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Dr. David Karowe

Associate Professor

E-mail: karowe@wmich.edu

Office: 3155 Wood Hall
Lab: 3450 Haenicke Hall

Office Phone: 269-387-5630
Lab phone: 269-387-2134

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Research Description

Global change ecology

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences. Dr. Karowe and his students currently are investigating potential ecological consequences of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. Dr. Karowe's lab is asking whether and how the nutritional quality and defensive chemistry of plants change under elevated CO₂, whether such changes affect the growth, survivorship, and behavior of higher trophic levels (insect herbivores, parasitoids, and hyperparasitoids), and whether atomospheric change will affect the potential for rapid adaptive evolution of plants and animals. The ultimate goal of this research is to expand our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of elevated CO₂ to include higher trophic levels. This work is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Students in Dr. Karowe's laboratory

Amy Young - Ph.D. degree program
John Landosky - Ph.D. degree program
Derrick Townsend - Master's degree program
Shelley Martin - Master's degree program
Desdomona Coleman - Undergraduate degree program
Jessica King - Undergraduate degree program
Benjamin Malek - Undergraduate degree program
Donna Wright - Undergraduate degree program