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Earl Werner

Earl Werner

  • Professor
    Director, E.S. George Reserve
  • Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1972

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    2059 / 2059A / 2055 Kraus Natural Science Building
    830 North University
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
  • Phone: (734) 764-6269
  • Lab: (734) 764-8353
  • Fax: (734) 763-0544
  • Email: eewerner@umich.edu

Fields of study

Community ecology, ecology of amphibians

Academic background

I received degrees from Columbia and Michigan State Universities with the doctorate in 1972. I have held visiting academic appointments at the Australian National University and the University of North Carolina. I received the Mercer Award from the Ecological Society of America, and served as vice-president of the Society and as an Editor of Ecology and Ecological Monographs. I also have served on National Research Council boards and as a member of the scientific advisory board of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.

Graduate students

Jessica Middlemis-Brown, John Marino, Hyunmin Han

UM affiliation

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Edwin S. George Reserve

Research feature

Stressed-out tadpoles grow larger tails to escape predators

Related news

Stressed-out tadpoles grow larger tails to escape predators

U-M researchers have demonstrated for the first time that stress hormones are responsible for altering the body shape of developing animals, so they are better equipped to survive predator attacks.

Werner named ESA Fellow

Professor Earl Werner, director of the E.S. George Reserve, has been named an Ecological Society of America Fellow, a lifetime appointment.

George Reserve collections donated to UMMZ provide portal through time

Nearly a quarter million ecological specimens collected from 38 ponds at the E.S. George Reserve between 1996 and 2012 have been donated to the U-M Museum of Zoology collections.