Reed Bowman
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Working with Florida Scrub-Jays in our urban study area. Photo by
Genevieve Tanguay.
Archbold Biological Station, P.O. Box 2057, Lake Placid, Florida 33862 USA
Phone: 863-465-2571 FAX: 863-699-1927 send e-mail
B.S., State University of New York, 1980
M.S., McGill University, 1985
Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1992
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Research Interests
Avian Ecology, Behavioral and Reproductive Ecology, Sociobiology, Urban Ecology
Life history strategies of species are finely-tuned to their environment through natural selection. However, human alterations of those environments occur at a variety of ecological and spatial scales; from alterations in the composition and availability of foods, to changes in the structure and composition of vegetative communities, changes in predator community structure and composition, alteration in spatial and temporal regimes of ecological processes such as fire, and broad-scale changes in the structure and composition of entire landscape mosaics. Species may be able to respond to some of these anthropogenic changes or they may be evolutionarily constrained. Research in the Avian Ecology Lab focuses on understanding many of these anthropogenic ecological changes and their impact on birds at a variety of scales, from physiological and behavioral responses to population and community responses. We use a combination of longitudinal, observational studies and controlled experiments to identify ecological patterns and then to test the effects of specific variables. In particular, our research has focused on the effects of urbanization on the demography and social biology of the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) and on the effects of multiple resource management (grazing, forestry, human recreation, military training and endangered species management) on Florida scrub-jays, red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), and the Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus), all federally-listed birds.
Selected Recent Publications
Bowman, R. and J.M. Marzluff. 2001. Integrating avian ecology into emerging paradigms in urban ecology. p. 569-578, In Avian Conservation and Ecology in an Urbanizing World, Marzluff, J.M., R. Bowman, and R.E. Donnelly (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publ., New York, NY. pdf file
Marzluff, J.M., R. Bowman, and R.E. Donnelly. 2001. A historical perspective on urban bird research: trends, terms, and approaches. p 1-18, In Avian Conservation and Ecology in an Urbanizing World, Marzluff, J.M., R. Bowman, and R.E. Donnelly (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publ., New York, NY. pdf file
Schoech, S.J. and R. Bowman. 2001. Variation in the timing of breeding between suburban and wildland Florida Scrub-Jays: Do physiologic measures reflect different environments? p. 289-306, In Avian Conservation and Ecology in an Urbanizing World, Marzluff, J.M., R. Bowman, and R.E. Donnelly (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publ., New York, NY. pdf file
Bowman, R. 2002. Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina). In The Birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C.
Bowman, R. and G.E. Woolfenden. 2002. Nest-site selection by Florida Scrub-Jays in natural and human-modified habitats. Wilson Bulletin 114:128-135. pdf file
Bowman, R. 2003. Apparent cooperative hunting in the Florida Scrub-Jay. Wilson Bulletin 115:197-199. pdf file
Bowman, R., D. L. Leonard, Jr., D. Swan, and D. Schwalm. 2003. Demography and population trends of a small red-cockaded woodpecker population in south-central Florida. In R. Costa and S. J. Daniels, eds., Red-cockaded woodpecker: road to recovery. Hancock House Publishers, Blaine, WA.
Fleischer, A. L., Jr., R. Bowman, and G. E. Woolfenden. 2003. Variation in foraging behavior, diet, and time of breeding of Florida Scrub-Jays in suburban and wildland habitats. Condor 105:515-527. pdf file
Reynolds, S. J., S. Schoech, and R. Bowman. 2003a. Nutritional quality of prebreeding diet influences breeding performance of the Florida scrub-jay. Oecologia 134:308-316. pdf file
Reynolds, S. J., S. Schoech, and R. Bowman. 2003b. Diet quality during prelaying and nestling periods influences growth and survival of Florida scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens chicks. J. Zool. (London) 261:217-226. pdf file
Schoech, S.J. and R. Bowman. 2003. Do physiological measures reflect differential timing of reproduction in two populations of Florida Scrub-Jay? Auk. 120:1114-1127. pdf file
Schwalm, D. and R. Bowman. 2003. Inbreeding depression or resource limitation: patterns of variation in hatching failure in red-cockaded woodpeckers at Avon Park Air Force Range. In R. Costa and S. J. Daniels, eds., Red-cockaded woodpecker: road to recovery. Hancock House Publishers, Blaine, WA.
Thorington, K. and R. Bowman. 2003. Predation on experimental nests increases with human-density in suburban habitats. Ecography. 26:188-196. pdf file
Bowman, R. 2004. Fourteenth report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 2001 - 2002. Florida Field Naturalist 32:7-33.
Burger, J., R. Bowman, G. E. Woolfenden, and M. Gochfeld. 2004. Metal and metalloid concentrations in the eggs of threatened Florida scrub-jays in suburban habitat from south-central Florida. Science of the Total Environment 328:185-193. pdf file
Schoech, S. J., R. Bowman, and S. J. Reynolds. 2004. Food supplementation and the mechanisms underlying early breeding in the Florida scrub-jay: a role for corticosterone? Hormones and Behavior. 46:565-573. pdf file
Shawkey, M. D., R. Bowman, and G. E. Woolfenden. 2004. Why is brood reduction in Florida Scrub-Jays higher in suburban than wildland habitats. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 82:1-9. pdf file
Pranty, B., A. W. Kratter, and R. Bowman. 2005. Records of Bullock's Oriole in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 33:41-46.
BOOKS
J.M. Marzluff, R. Bowman, and R.E. Donnelly. 2001. Avian Conservation and Ecology in an Urbanizing World. Kluwer Academic Publ., New York, NY. 585 pp.
URL: www.archbold-station.org/staff/srbowman.htm