Bill Bowman's CV

Curriculum Vitae
William D. Bowman

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Mountain Research Station, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
(303) 492-2557
(303) 492-8842

email: william.bowman@colorado.edu

Education:   B.A. University of Colorado, with distinction, 1981
   M.S. San Diego State University, Ecology, 1984
   Ph.D. Duke University, Botany, 1987

Positions:   1991 to present: Director, Mountain Research Station, Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
   2003 to present, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
   1995 to 2003, Associate Professor, Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology
   1989 to 1995, Assistant Professor, Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology
   1988, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke University
   1988, Visiting Fellow, the Australian National University
   1986-1987, Research Associate, Duke University

Research Interests: Plant ecology, ecosystem science, nutrient cycling, alpine ecology

Publications
* undergraduate student author; ** graduate student author
Journal Articles:

Bowman, W.D., C.C. Cleveland, L. Halada, J. Hreško, and J.S. Baron. 2008. Negative impact of nitrogen deposition on soil buffering capacity. Nature Geoscience (in press)

Meier, C.L**. and W.D. Bowman. 2008. Phenolic-rich leaf carbon fractions differentially influence microbial respiration and plant growth. Oecologia (in press)

Cain, M.L., W.D. Bowman, and S.D. Hacker. 2008. Ecology. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA. (textbook; WDB wrote 8 of 24 chapters

Meier, C.L**., W.D. Bowman, and K. Suding. 2008. Carbon flux from plants to soil: Roots are a below-ground source of phenolic secondary compounds in an alpine ecosystem. Journal of Ecology 96: 421-430.

Ashton, I. W., A.E. Miller, W.D. Bowman, and K. Suding. 2008. Nitrogen preferences and plant-soil feedbacks as influenced by neighbors in the alpine tundra. Oecologia 156: 625-636.

Nemergut, D., A. R. Townsend, S. R. Sattin**, K. R. Freeman**, N. Fierer, J. C. Neff, W. D. Bowman, C. W. Schadt, M. N. Weintraub, and S. K. Schmidt. 2008. The effects of chronic nitrogen fertilization on alpine tundra soil microbial communities: implications for carbon and nitrogen cycling. Environmental Microbiology (in press)

Suding, K., I. Ashton, H. Bechtold, W.D. Bowman, M.L. Mobley*, and R. Winkelman*. 2008. Plant and microbe contribution to community resilience in a directionally changing environment. Ecological Monographs 78: 313-329.

Cleland, E., C. Clark, S. Collins, J. Fargione, L. Gough, K. Gross, D. Milchunas, S. Pennings, W.D. Bowman, I. Burke, W. Lauenroth, G.P. Robertson, J. Simpson, D. Tilman, and K. Suding. 2008. Species responses to nitrogen fertilization in herbaceous plant communities, and associated species traits. Ecology (in press)

Miller, A.E**., W.D. Bowman and K.N. Suding. 2007. Plant uptake of inorganic and organic nitrogen: Neighbor identity matters. Ecology 88: 1832-1840.

Bowman, W.D., J.L. Gartner, K. Holland, and M. Wiedermann. 2006. Nitrogen critical loads for alpine vegetation and terrestrial ecosystem response – Are we there yet? Ecological Applications 16: 1183-1193.

Suding, K.N., A.E. Miller, H. Bechtold, and W.D. Bowman. 2006. The consequence of species loss on ecosystem nitrogen cycling depends on community composition. Oecologia 149: 141-149.

Steltzer, H**. and W.D. Bowman. 2005. Litter N retention over winter for a low and a high phenolic species in the alpine tundra. Plant and Soil 275: 361-370.

Bardgett, R.D., W.D. Bowman, R. Kaufmann, and S.K. Schmidt. 2005. Linking aboveground and belowground ecology: a temporal approach. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 634-641.

Bowman, W.D., H. Steltzer, T.N. Rosenstiel**, C.C. Cleveland, and C.L. Meier**. 2004. Litter effects of two co-occurring alpine species on plant growth, microbial activity and immobilization of nitrogen. Oikos 104: 336-344.

Suding, K.N., J. R. Larson**, E. Thorsos*, H. Steltzer, and W. D. Bowman. 2004. Species effects on resource supply rates: do they influence competitive interactions? Plant Ecology 175: 47-58

Seastedt, T.R., W.D. Bowman, N. Caine, D. McKnight, A. R. Townsend, and M. Williams. 2004. The Ecology of high elevation ecosystems: The landscape continuum model. BioScience 54: 111-121.

Fenn, M.E., J.S. Baron, E. B. Allen, H. M. Rueth, K. R. Nydick, L. Geiser, W. D. Bowman, J. O. Sickman, T. Meixner, D. W. Johnson, and Neitlich, P. 2003. Ecological Effects of Nitrogen Deposition in the Western United States. BioScience 53: 404-420.

Bowman, W.D., L. Bahn*, and M. Damm**. 2003. Alpine landscape variation in foliar nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and the relation to soil nitrogen and phosphorus availability. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 35: 144-149.

Miller, A.E. ** and W.D. Bowman. 2003. Alpine plants show species-level differences in the uptake of organic and inorganic nitrogen. Plant and Soil 250: 283-292

Bechtold*HA, Forbis**TA, Bowman WD, and Diggle PK. 2002. Lack of reproductive plasticity in alpine Saxifraga rhomboidea (Saxifragaceae). Nordic J. Botany 22: 361-368.

Neff, J.C., A.R. Townsend, G. Gleixner, S.J. Lehman, J. Turnball, and W.D. Bowman. 2002. Soil carbon turnover in alpine meadows accelerated by nitrogen additions. Nature 419: 915–917

Miller, A.E.** and W.D. Bowman. 2002. Variation in 15N natural abundance and nitrogen uptake traits among co-occurring alpine species: do species partition by nitrogen form?. Oecologia 130: 609-616.

Bowman, W.D. and C. J. Bilbrough. 2001. Influence of a pulsed nitrogen supply on growth and nitrogen uptake in alpine graminoids. Plant and Soil 233: 283-290

Bowman, W.D. 2000. Biotic controls over ecosystem response to environmental change in alpine tundra of the Rocky Mountains. Ambio 29: 396-400.

Bilbrough, C.J., J.M. Welker, and W.D. Bowman. 2000. Early spring nitrogen uptake by snow-covered plants: a comparison of Arctic and Alpine plant function under the snowpack. in press, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 32: 404-411.

Bowman, W.D., A. Keller*, and M. Nelson. 1999. Altitudinal variation in leaf gas exchange, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and leaf mass per area in populations of Frasera speciosa. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 31: 191-195.

Reich, P.B., D.S. Ellsworth, M.B. Walters, J.M. Vose, C. Gresham, J.C. Volin, and W.D. Bowman. 1999. Generality of leaf traits: a test across six biomes. Ecology 80: 1955-1969

Bowman, W.D. and H. Steltzer**. 1998. Positive feedbacks to anthropogenic nitrogen deposition in Rocky Mountain alpine tundra. Ambio 27: 514-517

Steltzer, H**. and W.D. Bowman. 1998. Differential influence of plant species on soil N transformations within moist meadow alpine tundra. Ecosystems 1: 464-474.

Thomas*, B.D. and W.D. Bowman. 1998. Influence of a N2-fixing Trifolium on plant species composition and biomass production in alpine tundra. Oecologia 115: 26-31

Reich, P.B., M. B. Walters, D.S. Ellsworth, J. Vose, J. Volin, C. Gresham, & W. Bowman. 1998. Relationships of leaf dark respiration to leaf N, SLA, and life-span: a test across biomes and functional groups. Oecologia 114: 471-482

Theodose**, T.A. and W.D. Bowman. 1997. The influence of interspecific competition on the distribution of an alpine graminoid: evidence for the importance of plant competition in an extreme environment. Oikos 79:101-114.

Theodose**, T.A. and Bowman, W.D. 1997. Nutrient avialability, plant abundance, and species diversity in two alpine tundra communities. Ecology. 78: 1861-1872.

Bowman, W.D., Schardt*, J.C. and Schmidt, S.K. 1996 Symbiotic N2-Fixation in Alpine Tundra: Ecosystem Input and Variation in Fixation Rates Among Communities. Oecologia 108: 345-350

Theodose, T.A**., W.D. Bowman, J.C. Schardt, and C.H. Jaeger**.1996. Uptake and allocation of 15N by alpine tundra plants: Implications for the role of competitive ability in predicting community structure in a stressful environment. Oikos 75: 59-66

Lipson, D.A.**, W.D. Bowman, and R.K. Monson. 1996. Luxury uptake and storage of nitrogen in the rhizomatous alpine herb, Bistorta bistortoides. Ecology 77: 1277-1285

Bowman WD, Theodose TA**, Fisk MC**. 1995.   Physiological and production responses of plant growth forms to increases in limiting resources in alpine tundra: Implications for differential community response to environmental change. Oecologia 101: 217-227

Bowman, W.D. 1994. Accumulation and use of nitrogen and phosphorus following fertilization in two alpine tundra communities. Oikos. 70: 261-270.

Neff*, J.C., W.D. Bowman, E.A. Holland, and S.K. Schmidt. 1994. Fluxes of nitrous oxide and methane from nitrogen amended soils in the Colorado alpine. Biogeochemistry 27: 23-33.

Bowman, W.D. and R.T. Conant*. 1994. Shoot growth dynamics and photosynthetic response to increased nitrogen availability in the alpine willow Salix glauca. Oecologia 97: 93-99

Bowman, W.D., Theodose T.A**., Schardt J. C.*, and Conant R.T.* 1993. Constraints of nutrient availability on primary production in two alpine communities. Ecology 74: 2085-2098.

Bowman, W.D. and P.L. Turner*. 1993. Photosynthetic sensitivity to temperature in altitudinal populations of two C4 Bouteloua species.   American Journal of Botany 80: 369-374.

Monson, R.K., S.D. Smith, J.L. Gehring**, W.D. Bowman, and S.R. Szarek. 1992. Physiological differentiation within an Encelia farinosa population along a short topographic gradient in the Sonoran Desert. Functional Ecology 6: 751-759.

Bowman, W.D. 1992. Inputs and storage of nitrogen in winter snowpack in an alpine ecosystem. Arctic and Alpine Research. 24: 211-215.

Bowman, W.D. 1991. Effect of nitrogen nutrition on photosynthesis and growth in C4 Panicum species.   Plant, Cell and Environment 14: 295-301

Bock, J.H., W.D. Bowman, and C.E. Bock. 1991. Global change in the high plains of North America. Great Plains Research 1: 283-301

Grinspoon, J.**, W.D. Bowman, and R. Fall. 1991. Delayed onset of velvet bean isoprene emission. Plant Physiology 97: 170-174.

Bowman, W.D. 1989. The relationship between plant water status, leaf gas exchange, and spectral reflectance. Remote Sensing of Environment. 30: 249-255

Bowman, W.D., Hubick, K.T., von Caemmerer, S., and Farquhar, G.D. 1989. Short-term changes in leaf carbon isotope discrimination in salt and water stressed C4 grasses. Plant Physiology. 90: 162-166.

Bowman, W.D. 1988. Response to short-term inundation with isoosmotic solutions of seawater and sorbitol in a C4 nonhalophyte: Evidence for a salt-tolerance mechanism. Oecologia. 77: 365-369.

Bowman, W.D. and Strain, B.R. 1988. Physiological responses in two populations of the C4 nonhalophyte Andropogon glomeratus Walter B.S.P. Oecologia. 75: 78-82.

Bowman, W.D. and Strain, B.R. 1988. Response to long- and short-term salinity in populations of the C4 nonhalophyte Andropogon glomeratus Walter B.S.P. Oecologia 75: 73-77.

Bowman, W.D. 1988. Effect of salinity on leaf gas exchange in two populations of a C4 nonhalophyte. Plant Physiology. 85: 1055-1058.

Bowman, W.D. 1988. Ionic and water relations responses of two populations of a nonhalophyte to salinity. Journal of Experimental Botany. 39: 97-105.

Bowman, W.D. and Strain, B.R. 1987. Interaction between CO2 enrichment and salinity stress in the C4 non-halophyte Andropogon glomeratus. Plant, Cell, and Environment. 10: 267-270.

Bowman, W.D. and S.W. Roberts. 1985. Seasonal changes in tissue elasticity in chaparral shrubs. Physiologia Plantarum. 64: 233-236.

Bowman, W.D. and S.W. Roberts. 1985. Seasonal and diurnal water relations adjustments in three chaparral shrubs. Ecology. 66: 738-742.

Books, Book Chapters Published

Bowman, W.D. 2006. Life on a slope: biodiversity and ecological functioning in mountains. pp. 9-10, in Price, Martin F. Global Change in Mountain Regions. Sapiens Publishing, Duncow, UK.

Bowman, W.D. 2005. The response of alpine plants to environmental change - Feedbacks to ecosystem function. in: Huber, U.M., Bugmann, H.K.M. and Reasoner, M.A. (eds.) Global Change and Mountain Regions: A State of Knowledge Overview. Springer, Dordrecht

Bowman, W.D. and M Damm**. 2002. Causes and consequences of alpine vascular plant diversity in the Rocky Mountains. pp. 35-47, in Körner, Ch. and E. Spehn (eds.). Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment. Pergamon Press.

Bowman, W.D., D. M. Cairns, J.S. Baron, and T.R. Seastedt. 2002. Islands in the Sky: Tundra and Treeline Ecosystems of the Rockies. pp. 183-202, in: Baron, J.S., (ed.) Rocky Mountain Futures: an Ecological Perspective. Island Press.

Bowman, W.D. and T.R. Seastedt (eds). 2001. Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem: Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Oxford University Press.

Bowman, W.D. 2001. Introduction: Historical perspective and significance of alpine ecosystem studies, pp. 3-14, in: Bowman, W.D. and T.R. Seastedt (eds). Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem: Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Oxford University Press.

Bowman, W.D. and M.C. Fisk. 2001. Primary production, pp. 177-197, in: Bowman, W.D. and T.R. Seastedt (eds). Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem: Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Oxford University Press.

Monson, R.K., W.D. Bowman, and R.B. Mullen. 2001. Plant nutrient relations. pp 198-221, in: Bowman, W.D. and T.R. Seastedt (eds). Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem: Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Oxford University Press.

Welker, J.M., W.D. Bowman, and T.R. Seastedt. 2001. Response to environmental change. pp. 304-322, in: Bowman, W.D. and T.R. Seastedt (eds). Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem: Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Oxford University Press.

Research in Progress

Biotic and abiotic controls over alpine ecosystem function: primary production, N₂ fixation, plant-soil interactions, and N biogeochemistry; N deposition effects on terrestrial ecosystems, competition

Book Reviews
For Journals:

Bowman, W.D. 2003. Taking a broad view of plant ecology: The ecology of plants. Ecology 84: 1073.

Bowman, W.D. 1997. Mountains and plains: The ecology of Wyoming landscapes. Ecology 78: 1610-1611

Bowman, W.D. 1992. Ecological Responses to Environmental Stresses. Rozema, J. and J.A.C. Verleij (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. Journal of Vegetation Science

Bowman, W.D. 1990. Plant Physiological Ecology- Field Methods and Instrumentation. Pearcy, R.W., Ehleringer J., Mooney, H.A., and Rundel, P.W. (eds.). Chapman and Hall, London.   Journal of Vegetation Science

Book Reviews for Publishers:

Smith, R.L. 1996. Ecology and Field Biology, fifth edition. Harper and Row, New York.

Barbour, M.G., Burk, J.H., and Pitts, W.D. 1987. Terrestrial Plant Ecology, 2nd edition, Benjamin/ Cummings, Menlo Park, CA (evaluation for preparation of 3rd edition)

Creative Works

Web page for the Mountain Research Station (2002, 2004): http://www.colorado.edu/mrs/

Scientific and Professional Societies

American Institute of Biological Sciences
Ecological Society of America
Organization of Biological Field Stations

Invited Presentations, Conferences Attended, Published Abstracts

Bowman, W.D. 2007. Nitrogen deposition effects on vegetation and soils in alpine ecosystems. invited presentation, National Atmospheric Deposition Program, annual meeting, Boulder, CO.

Ashton, I.W., A.E. Miller, W.D. Bowman, and K.N. Suding. 2007. Competition, nitrogen partitioning, and plant coexistence. Ecological Society of America meeting, San Jose, CA

Bowman, W.D. 2006. Alpine ecosystem response to nitrogen deposition. Continental Divide Research Learning Center, Air Quality Day, National Park Service, Estes Park, February 8.

Meier, C.L. and W.D. Bowman. 2006. Phenolics, soil microbes, and plant growth: the importance of both low molecular weight and tannin phenolics. Ecological Society of America meeting, Memphis, TN.

Ashton, I, K.N. Suding, A.E. Miller, and W.D. Bowman. 2006. Competitors influence nitrogen partitioning via rhizosphere dynamics. Ecological Society of America meeting, Memphis, TN.

Bowman, W.D. 2005. Species make a difference – Biotic interactions and the functioning of alpine ecosystems. invited departmental seminar, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH.

Bowman, W.D. 2005 Life on a slope: Biodiversity and ecological functioning in mountains. Keynote presentation, Open Science Conference: Global Change in Mountain Regions, Perth Scotland, October, sponsored by UNESCO & Swiss Academy of Sciences.

Suding, K.N., A.E. Miller, W.D. Bowman, H. Bechtold. 2005. Resilience following loss of dominant species: Subdominant compensation buffers alpine tundra from significant functional change. Ecological Society of America meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Holland, K. A.R. Townsend, W.D. Bowman, and T.R. Seastedt. 2005. The changing nitrogen cycle in alpine tundra: Results from 15N tracer experiments. Ecological Society of America meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Bowman, W.D. 2005. Susceptibility of communities to changes in diversity and implications for ecosystem function. Invited presentation, Symposium on Nitrogen Eutrophication in Xeric Wildland and Agricultural Systems (23rd Plant Biology Symposium), University of California Riverside, Jan 2005.

MTNCLIM 2005, Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains; invited final synthesis talk, biennial meeting, Pray, Montana, March 2005.

Organized symposium, Ecological Society of America and Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment, “Functional Consequences of Mountain Biodiversity,” held at the Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR, 2004

Bowman, W.D. Mechanisms influencing alpine plant diversity and the control on ecosystem function. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR, 2004

Holland, K., A.R. Townsend, W.D. Bowman, and T.R. Seastedt. Short-term partitioning of 15N in alpine tundra across a range of fertilization levels. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR, 2004

Meier, C.L. and W.D. Bowman. Phenolic rhizodeposition and overwinter litter: Significant sources of C for microbes during the growing season? Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR, 2004

Bowman, W.D. Pristine no more? Air pollution and the alpine of Boulder County. Boulder County Nature Association, invited talk, April 2004

Bowman, W.D. Alpine ecosystem response to N deposition: The importance of biotic feedbacks. invited talk, University of Texas, San Antonio, March 2004

Bowman, W.D., Suding, K.N., and T.R. Seastedt. Alpine vegetation response to N deposition and feedbacks to ecosystem function. invited talk, High Altitude Revegetation Workshop, Colorado State University, February 2004.

Bowman, W.D. Process studies- biogeochemistry. Workshop on Mountain Research Initiative- Man and the Biosphere Reserves, Sörenberg, Switzerland. sponsored by UNESCO. November 2003

Bowman, W.D., K.N. Suding, J. R. Larson, and E. Thorsos. Plant modification of microbial biomass: A potential mechanism of competition? Guild of Rocky Mountain Population Biologists, 28th annual meeting, September 2003.

Damm, M.C. and W.D. Bowman. Alpine plant biogeography and species endemism in the Rocky Mountains. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Savanna, GA 2003
Bowman, W.D., Lubos Halada and Juraj Hresko. Susceptibility of alpine ecosystems to nitrogen saturation: a comparative study of the Southern Rocky Mountains and the Western Tatra Mountains. Central and Eastern European International Long-Term Ecological Research Conference, Warsaw, Poland, August 2003.

National Center for Ecological Assessment and Synthesis; workshop on Facilitation and competition on alpine elevation gradients: a global experiment on the organization of plant communities, May 27-June 3, 2003.
Bowman, W.D. Biodiversity of Rocky Mountain Alpine Vegetation: Causes and Consequences. Keynote address, Rocky Mountain Summit: Sustaining Ecosystems and Their People, sponsored by the University of Missouri, USGS, and NPS. Sept 22-25, 2002, Whitefish, MT.

Bowman, W.D. Alpine biodiversity as a bellwether of environmental change. Ecosystems to Earthquakes: International Year of the Mountain celebration, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, November 15-17, 2002, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Miller, A.E. and W.D. Bowman. Species-specific competitive interactions alter plant uptake of organic and inorganic nitrogen. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Tucson, AZ 2002
Suding, K.N., J.R. Larson, E. Thorsos, and W.D. Bowman. Feeding the microbes; Can it confer a competitive advantage in plant-plant interactions? Ecological Society of America Meeting, Tucson, AZ 2002

Holland, K.J., A.R. Townsend, C.P. Snyder, and W.D. Bowman. Phosphorus availability limits nitrogen fixation across an alpine tundra soil age gradient. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Tucson, AZ 2002

Townsend, A.R., J.C. Neff, W.D. Bowman, and S.J. Lehman. Nitrogen additions change soil carbon structure and turnover times. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Tucson, AZ 2002

Bowman, W.D. Species make a difference- the role of plants in alpine ecosystems. Invited presentation, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2002

Bowman, W.D. Biodiversity and global change- A mountain perspective. Invited keynote presentation, 3rd annual Swiss Global Change Day, Bern, April 4, 2002

Bowman, W.D. Species make a difference- the role of plants in alpine ecosystems. Invited presentation, University of Zurich, 2002

Bowman, W.D., Steltzer, H., and Nash, K.N. Biotic response to nitrogen deposition in the Colorado alpine: Priming the N cycle pump? invited symposium, Nitrogen deposition in the Western U.S.... Is there cause for concern?, Ecological Society of America Meeting, Madison, WI 2001

Miller, A.E. and W.D. Bowman. Preferential uptake of N by alpine tundra species: do all species tap the same N pool? Ecological Society of America Meeting, Madison, WI 2001 (Amy Miller awarded the Billings Prize from ESA for this presentation)

Holland, K., A.R. Townsend, and W.D. Bowman. Phosphatase activity along an alpine age and nutrient gradient. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Madison, WI 2001

Bowman, W.D. and M. Damm. Causes and consequences of vascular plant diversity in the Rocky Mountain alpine. invited presentation, First International conference on Global Mountain Biodiversity (7-10. Sept. 2000 in Rigi/Kaltbad, Switzerland), sponsored by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences

Bowman, W.D. On the role of biotic interactions in structuring alpine plant communities. Keynote address in Community Ecology, Third conference on "The biochemistry, physiology, ecology, and population biology of Arctic and Alpine plants," 31 August - 2 September 2000 Lautaret Alpine Field Station, Villar d'Arène - Hautes-Alpes; France

Bowman, W.D. Biotic interactions and the structure and function of alpine ecosystems. invited presentation, Rocky Mountain Biology Lab, Gothic, Colorado, August 2000.

Miller, A.E. and W.D. Bowman. Differential utilization of N by co-occurring alpine tundra species: Field and greenhouse evidence. The Ecological Society of America, 85th Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 2000 Snowbird, Utah

Larson, J.R., W.D. Bowman, and K.N. Suding. The effect of litter quality on neighbor growth is dependent on nitrogen availability: Evidence from a greenhouse experiment with two alpine co-dominants. The Ecological Society of America, 85th Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 2000 Snowbird, Utah

Bowman, W.D. and K.N. Suding. Understanding Long-Term Ecological Data in the Context of Environmental Change: The Role of Field Experiments. NSF sponsored International Long-Term Ecological Research symposium, Central Europe, Nitra Slovakia, May 2000.

Bowman, W.D. Biotic Controls over Ecosystem Response to Environmental Change in Alpine Tundra of the Rocky Mountains. invited presentation, conference on Mountain Area Development III, the Americas, Abisko Sweden, sponsored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, August 1999

Miller, A.E. and W. D. Bowman. Differential uptake of inorganic and organic N by alpine tundra species. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Spokane, WA, August 1999

Bilbrough, C. J., W. D. Bowman and J. M. Welker. Early spring nitrogen uptake by snow-covered plants, alpine and Arctic tundra plant function under the snowpack. invited symposium, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Spokane, WA, August 1999

Bowman, W. D. and Steltzer, H. Plant manipulation of microbial biomass C and N in moist meadow alpine tundra. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Spokane, WA, August 1999

Steltzer, H. and W. D. Bowman. Spatial variabilty in nitrogen cycling and species composition within moist meadow alpine tundra. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Spokane, WA, August 1999

Bowman, W.D. Biodiversity and ecosystem function. Keynote address, DIVERSITAS workship, Glion, Switzerland, February 1999 (sponsored by Swiss Academy of Sciences).

Bowman, W.D. Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins. Workshop on Global Change in Mountain Ecosystems, IGBP (GCTE and BAHC), Pontresina, Switzerland, April 1998.

Steltzer, H. and W.D. Bowman. Influence of plant species on community structure through control of spatial heterogeneity in nitrogen cycling in alpine tundra. Invited symposium, sponsored by Ecological Society of America and American Botanical Society, Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD August 1998.

Bilbrough, C.J. and W.D. Bowman. The timing of N uptake and patterns of allocation by five alpine species: Evidence for partitioning of N uptake among species. Ecological Society of America, Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD August 1998

Miller, A.E. and W.D. Bowman. Phenotypic plasticity in the utilization of nitrogen pulses by an alpine bunchgrass, Deschampsia caespitosa. Ecological Society of America, Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD August 1998

Bowman, W.D. Biotic control over alpine ecosystem structure and function: implications for response to global change. invited talk, University of Denver, November 1997.

Bowman, W.D. Air pollution effects on Rocky Mountain Ecosystems. invited talk, National Park Service sponsored workshop on Human-Induced Effects on Rocky Mountain Ecosystems, Sept. 18-20, 1997, Flathead Lake, MT

Bowman, W.D. and H. Steltzer. 1997. Positive feedbacks to anthropogenic N deposition in alpine tundra. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Steltzer, H. and W.D. Bowman. 1997. Plant species, microclimate, and aboveground litter inputs can predict rates of net-nitrogen-mineralization in moist meadow alpine tundra. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Bilbrough, C. and W.D. Bowman. 1997. Plant action under the snow: early season N uptake by alpine plants. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Bowman, W.D. Integration of ecological and hydrological processes in mountain ecosystems. invited presentation, International Geosphere Biosphere Program, BAHC/GCTE joint meeting on future research on global change in mountain ecosystems, March 1996, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bowman, W.D. Potential ecological effects of long-term elevated N depostion on alpine ecosystems. invited presentation, NOAA Aeronomy Lab, Boulder, CO March 1996

International Long-Term Ecological Research- trip to the Czech Republic to promote alpine ecological research, June 1995

Bowman, W.D., B. Thomas, J.C. Schardt, S.K. Schmidt, and E.E. Grote. 1994. Influences of clovers on nitrogen inputs, production and community composition in alpine tundra. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Knoxville, TN

Theodose, T.A. and W.D. Bowman. 1994. The effects of neighbor and nitrogen availability on biomass and nitrogen accumulation and allocation in two alpine graminoids. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Knoxville, TN

Lipson, D.A., W.D. Bowman, and R.K. Monson. 1994. Luxury uptake and storage of nitrogen in the alpine plant, Bistorta bistortoides. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Knoxville, TN

Organization of Biological Field Stations, 1994, Flathead Lake, Montana

Environmental and biotic controls on alpine ecosystem function, invited talk, University of Utah, Spring 1994

Bowman, W.D. 1993. Nitrogen relations in alpine tundra vegetation- Potential concerns for nitrogen saturation. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 74: 257. (National meeting, San Francisco, CA)

Bowman, W.D., Theodose T.A., Schardt J. C., and Conant R.T. 1993. Constraints of nutrient availability on primary production in two alpine communities. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Madison, WI

Neff, J., W.D. Bowman, and E. Holland. 1992. Fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide from nitrogen amended soils in the Colorado alpine. International Geophysical Union Regional Meeting.

Bowman, W.D. 1992. Dynamics of shoot growth and photosynthesis in populations of the alpine willow Salix glauca. Guild of Rocky Mountain Population Biologists, Mountain Research Station (co-organizer).

Organization of Biological Field Stations Annual meeting, 1991, La Selva Biological Field Station, Costa Rica

Bowman, W.D. and T.N. Caine. 1991. Inputs and storage of N in winter snowpack in an alpine ecosystem. Ecological Society of America Meeting, San Antonio, TX

Bowman, W.D., R.K. Monson, J.L. Gehring, and S.D. Smith. 1990. Responses to water stress in two neighboring populations of Encelia farinosa. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Wessman, C.A., B.C. Gao, A.F.H. Goetz, and W.D. Bowman. 1990. Estimating abundance of major foliar biochemical constituents from leaf reflectance. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Goetz, A.F.H., B.C. Gao, C.A. Wessman, and W.D. Bowman. 1990. Estimation of biochemical constituents from fresh, green leaves by spectrum matching techniques. Proc. Intl. Goescience and Remote Sensing Symp.

Arid Ecosystems Interactions Workshop, UCAR-IGBP, Boulder, Colorado, October 1989.

W.D. Bowman, K.H. Hubick, S. von Caemmerer, and G.D. Farqhuar. 1989. Stress induced changes in carbon isotope discrimination in C4 grasses, Ecological Society of America meeting, Toronto, August.

W.D. Bowman. 1988. Salt tolerance in a C4 nonhalophyte. Ecological Society of America meeting, Davis CA, August.

W.D. Bowman. 1987. Physiological differentiation to salt stress in the C4 nonhalophyte Andropogon glomeratus. XIV International Botanical Conference, Berlin, July.

W.D. Bowman. 1987. Physiological differentiation to long-term salinity stress in the C4 nonhalophyte Andropogon glomeratus. Ecological Society of America meeting, Columbus OH, August.

W.D. Bowman. Alleviation of salinity stress by elevated CO2. 1986. American Society of Plant Physiologists, Southern Section meeting, Charleston, SC March.

W. D. Bowman and B.R. Strain. 1986. Interaction between salinity stress and CO2 enrichment in a C4 nonhalophyte, Ecological Society of America meeting, Syracuse, NY.

W.D. Bowman, S. W. Roberts. 1985. Seasonal changes in water relations parameters in chaparral shrubs. Ecological Society of America meeting, Minneapolis, MN, .

W.D. Bowman, S.W. Roberts. 1984. Changes in components of water potential of selected chaparral shrubs during seasonal drought. Ecological Society of America meeting, Grand Forks, ND.

Grants and Contracts Received

Extramural Support
NSF, Acquisition of Nine Controlled Growth Chambers, $113,015 1/89-12/91 (co-PI with Russ Monson, Barbara Demmig-Adams, William Adams, and Steve Schmidt).

NSF, Effects of climate change in the Colorado alpine, LTER program, $1,100,000, 1/91-10/92 (Co-PI, Group leader for Plant and Soil Processes, annual budget of $60,000)

NOAA, Maintenance of an Aeronomy Sampling Station at Niwot Ridge, $28,540, 4/91-12/92 (PI)

NSF, Enhanced Computer Network and Climate Data Management Capabilities for the Niwot Ridge LTER Site, $22,520, 6/91-5/92 (PI with Nel Caine)

NSF, Improvement of Winter Research Logistics and Water Facilities at the Mountain Research Station, $36,540, 1/92-12/93 (PI)

EPA, Biotic and abiotic controls of N2O fluxes from alpine ecosystems, $200,000, 9/92-9/94 (co-PI with Steve Schmidt and Beth Holland)

NSF, Effects of climate change in the Colorado alpine, LTER program, $3,540,000, 10/92-9/96 (Co-PI, Group leader for Plant and Soil Processes, annual budget of $67,000)

NSF, Creation of a Trace Gas Laboratory at the Mountain Research Station, $31,425, 10/92-9/93 (co-PI with Tim Seastedt, Russ Monson, and Steve Schmidt).

EPA, The effects of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition on the functioning of alpine and subalpine ecosystems, Exploratory Grants, 5/96-5/98, $341,662, (co-PI)

Mellon Foundation, Environmental control over biotic properties of alpine plant communities (PI), 12/94-5/98, $230,000

NSF, Construction of a multi-user hostel at the Mountain Research Station, $190,000 (PI), 10/96-9/98

Mellon Foundation, Partitioning of Nitrogen by Alpine Tundra Plants: Implications for Species Coexistence, 10/97--8/02, $240,000 (PI, with Amy Miller co-PI)

NSF,: Controls on the Structure, Function and Interactions of Alpine and Subalpine Ecosystems of the Colorado Front Range: The Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Program 1998-2004 (Co-PI, Tim Seastedt PI, multiple co-PIs; group leader for biotic processes, $75,000 annual budget)

NSF, Undergraduate Research in Ecology and Behavior (REU site grant, co-PI with Michael Breed), 6/01-5/04, $200,455

Mellon Foundation, Consequences of Plant Species Effects on Nitrogen Cycling: Can Ecosystem Modifications Shift Competitive Rankings? (PI with Katherine Nash Suding), 5/01-4/04, $280,000

NSF, Responsiveness of alpine vegetation to N inputs- A Comparison Between Central European and North American Sites (PI, International Program), 8/01-7/04, $63,461

NSF-INT, Responsiveness of alpine vegetation to N inputs: A comparison between Central European and North American sites; REU and Travel supplement (PI) $17,082; 05/03-05/04

NSF REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution. co-PI $240,084. (5/04-5/07)

NSF-DEB, Long Term Ecological Research: The Landscape Continuum Model: A Biogeochemical Paradigm for High Elevation Ecosystems, 10/04-10/10; (CoI on plant-soils component) $4,920,000

NSF REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution. PI $223,684. (5/07-4/10)

National Park Service (Rocky Mountain CESU); CRITICAL LOADS OF ATMOSPHERIC N DEPOSITION IN ALPINE VEGETATION IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN AND GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS $99,523 (5/05-5/08)

Intramural Support
University of Colorado, Council for Research and Creative Work, Grant-in-Aid, Environmental Effects on Carbon Isotope Discrimination, Photosynthesis, and Growth in C4 Grasses, 3/89-3/90, $4740

University of Colorado, Council for Research and Creative Work, Junior Faculty Development Award, Nutrient Limitation of Plant Growth in Alpine Tundra, 1/90-12/90, $5000

University of Colorado, Council for Research and Creative Work, Grant-in-Aid, Resource Use Efficiencies Across a Gradient of Snow Accumulation in an Alpine Ecosystem, 6/92-5/93, $3700

Consulting

National Park Service, Air Quality Division
University of Denver/ U.S. Forest Service, Clear Creek District
Colorado Mountain Club

Courses Taught

EPOB Graduate Seminar, Current Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Fall 1989
EPOB 4120/5120 Ecosystems Ecology, 28 students, Spring 1990 (new course)
EPOB 3020 Principles of Ecology, 196 students, Fall 1990
Hughs Course, Advanced Physiology, plant water relations module, Spring 1990
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 202 students, Spring 1992
Hughs Course, Ecology and Evolution, winter ecology module, Spring 1992
EPOB 4630, Field Techniques in Environmental Science, Fall 1992
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 198 students, Spring 1993
EPOB 6200, Graduate Seminar, Alpine Ecology, 15 students, Fall 1993
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 115 students, Spring 1994
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 110 students, Spring 1995
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 98 students, Fall 1995
EPOB 6120, Environmental History, 18 students, Fall 1995
EPOB 4800/5800, Ecology of Plant/Soil Interactions, Spring 1997, 18 students
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 2 sections (co-taught, 280 students) Fall 1997
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 146 students, Fall 1998
EPOB 6200, Causes and Consequences of Plant Biodiversity, graduate seminar, 20 students, Fall 1999
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 65 students, Spring 2000
EPOB 2650, Honor's General Biology, 16 students, Fall 2000
EPOB 3020, Principles of Ecology, 70 students, Spring 2001
EPOB 3140, Plant Ecology, 22 students, Fall 2001
EPOB 3140, Plant Ecology, 67 students, Fall 2002
EBIO 4140, Plant Ecology, 40 students, Fall 2004
EBIO 6200, Ecological impacts of nitrogen deposition, Spring 2005
EBIO 4140, Plant Ecology, Fall 2006, 20 students

Postdoctoral Advisees

1) Carol Bilbrough, 1996-1998; Physiological and morphological responses of plants to pulsed resource supply; supported by Mellon Foundation

2) Katherine Nash Suding, 1999-2003; Influence of plant control over nutrient cycling on community composition in alpine tundra; supported by Mellon Foundation; currently Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine

Students Advised

Principal Graduate Advisor
   1. Terry Theodose; Ph.D. Biotic and abiotic influences on competition in alpine plants; degree May 1995; currently Associate Professor, University of Southern Maine
   2. Edmund Grote; M.A. Environmental controls on nitrogen fixation in alpine Trifolium species; degree May 1995; currently research technician, US Park Service
   3. Heidi Steltzer, Ph.D. Plant species effects on spatial variation in N cycling in the alpine; supported by CU chancellor's fellowship and National Science Foundation predoctoral graduate fellowship; currently postdoc with US Forest Service and Colorado State University; degree awarded December 1999
   4. Lee Turner, Ph.D. Influence of snow on phenology and species composition in alpine tundra; degree awarded December 2002
   5. Amy Miller, Ph.D., Partitioning of nitrogen among alpine tundra species, supported by Mellon Foundation training/research grant; recipient of Billings award for best oral presentation in physiological ecology at the 2001 Ecological Society of America meeting, Madison WI; degree awarded May 2002
   6. Mary Damm, M.B.S. Patterns of plant diversity and plant resources in alpine tundra; degree awarded August 2002
   7. Tara Forbis, Ph.D. Seedling recruitment in alpine vegetation (co-advised with Tim Seastedt); degree awarded December 2002
   8. Julia Larson, M.S. Influence of carbon and nitrogen additions on microbial activity in alpine soils, degree awarded, May 2003
   9. Courtney Meier, Ph.D. Chemical diversity of plants as a component of biodiversity, and its impact on ecosystem function
   10. Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Ph.D.
    11. Kallin Tea, PhD.

Graduate Student committees (58 over 18 years, currently on 23 graduate committees)

Undergraduate Independent Study/Research; Sole or Principal Advisor (43 over 18 years)

Departmental/ University Service

CIRES Reappointment Committee, Fall 1989
EPOB Plant Systematics Search Committee, Spring 1990
EPOB Chair of Greenhouse Committee, 1990/1991, member 1991/1992, 2006/2007
Director, Mountain Research Station, 1991-present
EPOB Graduate Committee, 1990/1991
INSTAAR/LTER Executive Committee 1990/1991
President's Committee on Environmental Studies and Global Change, Spring 1991
EPOB / INSTAAR Ecosystem Scientist search committee, Spring 1991
INSTAAR Executive Committee 1992-present
INSTAAR Reading Room Committee 1992/1993
EPOB Executive Committee 1992/1993
Associate Dean's committee, A&S, Review of Environmental Conservation    Program 1992/1993
EPOB, internship faculty advisor, 1993-2000
INSTAAR, committee on diversity 1993
INSTAAR, search committee for a new INSTAAR Director, Spring 1994
Chair, search committee for Evolutionary Vertebrate Biology faculty,    INSTAAR/EPOB/MRS, Spring 1995
EPOB, Chair, promotion committee for Tom Lemieux, 1996
INSTAAR, space committee, 1997-1999
EPOB, undergraduate club faculty advisor, 1998-2001
EPOB, Chair, reappointment committee for Tom Lemieux, Fall 1999
EPOB, Chair, Environmental Biology Section, 2000- 2001
EPOB, Executive Committee, 2000-2001
EPOB, Reappointment committee for Eric Stone, Instructor, Fall 2000
EPOB, Search committee for Integrative Physiologist, Fall 2001
EPOB, Space committee, Fall 2001-2003
INSTAAR, Reading room committee, 2002-2003
INSTAAR, Personnel evaluation committee, 2002-2003
EPOB, Chair, search committee for Ecologist 2002-2003
EBIO, Executive Committee, 2004-2006
EBIO, search committee, ecologist, 2004/2005
EBIO, Associate Chair, Graduate Committee 2005/2006

Professional Service

Editor, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Resarch (2007 to present)

Associate Editor, Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research (2004 to 2007)

Editorial Review Board, Tree Physiology 1999

Journals: American Journal of Botany, Arctic (Antarctic) and Alpine Research, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Monographs, Global Change Biology, Great Basin Naturalist, Nature, Oecologia, Oikos, Physiologia Plantarum, Plant and Soil, Plant Cell and Environment, Plant Physiology, Remote Sensing of Environment

Granting Agencies: NSF: atmospheric sciences, ecology, ecosystems, and physiological ecology and population biology panels, USDA ecosystems

NSF Review Committee, Cedar Creek LTER Program (2003)

Strategic Planning Committee, Fraser Experimental Forest, U.S. Forest Service, 2001

Co-Task Leader, Mountain Research Initiative, GCTE/BAHC- International Geosphere Biosphere Programme; 1998 to 2001

Steering committee, "Protected Areas and National Parks and Global Change" symposium celebrating the establishment of Abruzzo National Park, Italy, September 1999

Conference board, North American Representative, Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment, a program within DIVERSITAS, sponsored by the Swiss Academy of Sciences, 1998 to 2005

Advisory board, The Fourth Conference on Biochemistry, Ecophysiology and Population Biology on Alpine and Polar Plants, Innsbruck, Austria, summer 2003.