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Robert H. Cowie

University of Hawaii
Verified email at hawaii.edu
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The global decline of nonmarine mollusks

C Lydeard, RH Cowie, WF Ponder, AE Bogan… - …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Invertebrate species represent more than 99% of animal diversity; however, they receive
much less publicity and attract disproportionately minor research effort relative to vertebrates. …

The Sixth Mass Extinction: fact, fiction or speculation?

RH Cowie, P Bouchet, B Fontaine - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused
by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may …

The human cadaver in the age of biomedical informatics

…, JC Mckenzie, JS Wilson, RJ Cowie… - … Record: An Official …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Major national and international critiques of the medical curriculum in the 1980s noted the
following significant flaws: (1) over‐reliance on learning by rote memory, (2) insufficient …

Dispersal is fundamental to biogeography and the evolution of biodiversity on oceanic islands

RH Cowie, BS Holland - Journal of Biogeography, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Vicariance biogeography emerged several decades ago from the fusion of cladistics and
plate tectonics, and quickly came to dominate historical biogeography. The field has since …

Tiotropium in combination with placebo, salmeterol, or fluticasone–salmeterol for treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial

…, S Sharma, G Bishop, J Anthony, R Cowie… - Annals of internal …, 2007 - acpjournals.org
Background: Treatment of moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
with combinations of inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting β-agonists, and long-acting …

Apple snails (Ampullariidae) as agricultural pests: their biology, impacts and management.

RH Cowie - 2002 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This chapter reviews the taxonomy; habitat; morphology; mating, oviposition and fecundity;
population dynamics and abundance; feeding behaviour; respiration; aestivation; …

Out of South America: multiple origins of non‐native apple snails in Asia

…, RC Joshi, SC Thiengo, RH Cowie - Diversity and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Apple snails (Ampullariidae: Pomacea) native to the New World have become agricultural
and environmental pests widely in southern and eastern Asia since their introduction in about …

Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease in patients without HIV infection

SK Field, D Fisher, RL Cowie - Chest, 2004 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is ubiquitous. It is found in various freshwater and
saltwater sources around the world, including hot water pipes. Although the organism was …

[HTML][HTML] The identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental United States

TA Rawlings, KA Hayes, RH Cowie… - BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2007 - Springer
Background Since the mid 1990s populations of non-native apple snails (Ampullariidae)
have been discovered with increasing frequency in the continental United States. Given the …

Termite (Isoptera) control in agriculture and forestry by non-chemical methods: a review

JWM Logan, RH Cowie, TG Wood - Bulletin of entomological …, 1990 - cambridge.org
Non-chemical control of termites in agriculture and forestry is attracting renewed interest
following increasing restrictions on the use of persistent organochlorine (cyclodiene) …