Research Interests: Linked social and ecological systems, recreation, environmental services and conservation incentive programs, landowner decision-making, rural livelihoods and the process of interdisciplinary research. Research interests are for the US and Latin America.
Dr. Morse and his students research topics of outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism, ecosystems services, and human dimensions of wildlife. He and his students use interviews, focus groups, surveys, and GIS analysis to conduct and analyze their research.
Examples of research he and his students have done include:
- Conservation of endangered Whooping Cranes,
- Management preferences for Alabama’s Black Bears,
- African American and Latinx participation in fishing in Alabama,
- Recruitment, retention, and reactivation (R3) of hunters and anglers in Alabama,
- Public participation Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping for wildlife management and conservation on the Gulf Coast of Mexico,
- Local community planning for volunteer tourism in Ecuador,
- and landowner participation in ecosystem service payment programs in Costa Rica.
Subject areas:
- Forest Policy and Economics
- Wildlife Management
- Health
- Human Dimensions
- Sustainability
- Natural Resources Management
Research:
- Social-Ecological Complex Adaptive Systems (SECAS) Model.
