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1786

Overview

Winsor H. Lowe is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States and focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant body of work across Ecology and related subfields.

Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Lowe's work covers a diverse range of topics, such as:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies

Recent notable publications by Winsor H. Lowe include:

  • Metamorphosis in an Era of Increasing Climate Variability, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Testing umbrella species and food-web properties of large carnivores in the Rocky Mountains, 2023, Biological Conservation
  • Sex-related differences in aging rate are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians, 2021, Evolution
  • Hybridization alters growth and migratory life-history expression of native trout, 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • Differences in Corticosterone Release Rates of Larval Spring Salamanders (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus) in Response to Native Fish Presence, 2022, Biology

Winsor H. Lowe frequently publishes in academic venues such as Ecology, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, The American Naturalist, Biological Conservation, and Evolution.

Collaborations have been a significant element of their research, working repeatedly with coauthors including:

  • Madaline M. Cochrane
  • Brett R. Addis
  • Leah K. Swartz
  • Thomas E. Martin
  • David K. Skelly

Best Publications

  • What can genetics tell us about population connectivity

    Winsor H. Lowe;Fred W. Allendorf;Fred W. Allendorf

  • Living in the branches: population dynamics and ecological processes in dendritic networks.

    Evan H. Campbell Grant;Winsor H. Lowe;William F. Fagan

  • Robust Detection of Rare Species Using Environmental DNA: the Importance of Primer Specificity

    Taylor M. Wilcox;Kevin Scot McKelvey;Michael K. Young;Stephen F. Jane

  • Distance, flow and PCR inhibition: eDNA dynamics in two headwater streams

    Stephen F. Jane;Taylor M. Wilcox;Kevin S. McKelvey;Michael K. Young

  • Understanding environmental DNA detection probabilities: A case study using a stream-dwelling char Salvelinus fontinalis

    Taylor M. Wilcox;Taylor M. Wilcox;Kevin S. McKelvey;Michael K. Young;Adam J. Sepulveda

  • Moving Headwater Streams to the Head of the Class

    Winsor H. Lowe;Gene E. Likens

  • Invasive hybridization in a threatened species is accelerated by climate change

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Ryan P. Kovach;Leslie A. Jones;Leslie A. Jones;Robert K. Al-Chokhachy

  • Is dispersal neutral

    Winsor H. Lowe;Mark A. McPeek

  • Linking Scales in Stream Ecology

    Winsor H. Lowe;Gene E. Likens;Mary E. Power

  • Can't See the Forest for the Stream? In-stream Processing and Terrestrial Nitrogen Exports

    Emily S. Bernhardt;Gene E. Likens;Robert O. Hall;Don C. Buso

  • Gravel-bed river floodplains are the ecological nexus of glaciated mountain landscapes

    F. Richard Hauer;Harvey Locke;Victoria J. Dreitz;Mark Hebblewhite

  • Local and landscape-scale predictors of salamander abundance in New Hampshire headwater streams

    Winsor H. Lowe;Douglas T. Bolger

  • Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation

    David A. Crook;Winsor H. Lowe;Frederick W. Allendorf;Tibor Erős

  • Use of multiple dispersal pathways facilitates amphibian persistence in stream networks

    Evan H. Campbell Grant;James D. Nichols;Winsor H. Lowe;William F. Fagan

  • LINKING DISPERSAL TO LOCAL POPULATION DYNAMICS: A CASE STUDY USING A HEADWATER SALAMANDER SYSTEM

    Winsor H. Lowe

  • Legacy introductions and climatic variation explain spatiotemporal patterns of invasive hybridization in a native trout.

    Clint C. Muhlfeld;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Ryan P. Kovach;Robert K. Al-Chokhachy;Stephen J. Amish

  • Network analysis reveals multiscale controls on streamwater chemistry

    Kevin J. McGuire;Christian E. Torgersen;Gene E. Likens;Gene E. Likens;Donald C. Buso

  • Population Genetics and Demography Unite Ecology and Evolution

    Winsor H. Lowe;Ryan P. Kovach;Fred W. Allendorf

  • Dispersal and selection mediate hybridization between a native and invasive species

    Ryan P. Kovach;Clint C. Muhlfeld;Matthew C. Boyer;Winsor H. Lowe

  • Landscape community genomics: understanding eco-evolutionary processes in complex environments

    Brian K. Hand;Winsor H. Lowe;Ryan P. Kovach;Ryan P. Kovach;Clint C. Muhlfeld

  • Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation ; Science of the Total Environment

    David A. Crook;Winsor H. Lowe;Frederick W. Allendorf;Tibor Erős

Frequent Co-Authors

Clint C. Muhlfeld
Clint C. Muhlfeld United States Geological Survey
Gene E. Likens
Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut
Fred W. Allendorf
Fred W. Allendorf University of Montana
Gordon Luikart
Gordon Luikart University of Montana
Michael K. Schwartz
Michael K. Schwartz US Forest Service
Keith H. Nislow
Keith H. Nislow US Forest Service
Michael K. Young
Michael K. Young US Forest Service
Paul Stephen Corn
Paul Stephen Corn United States Geological Survey
Kevin S. McKelvey
Kevin S. McKelvey US Forest Service
Evan H. Campbell Grant
Evan H. Campbell Grant United States Geological Survey

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