My research focuses on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of interactions among organisms. My work centers on how multi-species systems function and on evaluating methods that might predict how such systems will respond to environmental change, particularly in regard to the current epidemic of species extinctions and introductions occurring throughout the world and to global changes such as ocean acidification. I have conducted research on a wide variety of related subjects and retain active research interests in most of them, including the role of ecological factors on the evolution of life history and mating systems, and population viability models of endangered species. I work in several different systems, and study a range of taxa. My general approach develops and tests questions or models of broad theoretical interest, using field experiments, observations of large-scale species introductions, and between-system comparisons. Currently, my research focuses on rocky intertidal marine communities (particularly on Tatoosh Island, Washington) and rivers, which serve as model experimental systems for ecology.
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John Timothy Wootton, PhD
- Professor of Ecology and Evolution
- Research and Scholarly Interests: Avian Ecology, Community Ecology, Conservation, Ecological Networks, Ecosystems, Environmental Imact, Experimental Community Ecology, Food Web, Intertidal Ecology, Marine Ecology, Marine Invertebrates, Ocean Acidification, Quantitative Ecology, River Ecology, Species Interaction
- Websites: Wootton Lab at the University of Chicago, Research Network Profile
- Contact: jtwootto@uchicago.edu
- Graduate Programs: Ecology & Evolution, Committee on Evolutionary Biology