abbott JR, Morris AB (2008) Illicium guajaibonense, elevated to subspecies rank and compared with the subspecies of Illicium cubense (Illiciaceae). Journal of Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 2, 799-806.
Morris AB, Ickert-Bond SM, Brunson DB*, Soltis DE, Soltis PS (2008) Phylogeographical structure and temporal complexity in American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua; Altingiaceae). Molecular Ecology, 17, 3889-3900. Get the paper here.
Sherman TD, Boone E, Morris AB, Woodard A, Goldman E, Martin DL, Gautier C, O'Brien JJ (2008) Investigations of internal interactions between the parasitic barnacle Loxothylacus texanus (Rhizocephala: Sacculinidae) and its host Callinectes sapidus (Brachyura: Portunidae) using PCR techniques. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 28, 220-227. Get the paper here.
2007
Morris AB, Bell CD, Clayton JW, Judd WS, Soltis DE, Soltis PS (2007) Phylogeny and divergence time estimation in Illicium with implications for New World biogeography. Systematic Botany, 32, 236-249. Get the paper here.
2006
Soltis DE, Morris AB*, McLachlan JS, Manos PS, Soltis PS (2006) Comparative phylogeography of unglaciated eastern North America. Molecular Ecology, 15, 4261-4293. Get the paper here.
2004
Guerrero A, Judd WS, Morris AB* (2004) A new species of Illicium subsection Parviflora from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti. Brittonia, 56, 346-352.
Morris AB*, Small RL, Cruzan MB (2004) Variation in frequency of clonal reproduction among populations of Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. in response to disturbance. Castanea, 69, 38-51. Get the paper here.
Scheen AC*, Brochmann C, Brysting AK, Elven R, Morris AB*, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Albert VA (2004) Northern hemisphere biogeography of Cerastium (Caryophyllaceae): Insights from phylogenetic analysis of noncoding plastid nucleotide sequences. American Journal of Botany, 91, 943-952. Get the paper here.
2002
Morris AB*, Baucom RS**, Cruzan MB (2002) Stratified analysis of the soil seed bank in the cedar glade endemic Astragalus bibullatus: evidence for historical changes in genetic structure. American Journal of Botany, 89, 29-36. Get the paper here.
Morris AB*, Small RL, Cruzan MB (2002) Investigating the relationship between Cryptococcus fagisuga and Fagus grandifolia in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Southeastern Naturalist, 1, 415-424. Get the paper here.