{"id":18,"date":"2012-05-29T09:35:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T14:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/template-agriflex\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:37:22","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/wrogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant Ecology Lab &#8211; Texas A&#038;M University"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/wrogers\/files\/2012\/05\/wrogers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30\" title=\"wrogers\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/wrogers\/files\/2012\/05\/wrogers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/wrogers\/files\/2012\/05\/wrogers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/wrogers\/files\/2012\/05\/wrogers.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a>WILLIAM E. ROGERS, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Professor &amp; Associate Department Head for Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Programs, Texas A&amp;M University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eccb.tamu.edu\/people\/rogers-william\/\">Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Mailing Address<\/em>: 534 John Kimbrough Blvd, College Station, TX 77843-2258<\/p>\n<p><em>Office<\/em>: Wildlife, Fisheries, and Ecosystem Sciences (WFES) Building Room #378; <em>Research Labs<\/em>: WFES #509 &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/enrta.tamu.edu\/\">Ecology and Natural Resource Teaching Area<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Office phone<\/em>: (979) 845-0317<\/p>\n<p><em>Email<\/em>: <a href=\"mailto:william.rogers@agnet.tamu.edu\">william.rogers@agnet.tamu.edu<\/a> (former email address <a href=\"mailto:wer@tamu.edu\">wer@tamu.edu<\/a> will forward to new)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=RP4Z1UQAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Google Scholar Profile<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kansas State University.\u00a0 Manhattan, KS.\u00a0 Ph.D.\u00a0 (1998)\u00a0 Biology &#8211; Ecology Emphasis<\/li>\n<li>Gustavus Adolphus College.\u00a0 St. Peter, MN.\u00a0 B.A.\u00a0 (1991)\u00a0 Biology &amp; Chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 2025-present. Associate Department Head for Graduate and Undergraduate Programs, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&amp;M University, College Station, Texas.<\/li>\n<li>September 2014-present. Professor, Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology (formerly Ecosystem Science and Management), Texas A&amp;M University, College Station, Texas.<\/li>\n<li>September 2008-August 2014.\u00a0 Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&amp;M University, College Station, Texas.<\/li>\n<li>June 2005-August 2008.\u00a0 Assistant Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (formerly Rangeland Ecology and Management), Texas A&amp;M University.<\/li>\n<li>July 2003-May 2005. Faculty Fellow (grant-funded research faculty), Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas.<\/li>\n<li>July 1999-July 2003. Huxley Research Instructor (non-tenure track research and teaching faculty), Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas.<\/li>\n<li>January 1999-June 1999.\u00a0 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, Department of Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas.\u00a0 Post-doctoral Research on &#8220;Ecological and Evolutionary Causes and Consequences of Exotic Invasions.&#8221; Advisor &#8211; Dr. Evan Siemann.<\/li>\n<li>January 1993-December 1998. Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. Ph.D. dissertation on \u201cThe Effects of Soil Disturbances in Tallgrass Prairie.\u201d\u00a0 Advisor &#8211; Dr. David C. Hartnett.<\/li>\n<li>September 1991- December 1992. Research Technician, Department of Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN.\u00a0\u00a0 Undergraduate Research on &#8220;Deer Browse Effects on Central Minnesota Old Growth Maple-Basswood Forest Regeneration Dynamics.&#8221; Advisor &#8211; Dr. Timothy W. Sipe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non-native plant invasions and post-introduction evolution<\/li>\n<li>Conservation of rare and endemic plant species<\/li>\n<li>Plant-animal interactions particularly herbivory<\/li>\n<li>Population dynamics and community structure of terrestrial ecosystems<\/li>\n<li>Demographic processes and species diversity in plant communities<\/li>\n<li>Natural disturbance and vegetation regeneration mechanisms<\/li>\n<li>Land management impacts on ecological assembly rules<\/li>\n<li>Autogenic restoration and rehabilitation of damaged ecosystems<\/li>\n<li>Social-ecological resilience and alternative-stable state threshold transitions in managed ecosystems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WILLIAM E. 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