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James Fordyce

Professor and Head of Undergraduate Affairs

University of Tennessee

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College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

James Fordyce is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Sciences Professor and Head of Undergraduate Affairs at University of Tennessee.

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University of Tennessee

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ecology evolutionary biology entomology avian biology biology evolutionary ecology ecological entomology genetics insect science population genetics genetic variation molecular ecology ecology and evolutionary biology biodiversity ecology evolution molecular evolution community (ecology) adaptation animal ecology behavioral ecology evolutionary genetics wildlife ecology wildlife biotic interactions systematics functional ecology speciation plant-insect interactions genetic diversity biological evolution population ecology insect conservation spatial ecology plant science plant ecology molecular evolutionary ecology genetic admixture conservation genetics evolutionary applications ornithology genome biology interspecific behavioral interaction invasion biology wildlife biology arthropod taxonomy macroecology specie interaction plant-animal interactions molecular adaptation environmental biology pipevine swallowtail larval performance animal behavior landscape ecology phylogenomics host specificity breeding behavior plant diversity karner blue butterfly diet breadth melissa blue butterfly ecological modelling hybridisation experimental biology predator-prey interactions hybrid speciation phenotypic plasticity l. melissa pipevine swallowtail larvae aggregative feeding gene flow battus philenor oviposition preference hemlock species phylogenetic trees individual specialization

Notable Scholarly Works

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Allochronic Isolation Between Sympatric Populations of an Alpine Butterfly. Evolution (2026)

population ecologybiological evolutionevolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologyspeciationadaptation

Experimental Warming Decouples Plant–Fungal Symbiont Interactions and Leads to a More Conservative Ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026)

applied ecologymicrobial ecologyfungal ecologyfungal symbiosisecologyecosystems

Root Causes of Below‐Ground Processes: Tree Mycorrhizal Associations Outweigh Tree Richness. Journal of Ecology (2026)

forest ecologyroot-soil interactionsfungal ecologyforest ecosystemsforest mycobiomeecologyecosystems

Temporal Dynamics of Color Polymorphism and Hybridization in Colias Butterflies. Evolution (2026)

molecular evolutionevolutionary geneticspopulation geneticscoevolutionecology evolutionbehavioral ecologybiological evolutionmolecular adaptationevolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologymolecular ecologyevolutionary significanceadaptation

Admixture in a Butterfly Species Complex Creates a Genomic Mosaic of Ancestry With Distinct Histories for Different Chromosomes. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

molecular evolutionevolutionary geneticsgeneticsgenetic admixturephylogeneticsgenomicsevolutionary biologygenome biologycomparative genomics

Author Response for"Root Causes of Belowground Processes: Tree Mycorrhizal Associations Outweigh Tree Richness". (2025)

botanyforest ecologyroot-soil interactionsmycelial interactionforest mycobiomeecology

Impacts of Sedimentation and Atrazine Exposure on Behaviour and Physiology of Larvae Could Drive Demographic Changes and Population Declines in a Giant Salamander. Freshwater Biology (2025)

biomagnificationenvironmental toxicologyaquatic ecosystemspopulation biologybiologyaquatic toxicologyecotoxicologyfreshwater biologyecology

Greater Change in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Richness as a Response to Short-Term Rainfall Exclusion Across the North American Monsoon Season. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene (2024)

Jonathan R. DickeyJames A. Fordyce

meteorologyavian biologyregional relevancebotanyaquatic ecosystemsplant scienceclimatic changefungal ecologyevolutionary biologybiogeographygreater changeenvironmental scienceecologyclimate changeshort-term rainfall exclusion

Long- and Short-Term Soil Storage Methods Other Than Freezing Can Be Useful for Dna-Based Microbial Community Analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2024)

Joseph D. EdwardsSarah J. LoveRichard P. PhillipsSonglin FeiGrant DomkeJohn D. ParkerMelissa McCormickElizabeth A. LaRueJennifer A. SchweitzerJoseph K. BaileyJames FordyceStephanie N. Kivlin

soil biology

Modeling the Impacts of Temperature During Nesting Seasons on Loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) Sea Turtle Populations in South Florida. Ecological Modelling (2023)

Spencer CatronSarah RothFrancesca ZumpanoJason BintzJames A. FordyceSuzanne LenhartDebra L. MillerJeanette Wyneken

wildlife ecologymodeling and simulationthermal modelingpopulation ecologyecological modellingmarine biologyenvironmental modellingaquatic ecosystemsmarine ecologysouth floridaconservation biologysea turtle populationsenvironmental scienceecology

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James Fordyce

Professor and Head of Undergraduate Affairs

University of Tennessee

Affiliations

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

James Fordyce is currently serving as a College Of Arts And Sciences Professor and Head of Undergraduate Affairs at University of Tennessee.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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James Fordyce

University of Tennessee

Professor and Head of Undergraduate Affairs

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Allochronic Isolation Between Sympatric Populations of an Alpine Butterfly. Evolution (2026)

population ecologybiological evolutionevolutionary biologyevolutionary ecologyspeciationadaptation

Experimental Warming Decouples Plant–Fungal Symbiont Interactions and Leads to a More Conservative Ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2026)

applied ecologymicrobial ecologyfungal ecologyfungal symbiosisecologyecosystems

Root Causes of Below‐Ground Processes: Tree Mycorrhizal Associations Outweigh Tree Richness. Journal of Ecology (2026)

forest ecologyroot-soil interactionsfungal ecologyforest ecosystemsforest mycobiomeecologyecosystems

Temporal Dynamics of Color Polymorphism and Hybridization in Colias Butterflies. Evolution (2026)

Admixture in a Butterfly Species Complex Creates a Genomic Mosaic of Ancestry With Distinct Histories for Different Chromosomes. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

molecular evolutionevolutionary geneticsgeneticsgenetic admixturephylogeneticsgenomicsevolutionary biologygenome biologycomparative genomics

Author Response for"Root Causes of Belowground Processes: Tree Mycorrhizal Associations Outweigh Tree Richness". (2025)

botanyforest ecologyroot-soil interactionsmycelial interactionforest mycobiomeecology

Impacts of Sedimentation and Atrazine Exposure on Behaviour and Physiology of Larvae Could Drive Demographic Changes and Population Declines in a Giant Salamander. Freshwater Biology (2025)

biomagnificationenvironmental toxicologyaquatic ecosystemspopulation biologybiologyaquatic toxicologyecotoxicologyfreshwater biologyecology

Greater Change in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Richness as a Response to Short-Term Rainfall Exclusion Across the North American Monsoon Season. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene (2024)

Jonathan R. DickeyJames A. Fordyce

Long- and Short-Term Soil Storage Methods Other Than Freezing Can Be Useful for Dna-Based Microbial Community Analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry (2024)

Joseph D. EdwardsSarah J. LoveRichard P. PhillipsSonglin FeiGrant DomkeJohn D. ParkerMelissa McCormickElizabeth A. LaRueJennifer A. SchweitzerJoseph K. BaileyJames FordyceStephanie N. Kivlin

soil biology

Modeling the Impacts of Temperature During Nesting Seasons on Loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) Sea Turtle Populations in South Florida. Ecological Modelling (2023)

Spencer CatronSarah RothFrancesca ZumpanoJason BintzJames A. FordyceSuzanne LenhartDebra L. MillerJeanette Wyneken

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