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Jim Fowler
Ecologist
Phone: (928)556-2001
Fax: (928) 556-2130
e-mail:jffowler@fs.fed.us
Address:
Rocky Mountain Station
Southwest Forest Science Complex
2500 S Pine Knoll Dr
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D., University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071;
Ecology, Dr. Nancy Stanton, Major Professor.
Dissertation title: Biogeography of hanging gardens on the Colorado Plateau.
M.S., Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804;
Aquatic Ecology, Dr. Charles Taber, Major Professor.
Thesis title: Food habits and biology of stonerollers (Campostoma) in Southwest Missouri.
B.S., Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804,
Comprehensive Major: Wildlife Conservation and Management
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Plant species distribution and abundance, species assemblages, climate change effects on alpine-timberline ecotones, postfire mortality of ponderosa pine
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
International Biogeography Society
Ecological Society of America
American Society of Naturalists
RECENT GRANTS AND USFS FUNDING
Climate Change Effects on a Single Mountain Endemic Alpine Plant, Packera franciscana.
J.F. Fowler and C.H. Sieg, RMRS, S. Hedwall, US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Threatened species proposal to Coconino NF, $5800 FY08.
Climate Change Effects on Rocky Mountain Alpine Plant Distributions and Their Habitats.
J. F. Fowler, C. H. Sieg, and R. H. Hartman.
Carryover Funds Proposal, $62,655 FY07 $12,288 FY08
Alpine RNAs to detect climate change effects on vascular plants; a pilot study.
J. F. Fowler, C.H. Sieg, and L. Huckaby
RNA proposal, $7600 FY07
Effectiveness of litter removal in preventing mortality of yellow barked ponderosa pine in northern Arizona.
PI: James F. Fowler, Co-PIs: Carolyn Hull Sieg, Linda Wadleigh, Sally Haase.
Joint Fire Science Program, $153,000, 2004-2007.
PUBLICATIONS
Fowler, J., C. Sieg, B. Dickson, and V. Saab. 2008. Exotic plant species diversity: influence of roads and prescribed fire in Arizona ponderosa pine forests.
Range Ecology and Management 61: 284-293.
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Fowler, J. F., N. L. Stanton, and R. L. Hartman. 2007. Distribution of hanging garden vegetation associations on the Colorado Plateau, USA. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(1): 585-607.
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Sieg, C. H., J.D. McMillan, J.F. Fowler, K.K. Allen, J.F. Negron, L.L. Wadleigh, J.A. Anhold, and K.E. Gibson. 2006. Best predictors for postfire mortality of ponderosa pine trees in the Intermountain West. Forest Science 52:718-728.
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Fowler, J. F. and C. H. Sieg. 2004. Post-fire mortality of ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir: A review of methods to predict tree death. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-GTR-132. Fort Collins, CO.
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Fowler, J. F. 1998. Species Loss. Pages 761-763 in M. S. Coyne and C. W. Allin,editors, Natural Resources. Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA
Fowler, J. F., N. L. Stanton, R. L. Hartman, and C. L. May. 1995. Level of endemism in hanging gardens of the Colorado Plateau. Pages 215-223 in P. G. Rowlands, C. van Riper III, and M. K. Sogge, editors, Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference of Research in Colorado Plateau National Parks. National Park Service Transactions and Proceedings Series 95/11.
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May, C. L., J. F. Fowler, and N. L. Stanton. 1995. Geomorphology of the hanging gardens of the Colorado Plateau. Pages 3-24 in P. G. Rowlands, C. van Riper III, and M. K. Sogge, editors, Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference of Research in Colorado Plateau National Parks. National Park Service Transactions and Proceedings Series 95/11.
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Fowler, J. F. 1991. The Biosphere, Biomes, and Habitats. pp. 210-216 in Magill's Survey of Science: Life Science. Salem Press, Inc., Pasadena, CA
Bomar, C. R., J. A. Lockwood, J. F. Fowler, S. P. Shell, M. A. Pomerinke, M. D. Ortega, and J. Fang. 1991. Biological control of western rangeland grasshoppers with exotic predators and parasitoids: Potential benefits, costs, and alternatives. Wyoming Ag.Exp. St. Bull. B-958, 57 pp.
Fowler, J. F., and C. W. Taber. 1985. Food habits and feeding periodicity in two sympatric stonerollers (Cyprinidae). Am. Midl. Nat. 113:217-224.
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Fowler, J. F., P. W. James, and C. W. Taber. 1984. Spawning activity and eggs of the Ozark minnow, Notropis nubilus. Copeia 1984:994-996.
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