Robert Dowler
Tippett Professor of Biology
Curator of Mammals
Office: 107B CavnessE-mail: Robert.Dowler@angelo.edu
Phone: (325) 942-2189, Ext. 239
Education
Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A&M University, 1982
M.A. Museum Science, Texas Tech University, 1976
B.S. Natural Resources, Ohio State University, 1974
Primary Teaching Responsibilities
- Evolution (Biology 4303)
- Zoology (Biology 2402)
- Mammalogy (Biology 4402)
Current Research
- Systematics of native rodents in the Galapagos Islands.
- Ecology of sympatric skunk species in west Texas.
- Survey of mammals in the Terlingua Creek drainage, Brewster Co., Texas.
Galapagos Islands | endemic Galapagos rat Nesoryzomys narboroughi |
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Recent Publications
- Carroll, D. S., R. C. Dowler, and C. E. Edwards. 1999. Estimates of relative abundance of the medium-sized mammals of Fort Hood, Texas using scent-station visitation. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 188: 1-10.
- Dowler, R. C., R. C. Dawkins, and T. C. Maxwell. 1999. Range extensions for the evening bat, (Nycticeius humeralis) in west Texas. Texas Journal of Science 51(2):193-195.
- Dowler, R. C. 1999. Mexican spiny pocket mouse / Liomys irroratus. P. 547, in The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals (D. E. Wilson and S. Ruff, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 750 pp.
- Dowler, R. C. 1999. Plains harvest mouse / Reithrodontomys montanus. Pp. 560-561, in The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals (D. E. Wilson and S. Ruff, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 750 pp.
- Burt, M. S. and R. C. Dowler. 1999. Biochemical systematics of three chromosomal races of Geomys attwateri and G. breviceps in eastern Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 80(3):799-809.
- Dowler, R. C., D. S. Carroll, and C. W. Edwards. 2000. Rediscovery of rodents (Genus Nesoryzomys) considered extinct in the Galápagos islands. Oryx 34(2):109-117.
- Brant, J. G. and R. C. Dowler. 2000. Noteworthy record of the Seminole bat, Lasiurus seminolus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in Val Verde County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 54(4):353-355.
- Slater, Stacey C., D. Rollins, R. C. Dowler, and C. B. Scott. 2001. Opuntia: a "prickly paradigm" for quail management in west-central Texas. Wildlife Society Bulletin: 29(2):713-719.
- Curator of Mammals, Angelo State Natural History Collections