Ernest H. Williams, Jr.

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315-859-4387
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2037 Science Center

Education

PhD, 1976, Princeton University

MA, 1970, Princeton University

BS, 1968, Trinity College (CT)

Research

the population biology and chemical ecology of butterflies, particularly Euphydryas gillettii, Callophrys irus, the Aster-feeding nymphalids Phyciodes tharos and Chlosyne harrissii

Courses Taught

Bio 110

Principles of Biology: Organismal

Env St 150

Society and the Environment

The Nature Handbook For more information about my new book

Bio 237

Ecology

Bio 441

Seminar in Evolutionary Biology

Soph 220

Forever Wild: The Cultural and Natural Histories of the Adirondack Park

Explorations For links to the annual trip of the Ecology class to Whiteface Mtn

Bio 550-551

Biology Senior Thesis

Utica Marsh For information about the Utica Marsh and the Utica Marsh Council

Cemetery Demography For background information and data sets for the cemetery demography data-sharing project of the Ecological Society of America

Interests

running, The Lepidopterists' Society, The Nature Conservancy, biotrivia, Wyoming, family

Selected Publications

Stokes, D., L. Stokes, & E. Williams. 1991. Stokes Butterfly Book. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. 96 pp. ISBN 0-316-81780-5

Williams, E.H. 1995. Fire-burned habitat and reintroductions of the butterfly Euphydryas gillettii (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49:183-191.

Bowers, M.D., & E.H. Williams. 1995. Variable chemical defence in the checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas gillettii (Lepid.: Nymphalidae). Ecological Entomology 20:208-212.

Brooks, J.S., E.H. Williams, & P. Feeny. 1996. Quantification of contact oviposition stimulants for Black Swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes, on the leaf surfaces of wild carrot, Daucus carota. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22(12):2341-2357.

Kocher, S.D., & E.H. Williams. 2000. The diversity and abundance of North American butterflies vary with habitat disturbance and geography. Journal of Biogeography 27(4):785-794.

Williams, E.H., Jr. 2005. The Nature Handbook: A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors. Oxford Univ. Press, NY. 263 pp. (softcover) ISBN 0-19-517194-2

Boggs, C.L., C.E. Holdren, I.G. Kulahci, T.C. Bonebrake, B.D. Inouye, J.P. Fay, A. MacMillan, E.H. Williams, & P.R. Ehrlich. 2006. Delayed population explosion of an introduced butterfly. Journal of Animal Ecology 75:466-475.

Williams, E.H., P.D. Reynolds, & O. Oerlemans. 2008. Interdisciplinary teaching about the Adirondacks. In press, P. Cenkl, ed., Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest, Univ. Iowa Press.

Pfitsch, W.A., & E.H. Williams. 2008. Habitat restoration for lupine and specialist butterflies. Restoration Ecology, in press.