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Rauri C. K. Bowie publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rauri C. K. Bowie sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 189 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Rauri C. K. Bowie D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rauri C. K. Bowie sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Rauri C. K. Bowie is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, their work delves into several subfields such as Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics focus on:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Genomics and phylogenetic studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Animal behavior and reproduction
  • Avian ecology and behavior

Bowie has published extensively, with frequent venues including:

  • Journal of Heredity
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ostrich

Recent papers by Bowie cover a range of topics and collaborations and include:

  • AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds (2022, Ecology Letters)
  • Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Genome-wide diversity in the California condor tracks its prehistoric abundance and decline (2021, Current Biology)
  • Plumage patterns: Ecological functions, evolutionary origins, and advances in quantification (2020, The Auk)
  • A set of principles and practical suggestions for equitable fieldwork in biology (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Carla Cicero
  • Phred M. Benham
  • Michael W. Nachman
  • Pauline L. Kamath
  • Wayne M. Getz

Among their recognitions, Bowie was awarded the Hellman Fellow in 2009.

Best Publications

  • A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

    Shannon J. Hackett;Rebecca T. Kimball;Sushma Reddy;Rauri C.K. Bowie

  • The Role of Mountain Ranges in the Diversification of Birds

    Jon Fjeldsa;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Carsten Rahbek

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds

    John Harshman;Edward L. Braun;Michael J. Braun;Michael J. Braun;Christopher J. Huddleston

  • The origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes

    Catherine H. Graham;Ana C. Carnaval;Carlos Daniel Cadena;Kelly R. Zamudio

  • Latitude, elevational climatic zonation and speciation in New World vertebrates

    Carlos Daniel Cadena;Kenneth H. Kozak;Juan Pablo Gomez;Juan Luis Parra

  • Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data

    Timothy M. Crowe;Timothy M. Crowe;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Paulette Bloomer;Tshifhiwa G. Mandiwana

  • A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome.

    Rebecca T. Kimball;Edward L. Braun;F. Keith Barker;Rauri C.K. Bowie

  • New perspectives on the origin and diversification of Africa’s forest avifauna

    Jon Fjeldså;Rauri C. K. Bowie

  • Coalescent models reveal the relative roles of ancestral polymorphism, vicariance, and dispersal in shaping phylogeographical structure of an African montane forest robin

    Rauri C.K. Bowie;Jon Fjeldså;Shannon J. Hackett;John M. Bates

  • Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes): a review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers.

    Ulf S. Johansson;Jon Fjeldså;Rauri C.K. Bowie;Rauri C.K. Bowie

  • Ecological speciation along an elevational gradient in a tropical passerine bird

    L. M. Caro;P. C. Caycedo-Rosales;R. C. K. Bowie;H. Slabbekoorn

  • Molecular phylogeography reveals island colonization history and diversification of western Indian Ocean sunbirds (Nectarinia: Nectariniidae)

    Ben H Warren;Eldredge Bermingham;Rauri C.K Bowie;Robert P Prys-Jones

  • Host and habitat specialization of avian malaria in Africa

    Claire Loiseau;Ryan J. Harrigan;Alexandre Robert;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Rauri C. K. Bowie

  • Molecular systematics of a speciose, cosmopolitan songbird genus: defining the limits of, and relationships among, the Turdus thrushes.

    Gary Voelker;Sievert Rohwer;Rauri C.K. Bowie;Diana C. Outlaw

  • Pliocene forest dynamics as a primary driver of African bird speciation.

    Gary Voelker;Robert K. Outlaw;Rauri C. K. Bowie

  • Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals

    Tamaki Yuri;Rebecca T. Kimball;John Harshman;Rauri C. K. Bowie

  • Insights and approaches using deep learning to classify wildlife.

    Zhongqi Miao;Kaitlyn M. Gaynor;Jiayun Wang;Ziwei Liu

  • Sequence capture using PCR‐generated probes: a cost‐effective method of targeted high‐throughput sequencing for nonmodel organisms

    Joshua V. Peñalba;Lydia L. Smith;Lydia L. Smith;Maria A. Tonione;Maria A. Tonione;Chodon Sass

  • A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae).

    Ulf S. Johansson;Jan Ekman;Rauri C.K. Bowie;Peter Halvarsson

  • Significant population structure and asymmetric gene flow patterns amidst expanding populations of Clinus cottoides (Perciformes, Clinidae): application of molecular data to marine conservation planning in South Africa

    Sophie Von Der Heyden;Kim Prochazka;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Rauri C. K. Bowie

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Fjeldså
Jon Fjeldså University of Copenhagen
Gary Voelker
Gary Voelker Texas A&M University
Kevin A. Feldheim
Kevin A. Feldheim Field Museum of Natural History
Knud A. Jønsson
Knud A. Jønsson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Janette A Norman
Janette A Norman Southern Cross University
Michael J. Braun
Michael J. Braun University of Maryland, College Park
Jeffrey D. Wall
Jeffrey D. Wall University of California, San Francisco
Martin Irestedt
Martin Irestedt Swedish Museum of Natural History
Frederick H. Sheldon
Frederick H. Sheldon Louisiana State University
Craig Moritz
Craig Moritz Australian National University

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