Dr Thomas Morrison

  • Senior Lecturer (Ecology & Environmental Change)

Biography

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

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2025

Schwandner, I. A. et al. (2025) Predicting the impact of targeted fence removal on connectivity in a migratory ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 35(1), e3094. (doi: 10.1002/eap.3094)

2024

Donaldson, Jason E., Ezenwa, Vanessa O., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Holdo, Ricardo 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, Zabibu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-5088, Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Morales, Juan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-7490, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Newton, Jason ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-3693 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (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)

Kabalika, Zabibu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-5088, Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Morales, Juan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-7490, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Newton, Jason ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-3693 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (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)

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, Rachael Kelday, Fennessy, Julian, Ferguson, Sara, Fraticelli, Chiara, Honig, Naftali, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Brown, Michael Butler (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, Simona, Abrahms, Briana, Gelzer, Emily, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Verzuh, Tana and Merkle, Jerod 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, Cyrus M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-515X, Torney, Colin J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Fulford, Sidney, Masolele, Majaliwa M., Masoy, Joseph and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (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, George G., Riggio, Jason, Lobora, Alex L., Kissui, Bernard M. and Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 (2022) Wildlife movements and landscape connectivity in the Tarangire ecosystem. In: Kiffner, Christian, Bond, Monica L. and Lee, Derek 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, Catherine, Hanley, Nick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-3499, Czajkowski, Mikolaj, Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Munishi, Linus, Keyyu, Julius, Lankester, Felix and Cleaveland, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959 (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, Matthew J., Aikens, Ellen O., Esmaeili, Saeideh, Kaczensky, Petra, Middleton, Arthur, Monteith, Kevin L., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Mueller, Thomas, Sawyer, Hall and Goheen, Jacob 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, Divine, Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Reeve, Richard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091, Enright, Jessica, Buza, Joram, Shirima, Gabriel, Mwajombe, James K., Lembo, Tiziana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (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, Freja, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Hanley, Nick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-3499, Hongoa, John Reuben, Hynes, Stephen, Loibook, Martin, Mafuru, Gerald, Needham, Katherine and Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 (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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Holdo, Ricardo M., Rugemalila, Deusdedidth M., Nzunda, Mawazo and Anderson, T. Michael (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, Gareth P., Parr, Catherine L., Archibald, Sally, Anderson, T. Michael, Mustaphi, Colin J. Courtney, Dobson, Andrew P., Donaldson, Jason E., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Probert, James and Beale, Colin M. (2018) Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity. Ecography, 41(6), pp. 889-899. (doi: 10.1111/ecog.03109)

Torney, Colin J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Couzin, Iain D. and Levin, Simon 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Estes, Anna B., Mduma, Simon A.R., Maliti, Honori T., Frederick, Howard, Kija, Hamza, Mwita, Machoke, Sinclair, A.R.E. and Kohi, Edward 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, Colin M., Courtney Mustaphi, Colin J., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Archibald, Sally, Anderson, T. Michael, Dobson, Andrew P., Donaldson, Jason E., Hempson, Gareth P., Probert, James and Parr, Catherine 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, Monica L., Bradley, Curtis M., Kiffner, Christian, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Lee, Derek 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, Deusdedith M., Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Anderson, T. Michael and Holdo, Ricardo 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Link, William A., Newmark, William D., Foley, Charles A. H. and Bolger, Douglas 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Keinath, Douglas, Estes-Zumpf, Wendy, Crall, Jonathan P. and Stewart, Charles 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Holdo, Ricardo M., Anderson, T. Michael and Gilliam, Frank (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. Michael, Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Rugemalila, Deusdedith, Holdo, Ricardo and Ward, David (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, Ricardo M., Anderson, T. Michael and Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 (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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Bolger, Douglas 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, Jan M., Bendik, Nathan F., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Gluesenkamp, Andrew G., Sanders, Mark S. and O’Donnell, Lisa 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, Hall, Kauffman, Matthew J., Middleton, Arthur D., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Nielson, Ryan M., Wyckoff, Teal B. and Pettorelli, Nathalie (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, Douglas T., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Vance, Bennet, Lee, Derek and Farid, Hany (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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Bolger, Douglas 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Yoshizaki, Jun, Nichols, James D. and Bolger, Douglas 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Ayres, Matthew 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, Douglas T., Newmark, William D., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Doak, Daniel 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Chiyo, Patrick I., Moss, Cynthia J. and Alberts, Susan 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, Elizabeth A., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Foley, Charles A.H., Moss, Cynthia J. and Alberts, Susan 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)

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Articles

Schwandner, I. A. et al. (2025) Predicting the impact of targeted fence removal on connectivity in a migratory ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 35(1), e3094. (doi: 10.1002/eap.3094)

Donaldson, Jason E., Ezenwa, Vanessa O., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Holdo, Ricardo 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, Zabibu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-5088, Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Morales, Juan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-7490, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Newton, Jason ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-3693 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (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)

Kabalika, Zabibu ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-5088, Haydon, Daniel T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1240-1886, McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Morales, Juan M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7269-7490, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Newton, Jason ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-3693 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (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)

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, Rachael Kelday, Fennessy, Julian, Ferguson, Sara, Fraticelli, Chiara, Honig, Naftali, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Brown, Michael Butler (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, Simona, Abrahms, Briana, Gelzer, Emily, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Verzuh, Tana and Merkle, Jerod A. (2023) Defining null expectations for animal site fidelity. Ecology Letters, 26(1), pp. 157-169. (doi: 10.1111/ele.14148) (PMID:36453059)

Kavwele, Cyrus M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-515X, Torney, Colin J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Fulford, Sidney, Masolele, Majaliwa M., Masoy, Joseph and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (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, Catherine, Hanley, Nick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-3499, Czajkowski, Mikolaj, Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Munishi, Linus, Keyyu, Julius, Lankester, Felix and Cleaveland, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0456-0959 (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, Matthew J., Aikens, Ellen O., Esmaeili, Saeideh, Kaczensky, Petra, Middleton, Arthur, Monteith, Kevin L., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Mueller, Thomas, Sawyer, Hall and Goheen, Jacob 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, Divine, Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Reeve, Richard ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-8091, Enright, Jessica, Buza, Joram, Shirima, Gabriel, Mwajombe, James K., Lembo, Tiziana ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-1849 and Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951 (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, Freja, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Hanley, Nick ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-3499, Hongoa, John Reuben, Hynes, Stephen, Loibook, Martin, Mafuru, Gerald, Needham, Katherine and Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 (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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Holdo, Ricardo M., Rugemalila, Deusdedidth M., Nzunda, Mawazo and Anderson, T. Michael (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, Gareth P., Parr, Catherine L., Archibald, Sally, Anderson, T. Michael, Mustaphi, Colin J. Courtney, Dobson, Andrew P., Donaldson, Jason E., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Probert, James and Beale, Colin M. (2018) Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity. Ecography, 41(6), pp. 889-899. (doi: 10.1111/ecog.03109)

Torney, Colin J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-7835, Hopcraft, J. Grant C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9617-9951, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Couzin, Iain D. and Levin, Simon 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Estes, Anna B., Mduma, Simon A.R., Maliti, Honori T., Frederick, Howard, Kija, Hamza, Mwita, Machoke, Sinclair, A.R.E. and Kohi, Edward 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, Colin M., Courtney Mustaphi, Colin J., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Archibald, Sally, Anderson, T. Michael, Dobson, Andrew P., Donaldson, Jason E., Hempson, Gareth P., Probert, James and Parr, Catherine 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, Monica L., Bradley, Curtis M., Kiffner, Christian, Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Lee, Derek 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, Deusdedith M., Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Anderson, T. Michael and Holdo, Ricardo 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Link, William A., Newmark, William D., Foley, Charles A. H. and Bolger, Douglas 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Keinath, Douglas, Estes-Zumpf, Wendy, Crall, Jonathan P. and Stewart, Charles 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Holdo, Ricardo M., Anderson, T. Michael and Gilliam, Frank (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. Michael, Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Rugemalila, Deusdedith, Holdo, Ricardo and Ward, David (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, Ricardo M., Anderson, T. Michael and Morrison, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 (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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Bolger, Douglas 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, Jan M., Bendik, Nathan F., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Gluesenkamp, Andrew G., Sanders, Mark S. and O’Donnell, Lisa 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, Hall, Kauffman, Matthew J., Middleton, Arthur D., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Nielson, Ryan M., Wyckoff, Teal B. and Pettorelli, Nathalie (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, Douglas T., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Vance, Bennet, Lee, Derek and Farid, Hany (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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Bolger, Douglas 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Yoshizaki, Jun, Nichols, James D. and Bolger, Douglas 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Ayres, Matthew 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, Douglas T., Newmark, William D., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 and Doak, Daniel 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, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Chiyo, Patrick I., Moss, Cynthia J. and Alberts, Susan 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, Elizabeth A., Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402, Foley, Charles A.H., Moss, Cynthia J. and Alberts, Susan 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, George G., Riggio, Jason, Lobora, Alex L., Kissui, Bernard M. and Morrison, Thomas A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-1402 (2022) Wildlife movements and landscape connectivity in the Tarangire ecosystem. In: Kiffner, Christian, Bond, Monica L. and Lee, Derek 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)

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 08:07:43 2025 BST.

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

Jump to: 2022 | 2020
Number of items: 2.

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]

This list was generated on Sat Jun 14 16:50:25 2025 BST.

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