Barbara Bowen
Senior Lecturer
Environmental and Conservation Sciences
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Barbara Bowen teaching responsibilities at Murdoch are significant and include both undergraduate teaching and supervision of student research projects. She likes the challenge of sharing and instilling knowledge that will make a difference, particularly about the natural world and the amazing biodiversity within
Research Interest
Her research expertise is on the effect of disturbance, particularly fire, within our forest communities. This includes determining strategies employed by plants for seedling establishment, growth and recovery following fire
Publications
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Cai, Y., Barber, P., Dell, B., O'Brien, P., Williams, N., Bowen, B., Hardy, G., (2010), Soil bacterial functional diversity is associated with the decline of Eucalyptus gomphocephala, Forest Ecology and Management, 260, 6, pages 1047 - 1057.
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Archibald, R., Bradshaw, J., Bowen, B., Close, D., McCaw, L., Drake, P., Hardy, G., (2010), Understorey thinning and burning trials are needed in conservation reserves: The case of Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala D.C.), Ecological Management & Restoration, 11, 2, pages 108 - 112.
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Moore, N., Barrett, S., Howard, K., Craig, M., Bowen, B., Shearer, B., Hardy, G., (2014), Time since fire and average fire interval are the best predictors of Phytophthora cinnamomi activity in heathlands of south-western Australia, Australian Journal of Botany, 62, 7, pages 587 - 593.
