William J. Rowland Professor Department of Biology Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana  47405  USA

Research: Ethology and behavioral ecology; mate choice; aggression; perceptual basis of behavior in lower vertebrates Teaching: (sample of courses) Biology of Fishes Environmental Biology Ethology Ecology Man and the Biological World External Stimuli and Species-Typical Behavior Interspecific Aggression Animal Signalling Proximal Mechanisms Sexual Selection Aggressive Behavior Advisor for "Mentors in Science" Program,    sponsored by Sigma Xi & IU High School Science Liaison Office (1993-present)

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Ph.D. 1970

Biology

State University of New York at Stony Brook

A.B. 1965

Biology

Adelphi University

Rowland, W.J. 1974. Reproductive behavior of the Fourspine Stickleback, Apeltes quadracus. Copeia, pp. 183-194

Rowland, W.J. 1974. Ground nest construction in the Fourspine Stickleback, Apeltes quadracus. Copeia, pp. 788-789

Rowland, W.J. 1975. System interaction of dummy-elicited behavior in the Jewel Cichlid, Hemichromis bimaculatus. Behavior 53:171-182

Rowland, W.J. 1975. Effects of dummy size and color on behavior in the Jewel Cichlid, Hemichromis bimaculatus. Behavior 53:109-125

Rowland, W.J. 1978. Sound production and associated behavior in the Jewel Cichlid, Hemichromis bimaculatus. Behavior 64:125-136

Rowland, W.J. and R.D. Rowland. 1978. Flank patch pigmentation and behavior of the Jewel Fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus. Behav. Biol. 23:87-94

Slovin, M. and W.J. Rowland. 1978. The effects of color patterns on the aggressive behavior of Tilapia mariae (Boulenger). Behav. Biol. 24:378-386

Rowland, W.J. 1979. The role of color in intraspecific communication. In The Behavioral Significance of Color, E. Burtt (ed.). Garland Press, NY

Rowland, W.J. 1979. Stealing fertilizations in the Fourspine Stickleback, Apeltes quadracus. Am. Nat.

Rowland, W.J. 1979. Some methods of making realistic fish dummies for ethological research. Behav. Res. Meth. Instrum. 11:564-566

Rowland, W.J. 1982. The effects of male nuptial coloration on stickleback aggression: a re-examination. Behaviour 30:1093-1098

Rowland, W.J. 1982. Mate choice by male sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Anim. Behav. 80-118-126

Rowland, W.J. 1983. Interspecific aggression in sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus displaces Apeltes quadracus. Copeia 1982(2) 541-544

Rowland, W.J. 1983. Interspecific aggression and dominance in Gasterosteus. Env. Biol. Fish. 8(3-4):269-277

Rowland, W.J. 1983. Color intensity as a predictor of responsiveness in male threespine sticklebacks. American Zoologist (abstract) 23:880

Rowland, W.J. 1984. The relationships among nuptial coloration, aggression, and courtship in male Threespine Sticklebacks. Can. J. Zool. 62:999-1004

Rowland, W.J. and P. Sevenster. 1985. Sign stimuli in sticklebacks: a re-examination and extension of some classic experiments. Behaviour 93:241-257

Rowland, W.J. 1988. Aggression versus courtship in sticklebacks and the role of habituation to neighbors. Animal Behavior 36:348-357

Rowland, W.J. 1989. The effects of body size, aggression and nuptial coloration on competition for territories in male threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Animal Behaviour 37:282-289

Rowland, W.J. 1989. The ethological basis of mate choice in male sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Animal Behaviour 38:112-120

Rowland, W.J. 1989. Mate choice and the supernormality effect in female threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 24:433-438

Rowland, W.J., C. Robb and S. Cortwright. 1990. Chemically-mediated courtship in red-spotted newts: do males select or just detect females? Animal Behaviour 39:811-813

Rowland, W.J., C. Baube and T. Horan. 1991. Signalling of sexual receptivity by female sticklebacks. Animal Behavior 42:243-249

Rowland, W.J. 1994. "Stickleback fish mating behavior" (video film). In: Bioshow II, the videodisc to accompany life sciences textbooks. Benjamin/Cummings Publ. Company.

Rowland, W.J. 1994. The proximal basis of stickleback behavior: an evolutionary perspective. In The Evolutionary Biology of the Threespine Stickleback (ed. by M. Bell & S. Foster). Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 297-344.

Rowland, W.J. 1995. Do Female stickleback care about male courtship vigour? Manipulation of display tempo using video playback. Behaviour 132:951-961.

Rowland, W.J., K.J. Bolyard, J.J. Jenkins and J. Fowler. 1995. Video playback experiments on stickleback mate choice: female motivation and attentiveness to male colour cues Animal Behavior 49:1559-1567.

Rowland, W.J., K.J. Bolyard and A.D. Halpern. 1995. The dual effect of stickleback nuptial colouration on rivals: manipulation of a graded signal using video playback. Animal Behavior 50: 267-272.

Baube, C.L., W.J. Rowland and J.B. Fowler. 1995. The mechanisms of colour-based mate choice in female threespine sticklebacks: hue, contrast, and configurational cues. Behaviour 132:979-995.

Bakker, T.C.M. and W.J. Rowland. 1995. Male mating preference in sticklebacks. Behaviour 132:935-949.

Bolyard, K.J. and Rowland, W. J. 1996. Context-dependent response to red coloration in stickleback. Animal Behaviour 52:923-927.

Jenkins, J.R. and W.J. Rowland. 1996. Pavlovian conditioning of agonistic behavior in male threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 110:396-401.

Jenkins, J.R. and W.J. Rowland. 1997. Learning influences courtship preferences of male threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Ethology.

Roche, J. Dravet, S., Bolyard, K. & Rowland, W. 1998. Risk sensitivity in foraging Jack Dempsey cichlids (Cichlasoma octofasciatum). Ethology 104:593-602.

Rowland, W.J. 1999. Studying visual communication in fishes: a survey and comparison of established methods and video playback. Environmental Biology of Fishes 56:285-305.

Rowland, W.J. (in press 2000) Pavlovian conditioning as a product of selection. Behavioral & Brain Sciences.

Rowland, W.J. (in press 2000) Habituation and development of response specificity to a sign stimulas: Male preference for female courtship posture in stickleback. Animal Behaviour.

Jenkins, J.R. and W.J. Rowland. (in press 2000) Stimulas-specific and response-specific habituation in courting stickleback: Developmental and functional considerations. Behaviour.

Bolyard, K. and W.J. Rowland. (in press 2000) The influence of spatial cues and social experience on aggression in male stickleback. Behaviour.

Published Book Reviews:
The Biology of Sticklebacks, by R.J. Wootton. 1976. Academic Press, London. Review published in Quarterly Review of Biology, 1977, 52:437-438

Experimental Animal Behaviour: a Selection of Laboratory Exercises, by M.H. Harsell and J.J. Aiken. 1977. Blackie & Son., London. Review published in Quarterly Review of Biology, 1978, 52:347

Quantitative Methods in the Study of Animal Behaviour, edited by B. Hazlett. 1977. Academic Press, New York. Review published in Quarterly Review of Biology, 1978, 53:489-490

Ethology: The Biological Study of Animal Behavior, by Remy Chauvin. 1977. International Universities Press, New York. Review published in Quarterly Review of Biology, 1978, 53:490-491

Zoophysiology, Vol. 11: Diversity and Adaptation in Fish Behaviors, by M.H.A. Keenleyside. 1979. Springer-Verlag, New York. Review published in Bioscience, 1981 (January)

Electrical Conduction and Behaviour of "Simple" Invertebrates, edited by G.A.B. Shelton, Oxford University Press. 1982. Review published in Quarterly Review of Biology, 1984

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1981-95    Treasurer, Sigma Xi (IU Chapter)

1988     Teaching Award, Department of Biology, IU

1991-94    Editorial Board, Animal Behaviour

1996    Chair, Ecology Section, Indiana Academy of Sciences

1996-present   Director, CISAB Research Experience for Undergraduates, IU

1997-present   Member, Organizing Committee, Biennial Conference on Ecological & Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes

2000     Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Department of Biology, IU

2000-05   Editorial Board, Journal of Comparative Psychology

1998-present   Reviewer for: Animal Behavior; Animal Behavior & Learning; Behavior; Canadian Journal of Zoology; Copeia; Ethology; Environmental Biology of Fishes

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Animal Behavior Society American Association for the Advancement of Science Indiana Academy of Science

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