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Dr. Bill Hamilton
Howe Hall 403
Phone (540) 458-8890
E-mail:
hamiltone@wlu.edu
Education
Undergraduate
Degree: B.S., Syracuse University, 1992
Graduate
Degree: M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995.
Advisor:
Ian
Baldwin
Graduate
Degree: Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1999. Advisor:
Sam
McNaughton
Positions Associate Professor, Washington and Lee University, 2007-present Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University, 2001-2007
Full-time
Lecturer, University of Rochester, 1999
Postdoctoral
Fellow
Syracuse University, 1999-2001, Advisor:
Scott
Heckathorn
Syracuse University, 1999, Advisor:
Doug
Frank
Memberships
Ecological
Society of America
International Society for Microbial Ecology
Weed Science Society of America
American Institute of
Biological Sciences
Courses
Taught at W&L
Fundamentals
of Biology (Biology 111)
Atmospheric Science from the Ground Up
(Biology 120)
Plant
Biology (Biology 225)
Medicinal
Botany Seminar (Biology 295)
Chemical Ecology Seminar (Biology 295)
Plant
Functional Ecology (Biology 332)
Experimental
Botany: Global Climate Change (Biology 330)
Complete
CV
Current
Research Interests
I
study physiological plant ecology, focusing on (1)
herbivore-plant-microbe interactions , (2)
physiological and growth responses to herbivory and (3)
adaptation to, or effects of, environmental stress, primarily heat
and sodium. I am interested in
elucidating species level adaptations to stress and herbivory that
explain observed community dynamics (e.g. species distributions,
competitive interactions, and nutrient cycling) as well as relating adaptations to ecosystem
function. The majority of my current research is based on
large ungulate grazers (e.g. bison and elk) and their interactions with
grasses and soil microbes in Yellowstone National Park (PHOTOS).
Back Campus Research Park
Species
Images Restoration Project
Selected
Publications
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Hamilton,
E.W., Giovannini, M.S., Moses, S.A., Coleman, J.S. and McNaughton,
S.J. (1998). Biomass and mineral element responses of a Serengeti
short-grass species to nitrogen supply and defoliation: Compensation
requires a critical [N]. Oecologia 116, 407-418
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Baldwin, I.T. and Hamilton, E.W. (2000). Methyl jasmonate-induced
responses of Nicotiana sylvestris are costly due to impaired
competitive ability for a fitness-limiting resource. Journal of
Chemical Ecology 26, 915-952
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Hamilton, E.W. and Coleman, J.S. (2001). Heat-shock proteins are
induced in unstressed leaves when distant leaves are stressed. American
Journal of Botany 88, 950-955
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Hamilton, E.W., McNaughton, S.J. and Coleman, J.S. (2001). Soil Na
stress: Molecular, physiological and growth responses in Serengeti C4
grasses. American Journal of Botany 88, 1258-1265
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Hamilton, E.W. and Heckathorn, S.A. (2001) Mitochondrial
adaptations to Sodium Chloride: Complex I is protected by
anti-oxidants and small Heat-shock proteins, while Complex II is
protected by proline and betaine. Plant Physiology 126,
166-1274 PDF
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Hamilton, E.W. and Frank, D.A. (2001) Plant defoliation promotes
microbial nitrogen cycling through increased root exudation of
carbon. Ecology 82,2397-2402
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Heckathorn, S.A. Ryan, S.L. Baylis, J.A. Wang, D. Hamilton, E.W.
Cundiff, L. Luthe, D.S. (2002) In vivo evidence from an Agrostis
stolonifera selection genotype that chloroplast small-heat shock
proteins can protect photosystem II during heat stress. Functional
Plant Biology 29, 933-944
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Wang, D., Heckathorn, S.A., Barua D., Joshi P, Hamilton, E.W.,
LaCroix, J.J. (2008) Effects of elevated CO2 on the tolerance of
photosynthesis to acute heat stress in C3, C4, and CAM species
American Journal of Botany 95: 165-176.
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Hamilton, E.W., Heckathorn, S.A., Joshi, P., Wang, D., and
Barua, D. (2008) Interactive effects of elevated CO2
and growth temperature on the tolerance of photosynthesis to
acute heat stress in C3 and C4 species.
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 50, 1375-1387:
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Barua, D., Frantz, J.M., Hamilton, E.W., Heckathorn, S.A.,
Joshi, P., Wang, D. (2008) The interactive effects of elevated
CO2 and ozone on leaf thermotolerance in field-grown
Glycine max.Journal of Integrative Plant
Biology 50, 1396-1405:
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Wang, D., Heckathorn, S.A., Mainali, K., Hamilton, E.W.
(2008) Effects of N on plant responses to heat waves: a field
study with prairie vegetation.Journal of Integrative Plant
Biology 50, 1416-1425:
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Hamilton, E.W., Frank, D.A., Hinchey, P.M., Murray, T.M.
(2008) Defoliation induces root exudation and triggers positive
rhizospheric feedbacks in a temperate grassland. Soil Biology
and Biochemistry 40, 2865-2873
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