Dr Thomas Morrison
- Senior Lecturer (Ecology & Environmental Change)
telephone:
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email:
Thomas.Morrison@glasgow.ac.uk
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He/him/his
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402Biography
I am a wildlife ecologist with broad interests in conservation, population biology and animal behaviour. I graduated in Biology from Duke University (2002), and completed a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Dartmouth College (2011). I have conducted research in East Africa for 20+ years. In Glasgow, I direct the Conservation Management of Africa Ecosystems MSc programme.
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7262-1402
Research interests
My research aims to understand how and why animals move, and what the consequences are for those movements on population dyanmics, species interactions and disease. Often, the work is motivated by questions posed by ecosystem managers and conservationist practitioners. I lead projects on animal movement and parasite infection in Tanzania and the U.K., in collaboration with veterinarians and parasitologists.
Research groups
Publications
2024
Donaldson, J. E., Ezenwa, V. O., Morrison, T. A. and Holdo, R. M. (2024) Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39(7), pp. 625-633. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.005) (PMID:38355367)
Anderson, T. M. et al. (2024) Interplay of competition and facilitation in grazing succession by migrant Serengeti herbivores. Science, 383(6684), pp. 782-788. (doi: 10.1126/science.adg0744) (PMID:38359113)
Kabalika, Z. , Haydon, D. T. , McGill, R. A.R. , Morales, J. M. , Morrison, T. A. , Newton, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: Estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674) (PMID:38124168)
Kabalika, Z. , Haydon, D. T. , McGill, R. A.R. , Morales, J. M. , Morrison, T. A. , Newton, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674)
2023
Donaldson, J. E. et al. (2023) Direct and indirect effects of fire on parasites in an African savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(12), pp. 2323-2332. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14013)
Clark, R. K., Fennessy, J., Ferguson, S., Fraticelli, C., Honig, N., Morrison, T. A. and Brown, M. B. (2023) Seasonal dynamics impact habitat preferences and protected area use of the critically endangered Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum). African Journal of Wildlife Research, 53(1), (doi: 10.3957/056.053.0119)
Tucker, M. A. et al. (2023) Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science, 380(6649), pp. 1059-1064. (doi: 10.1126/science.abo6499) (PMID:37289888)
Picardi, S., Abrahms, B., Gelzer, E., Morrison, T. A. , Verzuh, T. and Merkle, J. A. (2023) Defining null expectations for animal site fidelity. Ecology Letters, 26(1), pp. 157-169. (doi: 10.1111/ele.14148) (PMID:36453059)
2022
Kavwele, C. M. , Torney, C. J. , Morrison, T. A. , Fulford, S., Masolele, M. M., Masoy, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2022) Non‐local effects of human activity on the spatial distribution of migratory wildlife in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(3), e12159. (doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12159)
Stabach, J. A. et al. (2022) Increasing anthropogenic disturbance restricts wildebeest movement across East African grazing systems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 846171. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.846171)
Lohay, G. G., Riggio, J., Lobora, A. L., Kissui, B. M. and Morrison, T. A. (2022) Wildlife movements and landscape connectivity in the Tarangire ecosystem. In: Kiffner, C., Bond, M. L. and Lee, D. E. (eds.) Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem. Series: Ecological Studies (243). Springer: Cham, pp. 255-276. ISBN 9783030936037 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-93604-4_12)
2021
Decker, C., Hanley, N. , Czajkowski, M., Morrison, T. , Munishi, L., Keyyu, J., Lankester, F. and Cleaveland, S. (2021) Predicting uptake of a malignant catarrhal fever vaccine by pastoralists in northern Tanzania: opportunities for improving livelihoods and ecosystem health. Ecological Economics, 190, 107189. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107189)
Kauffman, M. J., Aikens, E. O., Esmaeili, S., Kaczensky, P., Middleton, A., Monteith, K. L., Morrison, T. A. , Mueller, T., Sawyer, H. and Goheen, J. R. (2021) Causes, consequences, and conservation of ungulate migration. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52, pp. 453-478. (doi: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021-011516)
Ekwem, D., Morrison, T. , Reeve, R. , Enright, J., Buza, J., Shirima, G., Mwajombe, J. K., Lembo, T. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2021) Livestock movement informs the risk of disease spread in traditional production systems in East Africa. Scientific Reports, 11, 16375. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95706-z) (PMID:34385539) (PMCID:PMC8361167)
Kauffman, M. J. et al. (2021) Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations. Science, 372(6542), pp. 566-569. (doi: 10.1126/science.abf0998) (PMID:33958460)
Morrison, T. A. et al. (2021) Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(4), pp. 955-966. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13425) (PMID:33481254)
2020
Kabalika, Z. et al. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. Movement Ecology, 8, 37. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-020-00222-w) (PMID:32968486) (PMCID:PMC7501629)
Larsen, F., Hopcraft, J. G. C. , Hanley, N. , Hongoa, J. R., Hynes, S., Loibook, M., Mafuru, G., Needham, K. and Morrison, T. A. (2020) Wildebeest migration drives tourism demand in the Serengeti. Biological Conservation, 248, 108688. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108688)
2019
Probert, J. R. et al. (2019) Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti‐Mara ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 25(10), pp. 3406-3423. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14711) (PMID:31282085) (PMCID:PMC6852266)
Hodgkinson, J. E. et al. (2019) Refugia and anthelmintic resistance: concepts and challenges. International Journal for Parasitology, 10, pp. 51-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.05.001) (PMID:31125837) (PMCID:PMC6531808)
Veldhuis, M. P. et al. (2019) Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Science, 363(6434), pp. 1424-1428. (doi: 10.1126/science.aav0564) (PMID:30923217)
Morrison, T. A. , Holdo, R. M., Rugemalila, D. M., Nzunda, M. and Anderson, T. M. (2019) Grass competition overwhelms effects of herbivores and precipitation on early tree establishment in Serengeti. Journal of Ecology, 107(1), pp. 216-228. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13010)
2018
Hempson, G. P., Parr, C. L., Archibald, S., Anderson, T. M., Mustaphi, C. J. C., Dobson, A. P., Donaldson, J. E., Morrison, T. A. , Probert, J. and Beale, C. M. (2018) Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity. Ecography, 41(6), pp. 889-899. (doi: 10.1111/ecog.03109)
Torney, C. J. , Hopcraft, J. G. C. , Morrison, T. A. , Couzin, I. D. and Levin, S. A. (2018) From single steps to mass migration: the problem of scale in the movement ecology of the Serengeti wildebeest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1746), 20170012. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0012) (PMID:29581397) (PMCID:PMC5882982)
Morrison, T. A. , Estes, A. B., Mduma, S. A.R., Maliti, H. T., Frederick, H., Kija, H., Mwita, M., Sinclair, A.R.E. and Kohi, E. M. (2018) Informing aerial total counts with demographic models: population growth of Serengeti elephants not explained purely by demography. Conservation Letters, 11(3), e12413. (doi: 10.1111/conl.12413)
Beale, C. M., Courtney Mustaphi, C. J., Morrison, T. A. , Archibald, S., Anderson, T. M., Dobson, A. P., Donaldson, J. E., Hempson, G. P., Probert, J. and Parr, C. L. (2018) Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas. Ecology Letters, 21, pp. 557-567. (doi: 10.1111/ele.12921) (PMID:29441661) (PMCID:PMC5888149)
Tucker, M. A. et al. (2018) Moving in the Anthropocene: global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science, 359(6374), pp. 466-469. (doi: 10.1126/science.aam9712) (PMID:29371471)
2017
Bond, M. L., Bradley, C. M., Kiffner, C., Morrison, T. A. and Lee, D. E. (2017) A multi-method approach to delineate and validate migratory corridors. Landscape Ecology, 32(8), pp. 1705-1721. (doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0537-4)
Rugemalila, D. M., Morrison, T. , Anderson, T. M. and Holdo, R. M. (2017) Seed production, infestation, and viability in Acacia tortilis (synonym: Vachellia tortilis) and Acacia robusta (synonym: Vachellia robusta) across the Serengeti rainfall gradient. Plant Ecology, 218(8), pp. 909-922. (doi: 10.1007/s11258-017-0739-5)
2016
Morrison, T. A. , Link, W. A., Newmark, W. D., Foley, C. A. H. and Bolger, D. T. (2016) Tarangire revisited: consequences of declining connectivity in a tropical ungulate population. Biological Conservation, 197, pp. 53-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.02.034)
Morrison, T. A. , Keinath, D., Estes-Zumpf, W., Crall, J. P. and Stewart, C. V. (2016) Individual identification of the endangered Wyoming toad Anaxyrus baxteri and implications for monitoring species recovery. Journal of Herpetology, 50(1), pp. 44-49. (doi: 10.1670/14-155)
Morrison, T. A. , Holdo, R. M., Anderson, T. M. and Gilliam, F. (2016) Elephant damage, not fire or rainfall, explains mortality of overstorey trees in Serengeti. Journal of Ecology, 104(2), pp. 409-418. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12517) (PMID:AGR:IND605)
2015
Anderson, T. M., Morrison, T. , Rugemalila, D., Holdo, R. and Ward, D. (2015) Compositional decoupling of savanna canopy and understory tree communities in Serengeti. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26(2), pp. 385-394. (doi: 10.1111/jvs.12241) (PMID:AGR:IND601)
2014
Holdo, R. M., Anderson, T. M. and Morrison, T. (2014) Precipitation, fire and demographic bottleneck dynamics in Serengeti tree populations. Landscape Ecology, 29(9), pp. 1613-1623. (doi: 10.1007/s10980-014-0087-y)
Morrison, T. A. and Bolger, D. T. (2014) Connectivity and bottlenecks in a migratory wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus population. Oryx, 48(4), pp. 613-621. (doi: 10.1017/S0030605313000537)
2013
Middleton, A. D. et al. (2013) Grizzly bear predation links the loss of native trout to the demography of migratory elk in Yellowstone. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 280(1762), 20130870. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0870) (PMID:23677350) (PMCID:PMC3673062)
Hemmi, J. M., Bendik, N. F., Morrison, T. A. , Gluesenkamp, A. G., Sanders, M. S. and O’Donnell, L. J. (2013) Computer-assisted photo identification outperforms visible implant elastomers in an endangered salamander, Eurycea tonkawae. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e59424. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059424) (PMID:23555669) (PMCID:PMC3605430)
Sawyer, H., Kauffman, M. J., Middleton, A. D., Morrison, T. A. , Nielson, R. M., Wyckoff, T. B. and Pettorelli, N. (2013) A framework for understanding semi-permeable barrier effects on migratory ungulates. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50(1), pp. 68-78. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12013)
2012
Bolger, D. T., Morrison, T. A. , Vance, B., Lee, D. and Farid, H. (2012) A computer-assisted system for photographic mark-recapture analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3(5), pp. 813-822. (doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00212.x)
Morrison, T. A. and Bolger, D. T. (2012) Wet season range fidelity in a tropical migratory ungulate. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81(3), pp. 543-552. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01941.x) (PMID:22256947)
2011
Morrison, T. A. , Yoshizaki, J., Nichols, J. D. and Bolger, D. T. (2011) Estimating survival in photographic capture-recapture studies: overcoming misidentification error. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2(5), pp. 454-463. (doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00106.x)
2010
Morrison, T. A. and Ayres, M. P. (2010) Speaking out: weighing advocacy and objectivity as a junior scientist. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8(1), pp. 50-51. (doi: 10.1890/1540-9295-8.1.50)
2008
Bolger, D. T., Newmark, W. D., Morrison, T. A. and Doak, D. F. (2008) The need for integrative approaches to understand and conserve migratory ungulates. Ecology Letters, 11(1), pp. 63-77. (doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01109.x) (PMID:17897327)
2006
Morrison, T. A. , Chiyo, P. I., Moss, C. J. and Alberts, S. C. (2006) Measures of dung bolus size for known-age African elephants (Loxodonta africana): implications for age estimation. Journal of Zoology, 266(1), pp. 89-94. (doi: 10.1017/S0952836905006631)
Archie, E. A., Morrison, T. A. , Foley, C. A.H., Moss, C. J. and Alberts, S. C. (2006) Dominance rank relationships among wild female African elephants, Loxodonta africana. Animal Behaviour, 71(1), pp. 117-127. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.023)
Articles
Donaldson, J. E., Ezenwa, V. O., Morrison, T. A. and Holdo, R. M. (2024) Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 39(7), pp. 625-633. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.005) (PMID:38355367)
Anderson, T. M. et al. (2024) Interplay of competition and facilitation in grazing succession by migrant Serengeti herbivores. Science, 383(6684), pp. 782-788. (doi: 10.1126/science.adg0744) (PMID:38359113)
Kabalika, Z. , Haydon, D. T. , McGill, R. A.R. , Morales, J. M. , Morrison, T. A. , Newton, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: Estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674) (PMID:38124168)
Kabalika, Z. , Haydon, D. T. , McGill, R. A.R. , Morales, J. M. , Morrison, T. A. , Newton, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674)
Donaldson, J. E. et al. (2023) Direct and indirect effects of fire on parasites in an African savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(12), pp. 2323-2332. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14013)
Clark, R. K., Fennessy, J., Ferguson, S., Fraticelli, C., Honig, N., Morrison, T. A. and Brown, M. B. (2023) Seasonal dynamics impact habitat preferences and protected area use of the critically endangered Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum). African Journal of Wildlife Research, 53(1), (doi: 10.3957/056.053.0119)
Tucker, M. A. et al. (2023) Behavioral responses of terrestrial mammals to COVID-19 lockdowns. Science, 380(6649), pp. 1059-1064. (doi: 10.1126/science.abo6499) (PMID:37289888)
Picardi, S., Abrahms, B., Gelzer, E., Morrison, T. A. , Verzuh, T. and Merkle, J. A. (2023) Defining null expectations for animal site fidelity. Ecology Letters, 26(1), pp. 157-169. (doi: 10.1111/ele.14148) (PMID:36453059)
Kavwele, C. M. , Torney, C. J. , Morrison, T. A. , Fulford, S., Masolele, M. M., Masoy, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2022) Non‐local effects of human activity on the spatial distribution of migratory wildlife in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(3), e12159. (doi: 10.1002/2688-8319.12159)
Stabach, J. A. et al. (2022) Increasing anthropogenic disturbance restricts wildebeest movement across East African grazing systems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 846171. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.846171)
Decker, C., Hanley, N. , Czajkowski, M., Morrison, T. , Munishi, L., Keyyu, J., Lankester, F. and Cleaveland, S. (2021) Predicting uptake of a malignant catarrhal fever vaccine by pastoralists in northern Tanzania: opportunities for improving livelihoods and ecosystem health. Ecological Economics, 190, 107189. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107189)
Kauffman, M. J., Aikens, E. O., Esmaeili, S., Kaczensky, P., Middleton, A., Monteith, K. L., Morrison, T. A. , Mueller, T., Sawyer, H. and Goheen, J. R. (2021) Causes, consequences, and conservation of ungulate migration. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52, pp. 453-478. (doi: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021-011516)
Ekwem, D., Morrison, T. , Reeve, R. , Enright, J., Buza, J., Shirima, G., Mwajombe, J. K., Lembo, T. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2021) Livestock movement informs the risk of disease spread in traditional production systems in East Africa. Scientific Reports, 11, 16375. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95706-z) (PMID:34385539) (PMCID:PMC8361167)
Kauffman, M. J. et al. (2021) Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations. Science, 372(6542), pp. 566-569. (doi: 10.1126/science.abf0998) (PMID:33958460)
Morrison, T. A. et al. (2021) Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(4), pp. 955-966. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13425) (PMID:33481254)
Kabalika, Z. et al. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. Movement Ecology, 8, 37. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-020-00222-w) (PMID:32968486) (PMCID:PMC7501629)
Larsen, F., Hopcraft, J. G. C. , Hanley, N. , Hongoa, J. R., Hynes, S., Loibook, M., Mafuru, G., Needham, K. and Morrison, T. A. (2020) Wildebeest migration drives tourism demand in the Serengeti. Biological Conservation, 248, 108688. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108688)
Probert, J. R. et al. (2019) Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti‐Mara ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 25(10), pp. 3406-3423. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14711) (PMID:31282085) (PMCID:PMC6852266)
Hodgkinson, J. E. et al. (2019) Refugia and anthelmintic resistance: concepts and challenges. International Journal for Parasitology, 10, pp. 51-57. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2019.05.001) (PMID:31125837) (PMCID:PMC6531808)
Veldhuis, M. P. et al. (2019) Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Science, 363(6434), pp. 1424-1428. (doi: 10.1126/science.aav0564) (PMID:30923217)
Morrison, T. A. , Holdo, R. M., Rugemalila, D. M., Nzunda, M. and Anderson, T. M. (2019) Grass competition overwhelms effects of herbivores and precipitation on early tree establishment in Serengeti. Journal of Ecology, 107(1), pp. 216-228. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13010)
Hempson, G. P., Parr, C. L., Archibald, S., Anderson, T. M., Mustaphi, C. J. C., Dobson, A. P., Donaldson, J. E., Morrison, T. A. , Probert, J. and Beale, C. M. (2018) Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity. Ecography, 41(6), pp. 889-899. (doi: 10.1111/ecog.03109)
Torney, C. J. , Hopcraft, J. G. C. , Morrison, T. A. , Couzin, I. D. and Levin, S. A. (2018) From single steps to mass migration: the problem of scale in the movement ecology of the Serengeti wildebeest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1746), 20170012. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0012) (PMID:29581397) (PMCID:PMC5882982)
Morrison, T. A. , Estes, A. B., Mduma, S. A.R., Maliti, H. T., Frederick, H., Kija, H., Mwita, M., Sinclair, A.R.E. and Kohi, E. M. (2018) Informing aerial total counts with demographic models: population growth of Serengeti elephants not explained purely by demography. Conservation Letters, 11(3), e12413. (doi: 10.1111/conl.12413)
Beale, C. M., Courtney Mustaphi, C. J., Morrison, T. A. , Archibald, S., Anderson, T. M., Dobson, A. P., Donaldson, J. E., Hempson, G. P., Probert, J. and Parr, C. L. (2018) Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas. Ecology Letters, 21, pp. 557-567. (doi: 10.1111/ele.12921) (PMID:29441661) (PMCID:PMC5888149)
Tucker, M. A. et al. (2018) Moving in the Anthropocene: global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements. Science, 359(6374), pp. 466-469. (doi: 10.1126/science.aam9712) (PMID:29371471)
Bond, M. L., Bradley, C. M., Kiffner, C., Morrison, T. A. and Lee, D. E. (2017) A multi-method approach to delineate and validate migratory corridors. Landscape Ecology, 32(8), pp. 1705-1721. (doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0537-4)
Rugemalila, D. M., Morrison, T. , Anderson, T. M. and Holdo, R. M. (2017) Seed production, infestation, and viability in Acacia tortilis (synonym: Vachellia tortilis) and Acacia robusta (synonym: Vachellia robusta) across the Serengeti rainfall gradient. Plant Ecology, 218(8), pp. 909-922. (doi: 10.1007/s11258-017-0739-5)
Morrison, T. A. , Link, W. A., Newmark, W. D., Foley, C. A. H. and Bolger, D. T. (2016) Tarangire revisited: consequences of declining connectivity in a tropical ungulate population. Biological Conservation, 197, pp. 53-60. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.02.034)
Morrison, T. A. , Keinath, D., Estes-Zumpf, W., Crall, J. P. and Stewart, C. V. (2016) Individual identification of the endangered Wyoming toad Anaxyrus baxteri and implications for monitoring species recovery. Journal of Herpetology, 50(1), pp. 44-49. (doi: 10.1670/14-155)
Morrison, T. A. , Holdo, R. M., Anderson, T. M. and Gilliam, F. (2016) Elephant damage, not fire or rainfall, explains mortality of overstorey trees in Serengeti. Journal of Ecology, 104(2), pp. 409-418. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12517) (PMID:AGR:IND605)
Anderson, T. M., Morrison, T. , Rugemalila, D., Holdo, R. and Ward, D. (2015) Compositional decoupling of savanna canopy and understory tree communities in Serengeti. Journal of Vegetation Science, 26(2), pp. 385-394. (doi: 10.1111/jvs.12241) (PMID:AGR:IND601)
Holdo, R. M., Anderson, T. M. and Morrison, T. (2014) Precipitation, fire and demographic bottleneck dynamics in Serengeti tree populations. Landscape Ecology, 29(9), pp. 1613-1623. (doi: 10.1007/s10980-014-0087-y)
Morrison, T. A. and Bolger, D. T. (2014) Connectivity and bottlenecks in a migratory wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus population. Oryx, 48(4), pp. 613-621. (doi: 10.1017/S0030605313000537)
Middleton, A. D. et al. (2013) Grizzly bear predation links the loss of native trout to the demography of migratory elk in Yellowstone. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 280(1762), 20130870. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0870) (PMID:23677350) (PMCID:PMC3673062)
Hemmi, J. M., Bendik, N. F., Morrison, T. A. , Gluesenkamp, A. G., Sanders, M. S. and O’Donnell, L. J. (2013) Computer-assisted photo identification outperforms visible implant elastomers in an endangered salamander, Eurycea tonkawae. PLoS ONE, 8(3), e59424. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059424) (PMID:23555669) (PMCID:PMC3605430)
Sawyer, H., Kauffman, M. J., Middleton, A. D., Morrison, T. A. , Nielson, R. M., Wyckoff, T. B. and Pettorelli, N. (2013) A framework for understanding semi-permeable barrier effects on migratory ungulates. Journal of Applied Ecology, 50(1), pp. 68-78. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12013)
Bolger, D. T., Morrison, T. A. , Vance, B., Lee, D. and Farid, H. (2012) A computer-assisted system for photographic mark-recapture analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3(5), pp. 813-822. (doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00212.x)
Morrison, T. A. and Bolger, D. T. (2012) Wet season range fidelity in a tropical migratory ungulate. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81(3), pp. 543-552. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01941.x) (PMID:22256947)
Morrison, T. A. , Yoshizaki, J., Nichols, J. D. and Bolger, D. T. (2011) Estimating survival in photographic capture-recapture studies: overcoming misidentification error. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2(5), pp. 454-463. (doi: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00106.x)
Morrison, T. A. and Ayres, M. P. (2010) Speaking out: weighing advocacy and objectivity as a junior scientist. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 8(1), pp. 50-51. (doi: 10.1890/1540-9295-8.1.50)
Bolger, D. T., Newmark, W. D., Morrison, T. A. and Doak, D. F. (2008) The need for integrative approaches to understand and conserve migratory ungulates. Ecology Letters, 11(1), pp. 63-77. (doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01109.x) (PMID:17897327)
Morrison, T. A. , Chiyo, P. I., Moss, C. J. and Alberts, S. C. (2006) Measures of dung bolus size for known-age African elephants (Loxodonta africana): implications for age estimation. Journal of Zoology, 266(1), pp. 89-94. (doi: 10.1017/S0952836905006631)
Archie, E. A., Morrison, T. A. , Foley, C. A.H., Moss, C. J. and Alberts, S. C. (2006) Dominance rank relationships among wild female African elephants, Loxodonta africana. Animal Behaviour, 71(1), pp. 117-127. (doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.023)
Book Sections
Lohay, G. G., Riggio, J., Lobora, A. L., Kissui, B. M. and Morrison, T. A. (2022) Wildlife movements and landscape connectivity in the Tarangire ecosystem. In: Kiffner, C., Bond, M. L. and Lee, D. E. (eds.) Tarangire: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in a Fragmented Ecosystem. Series: Ecological Studies (243). Springer: Cham, pp. 255-276. ISBN 9783030936037 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-93604-4_12)
Grants
Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.
- Serengeti Biodiversity Programme: Infrastructure support for training and monitoring
Scottish Funding Council
2023 - 2024
- UKRI ODA MCF
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
2022 - 2023
- Environmental solutions to reduce the risk of current and future tick-borne zoonotic pathogens in the UK
Natural Environment Research Council
2021 - 2025
- Transport and trophic effects of migratory ungulates on infectious disease hotspots
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2020 - 2023
- Cattle vaccination against malignant catarrhal fever: balancing pastoral livelihoods, food security and ecosystem integrity in the Serengeti, Tanzania
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
2020 - 2021
Supervision
- Bainbridge, Samuel
Conservation challenges in a changing world: Human impacts on ecosystem resilience and wildlife movement - Burgueno, Mercedes
Reciprocal interactions between behaviour and parasites in the sheep-Fasciola system - Kimaro, Houssein Samwel
Environmental controls on parasite infection dynamics in a multihost community at the wildlife-livestock interface - Mbundi, Mecklina
Assessing the role of herbivore migration on coprophagous insects (dung beetle)-paratsite interactions in the Serengetic ecosystem - Minja, Dennis Goodluck
The influence of anthropogenic activities on cheetah space use and hunting success across a landscape of coexistence.
Teaching
I coordinate the Conservation Management of African Ecosystems MSc programme at the University of Glasgow.
Research datasets
2022
Kavwele, C. M., Torney, C. , Morrison, T. , Fulford, S., Masolele, M., Masoy, J. and Hopcraft, G. (2022) Non-local effects of human activity on the spatial distribution of migratory wildlife in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. [Data Collection]
2020
Kabalika, Z., Morrison, T. , McGill, R. , Munishi, L. K., Ekwem, D., Mahene, W. L., Lobora, A. L., Newton, J. , Morales, J., Haydon, D. and Hopcraft, G. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers from tail hairs: A novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. [Data Collection]
