Wade Bowers

Book Chapter

Harris, J.E. and W.W. Bowers. 1995. Woolly adelgids. Pages 289-292 In: Control of Forest Insects in Canada. (Armstrong, J.A. and E.J. Ives, eds.). Canadian Forest Service, Ottawa. pp. 732.

Technology Transfer - Conferences, Congresses, Proceedings, Symposia, Workshops, and Invited Talks

Bowers, W.W. Sir Wilfred Grenfell College: laying our part. Presentation to Mexican delegation, September 26, St. John’s NL.

Bowers, W.W. 2002. Integrated Pest Management: Experiences from Canada. Presented to faculty and graduate students at Shanxi Agricultural University, Oct 23, Tigue, China.

Bowers, W.W. 2002. Memorial University of Newfoundland - a world of discovery. Presented to faculty and graduate students at Shanxi Agricultural University, Oct 24, Tigue, China.

Bowers, W.W. 2002. Integrated Pest Management: Experiences from Canada. Presented to faculty and graduate students at Northwest Science and Technology University of Agriculture and Forestry, Oct 28, Xian, China.

Bowers, W.W. 2002. Memorial University of Newfoundland - a world of discovery. Presented to faculty and graduate students at Northwest Science and Technology University of Agriculture and Forestry, Oct 29, Xian, China.

Bowers, W.W. 2002. Integrated Pest Management: Experiences from Canada. Presented to faculty and graduate students at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Nov.1, Fujian, China.

Bowers, W.W. 2002. Memorial University of Newfoundland - a world of discovery. Presented to faculty and graduate students at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Nov 2, Fujian, China.

Bowers, W.W. 2003. Innovation in Business. P.J. Gardiner Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, workshop, April 9, Corner Brook, NL.

Bowers, W.W. 2003. Community Education Network. Workshop, July 11, Stephenville, NL.

Bowers, W.W. 2003. Research, Development and Innovation - building blocks of economic growth, Special Supplement, Western Star, Corner Brook, NL.

Feng, R., D. Wells, W. Bowers and M. Mann. 2001. Effect of a prescribed burn on the abundance and species composition of Carabidae in a balsam fir forest of Western Newfoundland. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society August 22nd - 24th, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Bowers, W.W. 2001. Canadian Space Agency workshop - EOSD review, Dec. 4, Montreal.

Bowers, W.W. 2001. National Science and Technology Symposium, November 5-8, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 2001. Bringing Communities Together. 2001 National Policy Research Conference, Dec 5-7, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 2001. The Canadian Biodiversity Network conference - Canada=s Natural Capital, March 1-4, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 2000. Canada and the World. 2000 National Policy Research Conference, November 30 - Dec 1, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 2000. Canadian Institute of Forestry, 92nd CIF-IFC annual meeting, August 6-10, Corner brook, Newfoundland, Canada

Bowers, W.W. 2000. Executive Leadership Program. Feb. 21 - Mar. 3, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 2000. Joint annual meeting of Société d=entomologie du Québec, Entomological Society of Canada and Entomological Society of Canada, 3-6 Dec., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Bowers, W.W. 1999. NRCan - Senior Managers Conference, November, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 1999. Legacies, Landscapes and Limits: Bridging Borders. The Ecological Society of America, 84th Annual Meeting, 8-12 August., Spokane, Washington, USA

Bowers, W.W. 1999. Analysing the Trends - National Policy Research Conference, November 25-26, Ottawa.

Bowers W.W. and D. Fong 1999. Lead organizers - Intergovernmental Ecosystem Health Workshop, April 15-16, St. John=s Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1997. IUFRO Delegate to World Forest Congress, October 13-22, Antalya, Turkey.

Bowers, W.W. 1997. Participant in cooperative multinational project to investigate effects of forest health (air pollution) on biodiversity in Carpathian Mountains. Research planning workshop held 3-7 November in conjunction with Slovak Academy of Sciences - Institute of Landscape Ecology, Smolenice, Slovakia.

Bowers, W.W. 1997. Programa especial de la IUFRO para países en vías de desarrollo-avances recientes y futura dirección. Invited talk presented at the Simposio International Sobre Possibidades para el Manejo Forestal en América Tropical, 17 July, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (presented in English with Spanish translation).

Bowers, W.W. 1997. Programa especial de la IUFRO para países en vías de desarrollo-avances recientes y futura dirección. Invited talk presented to EMBRAPA, 21 July, Curitiba, Brazil (Presented in English with Portugese translation).

Bowers, W.W. and R.J. West. 1997. Forestry and Forest Research in Canada. Invited talk - Die Waldbau-Kolloquien, Universität Für Bodenkultur Wien, 11 December, Wien, Austria.

Bowers, W.W. 1996. Advised and prepared briefing notes to PPIA for IUCN, re biodiversity Convention and Forest Regions of Canada, Sept 24, 1996, Ottawa. Served as Science delegate for IUCN congress, Montreal, 1996.

Bowers, W.W. 1996. Participated in Interdepartmental Committee meetings to prepare for COP3 to the Biodiversity Convention, September, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 1996. Served as Technical Expert for Criterion 2 of National C & I Process, May -June, Drafted Criterion 2 of the national C & I report.

Bowers, W.W. 1996. Represented Canada at International Energy Agency meeting in Denmark. Served as technical expert to Task X11.

Bowers, W.W. 1996. Assisted ADM Hardy in briefing and discussion with visiting African delegation, Sept. 24, Ottawa

Bowers, W.W. and J. Luther. 1996. Remote sensing and forest ecological monitoring. Invited paper presented at the national meeting of the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, January 16-20, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Abstract printed in Proceedings).

Bowers, W.W. 1996. Invited talk on biodiversity. Atmospheric Change and Biodiversity Workshop sponsored by Atmospheric Environmental Services, Environmental Canada, 26-29 February, Toronto, Canada.

Bowers, W.W. 1995. Represented Newfoundland and Labrador Region of the Canadian Forest Service at the 17th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing and EMAN Workshop, 13-17 June, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Bowers, W.W. 1995. Delegate to The Living Planet in Crisis: Biodiversity Science and Policy. American Museum of Natural History - Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, 9-10 March, New York, USA.

Bowers, W.W. 1995. Invited to participate in CFS strategic planning exercise, NRCan-CFS S & T network meeting, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 1995. Invited to participate in NRCan-CFS biodiversity prospectus meeting, 13-14 August, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 1995. Selected by Agriculture Canada to participate on an ad hoc committee to assess the level of risk posed by woolly adelgids.

Bowers, W.W. 1995. Invited to participated in a meeting with provincial Department of Natural Resources to establish a transition year for province to assume responsibility for aerial and ground defoliation surveys and for annual egg mass survey.

Bowers, W.W. 1995. Appointed associate editor of the International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Bowers, W.W. 1995. Invited talk: The Life of Insects. Brinton Memorial School, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W., E.D. Wells, K. Pardy and W. Skinner. 1994. Arthropod Fauna in the Boreal Forests of Newfoundland. Poster presented at International Symposium on Biodiversity and Systematics. Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, 2-6 May, Bonn, Germany.

Bowers, W.W. 1994. Detection of the four-eyed spruce bark beetle, a secondary pest of spruce budworm-damaged stands. Poster presented at the Eastern Spruce Budworm Research Work Conference, St. John's, Newfoundland, 14-16 April (Abstract printed in Proceedings)

Bowers, W.W. 1994. Impact of balsam woolly adelgid, Adelges piceae (Homoptera: Adelgidae) on managed balsam fir stands in Newfoundland, Canada. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Union of Forestry Research Organization, 6-11 February, Maui, Hawaii.

Bowers, W.W. 1994. Invited to joined US working group on woolly adelgids. Attended a working meeting in North Carolina and Virginia at invitation of USDA Forest Service, Asheville, North Carolina.

Bowers, W.W. 1994. Invited to teach a course titled "Remote Sensing in Forest Insect and Disease Surveys" held at Kananaskis Field Station, University of Calgary.

Bowers, W.W. 1994. Invited to serve on Advisory ad hoc committee for plant and food health (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa).

Bowers, W.W. 1994. Invited to present results of biodiversity and BWA research to participants in annual joint research field trip organized by CFS-Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1994. Pest Management strategies for balsam woolly adelgid and hemlock looper in eastern Canada. Invited talk to scientists at University of Marburg, Germany.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. Invited to assist in translation of Japanese book on pinewood nematode into English Language. Published in Japanese and English.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. Invited to serve on interview board for CUSO representative in Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. Invited lecture. - Towards a Pest Management Strategy for Balsam Woolly Adelgid (Homoptera: Adelgidae) Canadian Pest Management Society, 73rd Annual Conference. Joint session: "An interdisciplinary approach to sustainable Crop Protection" (CSHS/CPMS/CSA/ CSSS/ CSAM/NLPA), 18-21 August, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's , Newfoundland.

Bowers, W. W. 1993. Invited to present paper at Northeastern Forest Insect Work conference. Impact of eastern hemlock looper on balsam fir forests in Newfoundland, Canada. March 8-11, Albany, New York. Joint annual meeting of Northeastern Forest Insect Work Conference and Forest Pest Council. Abstract printed in Proceedings.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. Invited to exhibit forest pest research activities: Set Square, Newfoundland and Labrador Science and Technology Advisory Council, Marine Institute, 1 May, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. The balsam woolly adelgid: pest management system. Proceedings of the Technical Workshop for the Integration of Research programs. Western Newfoundland Model Forest, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. Conducted 2 training workshops on balsam woolly adelgid assessment for personnel of the Dept. of Forestry and Agriculture, 18-19 October, Corner Brook and 20-21 October, Gander.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. EHL pheromone techniques and BWA damage on balsam fir. Annual Agriculture Canada Open House and Field Day, August 22, St. John's Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. History and Status of BWA in Newfoundland. Presentation to Balsam Woolly Adelgid workshop, Sept 27- Oct. 1, Corner Brook, Newfoundland,

Bowers, W.W. 1993. Promoted, organized and attended a workshop course on Global Positioning Systems, 4 June, Newfoundland Forestry Centre, St. John's. Sponsored by Cansel.

Bowers, W.W. and J. Hudak. 1993. Delegate to Canadian Forest Service Biotechnology workshop, Ottawa.

Bowers, W.W. 1993. Balsam woolly adelgid research and biomonitoring. Western Newfoundland Model Forest Symposium, June 26-28, Corner Brook, Newfoundland (Abstract printed in Proceedings

Bowers, W.W. 1993. Impact of eastern hemlock looper, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria (Guen.) on balsam fir forests of Newfoundland. Invited talk to the combined meeting of the Northeastern Forest Pest Council and the 25th Annual Northeastern Forest Insect Work Conference, 8-10 March Latham, New York (Paper summary printed in abstracts).

Bowers, W.W. 1992. Recent developments in the management of bark beetle, defoliator and pinewood nematode pests: a Canadian perspective. Invited lecture presented to Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Sept. 30, Japan.

Bowers, W.W. 1992. Recent developments in the management of bark beetle, defoliator and pinewood nematode pests: a Canadian perspective. Invited lecture presented to Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oct. 5, Japan.

Bowers, W.W. 1992. A review of recent developments in the management of bark beetle, defoliator and pinewood nematode pests. Invited lecture presented to Forest Biology Division, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, Oct. 7, Japan.

Bowers, W.W. 1991. Represented Canadian Forest Service at inaugural meeting of the Newfoundland Association of Technical Industries and Association of Research Organizations of Newfoundland and Labrador (NATI/ARONL), St. John's, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1991. Balsam Woolly Aphid in managed stands. Seminar presented to Abitibi Price Inc., 10 June, Grand Falls, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1991. Represented Forestry Canada at inaugural meeting of NATI/ARONL, July, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1991. Balsam woolly adelgid in managed fir stands. Seminar presented to Dept. of Forestry and Agriculture and Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, Feb. 1, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1991. Balsam woolly adelgid in managed fir stands. Seminar presented to Dept. of Forestry and Abitibi Price Inc. Mar. Wooddale, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1991. Canadian delegate to First European Symposium on Terrestrial Ecosystems, 20-24 May, Florence, Italy.

Bowers, W.W. 1990. Presentation to Science and Technology Review Committee to highlight progress of hemlock looper research Quebec City, Quebec.

Bowers, W.W. 1990. Detection of the four eyed spruce bark beetle: A secondary pest of spruce budworm-damaged stands. Poster presented at the XIX IURFO World Conference, July 20-25, Montreal, Quebec.

Bowers, W.W. 1989. Insect herbivory and the role of secondary plant chemicals. Forestry Canada seminar, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1989. Canadian delegate to international conference on population dynamics of forest insects. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Heriot Watt University, 3-7 Sept., Edinburgh, Scotland.

Bowers, W.W. 1989. Effective detection of the four eyed spruce bark beetle. Poster presented at Forestry Research Marketplace: Results in Action. OFRC Symposium Proceedings O P 18, 21 23 November, Toronto, Ontario.

Bowers, W.W. 1990. Invited to serve as a member of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Site Review Committee.

Bowers, W.W. 1990. Invited to serve as a member of Forestry Canada Planning Committee for Green Plan/Model Forest.

Bowers, W.W. 1989. Invited to serve on the Entomological Society of Canada Membership Committee.

Bowers, W.W. 1988. Invited member of the review committee for Project FP-31 - Insect growth regulators and their use (ForCan-FPMI).

Bowers, W.W. 1988 Invited to serve as a member of ForCan computer committee (in-house)

Bowers, W.W. 1988. Report of graduate student forestry related research conducted in Newfoundland. North East Forest Insect Work Conference, 2-3 March, Albany, New York. (Abstract printed in Proceedings).

Bowers, W.W. 1988. Report to the annual meeting of the U.S. Regional Research Project W-110, 15-16 Sept., Flagstaff, Arizona, (Abstract printed in Proceedings).

Bowers, W.W. 1988. Insect associates of the pinewood nematode: national survey for potential pinewood nematode vectors. Paper presented at the XVIII International Congress of Entomology, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, July 3 9, 1988. (Abstract printed in Proceedings).

Bowers, W.W. 1988. The biology and within-tree distribution of the spruce bud midge, Rhabophaga swainei Felt (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), on black spruce in Newfoundland with notes on host damage. R. J. West paper presented by W.W. Bowers at the XVIII International Congress of Entomology, 3-9 July, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Bowers, W.W. 1988. Aggregation pheromone of the four eyed spruce bark beetle, Polygraphus rufipennis (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Paper presented at the XVIII International Congress of Entomology, 3-9 July, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

Bowers, W.W. 1987. Ecology of Polygraphus rufipennis in Newfoundland. Presented at the Forest Insect Work Conference, 11-12 march, Albany, N.Y., (Abstract Printed in Proceedings).

Bowers, W.W. 1987. Research of Polygraphus rufipennis in Newfoundland: research, objectives and developments. Presented by P. Singh at the Annual Meeting of the W 110 Project, 22-23 Sept., Lakewood, Colorado.

Bowers, W.W. 1987. How insects communicate. July, Parks Canada, Terra Nova National Park.

Bowers, W.W. 1987. Application of aggregation pheromones to manage bark beetle pests. Applied biology seminar, 18 November, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1986. Incidence and impact of Polygraphus rufipennis (Kirby) on black spruce in Newfoundland Canada. Paper presented at the joint annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of Manitoba, 6 8 October, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Abstract printed in Proceedings).

Bowers, W.W. 1986. Management of bark beetles populations using semiochemicals. Seminar presented to the Fisher Technical College, Sept. 11, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1986. The four-eyed spruce bark beetle in Newfoundland, 1 May. Seminar presented to ForCan/Memorial University.

Bowers, W.W. 1985. Management of bark beetle populations. Seminar presented to Biology Dept., Memorial University of Newfoundland, Sept 11, St. John=s.

Bowers, W.W. 1984. Bark beetles and pheromones. Presented to undergraduate biology students of University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Bowers, W.W. 1984. Bionomics of the four eyed spruce bark beetle, Polygraphus rufipennis (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Newfoundland. Paper presented at the joint annual meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society and the Entomological Society of Canada, 1-4 Oct., St. Andrews New Brunswick.

Bowers, W.W. 1984. Bionomics of the four eyed spruce bark beetle, Polygraphus rufipennis (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), in Newfoundland black spruce stands. Paper presented at the Black Spruce Workshop, 25-28 Sept., St. John's, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1981. Real dragons in a world of little insects. Presented to faculty, staff and students of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Bowers, W.W. 1981. Biology and behaviour of the Odonata. Presented to undergraduate biology students at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Fairchild, W.L., W.W. Bowers, J.A. Schorscher, E.L. Rogers, and D.J. Lewis. 1982. Benthos of a stream riffle in winter. Joint meeting of the Entomological Societies of American, Canada, and Ontario, Nov.- Dec., Toronto, Ontario.

Franklin, S. E., Ghitter, G., Bowers, W., Hudak, J., and Gillespie, R. T. 1993. Structural analysis of adelgid damaged balsam fir stands in CASI imagery at high resolutions, Proceedings, 16th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Sherbrooke, Quebec, pp. 591 595.

Franklin, S. E., Bowers, W., Hudak, J., and McDermid, G. 1992. Estimating structural damage in balsam fir stands using image semivariance, Proceedings, 15th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Toronto, Ontario, pp. 31 34.

Hudak, J. and W.W. Bowers. 1995. Impact of the hemlock looper, Lambdina fiscellaria (Guen.), on forest ecosystem management in eastern Canada. Abstracts of IFURO XX World Congress, 6-12 August, Tampere, Finland.

Li, J., R. Gries, K. Slessor, G.G. King, W.W. Bowers, R. West and J. Borden. 1992. Synthesis, electrophysiological and behavior activity of stereoisomers of 5, 11-dimethylheptadecane, the major sex pheromone component of Lambdina fiscellaria. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Baltimore.

Luther, J. E. and W. W. Bowers. 1997. High spectral resolution remote sensing of balsam fir infested by Balsam Woolly Adelgid (Adelges Piceae). Poster presentation and abstract published in Abstracts: International Symposium Geomatics in the Era of Radarsat, May 25 30, Ottawa.

Szaro, R.C. and W.W. Bowers. 1997. IUFRO=s Special Program for Developing Countries (IUFRO-SPDC) and Agroforestry. Pages 16-17, In: Gamini Keerthisinghe (Scientific Secretary), Consultants Meeting on Integrated Nutrient and Water Management in Agroforestry Systems for Sustained Food Production, Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Section - Joint FAO/IAEA Division, 8-10 September, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.

West, R.J., W.W. Bowers, G. Gries, J. Delisle and L. Jobin. 1992. Current work in pheromone research: eastern hemlock looper. Northeastern Forest Insect Conference, 4 6 March, Albany, NY.

West, R.J. and W.W. Bowers. 1992. Research activities and pest update. Annual Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society. July 29, Charlottetown.

West, R.J., J. Delisle, L.J. Jobin and W.W. Bowers. 1992. Monitoring hemlock looper moths with pheromones lures and fluorescent lights alone and in combination. Paper presented at The Entomological Society of America National Conference, 11 Dec., Reno, Nevada.

West, R.J., W.W. Bowers. 1990. Factors affecting the calling behaviour of the eastern hemlock looper. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Dec. 2-6, New Orleans, La.

West, R.J., W.W. Bowers, A. Raske, K.P. Lim and L.J. Clarke. 1990. Research activities and status of insect pests in Newfoundland in 1990. Annual meeting of the Acadian Entomology Society, 19-20 April, Fredericton, New Brunswick.



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