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Robert H. Cowie is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research spans several aspects of agricultural and biological sciences, with over 25 publications in this field. Environmental science is another primary area of focus, contributing 21 publications.

The scientist's work encompasses detailed studies in various subfields, including:

  • Insect Science
  • Ecology
  • Small Animals
  • Parasitology
  • Global and Planetary Change

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Robert H. Cowie has published in multiple journals with frequent contributions to:

  • One Health
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
  • Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Advances in Parasitology/Advances in Parasitology

Among their recent papers are:

  • The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation? (2022), published in Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Neuroangiostrongyliasis: Global Spread of an Emerging Tropical Disease (2022), published in American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • Comparative biology of parasitic nematodes in the genus Angiostrongylus and related genera (2023), published in Advances in Parasitology/Advances in Parasitology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Randi L. Rollins
  • Philippe Bouchet
  • Benoît Fontaine
  • Matthew C. I. Medeiros
  • Basudev Tripathy

Best Publications

  • The Global Decline of Nonmarine Mollusks

    Charles Lydeard;Robert H. Cowie;Winston F. Ponder;Arthur E. Bogan

  • Out of South America: multiple origins of non-native apple snails in Asia

    K. A. Hayes;R. C. Joshi;S. C. Thiengo;R. H. Cowie

  • Dispersal is fundamental to biogeography and the evolution of biodiversity on oceanic islands

    Robert H. Cowie;Brenden S. Holland

  • The identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental United States

    Timothy A Rawlings;Timothy A Rawlings;Kenneth A Hayes;Robert H Cowie;Timothy M Collins

  • Termite (Isoptera) control in agriculture and forestry by non-chemical methods: a review.

    James W.M. Logan;Robert H. Cowie;T.G. Wood

  • Apple snails (Ampullariidae) as agricultural pests: their biology, impacts and management.

    R. H. Cowie;G. M. Barker

  • Mass extinction in poorly known taxa.

    Claire Régnier;Guillaume Achaz;Guillaume Achaz;Amaury Lambert;Amaury Lambert;Amaury Lambert;Robert H. Cowie

  • Comparing apples with apples: clarifying the identities of two highly invasive Neotropical Ampullariidae (Caenogastropoda)

    Kenneth A. Hayes;Robert H. Cowie;Silvana C. Thiengo;Ellen E. Strong

  • Insights from an Integrated View of the Biology of Apple Snails (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)

    Kenneth A. Hayes;Kenneth A. Hayes;Kenneth A. Hayes;Romi L. Burks;Alfredo Castro-Vazquez;Philip C. Darby

  • Rapid spread of an invasive snail in South America: the giant African snail, Achatina fulica , in Brasil

    Silvana C. Thiengo;Fábio André Faraco;Norma C. Salgado;Robert H. Cowie

  • Can snails ever be effective and safe biocontrol agents

    Robert H. Cowie

  • Evolution and Extinction of Partulidae, Endemic Pacific Island Land Snails

    Robert H. Cowie

  • Alien Non-Marine Snails and Slugs of Priority Quarantine Importance in the United States: A Preliminary Risk Assessment

    Robert H. Cowie;Robert T. Dillon;David G. Robinson;James W. Smith

  • Food preference and reproductive plasticity in an invasive freshwater snail

    Lori Lach;David K. Britton;Rebecca J. Rundell;Robert H. Cowie

  • Invertebrate invasions on Pacific Islands and the replacement of unique native faunas: a synthesis of the land and freshwater snails ∗

    Robert H. Cowie

  • Diverse gastropod hosts of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, the rat lungworm, globally and with a focus on the Hawaiian Islands.

    Jaynee Kim;Kenneth A Hayes;Kenneth A Hayes;Norine W Norine W Yeung;Robert H Cowie

  • Evolution of mirror images by sexually asymmetric mating behavior in hermaphroditic snails.

    Takahiro Asami;Robert H. Cowie;Kako Ohbayashi

  • Patterns of introduction of non-indigenous non-marine snails and slugs in the Hawaiian Islands.

    Robert H. Cowie

  • VARIATION IN SPECIES DIVERSITY AND SHELL SHAPE IN HAWAIIAN LAND SNAILS: IN SITU SPECIATION AND ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS.

    Robert H. Cowie

  • Pathways of introduction of nonindigenous land and freshwater snails and slugs.

    Robert H. Cowie;David G. Robinson;Gregory M. Ruiz;James T. Carlton

  • biogeography and the evolution of biodiversity on oceanic islands

    Robert H. Cowie;Brenden S. Holland

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Bouchet
Philippe Bouchet French National Museum of Natural History
Neal L. Evenhuis
Neal L. Evenhuis Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Kostas A. Triantis
Kostas A. Triantis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
David L. Hawksworth
David L. Hawksworth Royal Botanic Gardens
Jian-Wen Qiu
Jian-Wen Qiu Hong Kong Baptist University
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Rebecca Ostertag
Rebecca Ostertag University of Hawaii at Hilo
Michael K. Borregaard
Michael K. Borregaard University of Copenhagen
Robert J. Whittaker
Robert J. Whittaker University of Oxford
W. Daniel Kissling
W. Daniel Kissling University of Amsterdam

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