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Department of Biology
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Robert Dowler

Tippett Professor of Biology
Curator of Mammals

Robert Dowler Office: 107B Cavness
E-mail: Robert.Dowler@angelo.edu
Phone: (325) 486-6639

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

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
 (photo courtesy of NASA)

endemic Galapagos rat Nesoryzomys narboroughi
(Photo by R.C. Dowler).

NASA Galapagos rat Nesoryzomys narboroughi

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.
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