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John Willis

US Forest Service · US
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Area of research
Nature and Landscape Conservation · Global and Planetary Change
Research interest
Research interests include Fire effects on ecosystems, Forest ecology and management, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.
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178
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Recent publications

Longleaf and shortleaf pine seedling fire tolerance is more sensitive to shade than encroaching hardwood species
Forest Ecology and Management 2025cited by 5position: firstdoi
Fuel loads and composition across a pine dominance gradient within fire-dependent pine–oak mixedwoods of the southeastern U.S. undergoing hardwood encroachment
Canadian Journal of Forest Research 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Growth dynamics of longleaf pine during conversion to uneven-aged stands
Forest Ecosystems 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Fuel Loads and Composition Across a Pine Dominance Gradient within Unmanaged, Fire-Dependent Pine-Oak Mixedwoods of the Southeastern U.S
SSRN Electronic Journal 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Spatiotemporal patterns of forest pollinator diversity across the southeastern United States
Diversity and Distributions 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
Cone and fruit impacts on understory flammability depend on traits and forest floor coverage
Fire Ecology 2024cited by 4position: firstdoi
Does longleaf pine cone production correlate with seed production, size, and germination rate?
2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Midstory removal of encroaching species has minimal impacts on fuels and fire behavior regardless of burn season in a degraded pine-oak mixture
Forest Ecology and Management 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Xerophytic hardwood retention promotes competition over facilitation in longleaf pine woodlands in the absence of fire
Forest Ecology and Management 2023cited by 5position: firstdoi
Mesophication of upland oak forests: Implications of species-specific differences in leaf litter decomposition rates and fuelbed composition
Forest Ecology and Management 2022cited by 16position: middledoi
Seasonality of Biennial Burning Has No Adverse Effects on Mature Longleaf Pine Survival or Productivity
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2021cited by 9position: firstdoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: RoL: Rapid Evolution of Reproductive Isolation via Hybrid Seed Lethality in Mimulus
NSF1856157$838,4122019–2025PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Hybrid Seed Inviability and the Evolution of Endosperm Development in Mimulus
NSF1558113$505,0002016–2019PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Understanding the Role of Chromosomal Inversions in Life History Divergence and Local Adaptation in Mimulus
NSF1501758$20,6602015–2018PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Shedding Light on the Complex Relationship Between Circadian Clock Variation and the Trade-off Between Flowering Time and Flower Size
NSF1501764$20,6342015–2017PIRePORTER
Collaborative Proposal: The ecological genomic basis of parallel serpentine adaptation in Mimulus
NSF1354688$1,038,4652014–2018PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic basis of population level divergence in flower morph production induced by variable threshold environmental conditions
NSF1407148$20,4072014–2018PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetic Basis and Adaptive Significance of Key Developmental Traits Underlying Ecological Differences Between Sympatric Sister Species
NSF1406952$20,3222014–2017PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Genetics of Adaptation to a Novel Stressful Environment in Mimulus
NSF1210755$14,3712012–2014PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Genetic Basis of Local Adaptation: Serpentine Tolerance in Mimulus guttatus
NSF1110753$14,9802011–2013PIRePORTER
LiT: Genomic Analysis of Life-History Adaptation to Variation in Seasonal Water Availability in Mimulus
NSF1024966$585,0002010–2014PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genomic and phenotypic evolution in synthetic and natural allotetraploid Mimulus
NSF0910296$14,9602010–2013PIRePORTER
En-Gen: Ecological Genomics of Drought Adaptation in Mimulus
NSF0723814$866,8022007–2011PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution of Copper Tolerance in Mimulus guttatus
NSF0710318$12,0002007–2010PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The geographic mode, ecological mechanisms, as well as genetic basis of local adaptation and ecological reproductive isolation
NSF0710094$11,9432007–2010PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology of a Flower Color Diversification in Chilean Mimulus
NSF0508732$12,0002005–2008PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Identification and Characterization of Incompatibility Genes that Contribute to Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation Between Species of Mimulus
NSF0408098$12,0002004–2006PIRePORTER
FIBR: Integrated Ecological and Genomic Analysis of Speciation in Mimulus
NSF0328636$4,999,9792003–2010PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: Ecological Genetics of Life-history Evolution in Mimulus guttatus
NSF0105177$9,3902001–2003PIRePORTER
A Genome-Wide Investigation of Factors Causing Postzygotic Isolation Between Two Mimulus Species.
NSF0075704$457,9992000–2004PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: Barriers to Genetic Exchange Between Two Species of Mimulus
NSF0073339$5,3312000–2002PIRePORTER
Genetics of Differences Between the Mating Systems of Mimulus guttatus and M. nasutus
NSF9727578$310,0001998–2001PIRePORTER
Genetic Analysis of Inbreeding Depression in the Monkey-Flower, Mimulus guttatus
NSF9419884$230,0001995–1999PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Heather D. Alexander · Auburn University7 papers (2022–2025)Christopher Anderson · Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté3 papers (2023–2025)Steven Cabrera · Auburn University3 papers (2023–2025)Ajay Sharma · Indian Institute of Technology Bombay2 papers (2025–2025)Tamara Milton · Auburn University2 papers (2025–2025) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Ajay Sharma · Rajasthan Dental College and Hospital1 papers (2021–2021)Heidi Renninger · Mississippi State University1 papers (2023–2023) · 1 papers (2025–2025)E.K. Babl-Plauche · Mississippi State University1 papers (2022–2022)Tamara F. Milton · Auburn University1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2022–2022)David K. Schnake · North Carolina State University1 papers (2023–2023)Timothy M. Shearman · Auburn University1 papers (2025–2025)Jeffery B. Cannon · The Jones Center at Ichauway1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Adam Polinko · Mississippi State University1 papers (2025–2025)J. Morgan Varner · University of Georgia1 papers (2025–2025)Michael J. Aspinwall · Espam Formation University1 papers (2024–2024)John Tracy · University of Idaho1 papers (2025–2025)
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