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Contact Information

R. C. Seaver Biology Building,
Room 12
175 W Sixth Street
Claremont, CA 91711
909-621-8970
gene.fowler@pomona.edu
Personal Webpage

Education

Ph.D. University of Washington, Zoology
M.S. University of California, Berkeley, Wildland Resource Science
B.S. California State University, Sacramento, Biological Conservation

Professional Experience

Assistant and Associate Professor of Biology, Pomona College
Co-coordinator, Program in Environmental Analysis, Pomona College
Director, Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station of the Claremont Colleges

Courses

Biology 104: Conservation Biology
Biology 144: Comparative Endocrinology
Environmental Analysis 50: Introduction to Environmental Studies

Research Interests

Behavioral endocrinology of birds and mammals. The influence of sex hormones and stress hormones on reproductive behavior and success. Current research projects in my lab include the relationships between mating systems (e.g., monogamy and polygamy), sex hormones and parental behavior in wild rodents, the reproductive and behavioral endocrinology of a highly endangered species (the Guam kingfisher), and the effects of capture stress on sex hormone secretion in wild rodents. I have a continuing interest in the reproductive and stress endocrinology of Magellanic penguins, the study species for my dissertation research.

Selected Publications

Fowler, G.S., and M.E. Fowler. 2001. Penguins. pp 53-64 In: M.E. Fowler and Z. Cubas, eds. Biology and Medicine of South American Wild Animals. Iowa State University Press, Ames IA.

Fowler, G.S. 1999. Behavioral and hormonal responses of Magellanic penguins to tourism and nest site visitation. Biol. Conserv. 90: 143-149. [abstract]

Wingfield, J.C., K. Hunt, C. Bruener, K Dunlap, G.S. Fowler, L. Freed, and J. Lepsom. 1997. Environmental stress, field endocrinology and conservation biology. pp 95-131 In: J. R. Clemmons and R. Buchholz, eds. Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild. Cambridge Univ. Press.

Fowler, G.S. 1995. Stages of age-related reproductive success in birds: Simultaneous effects of age, pair-bond duration and reproductive experience. Amer. Zool. 35: 318-328. [abstract]