Michael R. Willig

 

Director, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Personal WWW Site:  http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/willig/

Recent Publications

• Scheiner, S.M., and M.R. Willig. 2008. A general theory of ecology. Theoretical Ecology 1:21-28.
• Presley, S.J., M.R. Willig, J.M. Wunderle, Jr., and L.N. Saldanha. 2008. Effects of reduced-impact logging and forest physiognomy on bat populations of lowland Amazonian forest. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:14-25.
• Presley, S.J., and M.R. Willig. 2008. Intraspecific patterns of ectoparasite abundances on Paraguayan bats: Effects of host sex and body size. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24:75-83.
• Presley, S.J., M.R. Willig, J.M. Wunderle, Jr., and L.N. Saldanha. 2008. Effects of reduced-impact logging and forest physiognomy on bat populations of lowland Amazonian forest. Journal of Applied Ecology 45:14-25.
• Henriques, L.M.P., J.M. Wunderle, Jr., D.C. Oren, and M.R. Willig. 2008. Efeitos da exploracao madeireira de baixo impacto sobre uma comunidade de aves de sub-bosque na Floresta Nacional do Tapajos, Para, Brasil. Acta Amazonica 38:267-290.
• Presley, S.J., and M.R. Willig. 2008. Composition and structure of Caribbean bat (Chiroptera) assemblages: Effects of inter-island distance, area, elevation, and hurricane-induced disturbance. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:747-757.
• Klingbeil, B.T., and M.R. Willig. 2009. Guild-specific responses of bats to landscape composition and configuration in fragmented Amazonian rainforest. Journal of Applied Ecology 46:203-213.
• Presley, S.J., M.R. Willig, I. Castro-Arellano, and S.C. Weaver. 2009. Effects of habitat conversion on temporal activity patterns of phyllostomid bats in lowland Amazonian rainforest. Journal of Mammalogy 90:210-221.
• Chalcraft, D.R., B.J. Wilsey, C. Bowles, and M.R. Willig. 2009. The relationship between productivity and multiple aspects of species diversity in six grassland communities. Biodiversity and Conservation 17:747-757.
• Presley, S.J., M.R. Willig, L.N. Saldanha, J.M. Wunderle, Jr., and I. Castro-Arellano. 2009. Reduced-impact logging has little effect on temporal activity of frugivorous bats (Chiroptera) in lowland Amazonia. Biotropica 41:1141-1151.
• Bloch, C.P., and M.R. Willig. 2009. Effects of competition on size and growth rates of Caracolus caracolla (L.) in Puerto Rico. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75:133-138.
• Jones, G., D.S. Jacobs, T.H. Kunz, M.R. Willig, and P.A. Racey. 2009. Carpe noctem: The importance of bats as bioindicators. Endangered Species Research 8:93-115.
• Castro-Arellano I., S. J. Presley, M. R. Willig, J. M. Wunderle, and L. N. Saldanha. 2009. Reduced-impact logging and temporal activity of understory bats in lowland Amazonia. Biological Conservation 142 (In Press).
• Gotelli, N.J., M.J. Anderson, H.T. Arita, . Chao, R.K.Colwell5, S.R. Connolly, D.J. Currie, R.R. Dunn, G.R. Graves, J.L. Green10, J.-A.Grytnes, Y.-H. Jiang, W. Jetz, S.K. Lyons, C.M. McCain, A.E. Magurran, C. Rahbek, T.F.L.V.B. Rangel, J. Soberón, C.O. Webb, and M.R.Willig. Patterns and causes of species richness: a general simulation model for macroecolgy. Ecology Letters (In Press).
• Presley, S.J., and M.R. Willig. Bat metacommunity structure on Caribbean islands and the role of endemics. Global Ecology and Biogeography (In Press).