Names underlined were students/postdocs under my supervision.
Refereed Journal articles
Preprints and in review
Binns, G., Rowland, H., McLean, D. J., Umbers, K., Mappes, J., Hart, N., Herberstein, M. Eco-geographic hypotheses do not explain variation in warning signals in diurnal Amata nigriceps wasp moths.
Accepted
Rubiano-Buitrago, R., Pradhan, S., Aceves-Aparicio, A., Mohammadi, S., Paetz, C., Rowland, H. M. Cardenolides in the defensive fluid of adult large milkweed bugs have differential potency on vertebrate and invertebrate predator Na+/K+–ATPases. Authorea https://doi.org/10.22541/au.169658664.45852491/v1
2024
1. Social network centrality predicts dietary decisions in a wild bird population. McMahon, K., Marples, N. M., Spurgin, L. G., Rowland, H. M., Sheldon, B. S., Firth, J. A. iScience https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109581
2. Hämäläinen, L., Binns, G. E., Hart, N. S., Mappes, J., McDonald, P. G., O’Neill, L., Rowland, H. M., Umbers, K. D. L., Herberstein, M. E. Predator selection on multicomponent warning signals in an aposematic moth. Behavioral Ecology, 35, https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad097
2023
3. Williams, H. J., Sridhar, V. H., Hurme, E., Gall, G. E. C.,…Rowland, H. M., Hauber, M. E., Higham, J. P., Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Melin, A. D., Sensory Collectives in Natural Systems. eLife 12:e88028. https://elifesciences.org/articles/88028
4. Varma, M., Winter, G., Rowland, H.M., Schielzeth, H. Ontogeny of colour development in two green-brown polymorphic grasshopper species. Ecology and Evolution
5. Hofmeister, N. R., Stuart, K., Warren, W. C., Werner, S. J., Bateson, M., Ball, G. F., Buchanan, K. L., Burt, D. W., Cardilini, A. P. A., Cassey, P., De Meyer, T., George, J., Meddle, S. L., Rowland, H. M., Sherman, C. D. H., Sherwin, W., Vanden Berghe, W., Rollins L., Clayton, D. F. Concurrent invasions by European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) suggest selection on shared genomic regions even after genetic bottlenecks bioRxiv 2021.05.19.442026; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.19.442026. Molecular Ecology
6. Klank, J., Profit-Sánchez, F., Mora-Rojas, P., Rowland, H.M., Stynoski, J. How to move and when to escape: quantifying intraspecific exploratory and anti-predator behaviour in an aposematic poison frog. Ecology and Evolution, 1-18.
7. Protti Sánchez, F., Mayer, U., Rowland, H.M., Naive domestic chicks show an innate avoidance of red foods and a preference for the shape of green frogs. Journal of Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-023-01821-x
8. Exnerová, A., Kang, C., Rowland, H.M. and Kikuchi, D.W. (2023), Evolution of multiple prey defences: From predator cognition to community ecology. J Evol Biol, 36: 961-966. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.14196
9. Rubiano-Buitrago, P., Pradhan, S., Grade, V., Aceves-Aparicio, A., Paetz, C., Rowland, H. M. The biological activity of cardenolides from Asclepias curassavica seeds for Na+/K+-ATPase of Large milkweed bugs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
10. Kikuchi, D., Allen, W. A., Arbuckle, K., Briolat, E., Burdfield Steel, E., Cheny, K.,…Rowe, C., Rowland, H.M.,…Exnerova, A. The evolution and ecology of multiple antipredator defences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology
11. Heyworth, H. C., Pokharel, P., Blount, J.D., Mitchell, C., Petschenka, G., Rowland,H.M. Antioxidant availability trades off with warning signals and toxin sequestration in the large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus). Ecology and Evolution, 13, e09971. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9971
12. Blount, J. D †, Rowland, H. M. †, Mitchell, C., Speed, M. P., Ruxton, G. D., Endler, J. A., Brower, L. P. The price of defence: toxins, visual signals and oxidative state in an aposematic butterfly. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2068
†Joint first and corresponding authors.
13. Rubiano-Buitrago, P., Pradhan, S., Paetz, C., Rowland, H. M. New structures, spectrometric quantification, and inhibitory properties of cardenolides from Asclepias curassavica seeds. Molecules 28(1), 105. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28010105
2022
14. Mohammadi, S., Özdemir, H. I., Ozbek, P., Sumbul, F., Stiller, J., Deng, J., Crawford, A. J., Rowland, H. M., Storz, J. F., Andolfatto, P., Dobler, S. Epistatic effects between amino acid insertions and substitutions mediate toxin-resistance of vertebrate Na+,K+-ATPases. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39, msac258, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac258
15. Skelhorn, J. Rowland, H. M. Eyespot configuration and predator approach direction affect the antipredator efficacy of eyespots. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10, 951967. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.951967
16. Hämäläinen, L., Rowland, H. M., Mappes, J., Thorogood, R. Predators vs. Prey: Expanding the information ecology of prey defences. Oikos http://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08743
17. Mohammadi, S., Yang, L., Bulbert, M., Rowland, H. M. Defence mitigation by predators of chemically defended prey integrated over the predation sequence and across biological levels with a focus on cardiotonic steroids. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.220363
18. Binns, G., Hämäläinen, L., Kemp, D. J., Rowland, H. M., Umbers, K. D. L., Herberstein, M. E. Additive genetic variation, but not temperature, influences warning signal expression in Amata nigriceps moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae). Ecology and Evolution, 12(7): e9111. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9111
19. Rowland, H. M., Saccheri, I. J., Skelhorn, J. The peppered moth Biston betularia. Current Biology 32 (10), R447-R448 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.071
20. Protti-Sánchez, F., Corrales Parrada, C. D., Mayer, U., Rowland, H. M. Activation of the nucleus taeniae of the amygdala by umami taste in domestic chicks (Gallus gallus). Frontiers in Physiology 824. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.897931
21. Heinze, P., Dieker, P., Rowland, H. M., & Schielzeth, H. Differential substrate choice in the colour polymorphic meadow grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus. Behavioral Ecology https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab133
2021
22. Heyworth, H. C., Skelhorn, J., Rowland, H. M., Dietary wariness. Current Biology 31, PR1412-R1414 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.018
23. Hämäläinen, L., Hoppitt, W., Rowland, H. M., Mappes, J., Fulford, A. J., Sosa, S., Thorogood, R. Social information transfer among predators alters the eco-evolutionary dynamics of prey defences. Nature Communications 12, 3978 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24154-0
2020
24. Rowland, H.M., Burriss, R.P. & Skelhorn, J. The antipredator benefits of postural camouflage in peppered moth caterpillars. Scientific Reports 10, 21654 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78686-4 JIF: 4.576 IF: 3.998
25. Hämäläinen, L., Mappes, J., Thorogood, R. Rowland, H. M. Predators’ consumption of unpalatable prey does not vary as a function of bitter taste perception. Behavioral Ecology 31 (2), 383-392 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz199 JIF: 3.226 IF:2.695 (12/170 Zoology)
2019
26. Hämäläinen, L., Mappes, J., Rowland, H. M., Thorogood, R. Social learning within and across predator species facilitates the evolution of aposematic prey. Journal of Animal Ecology 89 (5), 1153-1164 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13180 IF 4.36, 3/170 (Zoology), 24/164 (Ecology)
27. Hämäläinen, L., Mappes, J., Rowland, H. M., Thorogood, R. The effect of social information from live demonstrators compared to video playback on blue tit foraging decisions. Peer J 7:e7998 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7998 IF 2.353
28. Eacock, A., Rowland, H. M., van’t Hof, A. E., Yung, C. J., Edmonds, N., Saccheri, I. J. (2019). Adaptive colour change and background choice behaviour in peppered moth caterpillars is mediated by extraocular photoreception. Nature Communications Biology, 2: 286. https://doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0502-7 Altmetric 961
29. Hämäläinen, L., Mappes, J., Rowland, H. M., Thorogood, R. (2019). Social information use about novel aposematic prey is not influenced by a predator's previous experience with toxins. Functional Ecology 33 (10), 1982-1992. https://doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13395 IF 5.037 Altmetric 29 20/164 (Ecology)
2017
30. Eacock, A., Rowland, H. M., Edmonds, N., & Saccheri, I. J. (2017). Colour change of twig-mimicking peppered moth larvae is a continuous reaction norm that increases camouflage against avian predators. PeerJ, 5, e3999. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3999 IF 2.353 Cit 6 Altmetric 263
31. Cuthill, I. C., Allen, W. L., Arbuckle, K., Caspers, B., Chaplin, G., Hauber, M. E., …& Mappes, J., …Rowland, H.M, … & Caro, T. et al (2017). The biology of color. Science, 357(6350), eaan0221. https://10.1126/science.aan0221 IF 41.037 Cit 80 Altmetric 820
32. Henderson, L. J., Ryan, M. R., & Rowland, H. M. (2017). Perch, Perca fluviatilis show a directional preference for, but do not increase attacks toward, prey in response to water-borne cortisol. PeerJ, 5, e3883. https://doi:10.7717/peerj.3883 IF 2.353
33. Rowland, H. M., Burriss, R. P. 2017. Human colour in mate choice and competition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 372 (1724),20160350 https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0350 IF 6.139 Cit: 7
34. Hämäläinen, L., Rowland, H. M., Mappes, J., & Thorogood, R. (2017). Can video playback provide social information for foraging blue tits?. PeerJ, 5, e3062. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717%2Fpeerj.3062 IF 2.353 Cit 5
35. Rowland, H. M., Fulford, A. J., & Ruxton, G. D. (2017). Predator learning differences affect the survival of chemically defended prey. Animal Behaviour, 124, 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.029 JIF 3.101 IF 2.675 Cit 4
2016
36. Berentsen, A. R., Bender, S., Bender, P., Bergman, D., Gilbert, A. T., Rowland, H. M., & VerCauteren, K. C. (2016). Bait flavor preference and immunogenicity of ONRAB baits in domestic dogs on the Navajo Nation, Arizona. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 15, 20-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jveb.2016.08.007 IF 1.590 Cit: 4
37. Calatroni, L., van Gennip, Y., Schönlieb, C. B., Rowland, H. M. and Flenner, A., 2016. Graph clustering, variational image segmentation methods and Hough transform scale detection for object measurement in images. Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision. https://DOI:10.1007/s10851-016-0678 IF 1.603 Cit 5
2015
38. Flores, E. E., Stevens, M., Moore, A. J., Rowland, H. M. and Blount, J.D., 2015. Body size but not warning signal luminance influences predation risk in recently metamorphosed poison frogs. Ecology and evolution, 5(20), pp.4603-4616. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1731 IF: 2.415 Cit: 4
39. Burriss, R. P., Troscianko, J., Lovell, P. G., Fulford, A. J. C., Stevens, M., Quigley, R., Payne, J., Saxton, T. K., & Rowland, H. M. (2015). Changes in women’s facial skin color over the ovulatory cycle are not detectable by the human visual system. PloS one 10 (7), e0130093. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130093 JIF: 2.776 Cit: 16
2013
40. Rowland, H. M., Ruxton, G. D., Skelhorn, J. (2013) Bitter taste enhances predatory biases against aggregations of prey with warning coloration. Behavioral Ecology. 24: 942-948 https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/art013 JIF: 3.226 IF:2.695 Cit: 11 (12/170 Zoology)
2012
41. Blount, J., Rowland, H. M., Drijfhout, F., Endler, J., Inger, R., Sloggett, J., Hurst, G., Hodgson, D., Speed, M. P. (2012) How the ladybird got its spots: effects of resource limitation on the honesty of aposematic signals. Functional Ecology. 26: 334-342. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01961.x IF 5.037 Cit: 43 20/164 (Ecology)
42. Ihalainen, E., Rowland, H. M., Speed, M. P., Ruxton, G. D., Mappes, J. M. (2012) Prey community structure affects how predators select for Mullerian mimicry. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 279: 2099-2105. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.2360 JIF: 5.661 Cit: 30 9/85 Biology
43. Higginson, A. D., de Wert, L., Rowland, H. M., Speed, M. P., Ruxton, G. D. (2012) Masquerade is associated with polyphagy and larval overwintering in the Lepidoptera. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106: 90-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01850.x IF 2.203 Cit: 5
2011
44. Skelhorn, J., Rowland, H. M., Delf, J., Speed, M. P., Ruxton, G. D. (2011) Density-dependent predation influences the evolution and behaviour of masquerading prey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, 6532-6536. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1014629108 JIF: 9.580 Cit:38
2010
45. Skelhorn, J, Rowland, H. M., Speed, M. P., De Wert, L., Quinn, L., Delf, J., Ruxton, G. D. (2010). Size-dependent misclassification of masquerading prey. Behavioural Ecology, 1 (6): 1344-1348. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arq159 JIF: 3.226 IF:2.695 Cit: 16 (12/170 Zoology)
46. Rowland, H. M., Mappes, J., Ruxton, G. D., & Speed, M. P. (2010). Mimicry between unequally defended prey can be parasitic: Evidence for Quasi-Batesian mimicry. Ecology Letters, 13, 1494-1502. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01539.x IF: 8.699 Cit: 37 7/164 (Ecology)
47. Rowland, H. M., Wiley, E., Ruxton, G. D., Mappes, J. M., & Speed, M. P. When more is less: the fitness consequences of predators attacking more unpalatable prey when more are presented. Biology Letters, 6(6), 732-735. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0207 JIF: 3.484 IF: 3.323 Cit: 15 (17/85 Biology)
48. Rowland, H. M., Hoogesteger, T., speed, M. P., Ruxton, G. D., Mappes, J. M. (2010). A tale of 2 signals: Mimicry between aposematic species enhances predator avoidance learning. Behavioral Ecology, 21(4), 851-860. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arq071 JIF: 3.226 IF:2.695 Cit: 23 (12/170 Zoology)
49. Skelhorn, J., Rowland, H. M., Speed, M. P., & Ruxton, G. D. (2010). Masquerade: camouflage without crypsis. Science, 327, 51. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1181931 IF 41.037 Cit: 110
50. Skelhorn, J., Rowland, H. M., & Ruxton, G. D. (2010). The evolution and ecology of masquerade. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 99, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01347.x IF 2.203 Cit: 78
2009
51. Saxton, T. K., Little, A. C., Rowland, H. M., Gao, T., & Roberts, S. C. (2009) Trade-offs between markers of absolute and relative quality in human facial preferences. Behavioral Ecology 20(5), 1133-1137. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp107 JIF: 3.226 IF:2.695 Cit: 12 Altmetric 73 (12/170 Zoology)
52. Roberts, S. C., Saxton, T. K., Murray, A. K., Burriss, R. P., Rowland, H. M., & Little, A. C. (2009). Static and dynamic facial images cue similar attractiveness judgements. Ethology, 115, 588-595. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01640.x IF: 1.525 Cit: 17
53. Saxton, T. K., Burriss, R. P., Murray, A. K., Rowland, H. M., & Roberts, S. C. (2009). Face, body and speech cues independently predict judgments of attractiveness. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 7, 23-35. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1556/JEP.7.2009.1.4 JIF 1.739 IF: 1.823 Cit: 40
54. Rowland, H. M. (2009). From Abbott Thayer to the present day: what have we learned about the function of countershading? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - B, 364, 59-527. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0261 IF 6.139 Cit: 45
55. Burriss, R. P., Rowland, H. M., & Little, A. C. (2009). Facial scarring enhances men's attractiveness for short-term relationships. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 213-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.029 IF: 1.997 Cit: 16 Altmetric 177
2008
56. Rowland, H. M., Cuthill, I. C., Harvey, I. F., Speed, M. P., & Ruxton, G. D. (2008). Can't tell the caterpillars from the trees: countershading enhances survival in a woodland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - B, 275(1651), 2539-2545. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0812 JIF: 5.661 Cit: 66 9/85 Biology
2007
57. Rowland, H. M., Speed, M. P., Ruxton, G. D., Edmunds, M., Stevens, M., & Harvey, I. F. (2007). Countershading enhances cryptic protection: an experiment with wild birds and artificial prey. Animal Behaviour, 74, 1249-1258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.030 IF 3.101, IF 2.675, Cit: 39
58. Rowland, H. M., Ihalainen, E., Lindstrom, L., Mappes, J., & Speed, M. P. (2007). Co-mimics have a mutualistic relationship despite unequal defences. Nature, 448, 64-67. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05899 IF: 43.070, Cit:94 recommended by the Faculty-of-1000 (www.f1000biology.com/about/).
Scholarly Book Chapters
1. Rowland, H. M., and Drinkwater, E. 2019. Wallace on the Colors of Animals: Defense against Predators. In C. Smith (Eds.), Alfred Russell Wallace. University of Chicago Press
2. Rowland, H. M. 2018. Countershading. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer.
3. Rowland, H. M., 2017. Masquerade. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
4. Rowland, H. M., 2017. Countershading. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
5. Rowland, H. M., 2017. Müllerian mimicry. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer.
6. Rowland, H. M., Rockwell Parker, M., Jiang, P., Reed, D. R., & Beauchamp, G. K. (2015). Comparative Taste Biology with Special Focus on Birds and Reptiles. Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation, 957-982. Cit:1
7. Rowland, H. M., The history, theory and evidence for a cryptic function of countershading. Animal Camouflage: Mechanisms and Function. Cit: 8
Other
1. Rowland, H. M., Nöllert, A., Durso, A. M. Cannibalism and prey size. Herpetological Review 52(1), 152.