Rebecca Rowe

Rebecca Rowe

Professor
Natural Resources and the Environment
Phone: (603) 862-2810
Office: James Hall, Room 136, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

My research group studies the population and community dynamics of terrestrial vertebrates. Primarily we work on small mammals but also forest birds and freshwater turtles. Our work examines the drivers of population fluctuations, the impact of climate and land use on species’ distributions and community dynamics, and how animals impact ecosystem function and resilience. Current projects are in the Great Basin of western North America, Arctic Alaska, and the northern forest of New England. 

 

Courses Taught

  • INCO 790: Advanced Research Experience
  • NR 603: Landscape Ecology
  • NR 642: Introduction to Biogeography
  • NR 712: Mammalogy
  • NR 712/812: Mammalogy
  • NR 903: Approach to Research

Education

  • Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
  • B.A., Biology and Anthropology, Bowdoin College

Research Interests

  • Conservation Biology
  • Ecology
  • Mammalogy

Selected Publications

  • Lisi, M. K., Stephens, R. B., Steketee, J., Hobbie, E. A., & Rowe, R. J. (2025). Annual and seasonal variability in tundra vole (
    Microtus oeconomus
    ) diet in northern Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 57(1). doi:10.1080/15230430.2024.2444044

  • Willems, J. S., Moll, R. J., Yamasaki, M., Costello, C., Ducey, M. J., & Rowe, R. J. (2025). Drivers of small mammal population dynamics in hardwood forests of northeastern USA. Journal of Mammalogy, 106(3), 639-649. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae152

  • Thompson, M. C., Ducey, M. J., Gunn, J. S., & Rowe, R. J. (2025). A post‐processing framework for assessing BirdNET identification accuracy and community composition. Ibis, 167(2), 530-542. doi:10.1111/ibi.13357

  • Stephens, R. B., Willems, J. S., Yamasaki, M., Costello, C. A., & Rowe, R. J. (2024). Resource availability alters breeding strategies in a small mammal community.. J Anim Ecol, 93(9), 1303-1315. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.14148

  • Min, E., Boelman, N. T., Gough, L., McLaren, J. R., Rastetter, E. B., Rowe, R. J., . . . Griffin, K. L. (2024). The give and take of Arctic greening: differential responses of the carbon sink-to-source threshold to light and temperature in tussock tundra may be influenced by vegetation cover.. Commun Biol, 7(1), 950. doi:10.1038/s42003-024-06600-z

  • Rowe, R. J., & Terry, R. C. (2014). Small mammal responses to environmental change: integrating past and present dynamics. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 95(6), 1157-1174. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-S-079

  • Rowe, R. J., Terry, R. C., & Rickart, E. A. (2011). Environmental change and declining resource availability for small-mammal communities in the Great Basin. ECOLOGY, 92(6), 1366-1375. doi:10.1890/10-1634.1

  • Rickart, E. A., Balete, D. S., Rowe, R. J., & Heaney, L. R. (2011). Mammals of the northern Philippines: tolerance for habitat disturbance and resistance to invasive species in an endemic insular fauna. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, 17(3), 530-541. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00758.x

  • Rowe, R. J., Finarelli, J. A., & Rickart, E. A. (2010). Range dynamics of small mammals along an elevational gradient over an 80-year interval. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 16(11), 2930-2943. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02150.x

  • Rowe, R. J. (2009). Environmental and geometric drivers of small mammal diversity along elevational gradients in Utah. ECOGRAPHY, 32(3), 411-422. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.2008.05538.x

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