M. Deane Bowers

University of Colorado Boulder — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(86), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(62), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(46), Phytochemistry and Biological Activities(26), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(25)

Publications151 total

Sequestration and the Extended Museum Specimen: Effects of Time and Preparation Methodology

Journal of Chemical Ecology·2025Open Access

Host plant‐mediation of viral transmission and its consequences for a native butterfly

7 cited

Ecology·2024· 7 cited

Food and time: dietary plasticity of different sources of a generalist insect herbivore

2 cited

Journal of Insect Science·2024· 2 citedOpen Access

Use of an exotic host plant reduces viral burden in a native insect herbivore

18 cited

Ecology Letters·2023· 18 cited

Travel Tales of a Worldwide Weed: Genomic Signatures of Plantago major L. Reveal Distinct Genotypic Groups With Links to Colonial Trade Routes

11 cited

Frontiers in Plant Science·2022· 11 citedOpen Access

Use of an exotic host plant shifts immunity, chemical defense, and viral burden in wild populations of a specialist insect herbivore

34 cited

Ecology and Evolution·2022· 34 citedOpen Access

Sequestered Caterpillar Chemical Defenses: From “Disgusting Morsels” to Model Systems

2 cited

Fascinating life sciences·2022· 2 cited

Seasonal Variation in Host Plant Chemistry Drives Sequestration in a Specialist Caterpillar

3 cited

Journal of Chemical Ecology·2021· 3 cited

Preference, performance, and chemical defense in an endangered butterfly using novel and ancestral host plants

13 cited

Scientific Reports·2021· 13 citedOpen Access

Critical Phenological Events Affect Chemical Defense of Plant Tissues: Iridoid Glycosides in a Woody Shrub

9 cited

Journal of Chemical Ecology·2020· 9 cited

Host Plant Effects on Immune Response Across Development of a Specialist Caterpillar

28 cited

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2019· 28 citedOpen Access

Solitary Floral Specialists Do Not Respond to Cryptic Flower-Occupying Predators

3 cited

Journal of Insect Behavior·2018· 3 cited

Host Plant Suitability in a Specialist Herbivore, Euphydryas anicia (Nymphalidae): Preference, Performance and Sequestration

9 cited

Journal of Chemical Ecology·2018· 9 cited

Host plant iridoid glycosides mediate herbivore interactions with natural enemies

16 cited

Oecologia·2018· 16 cited

Plant and herbivore ontogeny interact to shape the preference, performance and chemical defense of a specialist herbivore

45 cited

Oecologia·2018· 45 citedOpen Access

Hemiparasites can transmit indirect effects from their host plants to herbivores

8 cited

Ecology·2017· 8 cited

The Perennial Penstemon: Variation in Defensive Chemistry Across Years, Populations, and Tissues

5 cited

Journal of Chemical Ecology·2017· 5 cited

Localization of Defensive Chemicals in Two Congeneric Butterflies (Euphydryas, Nymphalidae)

5 cited

Journal of Chemical Ecology·2017· 5 cited

Conifer Monoterpene Chemistry during an Outbreak Enhances Consumption and Immune Response of an Eruptive Folivore

13 cited

Journal of Chemical Ecology·2016· 13 cited

Program and Abstracts, 27th Annual Meeting of the High Country Lepidopterists, November 11 and 12, 2016, University of Colorado Boulder

Denver Museum of Nature & Science reports·2016

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Frequent Co-authors

Nancy E. Stamp(11), Eric D. Fajer(4), Gillian M. Puttick(4), F. A. Bazzaz(3), Lee A. Dyer(3), Sharon K. Collinge(3), Fakhri A. Bazzaz(2), Angela M. Smilanich(2), Chris R. McGuire(2), César R. Nufio(2), Robert Guralnick(2), Karolyn Darrow(2), CHRISTINE M. JARZOMSKI(2), Tobin J. Hammer(1), Jeffrey Q. Chambers(1), Rodney Mauricio(1), Alison E. Bennett(1), James D. Bever(1), Lynn S. Adler(1), Johanna Schmitt(1)