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5630
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6643
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  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Norma L. Fowler is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular focus on plant science, ecology, evolutionary behavior, nature conservation, and environmental chemistry.

Their recent publications demonstrate active engagement in topics related to botany, ecology, taxonomy, rangeland and wildlife management, aquatic ecosystems, microbial community ecology, and vegetation dynamics. Notable research papers authored or co-authored by Fowler include:

  • Roles of fire in the plant communities of the eastern Edwards Plateau of Texas, 2024, published in Fire Ecology
  • Benefits to Native Grasses from a Summer Fire Still Present 12 Years Later, 2024, published in Natural Areas Journal
  • Dark adaptation and ability of pulse-amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry to identify nutrient limitation in the bloom-forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing), 2021, published in Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
  • Densities, plant sizes, and spatial distributions of six wild populations of Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae) in Texas, U.S.A., 2021, published in Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
  • DENSITIES, PLANT SIZES, AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF SIX WILD POPULATIONS OFLOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII(CACTACEAE) IN TEXAS, U.S.A, 2020, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors in Fowler's research include Anna O. Ermakova, Carolyn V. Whiting, Keeper Trout, Colin Clubbe, and Martin Terry. Collaboration with these researchers has contributed to various ecological and botanical studies, particularly concerning plant populations and their ecological contexts.

Major publication venues for Fowler's work are:

  • Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
  • Fire Ecology
  • Natural Areas Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist's work focuses mainly on areas such as plant science, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and environmental chemistry. Specific research topics include:

  • Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Norma L. Fowler was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1990, reflecting longstanding involvement within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • The Role of Competition in Plant Communities in Arid and Semiarid Regions

    Norma L Fowler

  • Effects of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) on Plants, Plant Populations and Communities: A Review

    F. Leland Russell;David B. Zippin;Norma L. Fowler

  • What is a Safe Site?: Neighbor, Litter, Germination Date, and Patch Effects

    Norma L. Fowler

  • Microsite requirements for germination and establishment of three grass species

    Norma L Fowler

  • Ecological Constraints on the Establishment of a Novel Polyploid in Competition with Its Diploid Progenitor

    Norma L. Fowler;Donald A. Levin

  • Competition and coexistence in a North Carolina grassland. II. The effects of the experimental removal of species.

    Norma Fowler

  • Competition and coexistence in a North Carolina grassland. III. Mixtures of component species.

    Norma Fowler

  • Plasticity of yield components in response to stress in Sesbania macrocarpa and Sesbania vesicaria (Leguminosae)

    Diane L. Marshall;Donald A. Levin;Norma L. Fowler

  • The role of germination date, spatial arrangement, and neighbourhood effects in competitive interactions in Linum.

    Norma L Fowler

  • Wide Ecological Amplitude of a Diversity-Reducing Invasive Grass

    Bethany L. Gabbard;Norma L. Fowler

  • Seasonal patterns in a tropical lowland forest.

    S. Boinski;N. L. Fowler

  • Joint Effects of Competitors and Herbivores on Growth and Reproduction in Aristolochia reticulata

    Norma L. Fowler;Mark D. Rausher

  • Density-dependent population regulation in a Texas grassland

    Norma L Fowler

  • Competition and Coexistence in a North Carolina Grassland: I. Patterns in Undisturbed Vegetation

    Norma Fowler;Janis Antonovics

  • Effects of white-tailed deer on the population dynamics of acorns, seedlings and small saplings of Quercus buckleyi

    F. Leland Russell;Norma L. Fowler

  • Small‐Scale Variability in the Demography of Transplants of Two Herbaceous Species

    Norma L. Fowler;Janis Antonovics

  • Spatial heterogeneity in eight central Texas grasslands

    R.E. Miller;J.M. ver Hoef;N.L. Fowler

  • Differential substrate use by epiphytes in Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica: a source of guild structure.

    Christopher Kernan;Norma Fowler

  • Plasticity in yield components in natural populations of three species of Sesbania

    D. L. Marshall;Norma L Fowler;Donald A Levin

  • PLASTICITY IN YIELD COMPONENTS IN RESPONSE TO FRUIT PREDATION AND DATE OF FRUIT INITIATION IN THREE SPECIES OF SESBANIA (LEGUMINOSAE)

    D. L. Marshall;Donald A Levin;Norma L Fowler

  • Critical factors in the establishment of allopolyploids

    Norma L. Fowler;Donald A. Levin

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Levin
Donald A. Levin The University of Texas at Austin
Janis Antonovics
Janis Antonovics University of Virginia
Diane L. Marshall
Diane L. Marshall University of New Mexico
Mark D. Rausher
Mark D. Rausher Duke University
Timothy H. Keitt
Timothy H. Keitt The University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth H. Dunton
Kenneth H. Dunton The University of Texas at Austin
Brian Beckage
Brian Beckage University of Vermont
Gregory L. Boyer
Gregory L. Boyer SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
James S. Famiglietti
James S. Famiglietti University of Saskatchewan
Timothy G. F. Kittel
Timothy G. F. Kittel University of Colorado Boulder

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