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M. Deane Bowers is a researcher affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on several interrelated subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research prominently addresses topics such as:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Bowers has published in a range of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecology Letters
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Plant Science

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Use of an exotic host plant shifts immunity, chemical defense, and viral burden in wild populations of a specialist insect herbivore" (2022, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Use of an exotic host plant reduces viral burden in a native insect herbivore" (2023, Ecology Letters)
  • "Preference, performance, and chemical defense in an endangered butterfly using novel and ancestral host plants" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • "Critical Phenological Events Affect Chemical Defense of Plant Tissues: Iridoid Glycosides in a Woody Shrub" (2020, Journal of Chemical Ecology)
  • "Travel Tales of a Worldwide Weed: Genomic Signatures of Plantago major L. Reveal Distinct Genotypic Groups With Links to Colonial Trade Routes" (2022, Frontiers in Plant Science)

Frequent co-authors in Bowers's research collaborations include Adrian L. Carper, Mike B. Teglas, Angela M. Smilanich, Nadya D. Muchoney, and Peri A. Mason. These collaborative relationships reflect a broadly interdisciplinary approach that intersects ecology, entomology, and chemical ecology.

Best Publications

  • The effects of enriched carbon dioxide atmospheres on plant--insect herbivore interactions.

    Eric D. Fajer;M. Deane Bowers;Fakhri A. Bazzaz

  • The Effect of Nutrients and Enriched CO2 Environments on Production of Carbon-Based Allelochemicals in Plantago: A Test of the Carbon/Nutrient Balance Hypothesis

    E. D. Fajer;M. D. Bowers;F. A. Bazzaz

  • Gut microbes may facilitate insect herbivory of chemically defended plants

    Tobin J. Hammer;M. Deane Bowers

  • EFFECTS OF PLANT AGE, GENOTYPE, AND HERBIVORY ON PLANTAGO PERFORMANCE AND CHEMISTRY'

    M. Deane Bowers;Nancy E. Stamp

  • Response of generalist and specialist insects to qualitative allelochemical variation.

    M. Deane Bowers;Gillian M. Puttick

  • Immunological cost of chemical defence and the evolution of herbivore diet breadth.

    Angela M. Smilanich;Lee A. Dyer;Jeffrey Q. Chambers;M. Deane Bowers

  • Elevation-dependent temperature trends in the Rocky Mountain Front Range: changes over a 56- and 20-year record.

    Chris R. McGuire;César R. Nufio;M. Deane Bowers;Robert P. Guralnick

  • PATTERN OF LEAF DAMAGE AFFECTS FITNESS OF THE ANNUAL PLANT RAPHANUS SATIVUS (BRASSICACEAE)

    Rodney Mauricio;M. Deane Bowers;F. A. Bazzaz

  • Iridoid glycosides and host-plant specificity in larvae of the buckeye butterfly,Junonia coenia (Nymphalidae).

    M. Deane Bowers

  • UNPALATABILITY AS A DEFENSE STRATEGY OF EUPHYDRYAS PHAETON (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE).

    M. Deane Bowers

  • VARIATION IN FOOD QUALITY AND TEMPERATURE CONSTRAIN FORAGING OF GREGARIOUS CATERPILLARS

    Nancy E. Stamp;Nancy E. Stamp;M. Deane Bowers

  • Genetic variation in defensive chemistry in Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae) and its effect on the specialist herbivore Junonia coenia (Nymphalidae)

    Lynn S. Adler;Johanna Schmitt;M. Deane Bowers

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species suppress inducible plant responses and alter defensive strategies following herbivory

    Alison Elizabeth Bennett;Alison Elizabeth Bennett;James D. Bever;M. Deane Bowers

  • Chemical variation within and between individuals ofPlantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae).

    M. D. Bowers;N. E. Stamp

  • Early stage of host range expansion by a specialist herbivore, Euphydryas phaeton (Nymphalidae)

    M. Deane Bowers;Nancy E. Stamp;Sharon K. Collinge

  • Soil nutrient effects on oviposition preference, larval performance, and chemical defense of a specialist insect herbivore.

    Kathleen L. Prudic;Kathleen L. Prudic;Jeffrey C. Oliver;Jeffrey C. Oliver;M. Deane Bowers

  • Direct and indirect effects of predatory wasps (Polistes sp.: Vespidae) on gregarious caterpillars (Hemileuca lucina: Saturniidae)

    N. E. Stamp;M. D. Bowers

  • THE ROLE OF IRIDOID GLYCOSIDES IN HOST-PLANT SPECIFICITY OF CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLIES

    M. Deane Bowers

  • Fate of ingested iridoid glycosides in lepidopteran herbivores.

    M. Deane Bowers;Gillian M. Puttick

  • The importance of sequestered iridoid glycosides as a defense against an ant predator

    Lee A. Dyer;Lee A. Dyer;M. Deane Bowers

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy E. Stamp
Nancy E. Stamp Binghamton University
Lee A. Dyer
Lee A. Dyer University of Nevada Reno
Robert P. Guralnick
Robert P. Guralnick Florida Museum of Natural History
Johanna Schmitt
Johanna Schmitt University of California, Davis
Sharon K. Collinge
Sharon K. Collinge University of Colorado Boulder
Ruth A. Hufbauer
Ruth A. Hufbauer Colorado State University
Russell K. Monson
Russell K. Monson University of Colorado Boulder
Dana M. Blumenthal
Dana M. Blumenthal Agricultural Research Service
Jonathan D. Bakker
Jonathan D. Bakker University of Washington
Richard L. Lindroth
Richard L. Lindroth University of Wisconsin–Madison

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