Dr Richard Rowe
Senior Lecturer
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Dr Richard Rowe works on aggressive and predatory behaviours, mainly in larval dragonflies, and on mating system plasticity in insects. Presently he is working on the agonistic display repertoires of some unique Australian groups from rainforest streams. His interests in peripatus biology are applauded but his growing interest in centipedes, scorpions and wasps is viewed with concern. He is a member of the IUCN Odonata species survival commission and an editorial board member of the International Journal of Odonatology.
MSc (Auckland), PhD (Canterbury)
Research Interests
Animal behaviour (invertebrate and vertebrate) esp. behavioural plasticity in predation and mating systems, aggression, agonistic displays and territorial behaviour. Entomology, freshwater biology, and the biology of dragonflies.
Recent and Current Research Projects Include
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Larval dragonfly agonistic behaviour (occurrence, ontogeny, evolution)
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Identification of larval-adult associations of North Queensland aquatic insects
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Predatory behaviour of dragonfly larvae, scorpions, centipedes and peripatus
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Nest foundation in primitively eusocial wasps.
Teaching
Animal Behaviour
Selected Publications
Trueman J.W.H., Rowe R.J. 1997 - 02. Odonata Dragonflies and damselflies in Maddison D.R., Maddison W.P.[eds] The Tree of Life. University of Arizona (http://tolweb.org/tree/home.pages/abouttol.html).
Rowe, R.J. 1994. Predatory behaviour and predatory versatility in young larvae of the dragonfly Xanthocnemis zealandica (Odonata, Coenagrionidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21: 151-166.
Jackson, R.R., Rowe R.J., Wilcox, R.S. 1993. Anti-predator defences of Argiope appensa (Araneae, Araneidae), a tropical orb-weaving spider. J. Zool. Lond. 229: 121-132.
Rowe, R.J. 1992. Ontogeny of agonistic behaviour in the territorial damselfly larva Xanthocnemis zealandica (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). J. Zool. Lond. 226: 81-93.
Rowe, R.J. 1988. Alternative oviposition behaviours in three New Zealand corduliid dragonflies: their adaptive significance and implications for male mating tactics. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 92: 43-66.
Rowe, R.J. 1987. The dragonflies of New Zealand. Auckland, Auckland University Press 260pp + pl
Contact Details
Dr Richard Rowe
Campus: Townsville
Telephone: +61 7 4781 4851
Fax: +61 7 4725 1570
Email: Richard.Rowe@jcu.edu.au
Note; Please direct all student enquiries through the School Secretary.
