Publications/Presentations/Patents
Refereed Journal Articles:
Schowalter, T.D. 2008. Insect Herbivore Responses to Management Practices in Conifer Forests in North America. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 26: 204-222.
Fonte, S.J. and T.D. Schowalter. 2005. The influence of a neotropical herbivore (Lamponius portoricensis) on nutrient cycling and soil processes. Oecologia 146: 423-431.
Schowalter, T.D. and Y.L. Zhang. 2005. Canopy arthropod assemblages in four overstory and three understory plant species in mixed-conifer old-growth forest in California. Forest Science 51: 233-242.
Schowalter, T.D., Y.L. Zhang and R.A. Progar. 2005. Canopy arthropod response to density and distribution of green trees retained after partial harvest. Ecological Applications 15: 1594-1603.
Fonte, S.J. and T.D. Schowalter. 2004. Decomposition of greenfall vs. senescent foliage in relation to herbivory and disturbance in a forest ecosystem. Biotropica 36: 374-382.
Schowalter, T.D., Y.L. Zhang and J.J. Rykken. 2003. Litter invertebrate responses to variable density thinning in western Washington forest. Ecological Applications 13: 1204-1211.
Progar, R.A. and T.D. Schowalter. 2002. Canopy arthropod assemblages along a precipitation and latitudinal gradient among Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii forests in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Ecography 25: 129-138.
Schowalter, T.D. and J.J. Morrell. 2002. Nutritional quality of Douglas-fir wood: effect of vertical and horizontal position on nutrient levels. Wood and Fiber Science 34: 158-164.
Schowalter, T.D. and J. Withgott. 2001. Rethinking insects: what would an ecosystem approach look like? Conservation Biology in Practice 2: 10-16.
Smith, J.P. and T.D. Schowalter. 2001. Aphid-induced reduction in shoot and root growth of Douglas-fir seedlings. Ecological Entomology 26: 411-416.
Progar, R., T.D. Schowalter, J.J. Morrell and C.M. Freitag. 2000. Respiration from coarse woody debris as affected by moisture and saprotroph functional diversity in western Oregon. Oecologia 124: 426-431.
Schowalter, T.D., D.C. Lightfoot and W.G. Whitford. 1999. Diversity of arthropod responses to host plant water stress in southern New Mexico. American Midland Naturalist 142: 281-290.
Schowalter, T.D. and L.M. Ganio. 1999. Invertebrate communities in a tropical rain forest canopy in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Hugo. Ecological Entomology 24: 191-201.
Progar, R.A., T.D. Schowalter and T. Work. 1999. Arboreal invertebrate responses to varying levels and patterns of green-tree retention in northwestern forests. Northwest Science 73 (spec. issue): 77-86
Schowalter, T.D. 1999. Throughfall volume and chemistry as affected by precipitation volume, sapling size, and canopy herbivory in a regenerating Douglas-fir ecosystem in western Oregon. Great Basin Naturalist 59: 79-84.
Schowalter, T.D. and L.M. Ganio. 1998. Vertical and seasonal variation in canopy arthropod abundances in an old-growth conifer forest in southwestern Washington. Bulletin of Entomological Research 88: 633-640.
Mankowski, M.E., T.D. Schowalter, J.J. Morrell and B.Lyons. 1998. Feeding habits and gut fauna of Zootermopsis angusticollis (Isoptera: Termopsidae) in response to wood species and fungal associates. Environmental Entomology 27: 1315-1322.
Goyer, R.A., M.R. Wagner and T.D. Schowalter. 1998. Current and proposed technologies for bark beetle management. Journal of Forestry 97(12): 29-33.
Schowalter, T.D., Y.L. Zhang and T.E. Sabin. 1998. Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of oak (Quercus spp.) logs after five years of decomposition. Ecography. 21: 3-10.
Zhang, Y. and T.D. Schowalter. 1997. Cone and seed insect management in seed orchards: an example from Douglas-fir. Journal of Forestry 95(3): 28-32.
Schowalter, T.D. 1996. Arthropod associates and herbivory on tarbush in southern New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 41: 140-44.
Schowalter, T.D. 1995. Canopy arthropod community responses to forest age and alternative harvest practices in western Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 78: 115-25.
Schowalter, T.D. 1995. Canopy invertebrate community response to disturbance and consequences of herbivory in temperate and tropical forests. Selbyana 16: 41-8.
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 87:758-65.
Schowalter, T.D. 1994. Invertebrate community structure and herbivory in a tropical rainforest canopy in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Hugo. Biotropica 26:312-19
Schowalter, T.D. and P. Turchin. 1993. Southern pine beetle infestation development: interaction between pine and hardwood basal areas. Forest Science 39:201-10.
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.
Sexton, J.M. and T.D. Schowalter. 1991. Physical barriers to reduce Lepesoma lecontei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) damage to conelets in a Douglas-fir seed orchard in western Oregon. Journal of Economic Entomology 84:212-14.
Connelly, A.E. and T.D. Schowalter. 1991. Seed losses to feeding by Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) during two periods of second year cone development in western white pine. Journal of Economic Entomology 84:215-17.
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. and J.M. Sexton. 1990. Effect of Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) on seed development of Douglas-fir at different times during the growing season in western Oregon. Journal of Economic Entomology 83:1485-86.
Zhong, H. and T.D. Schowalter. 1989. Conifer bole utilization by wood-boring beetles in western Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 19:943-47.
Schowalter, T.D. 1989. Canopy arthropod community structure and herbivory in old-growth and regenerating forests in western Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 19:318-22.
Schowalter, T.D. and M.I. Haverty. 1989. Influence of host genotype on Douglas-fir seed losses to Contarinia oregonensis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and Megastigmus spermotrophus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) in western Oregon. Environmental Entomology 18:94-97.
Schowalter, T.D., S.G. Stafford, and R.L. Slagle. 1988. Arboreal arthropod community structure in an early successional coniferous forest ecosystem in western Oregon. Great Basin Naturalist 48:327-33.
Dombrosky, S.A. and T.D. Schowalter. 1988. Inventory monitoring for estimation of impact of insects on seed production in a Douglas-fir seed orchard in western Oregon. Journal of Economic Entomology 81:281-85.
Schowalter, T.D. 1988. Forest pest management: a synopsis. Northwest Environmental Journal 4:313-18.
Witcosky, J.J., T.D. Schowalter, and E.M. Hansen. 1987. Host-derived attractants for the beetles, Hylastes nigrinus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and Steremnius carinatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Environmental Entomology 16:1310-13.
Schowalter, T.D. and J.D. Stein. 1987. Influence of Douglas-fir seedling provenance and proximity to insect population sources on susceptibility to Lygus hesperus (Heteroptera: Miridae) in a forest nursery in western Oregon. Environmental Entomology 16:984-86.
Schowalter, T.D. 1987. Abundance and distribution of Lygus hesperus (Heteroptera: Miridae) in two conifer nurseries in western Oregon. Environmental Entomology 16:687-90.
Witcosky, J.J., T.D. Schowalter, and E.M. Hansen. 1986. Hylastes nigrinus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and Pissodes fasciatus and Steremnius carinatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) as vectors of black-stain root disease of Douglas-fir. Environmental Entomology 15:1090-95.
Witcosky, J.J., T.D. Schowalter, and E.M. Hansen. 1986. The influence of time of precommercial thinning on the colonization of Douglas-fir by three species of root-colonizing insects. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 16:745-49.
Schowalter, T.D. 1986. Overwintering aggregation of Boisea rubrolineatus (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) in western Oregon. Environmental Entomology 15:1055-56.
Schowalter, T.D. 1986. Ecological strategies of forest insects: the need for a community-level approach to reforestation. New Forests 1:57-66.
Schowalter, T.D., D.L. Overhulser, A. Kanaskie, J.D. Stein, and J. Sexton. 1986. Lygus hesperus as an agent of apical bud abortion in Douglas-fir nurseries in western Oregon. New Forests 1:5-15.
Schowalter, T.D., M.I. Haverty, and T.W. Koerber. 1985. Cone and seed insects in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seed orchards in the western United States: distribution and relative impact. Canadian Entomologist 117:1223-30.
Schowalter, T.D. 1984. Comparison of arthropods emerging in the spring from Douglas-fir litter between a mature stand and a seed orchard in western Oregon. Environmental Entomology 13:1253-55.
Schowalter, T.D. 1984. Dispersal of cone and seed insects to an isolated Douglas-fir tree in western Oregon. Canadian Entomologist 116:1437-38.
Schowalter, T.D. and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1983. Forest canopy arthropods as sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium sinks in forests. Forest Ecology and Management 7:143-48.
Schowalter, T.D., R.N. Coulson, R.H. Turnbow, and W.S. Fargo. 1982. Accuracy and precision of procedures for surveying populations of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 75:1009-16.
Fargo, W.S., T.L. Wagner, R.N. Coulson, J.D. Cover, T. McAudle, and T. D. Schowalter. 1982. Probability functions for components of the Dendroctonus frontalis-host tree population system and their potential use with population models. Researches in Population Ecology 24:123-31.
Schowalter, T.D. and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1982. Bioelimination of 51Cr and 85Sr by cockroaches, Gromphadorhina portentosa (Orthoptera: Blaberidae), as affected by mites, Gromphadorholaelaps schaeferi (Parasitiformes: Laelapidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 75:158-60.
Schowalter, T.D., D.N. Pope, R.N. Coulson, and W.S. Fargo. 1981. Patterns of southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm.) infestation enlargement. Forest Science 27:837-49.
Schowalter, T.D., R.N. Coulson, and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1981. Role of southern pine beetle and fire in maintenance of structure and function of the southeastern coniferous forest. Environmental Entomology 10:821-25.
Schowalter, T.D., J.W. Webb, and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1981. Community structure and nutrient content of canopy arthropods in clearcut and uncut forest ecosystems. Ecology 62:1010-19.
Schowalter, T.D. 1981. Insect herbivore relationships to the state of the host plant: biotic regulation of ecosystem nutrient cycling through ecological succession. Oikos 37:126-30.
Schowalter, T.D. and W.G. Whitford. 1979. Territorial behavior of Bootettix argentatus Bruner (Orthoptera: Acrididae). American Midland Naturalist 102:182-84.
Schowalter, T.D. and M.J. Klowden. 1979. Blood meal size of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, measured by the HiCN method. Mosquito News 29:110-12.
Schowalter, T.D., W.G. Whitford, and R.B. Turner. 1977. Bioenergetics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.). Oecologia 28:153-61.
Schowalter, T.D., W.G. Whitford, and R.B. Turner. 1976. Growth characteristics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae Ckll.) on an artificial diet. Southwestern Entomologist 1:164-67.
Review Articles:
Schowalter, T.D., W.W. Hargrove, and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1986. Herbivory in forested ecosystems. Annual Review of Entomology 31:177-96.
Books and Book Chapters:
Schowalter, T.D. 2007. Ecosystems: concepts, analyses and practical implications, Pp. 411-430, In: M. Kogan and P. Jepson, eds., Perspectives in Ecological Theory and Integrated Pest Management. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Schowalter, T.D. 2006. Insect Ecology: an Ecosystem Approach, 2nd Ed. Elsevier/Academic, San Diego, CA.
Fonte, S.J. and T.D. Schowalter. 2004. Decomposition in forest canopies. pp. 413-422, In: M.D. Lowman and B. Rinker, eds., Forest Canopies. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Schowalter, T.D. and L.M. Ganio. 2003. Diel, seasonal and disturbance-induced variation in invertebrate assemblages. pp. 315-328, In: Y. Basset, V. Navotny, S. Miller and R. Kitching, eds., Arthropods of Tropical Forests. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Christensen, N.L., Jr., S.V. Gregory, P.R. Hagenstein, T.A. Heberlein, J.C. Hendee, J.T. Olson, J.M. Peek, D.A. Perry, T.D. Schowalter, K. Sullivan, G.D. Tilman and K.A. Vogt. 2000. Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
Schowalter, T.D. 2000. Insect Ecology: an Ecosystem Approach. Academic Press, San Diego, 483 pp.
Schowalter, T.D. and M.D. Lowman. 1999. Forest herbivory. pp. 269-285, In: L.R. Walker (Ed.) Ecosystems of the World: Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
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. 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.
Helgerson, O.T., M. Newton, D. deCalesta, T.D. Schowalter, and E.M. Hansen. 1992. Protecting young regeneration. pp. 384-420, In: S.D. Hobbs, S.D. Tesch, P.W. Owston, R.E. Stewart, J.C. Tappeiner II, and G.E. Wells (Eds.), Reforestation Practices in Southwestern Oregon and Northern California. Forest Research Lab, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
Schowalter, T.D. 1990. Lygus bugs. pp. 50-52, In: P.B. Hamm, S.J. Campbell, and E.M. Hansen (Eds.), Growing Healthy Seedlings: Identification and Management of Pests in Northwest Forest Nurseries. Spec. Publ. 19, Forest Research Lab, Oregon State University, Corvallis.
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.
Symposia Proceedings:
Schowalter, T.D. 2000. Insects as regulators of ecosystem development. pp. 99-114, In D.C. Coleman and P.F. Hendrix (Eds.) Invertebrates as Webmasters in Ecosystems. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, U.K.
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. 1994. Primary productivity as affected by insect herbivores. pp. 219-227, In: P. Singh, P.S. Pathak, V. Shankar and A.K. Srivastava (Eds.), Rangeland Resources - Management and Utilization, Proc. Third International Rangeland Congress, 7-11 November 1988, New Delhi, India, Range Management Society of India, Jhansi, India.
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. 1992. Insect contributions to nutrient cycling and biodiversity in regenerating forests. p. 116, In: D.C. Allen and L.P. Abrahamson (Eds.), Proc. North American Forest Insect Work. Conf., USDA Forest Serv. Gen. Tech. Rpt. PNW-GTR-294. USDA Forest Serv. Pacific Northwest Res. Stn., Portland OR.
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. pp. 244-57, In: R.L. Peters and T.E. Lovejoy (Eds.), Global Warming and Biological Diversity, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.
Schowalter, T.D. 1991. Roles of insects and diseases in sustaining forests. pp. 262-67 In: Society of American Foresters National Convention, 4-8 August 1991, San Francisco, CA. Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD.
Schowalter, T.D., B.A. Caldwell, S.E. Carpenter, R.P. Griffiths, M.E. Harmon, E.R. Ingham, R.G. Kelsey, J.D. Lattin and A.R. Moldenke. 1990. Decomposition of fallen trees: effects of initial conditions and heterotroph colonization rate. pp. 371-81, In: K.P. Singh, (Ed.) Ecological Management of Tropical Ecosystems, Wiley Eastern, Ltd., New Delhi.
Schowalter, T.D. 1990. Differences and consequences for insects. pp. 91-106, In: A.F. Pearson and D.A. Challenger (Eds.), Forests-Wild and Managed: Differences and Consequences. Students for Forestry Awareness, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Franklin, J.F., D.A. Perry, T.D. Schowalter, M.E. Harmon, A.McKee and T. Spies. 1989. Importance of ecological diversity in maintaining long-term site productivity. pp. 82-97, In: D.A. Perry, B. Thomas, R. Meurisse, R. Miller, J. Boyle, P. Sollins and J. Means (Eds.) Maintaining Long-term Productivity of Northwest Forests. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Schowalter, T.D. and J.E. Means. 1989. Pests link site productivity to the landscape. pp. 248-50, In: D.A. Perry, B. Thomas, R. Meurisse, R. Miller, J. Boyle, P. Sollins, and J. Means, (Eds.) Maintaining Long-term Productivity of Pacific Northwest Forests. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Schowalter, T.D. and J.M. Sexton. 1989. Inventory monitoring as a means of assessing insect impact on Douglas-fir seed production in western Oregon. pp. 151-60, In: Proc. 3rd Cone and Seed Insects Working Party Conference S2.07-01, Canadian Forestry Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, B. C., Canada.
Carpenter, S.E., M.E. Harmon, E.R. Ingham, R.G. Kelsey, J.D. Lattin and T.D. Schowalter. 1988. Early patterns of heterotroph activity in conifer logs. In: R. Watling, A. Lyon and L. Boddy (Eds.) Fungi and Ecological Disturbance. Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh 94B:33-43.
Hansen, E.M., D.J. Goheen, P.F. Hessburg, J.J. Witcosky and T.D. Schowalter. 1988. Biology and management of black-stain root disease in Douglas-fir. pp. 63-80, In: T.C. Harrington and F.W. Cobb, Jr. (Eds.) Leptographium Root Diseases on Conifers. American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, MN.
Crossley, D.A., Jr., C.S. Gist, W.W. Hargrove, Jr., L.S. Risley, T.D. Schowalter and T.R. Seastedt. 1987. Foliage consumption and nutrient dynamics in canopy insects. pp. 193-205, In: W.T. Swank and D.A. Crossley, Jr. (Eds.) Forest Hydrology and Ecology and Coweeta. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Schowalter, T.D. and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1987. Canopy arthropods and their response to forest disturbance. pp. 207-18, In: W.T. Swank and D.A. Crossley, Jr. (Eds.) Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Hansen, E.M., D.J. Goheen, P.F. Hessburg, J.J. Witcosky and T.D. Schowalter. 1986. Biology and management of black-stain root disease in Douglas-fir. pp. 13-19, In: O.T. Helgerson (Ed.) Forest Pest Management in Southwest Oregon. Forest Research Lab., Oregon State University, Corvallis OR.
Schowalter, T.D., M.I. Haverty, S.A. Dombrosky and J. Sexton. 1986. Response of Douglas-fir cone gall midge and Douglas-fir seed chalcid to host plant genotype. pp. 217-23, In: A. Roques, (Ed.), Proc. 2nd Cone and Seed Insects Working Party Conference S 2.07-01, Station de Zoologie Forestiére, INRA, CRF, Olivet, France. |