Craig Morris

2.2k total citations
82 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Craig Morris is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig Morris has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 43 papers in Ecology and 20 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in Craig Morris's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (45 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (28 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (18 papers). Craig Morris is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (45 papers), Rangeland and Wildlife Management (28 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (18 papers). Craig Morris collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Botswana and Italy. Craig Morris's co-authors include Richard W.S. Fynn, T.J. Edwards, Kevin Kirkman, Louis Titshall, T.G. O’Connor, NA Rivers-Moore, Tim O’Connor, David Ward, Melinda D. Smith and Helen F. Dallas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ecology, Oecologia and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Craig Morris

76 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Craig Morris South Africa 22 789 683 345 298 248 82 1.5k
Leslie W. Powrie South Africa 17 934 1.2× 654 1.0× 414 1.2× 372 1.2× 233 0.9× 33 1.9k
Miguel N. Bugalho Portugal 25 767 1.0× 755 1.1× 911 2.6× 379 1.3× 141 0.6× 66 2.0k
Mike Peel South Africa 23 629 0.8× 1.1k 1.7× 399 1.2× 134 0.4× 445 1.8× 57 1.7k
Maurice Hoffmann Belgium 26 1.1k 1.4× 1.0k 1.5× 331 1.0× 629 2.1× 185 0.7× 127 2.2k
Erin Roger Australia 13 645 0.8× 820 1.2× 515 1.5× 188 0.6× 197 0.8× 25 1.7k
Eva Spehn Switzerland 19 908 1.2× 507 0.7× 507 1.5× 549 1.8× 148 0.6× 34 2.0k
Margaret H. Friedel Australia 25 1.1k 1.4× 1.3k 1.9× 572 1.7× 265 0.9× 658 2.7× 70 2.2k
A. R. Watkinson United Kingdom 18 1.1k 1.4× 824 1.2× 661 1.9× 699 2.3× 279 1.1× 35 2.4k
Fernando Pulido Spain 26 940 1.2× 640 0.9× 704 2.0× 558 1.9× 140 0.6× 75 2.2k
Jean‐Philippe Puyravaud India 19 809 1.0× 684 1.0× 1.1k 3.1× 377 1.3× 226 0.9× 38 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Craig Morris

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Fields of papers citing papers by Craig Morris

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Craig Morris

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Craig Morris. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Craig Morris based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Craig Morris. Craig Morris is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Morris, Craig & Kevin Kirkman. (2025). Seventy-five years of insight – the impact of the Ukulinga very long-term grassland experiments. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 42(4). 249–263.
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Morris, Craig, et al.. (2024). Changes in protein expression in Acacia mearnsii De Wild (black wattle) as a result of exposure to frost-inducing temperatures. Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science. 86(3). 176–185. 1 indexed citations
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Jewitt, Debbie, Craig Morris, Tim O’Connor, & Michelle Tedder. (2023). Dominant species of mid-elevation grasslands of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park are predicted to be largely immune to climate change. Journal of Mountain Science. 20(9). 2468–2486. 2 indexed citations
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Morris, Craig, et al.. (2022). Will the grass be greener on the other side of climate change? (with corrigendum). South African Journal of Science. 118(11/12). 1 indexed citations
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Morris, Craig, et al.. (2022). Associative nitrogen fixation could be common in South African mesic grassland. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 40(4). 385–391. 1 indexed citations
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Ward, David, Kevin Kirkman, Zivanai Tsvuura, Craig Morris, & Richard W.S. Fynn. (2020). Are there common assembly rules for different grasslands? Comparisons of long‐term data from a subtropical grassland with temperate grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science. 31(5). 780–791. 18 indexed citations
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Morris, Craig. (2020). Is a long hygroscopic awn an advantage for Themeda triandra in drier areas?. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 38(2). 179–183. 3 indexed citations
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Kotzé, Elmarie, et al.. (2020). Proposed adaptation of the KMnO4 oxidation method for determining active carbon for South African soils. South African Journal of Science. 116(1/2).
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Morris, Craig. (2017). Vegetation gradients around cattleposts in the eastern mountains of Lesotho. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 34(4). 219–225. 6 indexed citations
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Kirkman, Kevin, et al.. (2017). Does high-density stocking affect perennial forbs in mesic grassland?. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 34(2). 133–142. 16 indexed citations
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Kirkman, Kevin, et al.. (2017). What are the long-term effects of high-density, short-duration stocking on the soils and vegetation of mesic grassland in South Africa?. African Journal of Range and Forage Science. 34(2). 111–121. 18 indexed citations
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Laing, Mark, et al.. (2014). A procedure to evaluate the efficiency of surface sterilization methods in culture-independent fungal endophyte studies. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 45(3). 977–983. 17 indexed citations
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Rivers-Moore, NA, Helen F. Dallas, & Craig Morris. (2013). Towards setting environmental water temperature guidelines: A South African example. Journal of Environmental Management. 128. 380–392. 35 indexed citations
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Tedder, Michelle, Kevin Kirkman, Craig Morris, W.S.W. Trollope, & Mpaphi C. Bonyongo. (2013). Classification and mapping of the composition and structure of dry woodland and savanna in the eastern Okavango Delta. Koedoe. 55(1). 3 indexed citations
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Morris, Craig, et al.. (2010). Measuring culturable microbial populations and filamentous microbial growth in soil of wheat plots subjected to crop rotation and monoculture. South African Journal of Plant and Soil. 27(2). 133–141. 4 indexed citations
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Knapp, Alan K., Catherine E. Burns, Richard W.S. Fynn, et al.. (2006). Convergence and contingency in production–precipitation relationships in North American and South African C4 grasslands. Oecologia. 149(3). 456–464. 73 indexed citations
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Fynn, Richard W.S., Craig Morris, & T.J. Edwards. (2004). Effect of burning and mowing on grass and forb diversity in a long‐term grassland experiment. Applied Vegetation Science. 7(1). 1–10. 105 indexed citations
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Morris, Craig & Christine Stilwell. (2003). Getting the write message right : review of guidelines for producing readable print agricultural information materials : research article. South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science. 69(1). 71–83. 4 indexed citations
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Morris, Craig, et al.. (1995). Freswick Links, Caithness Excavation and survey of a Norse settlement. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 21 indexed citations
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Morris, Craig. (1982). The infrastructure of Inka control in the Peruvian central highlands. 153–171. 29 indexed citations

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