Professor, Department of Biology
Director, CISAB REU Program
Ph.D. State University of New York - Stony Brook 1970
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William J. Rowland Professor, Department of Biology Director, CISAB REU Program Ph.D. State University of New York - Stony Brook 1970 |
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Dr. Rowland studies ethology, behavioral ecology, and evolution of animal behavior. Research in his laboratory combines ethological,
behavior-ecological, and evolutionary approaches toward understanding the behavior of animals. Using both experimental and
observational methods, studies focus on the elicitation, control, organization, and function of behavior in lower vertebrates.
Current projects investigate visual signals and the mechanisms by which they control and mediate courtship, aggression, and other
social behavior in fishes; experimental studies on mate choice and sexual selection; the role of habituation and learning in the social
behavior of fishes. A recent project in conjunction with the Center for Innovative Computer Applications uses animated fish as stimuli
for experiments with real fish.
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William J. Rowland, Kimberly J. Bolyard, Jennifer J. Jenkins, and Jennifer Fowler. 1995. Video playback experiments on stickleback mate choice: Female motivation and attentiveness to male colour cues. Animal Behaviour 49:1556-1567. (Abstract) William J. Rowland. 1995. Do female stickleback care about male courtship vigour? Manipulation of display tempo using video playback. Behaviour 132: 951-961. (Abstract) Jennifer R. Jenkins and William J. Rowland. 1997. Learning influences courtship preferences of male threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Ethology 103: 954-965. (Abstract) William J. Rowland. In press 1999. Studying visual cues in fish behavior: A review of ethological techniques. Environmental Biology of Fishes. (Abstract) Kimberly J. Bolyard and William J. Rowland. 1996. Context-dependent response to red coloration in stickleback. Animal Behaviour 52:923-927. (Abstract) Jennifer R. Jenkins and William J. Rowland. 1996. Pavlovian conditioning of agonistic behavior in male threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 110:396-401. (Abstract) |
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