Rauri Bowie’s Publications

Rauri Bowie’s Publications (2014-2024)

 

Rauri Bowie’s Publications (1998-2013)

— 2013 —

  1. *Voelker, G., *Bowie, R.C.K. and Klicka J. (2013). Gene trees, species trees and earth history combine to shed light on the evolution of migration in a model avian system. Molecular Ecology. (* these authors contributed equally). 22: 3333-3344.
  2. Johansson, U.S., Ekman, J., Bowie, R.C.K., Halvarsson, P., Ohlson, J.I., Price, T.D. and Ericson, P.G.P. (2013). A complete multilocus species phylogeny of the tits and chickadees (Aves: Paridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69: 852-860.
  3. Fuchs, J., Parra, J.L., Goodman, S.M., Raherilalao, M.J., Vanderwal, J. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2013). Extending ecological niche models to the past 120,000 years corroborates the lack of strong phylogeographic structure in the Crested Drongo (Dicrurus f. forficatus) on Madagascar. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 108: 658-676.
  4. von der Heyden, S., Gildenhuys, E., Bernardi, G. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2013). Fine-scale biogeography: tidal elevation strongly affects population genetic structure and demographic history in intertidal fishes. Frontiers of Biogeography. 5.1: 29-38.
  5. Yuri, T., Kimball, R.T., Harshman, J., Bowie, R.C.K., Braun, M.J., Chojnowski, J.L., Han, K-L., Hackett, S.J., Huddleston, C.J., Moore, W.S., Reddy, S., Sheldon, F.H., Steadman, D.W., Witt, C.C. and Braun, E.L. (2013). Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals. Biology. 2: 419-444.
  6. Caro, L.M., Caycedo-Rosales, P.C., Bowie, R.C.K., Slabbekoorn, H., Cadena, C.D. (2013). Ecological speciation along an elevational gradient in a tropical passerine bird? Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26: 357-374.
  7. Bowie, R.C.K., Cohen, C. and Crowe, T.M. (2013). Ptilopachinae: a new subfamily of the Odontophoridae. Zootaxa. 3670: 97-98.
  8. Oatley, G., Feldheim, K.A., Voelker, G. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2013). Development of twelve tetranucleotide microsatellite loci for White-eyes (Zosterops spp.) for use in phylogeography and hybridization studies. Conservation Genetics Resources. 5: 977-979.

— 2012 —

  1. Fjeldså, J., Bowie, R.C.K. and Rahbek, R. (2012). The role of mountain ranges in the diversification of birds. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 43: 249-265.
  2. Ribeiro, A., Lloyd, P., Feldheim, K.A. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2012). Microgeographic socio-genetic structure of an African cooperative breeding passerine revealed. Molecular Ecology. 21: 662-672.
  3. 88. Loiseau, C., Harrigan, R.J., Robert, A., Bowie, R.C.K., Thomassen, H.A., Smith, T.B. and Sehgal, R.N.M. (2012). Host and habitat specialization of avian malaria in Africa. Molecular Ecology. 21: 431-441.
  4. Cadena, C.D., Kozak, K.H., Gomez, J.P., Parra, J.L., McCain, C.M., Bowie, R.C.K., Carnaval. A.C., Moritz, C., Rahbek, C., Roberts, T.E., Sanders, N.J., Schneider, C.J., VanDerWal, J., Zamudio, K.R. and Graham, C.H. (2012). Latitude, elevational climatic zonation, and speciation in New World vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 279: 194-201.
  5. Oatley, G., Voelker, G., Crowe, T.M. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2012). A multi-locus phylogeny reveals a complex pattern of diversification related to climate and habitat heterogeneity in Southern African White-eyes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 64: 633-644.
  6. Fuchs, J., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J., Couloux, A., Pasquet, E. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of African bush-shrikes and allies: tracing the biogeographic history of an explosive radiation of corvoid birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 64: 93-105.
  7. Ribeiro, A.M., Lopes, R.J. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2012). Historical demographic dynamics underlying local adaptation in the presence of gene flow. Ecology and Evolution. 2: 2710-2721.
  8. Cohen, C., Wakeling, J.L., Mandiwana-Neudani, T.G., Dranzoa, C., Crowe, T.M. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2012). Phylogenetic affinities of evolutionary enigmatic African galliformes: the Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and Nahan’s Francolin Francolinus nahani, and support for their sister relationship with New World Quails. Ibis. 154: 768-780.
  9. Muller, C.M., von der Heyden, S., Bowie, R.C.K. and Matthee, C.A. (2012). Oceanic circulation, local upwelling and palaeoclimate changes linked to the phylogeography of the Cape sea urchin, Parechinus angulosus. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 468: 203-215.
  10. Voelker, G., Bowie, R.C.K., Wilson, B., and Anderson, C. (2012). Phylogenetic relationships and speciation patterns in an African savanna dwelling bird genus (Myrmecocichla). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106: 180-190.
  11. Shultz, A.J., Tingley, M.W. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2012). A century of avian community turnover in an urban green space in northern California. The Condor. 114: 258-267.
  12. Benedict, L. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2012). Rattling Cisticola song features and variability across Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Zoology, London. 287: 96-103.
  13. Bowie, R.C.K., Feldheim, K.A., Caro, L.M. and Cadena, C.D. (2012). Novel tetranucleotide microsatellite DNA markers for members of the Henicorhina Wood-Wren species complex (Aves, Troglodytidae). Conservation Genetic Resources. 4: 419-421.

— 2011 —

  1. Bowie, R.C.K. (2011). The utility of contemporary and historical estimates of dispersal in determining response to habitat fragmentation in a tropical forest-dependent bird community. Molecular Ecology. 20: 1799-1802.
  2. Ribeiro, A., Lloyd, P. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2011). A tight balance between natural selection and gene flow in a southern African arid-zone endemic bird. Evolution. 65: 3499-3514.
  3. Fuchs, J., Crowe, T.M. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2011). Phylogeography of the Fiscal Shrike (Lanius collaris): a novel pattern of genetic structure across the arid zones and savannas of Africa. Journal of Biogeography. 38: 2210-2222.
  4. Han, K-L., Braun, E.L., Kimball, R.T., Reddy, S., Bowie, R.C.K., Braun, M.J., Chojnowski, J.L., Hackett, S.J., Harshman, J., Huddleston, C.J., Marks, B.D., Miglia, K.J., Moore, W.S., Sheldon, F.H., Steadman, D.W., Witt, C.C. and Yuri, T. (2011). Are transposable element insertions homoplasy free? An examination using the avian tree of life. Systematic Biology. 60: 375-386.
  5. Fuchs, J., Fjeldså, J. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2011). Diversification across an altitudinal gradient in the Tiny Greenbul (Phyllastrephus debilis) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Africa. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11: no. 117.
  6. Braun E.L., Kimball, R.T., Han, K-L., Iuhasz-Velez, N.R., Bonilla, A.J., Chojnowski, J.L., Smith, J.V., Bowie, R.C.K., Braun, M.J., Hackett, S.J., Harshman, J., Huddleston, C.J., Marks, B.D., Miglia, K.J., Moore W.S., Reddy, S., Sheldon, F.H., Witt, C.C. and Yuri, T. (2011). Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11: no. 141.
  7. von der Heyden, S., Bowie, R.C.K., Prochazka, K., Bloomer, P., Crane, N.L. and Bernardi, G. (2011). Phylogeographic patterns and cryptic speciation across oceanographic barriers in South African intertidal fishes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24: 2505-2519.
  8. Jønsson, K.A., Irestedt, M. Bowie, R.C.K., Christidis, L. and Fjeldså J. (2011). Systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific ground doves. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 59: 538-543
  9. Oatley, G., Bowie, R.C.K. and Crowe, T.M. (2011). The use of subspecies in the systematics of southern African white-eyes: historical entities or eco-geographic variants. Journal of Zoology, London. 284: 21-30.
  10. Glen, R., Bowie, R.C.K., Stolberger, S. and Voelker, G. (2011). Geographically structured plumage variation among populations of White-headed Black Chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti) in Tanzania confirms the race collaris to be a valid taxon. Journal of Ornithology. 152: 63-70.
  11. Kaleme, P.K., Bates, J.M., Belesi, H.K., Bowie, R.C.K., Gambalemoke, M., Kerbis-Peterhans, J., Michaux, J., Mwanga, J.M., Ndara, B.R., Taylor, P.J. and Jansen van Vuuren, B. (2011). Origin and putative colonization routes for invasive rodent taxa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. African Zoology. 46: 133-145.

— 2010 —

  1. Voelker, G., Outlaw, R.K. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2010). Pliocene forest dynamics as a primary driver of African bird speciation. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 19: 111-121.
  2. Jønsson, K.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Nylander, J.A.A, Christidis, L., Norman, J.A. and Fjeldså, J. (2010). Biogeographic history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua. Journal of Biogeography. 37: 1767-1781.
  3. Jønsson, K.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Moyle, R.G., Christidis, L., Norman, J.A., Benz, W. and Fjeldså, J. (2010). Historical biogeography of an Indo-Pacific passerine bird family (Pachycephalidae): different colonization patterns in the Indonesian and Melanesian archipelagos. Journal of Biogeography. 37: 245-257.
  4. Jønsson, K.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Moyle, R.G., Irestedt, M., Christidis, L., Norman, J.A. and Fjeldså, J. (2010). Phylogeny and biogeography of Oriolidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Ecography. 33: 232-241.
  5. Outlaw, R.K., Voelker, G. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2010). Shall we chat? Evolutionary relationships in the genus Cercomela (Muscicapidae) and its relation to Oenanthe reveals extensive polyphyly among chats distributed in Africa, India and the Palearctic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55: 284-292.
  6. McFarlane, M., Evans, M., Feldheim, K.A., Preault, M., Bowie, R.C.K. and Cherry, M.I. (2010). Long tails matter – positively for extra-pair, negatively for within-pair fertilization success. Behavioral Ecology. 21: 26-32.
  7. Melo, M., Bowie, R.C.K., Voelker, G., Dallimer, M., Collar, N.J. and Jones, P.J. (2010). Multiple lines of evidence support the recognition of a very rare bird species – the Principe Thrush. Journal of Zoology, London. 282: 120-129.
  8. Benedict, L., Bowie, R.C.K., Fuchs, J. and MacManes M. (2010). When non-coding in non-neutral: the role of CHD1 gene polymorphism in sexing, in phylogenetics and as a correlate of fitness in birds. Ibis. 152: 223-225.
  9. Bowie, R.C.K., Sellas, A.B. and Feldheim, K.A. (2010). Development of ten highly polymorphic microsatellite markers for Sunbirds (Aves: Nectariniidae) with broad cross-amplification utility in at least eight species. Conservation Genetics. 11: 1159-1162.

— 2009 —

  1. Voelker, G., Rohwer, S., Outlaw, D. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2009). Repeated trans-Atlantic dispersal catalyzed a global songbird radiation. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 18: 41-49.
  2. Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J. and Kiure, J. (2009). Multilocus molecular DNA variation in Winifred’s Warbler Scepomycter winifredae suggests cryptic speciation and the existence of a threatened species in the Rubeho-Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania. Ibis. 151: 709-719.
  3. Benedict, L. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2009). Macrogeographic variation in the song of a widely distributed African warbler. Biology Letters. 5: 484-487.
  4. Fuchs, J., Pasquet, E., Couloux, A. Fjeldså, J. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2009). A new Indo-Malayan member of the Stenostiridae (Aves: Passeriformes) revealed by multilocus sequence data: Biogeographical implications for a morphologically diverse clade of flycatchers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53: 384-393.
  5. Voelker, G., Melo, M. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2009). A Gulf of Guinea island endemic is a member of a Mediterranean-centered bird genus. Ibis. 151: 580-583.
  6. Nguembock, B., Cibois, A., Bowie, R.C.K., Cruaud, C. and Pasquet, E. (2009) Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Illadopsis (Passeriformes: Timaliidae) reveal the complexity of diversification in some African taxa. Journal of Avian Biology. 40: 113-125.
  7. Kimball, R.T., Braun, E.L., Barker, F.K., Bowie, R.C.K., Braun, M.J., Chojnowski, J.L., Hackett, S.J., Han, K-L., Harshman, J., Heimer-Torres, V., Holznagel, W., Huddleston, C.J. Marks, B.D., Miglia, K.J., Moore, W.S., Reddy, S., Sheldon, F.H., Smith, J.V., Witt, C.C., Yuri, T. (2009). A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 50: 654-660.
  8. de Ponte Machado, M., Feldheim, K.A., Sellas, A.B. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2009). Development and characterization of microsatellite loci from the Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) and widespread application to other members of the Pelicanidae. Conservation Genetics. 10: 1033-1036.
  9. Ribeiro, A, Lloyd, P., Feldheim, K.A. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2009). Microsatellites in the Karoo Scrub-robin, Cercotrichas coryphaeus (Passeriformes: Muscicapinae): isolation and characterization of 13 autosomal and two sex-linked loci. Molecular Ecology Resources. 9: 636-638.

— 2008 —

  1. Hackett, S.J., Kimball, R.T., Reddy, S., Bowie, R.C.K., Braun, E.L., Braun, M.J., Chojnowski, J.L., Cox, W.A., Han, K-L., Harshman, J., Huddleston, C.J., Marks, B.D., Miglia, K.J., Moore, W.S., Sheldon, F.H., Steadman, D.W., Witt, C.C. and Yuri T. (2008). A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history. Science. 320: 1763-1768.
  2. Harshman, J., Braun, E.L., Braun, M.J., Huddleston, C.J., Bowie, R.C.K., Chojnowski, J.L., Hackett, S.J., Han, K-L., Kimball, R.T., Marks, B.D., Miglia, K.J., Moore, W.S., Reddy, S., Sheldon, F.H., Steadman, D.W., Steppan, S.J., Witt, C.C. and Yuri, T. (2008). Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in Ratite birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 13462-13467.
  3. von der Heyden, S, Prochazka, K. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2008). Significant population structure and asymmetric gene flow patterns amidst expanding populations of Clinus cottoides (Perciformes, Clinidae): application of molecular data to marine conservation planning in South Africa. Molecular Ecology. 17: 4812-4826.
  4. Johansson, U.S., Fjeldså, J. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2008) Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes): a review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48: 858-876.
  5. Johansson, U.S., Bowie, R.C.K., Hackett, S.J. and Schulenberg, T.S. (2008). The phylogenetic affinities of Crossley’s babbler (Mystacornis crossleyi): adding a new niche to the vanga radiation of Madagascar. Biology Letters. 4: 677-680.
  6. Jønsson, K.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Norman, J.A., Christidis, L. and Fjeldså, J. (2008) Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds. Biology Letters 4: 71-74.
  7. Fuchs, J., Pons, J-M., Goodman, S.M., Bretagnolle, V., Melo, M., Bowie, R.C.K., Currie, D., Safford, R., Virani, M.Z., Thomsett, S., Hija, A., Cruaud, C. and Pasquet, E. (2008). Tracing the colonisation history of the Indian Ocean Scops-owls (Strigiformes: Otus) with further insights into the spatio-temporal origin of the Malagasy avifauna. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8 no. 197.
  8. Neethling, M., Matthee, C.A., Bowie, R.C.K., von der Heyden, S. (2008). Evidence for panmixia despite barriers to gene flow in the South African endemic, Caffrogobius caffer (Teleostei: Gobiidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8 no. 325.
  9. Njabo, N.Y., Bowie, R.C.K. and Sorenson M.D. (2008) Phylogeny, biogeography and taxonomy of the African wattle-eyes (Aves: Passeriformes: Platysteiridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48: 136-149.
  10. Jønsson, K.A., Irestedt, M., Fuchs, J., Ericson, P.G.P., Christidis, L., Bowie, R.C.K., Norman, J.A., Pasquet, E. and Fjeldså, J. (2008) Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47: 221-236.
  11. Jønsson, K.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Moyle, R.G., Christidis, L., Filardi, C.E., Norman, J. and Fjeldså, J. (2008) Molecular phylogenetics and diversification within one of the most geographically varied bird species complexes (Pachycephala pectoralis/melanura). Journal of Avian Biology. 39: 473-478.
  12. Fjeldså, J. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2008) New perspectives on the origin and diversification of Africa’s forest avifauna. African Journal of Ecology. 46: 235-247.
  13. Goodman, S.M., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Ratrimomanarivo, F., Probst, J.-M. and Bowie, R.C.K (2008) Specific status of populations in the Mascarene Islands referred to Mormopterus acetabulosus (Chiroptera: Molossidae), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy. 89: 1316-1327.
  14. Lokugalappatti, L.G.S., Feldheim, K.A., Sellas, A.B. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2008) Isolation and characterization of 10 tetranucleotide microsatellite loci from the yellow-streaked greenbul (Phyllastrephus flavostriatus) and cross-species amplification in four closely related taxa. Molecular Ecology Resources. 8: 622-624.
  15. Sellas, A.B., Feldheim, K.A. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2008) Isolation and characterization of 10 tetranucleotide microsatellite loci in an enigmatic East African bird, the spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula). Molecular Ecology Resources. 8: 342-344.

— 2007 —

  1. Johansson, U.S., Fjeldså, J., Lokugalappatti, L.G.S. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2007). A nuclear DNA phylogeny and proposed taxonomic revision of African greenbuls (Aves, Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae). Zoologica Scripta. 36: 417-427.
  2. Fjeldså, J., Johansson, U.S., Lokugalappatti, L.G.S. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2007). Diversification of African greenbuls in space and time: linking ecological and historical processes. Journal of Ornithology. 148: S359-367.
  3. Kahindo, C., Bowie, R.C.K. and Bates, J.M. (2007). The relevance of data on genetic diversity for the conservation of Afro-montane regions. Biological Conservation. 134: 262-270.
  4. Voelker, G., Rohwer, S., Bowie, R.C.K. and Outlaw, D. (2007). Molecular systematics of a speciose, cosmopolitan songbird genus: Defining the limits of, and relationships among, the Turdus thrushes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42: 422-434.

— 2006 —

  1. Bowie, R.C.K. Fjeldså, J., Hackett, S.J., Bates, J.M. and Crowe, T.M. (2006). Coalescent models reveal the relative roles of ancestral polymorphism, vicariance and dispersal in shaping phylogeographical structure of an African montane forest robin.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38: 171-188.
  2. Crowe, T.M., Bowie, R.C.K., Bloomer, P., Mandiwana, T., Hedderson T., Randi, E., Pereira, S.L. and Wakeling. J. (2006). Phylogenetics and biogeography of, and character evolution in gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, partitioning and missing data. Cladistics. 22: 495-532.
  3. Fuchs, J., Fjeldså, J., Bowie R.C.K., Voelker G. and Pasquet E. (2006). The African warbler genus Hyliota as a lost lineage in the Oscine songbird tree: molecular support for an African origin of the Passerida. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.  39: 186-197.
  4. Fjeldså J., Bowie R.C.K. and Kiure J. (2006). The Forest Batis, Batis mixta, is two species: description of a new, narrowly distributed Batis species in the Eastern Arc biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Ornithology. 147: 578-590.
  5. Feldheim, K.A., McFarlane, M.L. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2006). Isolation of highly polymorphic autosomal microsatellite loci and a sex-linked locus from sugarbirds. Molecular Ecology Notes. 6: 1019-1021.

— 2005 —

  1. Bowie, R.C.K. and Fjeldså, J. (2005). Genetic and morphological evidence for two species in the Udzungwa forest partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis. Special Issue on the Eastern Arc Mts, Journal of East African Natural History. 94: 191-201.
  2. Bowie, R.C.K., Voelker, G., Fjeldså, J., Lens, L., Hackett, S.J. and Crowe, T.M. (2005). Systematics of the Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus species complex with reference to the taxonomic status of the endangered Taita Thrush T. helleri.  Journal of Avian Biology. 36: 391-404.
  3. Bowie, R.C.K., Oatley, T.B., Dean, W.R.J., Smith, N., Johnson, D.N., Vernon, C.J., Boix-Hinzen, C., Hockey, P.A.R, Simmons, R.E. and Spottiswoode, C.N. (2005). Malaconotidae. Pp. 688-721. In Hockey, P.A.R, Dean, W.R.J. and Ryan, P.G. (eds). Roberts birds of southern Africa VII edition. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town. ISBN 0-620-34053-3.
  4. Bowie, R.C.K. and Smith N. (2005). Zosteropidae. Pp. 821-824. In Hockey, P.A.R, Dean, W.R.J. and Ryan, P.G. (eds). Roberts birds of southern Africa VII edition. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town. ISBN 0-620-34053-3.
  5. Tree, A.J., Brown, M., Bowie, R.C.K. and Smith, N. (2005). Nectariniidae. Pp. 975-1001. In Hockey, P.A.R, Dean, W.R.J. and Ryan, P.G. (eds). Roberts birds of southern Africa VII edition. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town. ISBN 0-620-34053-3.
  6. Nuttall, R.J., Dean W.R.J., Mills, M.S.L., Allan, D.G., Bowie, R.C.K., Cohen, C., Davies, G.B.P., Payne, R.B., Smith, N. and Vernon, C.J. (2005). Estrildidae. Pp. 1038-1069. In Hockey, P.A.R, Dean, W.R.J. and Ryan, P.G. (eds). Roberts birds of southern Africa VII edition. The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town. ISBN 0-620-34053-3.

— 2004 —

  1. Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J., Hackett, S.J. and Crowe, T.M. (2004) Molecular evolution in space and though time: mtDNA phylogeography of the Olive Sunbird (Nectarinia olivacea/obscura) throughout continental Africa.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33: 56-76.
  2. Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J, Hackett, S.J. and Crowe, T.M. (2004).  Systematics and biogeography of Double-Collared Sunbirds from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania. Auk. 121: 660-681.
  3. Bowie, R.C.K. and Frank, A. (2004).  Highveld Grassland. In: Burgess, N., D’Amico, J., Underwood, E. and Dinerstein E et al..  Terrestrial ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: a conservation assessment. Island Press. ISBN: 1-55963-364-6.
  4. Bowie, R.C.K. and Frank, A. (2004).  Drakensberg montane grassland, woodland & forest. In: Burgess, N., D’Amico, J., Underwood, E. and Dinerstein E. et al.  Terrestrial ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: a conservation assessment. Island Press ISBN: 1-55963-364-6.
  5. Bowie, R.C.K. and Frank, A. (2004).  Drakensberg altimontane grassland and woodland. In: Burgess, N., D’Amico, J., Underwood, E. and Dinerstein E.  Terrestrial ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: a conservation assessment. Island Press. ISBN: 1-55963-364-6.
  6. Bates, J.M., Bowie, R.C.K., Willard, D.E., Voelker, G. and Kahindo, C. (2004).  A need for continued collecting of avian voucher specimens in Africa: Why blood is not enough. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology. 75: 187-191.
  7. Blom, A. and Bowie, R.C.K. (2004).  Albertine Rift montane forest. In: Burgess, N., D’Amico, J., Underwood, E. and Dinerstein E.  Terrestrial ecoregions of Africa and Madagascar: a conservation assessment. Island Press. ISBN: 1-55963-364-6.
  8. Evans, B.S., Sweijd, N.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Cook, P.A. and Elliott, N.G. (2004).  Population genetic structure of the Perlemoen, Haliotis midae in South Africa: evidence of range expansion and founder events.  Marine Ecology Progress Series. 270: 163-172.
  9. Fuchs, J, Bowie, R.C.K., Fjeldså, J, and Pasquet, E. (2004).  Phylogenetic relationships of the African bush-shrikes and helmet-shrikes (Passeriformes: Malaconotidae).  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33:428-439.
  10. Ryan, P.G., Wright, D., Oatley, G., Wakeling, J., Cohen, C. Nowell, T.L., Bowie, R.C.K., Ward, V. and Crowe, T.M. (2004).  Systematics of Serinus canaries and the status of Cape and Yellow-crowned Canaries inferred from mtDNA and morphology. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology 75: 288-294.
  11. Walker, A.L., Bowie, R.C.K., Ratcliffe, C.S. and Crowe, T.M. (2004).  Fowl play: Identification and management of hybridisation between wild and domestic Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in South Africa. Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology. 75: 195-198.

— 2003 —

  1. Bowie, R.C.K., Bloomer, P., Clancey, P.A. and Crowe, T.M. (2003).  The Karoo Thrush (Turdus smithi Bonaparte 1850) a southern African endemic.  Ostrich – Journal of African Ornithology. 74: 1-7.
  2. Warren, B.H., Bermingham, E., Bowie, R.C.K., Prys-Jones, R.P. and Thébaud, C. (2003).  Molecular phylogeography reveals island colonization history and diversification of western Indian Ocean Sunbirds (Nectarinia: Nectariniidae).  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.  29: 67-85.

— 1998-2000 —

  1. Sweijd, N.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Evans, B. and Lopata, A. (2000).  Molecular genetics and the management and conservation of marine organisms.  Hydrobiologia.  420: 153-164.
  2. Bowie, R.C.K, Jacobs, D.S. and Taylor, P. (1999).  Resource utilization by two morphologically similar insectivorous bats (Nycteris thebaica and Hipposideros caffer).  South African Journal of Zoology.  34: 27-33.
  3. Lloyd, P., Bosque, C, Bowie, R.C.K., Covas, R., du Plessis, M.A., Huyser, O., Milton, S.J. and Wanless, R. (1999).  Flying high: orienteering current directions in avian research.  South African Journal of Science. 95: 50-54.
  4. Sweijd, N.A., Bowie, R.C.K., Lopata, A.L., Marinaki, A.M., Harley, E.H. and Cook, P.A. (1998).  A PCR technique for forensic species level identification of abalone tissue.  Journal of Shellfish Research.  17: 889-895.
  5. Milton, S.J., Hoffman, J.H., Bowie, R.C.K., D’Amico, J., Griffiths, M.P.K., Joubert, D., Loewenthal, D., Moinde, N.N., Seymour, C., Toral-Granda, M.V. and Wiseman, R. (1998) Invasive Fountain Grass on the Cape Peninsula.  South African Journal of Science.  94: 1-2.

Ph.D. Dissertation

Bowie, R.C.K. (2003). Birds, molecular and evolutionary patterns among Africa’s Islands in the Sky. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

 

Non-refereed publications & book reviews

Bowie, R.C.K. (2013). Book Review: Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. The Auk. 130: 555-556.

Bowie, R.C.K. (2009). Book Review: Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. The Auk. 126: 936-937.

Bowie, R.C.K.  (2006). Book Review: ‘The speciation and biogeography of Birds’ by I. Newton. Ostrich. 77: 113-114.

Bowie, R.C.K.  (2004). Sunbirds as a model for grasping African bird evolution. Die Akkerdier: Jan/Feb issue, pp 2-4.

Bowie, R.C.K.  (2003). Sunbirds, a model for studying African bird evolution. In The Field. Sept/Nov: 2-3

Bowie, R.C.K. and Hockey, P.A.R. (1999).  Waters of death: the causes and consequences of red tides.  African Environment and Wildlife.  7:  44-48.