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Conducting the first winter bird survey in the newly acquired Reserve,
adjacent to Archbold Biological Station's western boundary, January 2003.
Photo by Fred Lohrer.
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
Publications
BOOKS
Bird, D.M. and R. Bowman. 1987. The Ancestral Kestrel. Raptor Research Report No. 6, Raptor Research Foundation, 178 pp.
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.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS AND THESES
Bowman, R. 1985. Mate replacement in the American Kestrel. M.S. thesis. McGill University. 76 pp.
Bowman, R. and D.M. Bird.1985. Influence of forced renesting on reproductive success in American Kestrels. Can. J. Zool. 63:2590-2593.
Wilmers, T., R. Bowman, and D.E. Samuels. 1985. Notes on incubation by male kestrels in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Quebec. N. Amer. Bird Banding 10:43-46..
Bowman, R. and D.M. Bird. 1986. Ecological correlates of mate replacement in American Kestrels. Condor 88:440-445. pdf file
Bowman, R. and E.M. Curley. 1986. Reverse mounting in the American Kestrel. Wilson Bull. 98:472-473. pdf file
Bowman, R. and D.M. Bird. 1987. Behavioral strategies of American Kestrels during mate replacement. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 20:129-135.
Bowman, R. 1987. Size dimorphism in mated pairs of American Kestrels. Wilson Bull. 99:465-467. pdf file
Bowman, R. J. Duncan, and D.M. Bird. 1987. Dispersal and inbreeding avoidance in American Kestrels: are they related? In: The Ancestral Kestrel. (D.M. Bird and R. Bowman, eds.), Raptor Research Report #6, Raptor Research Foundation, 178 pp.
Curley, E.M. and R. Bowman. 1987. Nest site characteristics of starling and kestrel occupied nest boxes. In: The Ancestral Kestrel. (D.M. Bird and R. Bowman, eds.), Raptor Research Report #6, Raptor Research Foundation, 178 pp.
Bowman, R., G.V.N. Powell, J.A. Hovis, N.C. Kline, and T. Wilmers. 1989. Variations in reproductive success between subpopulations of the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in South Florida. Bull. Mar. Sci. 44:245-250.
Bowman, R. and G.T. Bancroft. 1989. Least Bittern nesting on mangrove keys in Florida Bay. Florida Field Nat. 17:43-45.
Bird, D.M., J.D. Weaver, I. Ritchie, and R. Bowman. 1990. Impact of forced renesting on reproductive success in Ungava Bay Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus). Can. Field Nat. 104:219-222.
Kovach, C.J., J. Kurdziel, R. Bowman, J.W. Lawrence, and J. Wagner. 1992. The effect of stress and disturbance on proximate composition, allocation of production, respiration and photosynthesis in Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb) Anders. Env. Exp. Botany 32:479-486.
Bowman, R. 1992. Asynchronous hatching and brood reduction in the White-crowned Pigeon (Columba leucocephala). Ph.D. dissertation. University of South Florida. Tampa, FL. 169 pp.
Bancroft, G.T. and R. Bowman. 1994. Temporal patterns in diet of nestling White-crowned Pigeons: Implications for conservation. Auk 111:844-852.
Bowman, R. 1994. Frugivory, gut morphology and reproductive constraints in New World Columba pigeons. J. für Ornithol. 135:292-293.
Bowman, R. and C. Huh. 1995. Tree characteristics, resin flow, and heartwood rot in pines (Pinus elliottii, P. palustris), with respect to red-cockaded woodpecker cavity excavation, in two hydrologically-distinct Florida flatwood communities. Pp. 90-104, In: Proceedings of the Red-cockaded Symposium III: Species Recovery, Ecology, and Management, (R. Costa, D. L. Kulhavey, and R. G. Hooper, eds.), Charleston, SC.
Bowman, R., P.W. Smith, and J.W. Fitzpatrick. 1995. First winter record of an Eastern Kingbird in Florida. Florida Field Nat. 23:62-64.
Bowman, R. 1996. Zenaida Dove (Zenaida aurita). Pp. 24-30. In: Rare and endangered biota of Florida - birds. Vol. II (J. Rodgers, ed.). Univ. Presses of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Bowman, R. 1996. Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia). Pp. 17-23. In: Rare and endangered biota of Florida - birds. Vol. II (J. Rodgers, ed.). Univ. Presses of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Haig, S.M., R. Bowman, and T.J. Mullins. 1996. Population structure of red-cockaded woodpeckers in south Florida: RAPDs revisited. Molecular Ecology. 5:725-734.
Bowman, R. and G. E. Woolfenden. 1997. Nesting chronology of the Common Ground-Dove in Florida and Texas. J. Field Ornithol. 68:580-589.
Bowman, R., D.L. Leonard, Jr., L.K. Backus, and A.R. Mains. 1999. Interspecific interactions with foraging red-cockaded woodpeckers in south-central Florida. Wilson Bull. 111:346-353. pdf file
Fitzpatrick, J.W., G.E. Woolfenden, and R. Bowman. 1999. Dispersal distances and its demographic consequences in the Florida Scrub-Jay. In; Proc. 22nd Internat. Ornithol. Congr., Adams, N.J. and R. H. Slotow (Eds.). Birdlife South Africa. Pp. 2465-2479. pdf file
Bancroft, G.T. and R. Bowman. 2000. Rainfall, fruiting phenology and the nesting season of white-crowned pigeons in the upper Florida Keys. Auk 117:416-426.
Bowman, R. 2000. Thirteenth report of the Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Florida Field Naturalist 28:138-160.
Bancroft, G. T. and R. Bowman. 2001. White-crowned Pigeon (Columba leucocephala). 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 D. A. Aborn. 2001. Effects of different radio-transmitter harnesses on the behavior of Florida Scrub-Jays. Florida Field Nat. 29:165-169.
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
Bowman, R. and G. E. Woolfenden. 2001. Nest success and the timing of nest failure of Florida Scrub-Jays in suburban and wildland habitats. p. 383-402, 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 Bull. 114:128-135. pdf file
Bowman, R., and G. E. Woolfenden. 2002. The scrub and the scrub-jay, imperiled natural treasures of Florida. Pp. 63-64 in Brashears, J. A. and S. Cerulean (eds.). Great Florida birding trail, east section. University Press of Florida.
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 files
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.
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 files
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 files
Pranty, B., A. W. Kratter, and R. Bowman. 2005. Records of Bullock's Oriole in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 33:41-46.
Bowman, R., D. L. Leonard, D. S. Swan. In press. Sources of variation in reproduction of red-cockaded woodpeckers in south-central Florida. J. Wildl. Management.
POPULAR ARTICLES
Bowman, R. 1988. The pigeon of paradise. Humm's Guide to the Florida Keys. 10:41-42.
Bowman, R. 1990. An island in time. Adirondack Life. 21(4):62-63.
Bowman, R. 1991. The Athapaskan Quinzhee: a winter campers delight. Adirondack Life. 22(1):12-13.
Woolfenden, G.E. and R. Bowman. 1992. Research on the Florida Scrub Jay at Archbold Biological Station: an overview. Florida Nat. 65:13-22.
Bowman, R., and G. E. Woolfenden. 1998. The scrub and the scrub-jay. Florida Nat. 71: 10-11.
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW
Bowman, R. Dispersal patterns among and within perceptual neighborhoods of Florida Scrub-Jays in a fragmented landscape. Ecology, in review.
Bowman, R., G. E. Woolfenden, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. Timing of breeding and clutch size in Florida Scrub-Jays: long term effects of supplemental food. J. Anim. Ecol., in review.
Brand, K. B., R. Bowman, M. Cucco, and G. E. Woolfenden. Mass fluctuation and regulation in Florida scrub-jays, Aphelocoma coerulescens. Behav. Ecol., in review.
Sauter, A. Bowman R., S. J. Schoech, and G. Pasinelli. Suburban Florida Scrub-Jay nestlings suffer from food limitation despite access to ad libitum human-provided foods. For submission to Behav. Ecol. And Sociobiology.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Bowman, R., S. J. Schoech, and S. J. Reynolds. In prep. Variation in quality of pre-breeding diet influences time of breeding in Florida Scrub-Jays. For submission to Auk.
Bowman, R., G. E. Woolfenden, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. in prep. Sources of loss leading to variation in yearling recruitment along a wildland to suburban gradient. For submission to Ecological Applications.
Bowman, R., G. E. Woolfenden, and K. Smith. In prep. Variation in double brooding among populations of Florida Scrub-Jays in wildland and suburban habitats. For submission to Condor.
Sauter, A., R. Bowman, S. J. Schoech, and G. Pasinelli. in prep. Human-provided foods in suburban habitats: Why do parents feed them to nestlings despite knowing better. For submission to Ecological Applications.
Schoech, S. J., E. Bridge, R. Bowman, R. Boughton, R. Mumme, G. E. Woolfenden, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. Global and local climate change and the Southern Oscillation: Effects of the breeding phenology of the Florida scrub-jay over the last quarter century. For submission to Auk.Toomey, M., R. Bowman, and G. E. Woolfenden. in prep.The effects of social context on the food handling behaviour of Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens). For submission to Animal Behavior.
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