Department of Plant Biology, 166 Plant Biology Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1312,Phone (517) 355-4683, Fax(517)353-1926>
Peter Murphy; Professor of Plant Biology
Odum, H. T., P. G. Murphy et al. 1970. Effects of gamma radiation on the forest at El Verde. In: H. T. Odum and R. F. Pigeon (eds.), A Tropical Rain Forest. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Publication (TID-24270), p. D3-D75.
Wiegert, R. C. and P. G. Murphy. 1970. Effect of season, species and location on the disappearance rate of leaf litter in Puerto Rican rain forest. In: H. T. Odum and R. F. Pigeon (eds.), A Tropical Rain Forest. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Publication (TID-24270), p. H101-H104.
Auerbach, S. I., P. G. Murphy et al. 1971. Radioecological effects of fallout radiation. In: D. W. Bensen and A. H. Sparrow (eds.), Survival of Food Crops and Livestock in the Event of Nuclear War. Atomic Energy Commission Symposium Series No. 24, p. 643-644.
Murphy, P. G. and J. F. McCormick. 1971. Ecological effects of acute beta irradiation from simulated fallout particles upon a natural plant community. In: D. W. Bensen and A. H. Sparrow (eds.), Survival of Food Crops and Livestock in the Event of Nuclear War. Atomic Energy Commission Symposium Series No. 24, p. 454-481.
Kroh, G. C. and P. G. Murphy. 1973. The role of root and shoot components in intraspecific interference within a population of Phaseolus vulgaris. Michigan Academician 6(1):93-99.
Murphy, P. G. and J. F. McCormick. 1973. Effects of beta radiation from simulated fallout on the reproductive potential of a dominant plant species in a natural community. In: D. Nelson (ed.), Third National Symposium on Radioecology, Conference 710501-P2, p. 983-987.
Lugo, A. E., P. G. Murphy et al. 1974. Tropical ecosystem structure and function. In: E. G. Farnworth and F. B. Golley (eds.), Fragile Ecosystems: Evaluation of Research and Applications in the Neotropics. Springer-Verlag, N. Y., p. 67-111.
Murphy, P. G. and R. R. Sharitz. 1974. Properties of the tree flora in the forest transition from aspen to aspen-birch type. In: T. D. Rudolph (ed.), The Enterprise Radiation Forest, Preirradiation Ecological Studies. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Publication (TID-26113), p. 97-104.
Murphy, P. G., R. R. Sharitz and A. J. Murphy. 1974. Leaf-litter production in the aspen and maple-birch forest types and the contribution by individual tree species. In: T. D. Rudolph (ed.), The Enterprise Radiation Forest, Preirradiation Ecological Studies. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Publication (TID-26113), p. 115-118.
McCormick, J. F., P. G. Murphy et al. 1975. Natural terrestrial ecosystems. In: Long-term Worldwide Effects of Multiple Nuclear-weapons Detonations. National Academy of Sciences Publication, p. 65-79.
Murphy, P. G. 1975. Net primary productivity in tropical terrestrial ecosystems. In: H. Lieth and R. H. Whittaker (eds.), Primary Productivity of the Biosphere. Springer-Verlag, p. 217-231.
Murphy, P. G. 1975. Indonesia: an ecological perspective. In: Indonesia and its Resources: A MUCIA-Indonesia Seminar, p. 68-76. University of Illinois Press, Urbana-Champaign.
Barko, J. W., P. G. Murphy and R. G. Wetzel. 1977. Primary production and metabolism in a Lake Michigan dune pond. Archiv fur Hydrobiologic 81(2):155-187.
McLeod, K. W. and P. G. Murphy. 1977. Establishment of Ptelea trifoliata on Lake Michigan sand dunes. The American Midland Naturalist 97(2):350-362.
McLeod, K. W. and P. G. Murphy. 1977. Germination ecology of Ptelea trifoliata. The American Midland Naturalist 97(2):363-372.
Murphy, P. G. 1977. Rates of primary productivity in tropical grassland, savanna and forest. Geo-Eco-Trop 1(2):95-102.
Murphy, P. G., R. R. Sharitz and A. J. Murphy. 1977. The response of a forest ecotone to ionizing radiation, p. 43-48. In: J. Zavitkovski (ed.), The Enterprise, Wisconsin, Radiation Forest: Radioecological Studies. Technical Information Center Publication, ERDA, TID-26113-P2.
Jordan, C. F. and P. G. Murphy. 1978. A latitudinal gradient of wood and litter production, and its implication regarding competition and species diversity in trees. American Midland Naturalist 99(2):415-434.
Uhl, C., K. Clark, H. Clark and P. G. Murphy. 1981. Early plant succession after cutting and burning in the upper Rio Negro region of the Amazon Basin. Journal of Ecology 69:631-649.
Uhl, C. and P. G. Murphy. 1981. A comparison of productivities and energy values between slash and burn agriculture and secondary succession in the upper Rio Negro region of the Amazon basin. Agro-Ecosystems 7:63-83.
Uhl, C. and P. G. Murphy. 1981. Composition, structure, and regeneration of a tierra firme forest in the Amazon basin of Venezuela. Tropical Ecology 22(2):219-237.
McLeod, K. W. and P. G. Murphy. 1983. Factors affecting growth of Ptelea trifoliata seedlings. Canadian Journal of Botany 61:2410-2415.
Murphy, P. G. and A. E. Lugo. 1986. Structure and biomass of a subtropical dry forest in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 18(2):89-96.
Murphy, P. G. and A. E. Lugo. 1986. Ecology of tropical dry forest. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 17:66-88.
Lugo, A. E. and P. G. Murphy. 1986. Nutrient dynamics of a Puerto Rican subtropical dry forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 2:55-72.
Scott, M. L. and P. G. Murphy. 1986. Origin and composition of an old-growth cedar-hardwood stand: the role of dune activity. Michigan Botanist 25:57-65.
Scott, M. L. and P. G. Murphy. 1987. Regeneration patterns of northern white cedar, an old-growth forest dominant. American Midland Naturalist 117(1):10-16.
Donnelly, G. T. and P. G. Murphy. 1987. Warren Woods as a forest primeval: a comparison of forest composition with presettlement beech-sugar maple forests of Berrien County, Michigan. Michigan Botanist 26:17-24.
Werner, P. A., P. G. Murphy and M. L. Scott. 1987. Tropical dry forests of northern Australia: structure, recovery, and the conflict of human interests. In: A. E. Lugo et al. (eds.), People and the Tropical Forest: A Research Report from the U. S. Man and the Biosphere Program. U. S. Man and the Biosphere Program Publication, p. 37-38.
Hart, T. B. and P. G. Murphy. 1987. Conflict of human interests in the Ituri Forest of Zaire: Implications for forest survival. In: A. E. Lugo et al. (eds.), People and the Tropical Forest: A Research Report from the U. S. Man and the Biosphere Program. U. S. Man and the Biosphere Program Publication, p. 47-49.
Murphy, P. G. 1987. Ecological models for island development and environmental protection. Acta Cientifica 1(2-3):92-98.
Hart, T. B., J. A. Hart and P. G. Murphy. 1989. Monodominant and species-rich forests of the humid tropics:causes for their co-occurrence. American Naturalist 133(5):613-633.
Weaver, P. L. and P. G. Murphy. 1990. Forest structure and productivity in Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountains. Biotropica 22(1):69-82.
Palik, B. J. and P. G. Murphy. 1990. Disturbance versus edge effects in sugar maple-beech forest fragments. Forest Ecology and Management 32:187- 202.
Murphy, P. G. and A. E. Lugo. 1990. Dry forests of the tropics and subtropics: Guanica Forest in context. Acta Cientifica 4(1-3):15-24.
Kasenene, J.M. and P.G. Murphy. 1991. Post-logging tree mortality and major branch losses in Kibale Forest, Uganda. Forest Ecology and Management 46: 295-307.
Murphy, P.G. 1992. The variety of tropical forests, p. 17-24. In: Proceedings of the Pan American Furniture Manufacturer Symposium on Tropical Hardwoods. Center for Environmental Studies, Grand Rapids.
Singh, K.P., J.S. Singh, P.G. Murphy, H.S. Panwar, A. Parulekar, A.G. Untawale, C.K. Varshney, and K.C. Malhotra (eds.). 1992. Tropical Ecosystems: Ecology and management. Wiley Eastern Limited. 574 pp.
Murphy, P.G. and A.E. Lugo.1995. Dry forests of Central America and the Caribbean, p. 9-34. In: Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests, S.H. Bullock, H.A. Mooney and E. Medina, eds. Cambridge University Press. 429 pp.
Murphy, P.G., A.E. Lugo, A.J. Murphy and D.C. Nepstad. 1995. The dry forests of Puerto Rico's south coast, p. 178-209. In: Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology, A.E. Lugo and C. Lowe, eds. Springer-Verlag. 461 pp.
Murphy, P.G. 1995. Teaching about ecological systems: the HTO influence, p. 333-336. In: Maximum Power, C.S. Hall, ed. University Press of Colorado. 416 pp.
Hare, M.A., D.O. Lantagne, P.G. Murphy and H. Checo. 1997. Structure and tree species composition in a subtropical dry forest in the Dominican Republic: comparison with a dry forest in Puerto Rico. Tropical Ecology 38(1): 1-17.
Murphy, P.G. 1999. Footprints on the forest trail: a tribute to the career and accomplishments of
Dr. Frank H. Wadsworth. Acta Cientifica 1(1-3): 85-87.
Leege, L.M. and P.G. Murphy. 2000. Growth of the non-native Pinus nigra in four habitats on the sand dunes of Lake Michigan. Forest Ecology and Management 126 (2): 191-200.
Stanley, K.E., P.G. Murphy, H.H. Prince and T.M. Burton. 2000. Above-ground biomass and productivity of the vegetation in coastal wet meadows bordering Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron). Verh.. Internet. Verein. Limnol. 27(4): 1962-1972.
Genet, J.A., K.S. Genet, T. M. Burton and P.G. Murphy. 2000. Quantitative characterization of a subtropical dry forest termite community (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termintidae). Tropical Ecology 41(1): 119-122.
Dunphy, B.K., P.G. Murphy and A.E. Lugo. 2000. The tendency for trees to be multiple-stemmed in tropical and subtropical dry forests: studies of Guanica Forest, Puerto Rico. Tropical Ecology 41(2): l61-167.
Genet, J.A., K.S. genet, T.M. Burton, P.G. Murphy and A.E. Lugo. 2001. Response of termite community and wood decomposition rates to habitat fragmentation in a subtropical dry forest. Tropical Ecology 42(1): 35-49.
Genet, K.S., J.A. Genet, T.M. Burton and P.G. Murphy. 2001. The lizard community of a subtropical dry forest: Guanica Forest, Puerto Rico. Tropical Ecology 42(1):97-109.
Leege, L.M. and P.G. Murphy. 2001. Ecological effects of the non-native Pinus nigra on sand dunes. Canadian Journal of Botany 79(4): 429-437.
Werner, P.A. and P.G. Murphy. 2001. Size-specific biomass allocation and water content of above-and below-ground components of three Eucalyptus species in a northern Australian savanna. Aust. J. Bot. 49: 1-13.
Lugo, A.E., F.N. Scatena, W. Silver, S. M. Colon and P.G. Murphy. 2002. Resilience of tropical wet and dry forests in Puerto Rico, p. 195-225. In: Resilience and the Behavior of Large-Scale Systems, L.H. Gunderson and L. Pritchard Jr., eds. Island Press. 287 pp.
Van Bloem, S.J., P.G. Murphy and A.E. Lugo. 2003. Subtropical dry forest trees with no apparent damage sprout following a hurricane. Tropical Ecology 44(2): 1-9.
Van Bloem, S.J., P.G. Murphy and A.E. Lugo. 2004. Tropical Dry Forests, p. 1767-1775. In: Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences (4 volume set), eds. J. Burley, J. Evans and J. Youngquist. Elsevier, Oxford.
Van Bloem, S.J., A.E. Lugo and P.G. Murphy. In press. Structural response of Caribbean dry forests to hurricane winds: a case study from Guanica Forest, Puerto Rico. Journal of Biogeography. (Proceedings of the International Dry Forest and Savanna Symposium held in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2003.)
Van Bloem, S. J., S.M. Colon, M.C. Mora, P.G. Murphy, A.E. Lugo, R. Ostertag, M.R. Costa and R. Bernard. In press. The influence of hurricane winds on Caribbean dry forest structure and nutrient pools. Biotropica
Dunphy, B., P.G. Murphy and A.E. Lugo. In review - 2004. Rates and patterns of tree growth in a Caribbean subtropical dry forest over an 18-year period. Biotropica
Stanley, K.E., P.G. Murphy, H.H. Prince and T.M. Burton. In review – 2004. Long-term ecological consequences of anthropogenic disturbances on Saginaw Bay coastal wet meadow vegetation. Journal of Great Lakes Research.
