Education: PhD (1992, University of Aberdeen); B.Sc. Hons. (1988, University of Edinburgh)
Research Interests: My primary research interests are animal-plant interactions, and the use of stable isotopes to investigate ecological processes.
Contact Information:
Jonathan Moran
Assistant Professor
School of Environment & Sustainability
Email: Jonathan.Moran@royalroads.ca
tel: (250) 391 2600 ext. 4314
fax: (250) 391 2587
Selected Publications Include:
Carnivorous Plants:
Moran, J.A., Hawkins, B.J., Gowan, B. & Turner, S. (2010) Ion fluxes across the pitcher walls of four Bornean Nepenthes pitcher plant species: flux rates and gland distribution patterns reflect nitrogen sequestration strategies. Journal of Experimental Botany 61 published online. doi:10.1093/jxb/erq004.
Moran, J.A. & Clarke, C.M. (2010) Invited Review: The carnivorous syndrome in Nepenthes pitcher plants: current state of knowledge and potential future directions. Plant Signaling & Behavior 5: 1-5.
Chin, L., Moran, J.A. & Clarke, C. (2010) Trap geometry in three giant montane pitcher plant species from Borneo is a function of tree shrew body size. New Phytologist 186 published online. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03166.x.
Moran, J.A. & Clarke, C.M. (2010) A review of the nutrient sequestration strategies of some Bornean Nepenthes species. Invited paper, Sarawak Nepenthes Summit, Kuching, Malaysia, 18-21 August 2007. in press.
Clarke, C.M., Bauer, U., Lee, C.C., Tuen, A.A., Rembold, K. & Moran, J.A. (2009) Tree shrew lavatories: a novel nitrogen sequestration strategy in a tropical pitcher plant. Biology Letters 5: 632–635. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0311.
Moran, J.A. (2006) Life and death in a pitcher. Natural History October 2006: 56-62.
Moran, J.A., Clarke, C.M. & Hawkins, B.J. (2003) From carnivore to detritivore? Isotopic evidence for leaf litter utilization by the tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes ampullaria. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 635-639.
Moran, J.A., Merbach, M.A., Livingston, N.J., Clarke, C.M. & Booth, W.E. (2001) Termite prey specialization in the pitcher plant Nepenthes albomarginata - evidence from stable isotope analysis. Annals of Botany 88: 307-311.
Clarke, C.M. & Moran, J.A. (2001) Chapter 2. The Ecology of Nepenthes. In: Clarke, C.M. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. pp 29-75.
Moran, J.A., Booth, W.E. & Charles, J.K. (1999) Aspects of pitcher morphology and spectral characteristics of six Bornean Nepenthes pitcher plant species: Implications for prey capture. Annals of Botany 83: 521-528.
Moran, J.A. & Moran, A.J. (1998) Foliar reflectance and vector analysis reveal nutrient stress in prey-deprived pitcher plants (Nepenthes rafflesiana). International Journal of Plant Sciences 159: 996-1001.
Moran, J.A. (1997) Catching Prey. In: Clarke, C.M. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. pp 32-35, 39.
Moran, J.A. (1996) Pitcher dimorphism, prey composition and the mechanisms of prey attraction in the pitcher plant Nepenthes rafflesiana in Borneo. Journal of Ecology 84: 515-525.
Clarke, C.M. & Moran, J.A. (1994) A further record of aerial pitchers produced by Nepenthes ampullaria (Jack). Malayan Nature Journal 47: 321-323.
Moran, J.A. (1994) Pitcher Plants. In: Cranbrook, Earl of & Edwards, D.S. Belalong: A Tropical Rainforest. Sun Tree Publishing, Singapore. pp 171-173.
Other:
Hutcheson, C., Hendrix, L. & Moran, J.A. (2010) A preliminary isotopic analysis of migratory connectivity in ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris). North American Bird Bander, in press.
Ethier, G.J., Livingston, N.J., Harrison, D.L., Black, T.A. & Moran, J.A. (2006) Low stomatal and internal conductance to CO2 vs. Rubisco deactivation as determinants of the photosynthetic decline of aging evergreen leaves. Plant, Cell, and Environment 29: 2168-2184.
Brang, P., Moran, J.A., Puttonen, P. & Vyse, A. (2003) Regeneration of Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa in high-elevation forests of south-central British Columbia depends on nurse logs. Forestry Chronicle 79: 273-279.
Mitchell, A.K., Bown, T., Dunsworth, B.G. & Moran, J.A. (2003) Above-ground biomass predicts growth limitation in amabilis fir and western hemlock. Forestry Chronicle 79: 285-290.
Hawkins, B.J. & Moran J.A. (2003) Growth responses of Abies amabilis advance regeneration to overstory removal, nitrogen fertilization and release from Vaccinium competition. Forest Science 49: 799-806.
Reimchen, T.E., Mathewson, D., Hocking, M., Moran, J.A. & Harris, D. (2003) Isotopic evidence for enrichment of salmon-derived nutrients in vegetation, soil and insects in riparian zones in coastal British Columbia. In: Stock, J.G. (ed.) Nutrients in Salmonid Ecosystems: Sustaining Production and Biodiversity. American Fisheries Society Symposium 34: 59-69.
Percy, R.E., Livingston, N.J., Moran, J.A. & Von Aderkas, P. (2001) Desiccation, cryopreservation and water relations parameters of white spruce (Picea glauca) and interior spruce (Picea glauca x engelmannii complex) somatic embryos. Tree Physiology 21: 1303-1310.
Moran, J.A., Barker, M.G., Moran, A.J., Becker, P. & Ross, S.M. (2000) A comparison of the soil water, nutrient status and litterfall characteristics of tropical heath and mixed dipterocarp forest sites in Brunei. Biotropica 32: 2-13.
Moran, J.A., Mitchell, A., Goodmanson, G. & Stockburger, K. (2000) Differentiation among effects of nitrogen fertilisation treatments of conifer seedlings by foliar reflectance: a comparison of methods. Tree Physiology 20: 1113-1120.
Deans, J.D., Moran. J.A. & Grace, J. (1996) Biomass relationships for tree species in regenerating semi-deciduous tropical moist forest in Cameroon. Forest Ecology and Management 88: 215-225.