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TIMOTHY D. SCHOWALTER
Professor of Entomology
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-2907


Ph.D. 1979 Entomology; University of Georgia
M.S. 1976 Biology; New Mexico State University
B.A. 1970 Biol. & Anthropol. minor Chem.; Wichita State University


POSITIONS HELD:

Professor, Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, 1993-present.

Acting Chair, Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, August 1994.

Program Director for Ecological Studies, National Science Foundation, 1992-93.

Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Oregon State University, 1981-93.

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, 1990-1991, Change of Station.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Entomology, Texas A & M University, 1979-1981.


Professional Activities:

Panelist, USDA NRICGP Forest/Range/Crop/Aquatic Ecosystems Program, 1996.

Governor's Working Group on East Side Forest Health, 1995-present.

Public Affairs Committee, Ecological Society of America, 1994-97.

National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management, 1993-97.

NSF Representative, UCAR Office of Interdisciplinary Studies Global Change Institute, Snowmass, CO, July 1993.

NSF Representative, UNCED Convention on Desertification Policy and Technical Task Forces, 1992-93.

NSF Representative (alternate), Presidential Review Directive, Interagency Desertification Task Force, 1993.

NSF Representative, Terrestrial Ecosystem Initiative Panel, Process Working Group, Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR), Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES), Federal Coordinating Committee for Science, Engineering and Technology (FCCSET), 1993.


Selected Publications:

Schowalter, T.D., Y.L. Zhang and T.E. Sabin. 1997. Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of oak (Quercus spp.) logs after five years of decomposition. Ecography. 21: (In press).

Schowalter, T.D. and M.D. Lowman. Forest herbivory. In: L.R. Walker (Ed.) Ecosystems of the World: Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier, Amsterdam. (in press). Schowalter, T.D. 1996. Arthropod associates and herbivory on tarbush in southern New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 41: 140-144.

Schowalter, T.D. E.M. Hansen, R.L. Molina and Y.L. Zhang. 1996. Integrating the ecological roles of phytophagous insects, plant pathogens, and mycorrhizae in managed forests. pp. 171-189, In: K.A. Kohm and J.F. Franklin (Eds.) Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century: The Science of Ecosystem Management. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Schowalter, T.D. 1996. Stand and landscape diversity as a mechanism of forest resistance to insects. pp. 21-27, In: W.J. Mattson, P. Niemela and M. Rousi (Eds.) Dynamics of Forest Herbivory: Quest for Pattern and Principle. USDA Forest Serv. Gen. Tech. Rpt. NC-183. USDA Forest Serv. North Central Forest Exp. Stn., St. Paul, MN.

Schowalter, T.D. 1995. Canopy arthropod response to forest age and alternative harvest practices in western Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 78:115- 125.

Schowalter, T.D. 1995. Canopy invertebrate community response to disturbance and consequences of herbivory in temperate and tropical forests. Selbyana 16:41-48.

Schowalter, T.D. 1994. Cone and seed insect phenology in a Douglas-fir seed orchard during three years in western Oregon. Journal of Economic Entomology 87:758- 765.

Schowalter, T.D. 1994. Invertebrate community structure and herbivory in a tropical rainforest canopy in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Hugo. Biotropica 26:312- 319.

Schowalter, T.D. 1994. An ecosystem-centered view of insect and disease effects on forest health. pp. 189-195, In: W.W. Covington and L.F. DeBano, (Eds.), Sustainable ecological systems: implementing an ecological approach to land management. USDA Forest Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-247. USDA Forest Serv., Rocky Mountain Forest & Range Exp. Stn., Fort Collins, CO.

Schowalter, T.D. and P. Turchin. 1993. Southern pine beetle infestation development: interaction between pine and hardwood basal areas. Forest Science 39:201-10.

Schowalter, T.D. and G.M. Filip, eds. 1993. Beetle-Pathogen Interactions in Conifer Forests. Academic Press, London. 252 pp.

Schowalter, T.D. and G.M. Filip. 1993. Bark beetle-pathogen-conifer interactions: an overview. pp. 3-19, In: T.D. Schowalter and G.M. Filip (Eds.), Beetle-Pathogen Interactions in Conifer Forests. Academic Press, London.

Filip, G.M. and T.D. Schowalter. 1993. Synopsis. pp. 231-238, In: T.D. Schowalter and G.M. Filip (Eds.), Beetle-Pathogen Interactions in Conifer Forests. Academic Press, London.

Franklin, J.F., F.J. Swanson, M.E. Harmon, D.A. Perry, T.A. Spies, V.H. Dale, A. McKee, W.K. Ferrell, J.E. Means, S.V. Gregory, J.D. Lattin, T.D. Schowalter and D. Larsen. 1992. Effects of global climatic change on forests in northwestern North America. Northwest Environmental Journal 7:233-54.

Schowalter, T.D. 1992. Early decomposition and nutrient dynamics of oak (Quercus) logs at four sites across a North American gradient. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 22:161-66.

Schowalter, T.D. and T.E. Sabin. 1991. Litter microarthropod response to canopy herbivory, season and decomposition in litterbags in a regenerating conifer ecosystem in western Oregon. Soil Biology and Fertility 11:93-96.

Schowalter, T.D., T.E. Sabin, S.G. Stafford, and J.M. Sexton. 1991. Phytophage effects on primary production, nutrient turnover, and litter decomposition of young Douglas-fir in western Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 42:229-43.

Schowalter, T.D., W.W. Hargrove, and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1986. Herbivory in forested ecosystems. Annual Review of Entomology 31:177-96.

Schowalter, T.D. 1985. Adaptations of insects to disturbance. pp. 235-52, In: Pickett, S.T.A. and P.S. White (Eds.) The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics. Academic Press, New York.