Dispersal and landscape ecology research

I have an interest in dispersal and landscape ecology, and how these affect the spatial distribution of individuals and populations. This is a recurring theme in my research, and forms a core component of my research program.  The photograph shows a 140 m forest gap that was regularly crossed by chipmunks.

Students

Erin Koen, Ph.D. student, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University

Condition-dependent dispersal in carnivores

Co-supervised with Dr. Paul J. Wilson

Morgan Wehtje, Ph.D. student, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University

Canada lynx occupancy modelling

Co-supervised by Dr. Dennis Murray

Alumni

Colin Garroway, Ph.D. graduate, 2010, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University

The social and genetic structure of flying squirrel populations

Aaron Walpole, M.Sc. graduate, 2010, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University

Functional connectivity along the southern extent of the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) range in Ontario, Canada.

Co-supervised with Dr. Paul J. Wilson

Keith Munro, M.Sc. graduate, 2009, Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology

Road effects on white-tailed deer

Co-supervised with Dr. Lenore Fahrig

Heidi Scherr, M.Sc. graduate, 2009, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University

Breeding dispersal, migration, and winter movements of the eastern interior population of double-crested cormorants.

Co-supervised with Dr. Ken Abraham

Tara McEachen, M.Sc. graduate, 2007, Watershed Ecosystems Graduate Program, Trent University

A genetic test of range expansion by the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) at its northern range boundary

Co-supervised with Dr. Paul J. Wilson

Denis Carr, M.Sc. graduate, 2005, Watershed Ecosystems Graduate Program, Trent University

Genetic structure of a recolonizing population of fishers, Martes pennanti

Co-supervised with Dr. Paul J. Wilson

Aaron Walpole, B.Sc. student, 2007, Biology, Trent University

Determinants of patch occupancy by arboreal rodents

Dispersal and landscape ecology publications

Garroway, C. J., J. Bowman, and P. J. Wilson. 2011. Using a genetic network to parameterize a landscape resistance surface for fishers, Martes pennanti. Molecular Ecology 20: 3978-3988.

Guillaumet, A., B. Dorr, G. Wang, J. D. Taylor II, R. B. Chipman, H. Scherr, J. Bowman, K. F. Abraham, T. J. Doyle, and E. Cranker. 2011. Determinants of local and migratory movements of Great Lakes double-crested cormorants. Behavioral Ecology 22: 1096-1103.

Walpole, A. A., and J. Bowman. 2011. Patch occupancy by squirrels in fragmented deciduous forest: effects of behaviour. Acta Theriologica 56: 63-72.

Bowman, J., J. C. Ray, A. J. Magoun, D. S. Johnson, and F. N. Dawson. 2010. Roads, logging, and the large-mammal community of an eastern Canadian boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 454-467.

Koen, E. L., C. J. Garroway, P. J. Wilson, and J. Bowman. 2010. The effect of map boundary on estimates of landscape resistance to animal movement. PLoS One 5(7): e11785.

Scherr, H., J. Bowman, and K. F. Abraham. 2010. Migration and winter movements of double-crested cormorants breeding in Georgian Bay, Ontario. Waterbirds 33: 451-460.

Garroway, C. J., J. Bowman, D. Carr, and P. J. Wilson. 2008. Applications of graph theory to landscape genetics. Evolutionary Applications 1: 620-630.

Lancaster, P. A., J. Bowman, and B. A. Pond. 2008. Fishers, farms, and forests in eastern North America. Environmental Management 42: 93-101.

Bowman, J., R. D. Phoenix, A. Sugar, F. N. Dawson, and G. Holborn. 2008. Spatial and temporal dynamics of small mammals at a regional scale in Canadian boreal forest. Journal of Mammalogy 89: 381-387.

Carr, D., J. Bowman, and P. J. Wilson. 2007. Density-dependent dispersal suggests a genetic measure of habitat suitability. Oikos 116: 629-635.

Bowman, J., G. L. Holloway, J. R. Malcolm, K. R. Middel, and P. J. Wilson. 2005. Northern range boundary dynamics of southern flying squirrels: evidence of an energetic bottleneck. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 1486-1494.

Jaeger, J. A. G., J. Bowman, J. Brennan, L. Fahrig, D. Bert, J. Bouchard, N. Charbonneau, K. Frank, B. Gruber, and K. Tluk von Toschanowitz. 2005. Predicting when  animal populations are at risk from roads: an interactive model of road avoidance behavior. Ecological Modelling 185: 329-348.

Bowman, J. 2003. Is dispersal distance of birds proportional to territory size? Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 195-202.

Bowman, J., and L. Fahrig. 2002. Gap crossing by chipmunks: an experimental test of landscape connectivity. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1556-1561.

Bowman, J., G. J. Forbes, and T. G. Dilworth. 2001. The spatial component of variation in small-mammal abundance measured at three scales. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 137-144.

Bowman, J., G. Forbes, and T. Dilworth. 2000. The spatial scale of variability in small-mammal populations. Ecography 23: 328-334.

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