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Mark CowellAssociate Professor of
Geography
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Research
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My research centers around the forests of North America, dealing particularly with the biogeographic patterns that emerge from the interaction of biotic and human processes. This involves several overlapping areas of research including field-based studies of species-environment relationships in sites throughout the eastern deciduous forest; reconstruction of 19th century forest landscapes from land survey records; and investigating human influences on vegetation dynamics and disturbance regimes. |
Publications
Cowell,
C.M. and Hayes, J.J. (2007) Structure, history and dynamics of a mature oak-beech
forest in western Indiana.
Journal
of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 215-222.
Cowell, C.M.
and Parker, A.J. (2004) Biogeography in the Annals. Annals of
the Association of American Geographers
94: 256-268.
Cowell,
C.M. (2003) Geographic Isolation: Origins of the Guns, Germs and Steel
model. Antipode 35: 808-813.
Cowell,
C.M. and Jackson, M.T. (2002) Vegetation change in a forest remnant at the
eastern presettlement
prairie margin. Natural Areas Journal 22: 53-60.
Cowell,
C.M. and Dyer, J. M. (2002) Vegetation development in a modified riparian
environment:
Human imprints on an Allegheny River wilderness. Annals of the Association
of American Geographers 92: 189-202.
Cowell,
C.M. and Stoudt, R.T. (2002) Dam-Induced Modifications to Upper Allegheny
River Streamflow
Patterns and Their Biodiversity Implications. Journal of American
Water Resources Association 38: 187-196.
Cowell,
C.M. (1998) Historical Change in Vegetation and Disturbance on the Georgia
Piedmont.
American Midland Naturalist 140:78-89.
Cowell,
C.M. and Gallien, G.S. (1997) Human and Environmental Influences on Forest
Composition of a
Tennessee Loess Bluff. Physical Geography 18:232-245.
Cowell,
C. M. (1995) Presettlement Piedmont Forests: Patterns of Composition and Disturbance
in
Central Georgia. Annals of the Association of American Geographers
85: 65-83.
Cowell,
C. M. (1993) Environmental Gradients in Secondary Forests of the Georgia Piedmont,
U.S.A.
Journal of Biogeography 20:
199-207.
Cowell,
C. M. (1993) Ecological Restoration and Environmental Ethics. Environmental
Ethics 15: 19-32.
Teaching
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Courses I teach:
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last update 8/15/2007