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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

R. Terry Bowyer is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Ecology and Biodiversity Studies. Additional areas of research encompass Genetic and Phenotypic Traits in Livestock, Forest Management and Policy, Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Evolution of ungulate mating systems: Integrating social and environmental factors (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • Restoration of bighorn sheep: History, successes, and remaining conservation issues (2023, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • Efficacy of Killing Large Carnivores to Enhance Moose Harvests: New Insights from a Long-Term View (2022, Diversity)
  • A Call for More Nuanced Dialogues About Trophy Hunting (2021, Journal of Wildlife Management)
  • Sex-based differences affect conservation (2024, Science)

Bowyer has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Vernon C. Bleich, Jericho C. Whiting, Janet L. Rachlow, Carl D. Mitchell, and James R. Heffelfinger.

Their research has been published in venues such as Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Wildlife Management, Ecology and Evolution, Diversity, and Science.

In addition to articles, the scientist has authored books, including Sexual Segregation in Ungulates, published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2022.

Recognizing their contributions to science, Bowyer was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the year 2000.

Best Publications

  • LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITY AT DIFFERING SCALES: EFFECTS ON SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MULE DEER

    John G. Kie;R. Terry Bowyer;Matthew C. Nicholson;Brian B. Boroski

  • Habitat selection and survival of mule deer : Tradeoffs associated with migration

    Matthew C. Nicholson;R. Terry Bowyer;John G. Kie

  • TEMPOROSPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF ELK, MULE DEER, AND CATTLE: RESOURCE PARTITIONING AND COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT

    Kelley M. Stewart;R. Terry Bowyer;John G. Kie;John G. Kie;Norman J. Cimon

  • Life-history consequences of maternal condition in Alaskan moose

    Mark A. Keech;R. Terry Bowyer;Jay M. Ver Hoef;Rodney D. Boertje

  • Sexual Segregation in White-Tailed Deer: Density-Dependent Changes in Use of Space, Habitat Selection, and Dietary Niche

    J. G. Kie;R. T. Bowyer

  • SEXUAL SEGREGATION IN DIMORPHIC DEER: A NEW GASTROCENTRIC HYPOTHESIS

    Perry S. Barboza;R. Terry Bowyer

  • Density-dependent effects on physical condition and reproduction in North American elk: an experimental test.

    Kelley M. Stewart;R. Terry. Bowyer;R. Terry. Bowyer;Brian L. Dick;Bruce K. Johnson

  • Life-History Characteristics of Mule Deer: Effects of Nutrition in a Variable Environment

    Kevin L. Monteith;Vernon C. Bleich;Thomas R. Stephenson;Becky M. Pierce

  • Costs and Benefits of Group Living in a Recently Social Ungulate: The Alaskan Moose

    Erik M. Molvar;R. Terry Bowyer

  • Sexual Segregation in Southern Mule Deer

    R. Terry Bowyer

  • Birth-Site Selection by Alaskan Moose: Maternal Strategies for Coping with a Risky Environment

    R. Terry Bowyer;Victor Van Ballenberghe;John G. Kie;Julie A. K. Maier

  • SEXUAL SEGREGATION IN RUMINANTS: DEFINITIONS, HYPOTHESES, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

    R. Terry Bowyer

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography of moose (Alces alces): late pleistocene divergence and population expansion.

    Kris J. Hundertmark;Kris J. Hundertmark;Gerald F. Shields;Irina G. Udina;R.Terry Bowyer

  • Risk-sensitive allocation in seasonal dynamics of fat and protein reserves in a long-lived mammal

    Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Thomas R. Stephenson;Thomas R. Stephenson;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;Mary M. Conner

  • HABITAT SELECTION BY MULE DEER: FORAGE BENEFITS OR RISK OF PREDATION?

    Becky M. Pierce;R. Terry Bowyer;Vernon C. Bleich

  • Habitat Use by Female Caribou: Tradeoffs Associated with Parturition

    Neil L. Barten;R. Terry Bowyer;Kurt J. Jenkins

  • Moose herbivory, browse quality, and nutrient cycling in an Alaskan treeline community.

    Erik M. Molvar;R. Terry Bowyer;Victor Van Ballenberghe

  • Functional response of wolves preying on barren-ground caribou in a multiple-prey ecosystem

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  • Timing of seasonal migration in mule deer: effects of climate, plant phenology, and life‐history characteristics

    Kevin L. Monteith;Kevin L. Monteith;Vernon C. Bleich;Vernon C. Bleich;Thomas R. Stephenson;Thomas R. Stephenson;Becky M. Pierce;Becky M. Pierce

  • SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES: RIVER OTTER LATRINES AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS OF TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION

    M. Ben-David;R. T. Bowyer;L. K. Duffy;D. D. Roby

  • Habitat selection by Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli): maternal trade‐offs

    Janet L. Rachlow;R. Terry Bowyer

Frequent Co-Authors

John G. Kie
John G. Kie Idaho State University
Vernon C. Bleich
Vernon C. Bleich University of Nevada Reno
Kevin L. Monteith
Kevin L. Monteith University of Wyoming
Jonathan A. Jenks
Jonathan A. Jenks South Dakota State University
Charles C. Schwartz
Charles C. Schwartz United States Geological Survey
Janet L. Rachlow
Janet L. Rachlow University of Idaho
Roger W. Ruess
Roger W. Ruess University of Alaska Fairbanks
Paul R. Krausman
Paul R. Krausman University of Arizona
Michael M. Cox
Michael M. Cox University of Wisconsin–Madison
Falk Huettmann
Falk Huettmann University of Alaska Fairbanks

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