Publications

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2025
  • Pruvôt, C., Armisén, D., Roux, P., Arnqvist, G., Rowe, L., Husby, A., & Khila, A. A shared developmental genetic basis for sexually antagonistic male and female adaptations in the toothed water strider. Evolution Letters, 9(1): 13–23.
  • French, R.L.K., Kowalewska Groszkowska, M., Rowe, L., Mahler, D.L., & Karpiński, L. Why the long “horns”? Fine-scale morphology suggests tactile demands contributed to the exaggeration of male longhorned beetle antennae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Ecology and Evolution, 15(5): e71380.
  • Kasimatis, K.R., Rehaluk, C., Rowe, L., & Cutter, A.D. A novel sperm-derived seminal fluid protein in Caenorhabditis nematodes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 38(8): 1071–1081.
2024
  • Ågren, J.A., Arnqvist, G., & Rowe, L. The resolution of evolutionary conflicts within species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291(2031): 20241594.
2023
  • Arnqvist, G., & Rowe, L. Ecology, the pace-of-life, epistatic selection and the maintenance of genetic variation in life-history genes. Molecular Ecology, 32(17): 4713–4724.
  • De Lisle, S.P., & Rowe, L. Condition dependence and the paradox of missing plasticity costs. Evolution Letters, 7(2): 67–78.
2022
  • Armisén, D., Viala, S., Cordeiro, I.D.R.S., Crumière, A.J.J., Hendaoui, E., Le Bouquin, A., Duchemin, W., Santos, E., Toubiana, W., Vargas-Lowman, A., Floriano, C.F.B., Polhemus, D.A., Wang, Y-H., Rowe, L., Moreira, F.F.F., & Khila, A. Transcriptome-based phylogeny of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) reveals patterns of lineage expansion in a series of new adaptive zones. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(11): msac229.
2021
  • Rowe, L., & Rundle, H.D. The alignment of natural and sexual selection. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 52: 499–517.
  • Arnqvist, G., Grieshop, K., Hotzy, C., Rönn, J., Polak, M., & Rowe, L. Direct and indirect effects of male genital elaboration in female seed beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1954): 20211068.
  • Punzalan, D., Fang, J.T., Chen, W., & Rowe, L. Divergence in life history and behaviour between hybridizing Phymata ambush bugs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 133: 796–805.
  • Nilsson-Örtman, V., & Rowe, L. The evolution of developmental thresholds and reaction norms for age and size at maturity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(7).
  • De Lisle, S.P., Punzalan, D., Rollinson, N., & Rowe, L. Extinction and the temporal distribution of macroevolutionary bursts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(2): 380–390.
2020
  • Zhang, V.M., Punzalan, D., & Rowe, L. Climate change has different predicted effects on the range shifts of two hybridizing ambush bug species. Ecology and Evolution, 10(21): 12036–12048.
2019
  • Murray, R.L., Tah, S., Koprivnikar, J., Rowe, L., & McCauley, S.J. Exposure to potentially cannibalistic conspecifics induces an increased immune response. Ecological Entomology, 45(2): 355–363.
  • Rollinson, N., Nilsson-Örtman, V., & Rowe, L. Density-dependent offspring interactions do not explain macroevolutionary scaling of adult size and offspring size. Evolution, 73(11): 2162–2174.
2018
  • Perry, J.C., & Rowe, L. Sexual conflict in its ecological setting. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 373: 20170418.
  • Rundle, H.R., & Rowe, L. The contribution of sexual selection to ecological and mutation-order speciation. Evolution, 72(11): 2571–2575.
  • Searcy, C.A., Gilbert, B., Krkosek, M., Rowe, L., & McCauley, S.J. Positive correlation between dispersal and body size in green frogs. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96(12): 1378–1384.
  • De Lisle, S.P., Paiva, S., & Rowe, L. Habitat partitioning during character displacement between the sexes. Biology Letters, 14: 20180124.
  • Rowe, L., Chenoweth, S.F., & Agrawal, A.F. The genomics of sexual conflict. The American Naturalist, 192: 2.
  • Rollinson, N., & Rowe, L. Oxygen limitation at the larval stage and the evolution of maternal investment per offspring in aquatic environments. The American Naturalist. DOI: 10.1086/696857.
  • Rollinson, N., & Rowe, L. Temperature-dependent oxygen limitation and the rise of Bergmann's Rule in species with aquatic respiration. Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/evo.13458.
2017
  • Perry, J.C., Garroway, C.J., & Rowe, L. The role of ecology, neutral processes and antagonistic coevolution in an apparent sexual arms race. Ecology Letters, 20: 1107–1117.
  • De Lisle, S.P., & Rowe, L. Disruptive natural selection predicts divergence between the sexes during adaptive radiation. Ecology and Evolution, 7: 3590–3601.
  • Austen, E.J., Rowe, L., & Stinchcombe, J.R. Explaining the apparent paradox of persistent selection for early flowering. New Phytologist, 215: 929–934.
  • Punzalan, D., & Rowe, L. Hybridization and lack of prezygotic barriers between Phymata pennsylvanica and americana. Ecological Entomology, 42: 210–220.
2016
  • Kwan, L., Dobkin, A.N., Rodd, R.H., & Rowe, L. A potential of long genitalia in male guppies: the effects of current speed on reproductive behaviour. Ethology, 122: 945–953.
  • Punzalan, D., & Rowe, L. Concordance between stabilizing sexual selection, intraspecific variation, and interspecific divergence in Phymata. Ecology and Evolution, 6: 7997–8009.
  • Rollinson, N., & Rowe, L. The positive correlation between maternal size and offspring size. Biological Reviews, 91: 1134–1148.
  • Kwan, L., Fris, M., Rodd, F.H., Rowe, L., Tuhela, L., & Panhuis, T.M. An examination of the variation in maternal placentae across the genus Poeciliopsis. Journal of Morphology, 277: 986.
2015
  • De Lisle, S.P., & Rowe, L. Ecological character displacement between the sexes. The American Naturalist, 186: 693–707.
  • Rollinson, N., & Rowe, L. Persistent directional selection on body size and a resolution to the paradox of stasis. Evolution, 69: 2441–2451.
  • Maklakov, A.A., Rowe, L., & Friberg, U. Why organisms age: evolution of senescence under positive pleiotropy? BioEssays, 37: 802–807.
  • Baines, C.B., McCauley, S.J., & Rowe, L. Dispersal depends on body condition and predation risk in the semi-aquatic insect, Notonecta undulata. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 2307–2316.
  • Punzalan, D., & Rowe, L. Evolution of sexual dimorphism in phenotypic covariance structure in Phymata. Evolution, 69: 1597–1609.
  • Kwan, L., Fris, M., Rodd, F.H., Rowe, L., Tuhela, L., & Panhuis, T.M. An examination of the variation in maternal placentae across the genus Poeciliopsis (Poeciliidae). Journal of Morphology, 276: 707–720.
  • Perry, J.C., & Rowe, L. The evolution of sexually antagonistic phenotypes. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 28: 739–755.
  • Wilkinson, G.S., Breden, F., Mank, J.E., Ritchie, M.G., Higginson, A., Radwan, J., Jaquiery, J., Salzburger, W., Arriero, E., Barribeau, S.M., Phillips, P.C., Renn, S.C.P., & Rowe, L. The locus of sexual selection: moving sexual selection studies into the post-genomics era. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28: 739–755.
  • De Lisle, S.P., & Rowe, L. Independent evolution of the sexes promotes amphibian diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282: 20142213.
  • De Lisle, S.P., & Rowe, L. Parasitism and the expression of sexual dimorphism. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 961–967.
  • Rowe, L., & Arnqvist, G. Two faces of environmental effects on mate choice: a comment on Dougherty & Shuker. Behavioral Ecology, 26(2): 324.
  • Arnqvist, G., & Rowe, L. The shape of preference functions and what shapes them: a comment on Edward. Behavioral Ecology, 26(2): 325.
2014
  • Wyman, M.J., & Rowe, L. Male bias in distributions of additive genetic, residual, and phenotypic variances of shared traits. The American Naturalist, 184: 326–337.
  • Baines, C.B., McCauley, S.J., & Rowe, L. The interactive effects of competition and predation risk on dispersal in an insect. Biology Letters, 10: 20140287.
  • Arnqvist, G., Vellnow, N., & Rowe, L. The effect of epistasis on sexually antagonistic genetic variation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281: 20140289.
  • Khila, A., Abouheif, E., & Rowe, L. Comparative functional analyses of Ultrabithorax reveal multiple steps and paths to diversification of legs. Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12444.
  • De Lisle, S.P., & Rowe, L. Interactive effects of competition and social environment on the expression of sexual dimorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27: 1069–1077.
2013
  • Wyman, M.J., Stinchcombe, J.R., & Rowe, L. A multivariate view of the evolution of sexual dimorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26: 2070–2080.
  • De Lisle, S.P., & Rowe, L. Correlated evolution of allometry and sexual dimorphism across higher taxa. American Naturalist, 182: 630–639.
  • Kwan, L., Cheng, Y.Y., Rodd, F.H., & Rowe, L. Sexual conflict and the function of genitalic claws in guppies. Biology Letters, 9: 20130267.
  • Long, T.A.F., Rowe, L., & Agrawal, A.F. The effects of selective history and environmental heterogeneity on inbreeding depression in experimental populations. American Naturalist, 181: 532–544.
  • Punzalan, D., & Rowe, L. Ecological correlates of daily mating frequency in a wild population of ambush bugs. Ecological Entomology, 38: 429–432.
2012
  • Burns, J.G., Svetec, N., Rowe, L., Mery, F., Dolan, M., Boyce, W., & Sokolowski, M.B. Gene-environment interplay in Drosophila melanogaster. PNAS, 109(S2): 17239–17244.
  • Khila, A., Abouheif, E., & Rowe, L. Function, developmental genetics, and fitness consequences of a sexually antagonistic trait. Science, 336: 585–589.
  • Long, T.A.F., Agrawal, A., & Rowe, L. The effect of sexual selection on offspring fitness depends on the nature of genetic variation. Current Biology, 22: 204–208.
  • Perry, J., & Rowe, L. Sex role stereotyping and sexual conflict theory. Animal Behavior, 83: E10–E13.
  • Schärer, L., Rowe, L., & Arnqvist, G. Anisogamy, chance and the evolution of sex roles. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27: 260–264.
  • Clark, S.C.A., Sharp, N.P., Rowe, L., & Agrawal, A.F. Relative effectiveness of mating success and sperm competition at eliminating deleterious mutations. PLoS One, 7: e37351.
  • Wyman, M., Cutter, A.D., & Rowe, L. Gene duplication in the evolution of sexual dimorphism. Evolution, 66: 1556–1566.
  • Perry, J., & Rowe, L. Sexual conflict and antagonistic coevolution across water strider populations. Evolution, 66: 544–557.
  • Rowe, L., & Arnqvist, G. Sexual selection and the evolution of genital shape and complexity in water striders. Evolution, 66: 40–54.
2011
  • McCauley, S.J., Rowe, L., & Fortin, M-J. The deadly effects of "non-lethal" predators. Ecology, 92: 2043–2048.
  • McGuigan, K., Rowe, L., & Blows, M.W. Pleiotropy, apparent stabilizing selection and uncovering fitness optima. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 26: 22–29.
  • Dmitriew, C., & Rowe, L. The effects of larval nutrition on reproductive performance in a food-limited adult environment. PLoS One, 6: e17399.
  • Perry, J.C., & Rowe, L. Rapid microsatellite development for water striders by next generation sequencing. Journal of Heredity, 102: 125–129.
2010
  • Mee, J.A., & Rowe, L. Distribution of Phoxinus eos, Phoxinus neogaeus, and their asexually-reproducing hybrids (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. PLoS One, 5(10): e13185.
  • McCauley, S.J., & Rowe, L. Notonecta exhibit threat-sensitive, predator-induced dispersal. Biology Letters, 6(4): 449–452.
  • Perry, J.C., & Rowe, L. Condition-dependent ejaculate size and composition in a ladybird beetle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277: 3639–3647.
  • Wyman, M.J., Agrawal, A.F., & Rowe, L. Condition-dependence of the sexually dimorphic transcriptome in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution, 64(6): 1836–1848.
  • Dmitriew, C., Blows, M.W., & Rowe, L. Ontogenetic change in genetic variance in size depends on growth environment. The American Naturalist, 175(6): 640–649.
  • Punzalan, D., Rodd, F.H., & Rowe, L. Temporally variable multivariate sexual selection on sexually dimorphic traits in a wild insect population. The American Naturalist, 175(4): 401–414.
2009
  • Fricke, C., Perry, J., Chapman, T., & Rowe, L. The conditional economics of sexual conflict. Biology Letters, 5(5): 671–674.
  • Khila, A., Abouheif, E., & Rowe, L. Evolution of a novel appendage ground plan in water striders is driven by changes in the Hox gene Ultrabithorax. PLoS Genetics, 5(7): e1000583.
  • Perry, J.C., Sharpe, D.M.T., & Rowe, L. Condition-dependent female remating resistance generates sexual selection on male size in a ladybird beetle. Animal Behaviour, 77(3): 743–748.
  • Dmitriew, C., Carroll, J., & Rowe, L. Effects of early growth conditions on body composition, allometry, and survival in the ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87(2): 175–182.
2008
  • Perry, J.C., & Rowe, L. Ingested spermatophores accelerate reproduction and increase mating resistance but are not a source of sexual conflict. Animal Behaviour, 76(3): 993–1000.
  • Pitcher, T.E., Rodd, F.H., & Rowe, L. Female choice and the relatedness of mates in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Genetica, 134(1): 137–146.
  • Punzalan, D., Cooray, M., Rodd, F.H., & Rowe, L. Condition dependence of sexually dimorphic colouration and longevity in the ambush bug Phymata americana. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21(5): 1297–1306.
  • Perry, J.C., & Rowe, L. Neither mating rate nor spermatophore feeding influences longevity in a ladybird beetle. Ethology, 114(5): 504–511.
  • Punzalan, D., Rodd, F.H., & Rowe, L. Contemporary sexual selection on sexually dimorphic traits in the ambush bug Phymata americana. Behavioral Ecology, 19(4): 860–870.
  • Punzalan, D., Rodd, F.H., & Rowe, L. Sexual selection mediated by the thermoregulatory effects of male colour pattern in the ambush bug Phymata americana. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 275(1634): 483–492.
2007
  • Dmitriew, C., & Rowe, L. Effects of early resource limitation and compensatory growth on lifetime fitness in the ladybird beetle (Harmonia axyridis). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(4): 1298–1310.
  • Fitzpatrick, M.J., Feder, E., Rowe, L., & Sokolowski, M.B. Maintaining a behaviour polymorphism by frequency-dependent selection on a single gene. Nature, 447(7141): 210–212.
  • Cameron, E., Day, T., & Rowe, L. Sperm competition and the evolution of ejaculate composition. The American Naturalist, 169(6): E158–E172.
  • Dmitriew, C., Cooray, M., & Rowe, L. Effects of early resource-limiting conditions on patterns of growth, growth efficiency, and immune function at emergence in a damselfly (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 85(3): 310–318.
  • Pitcher, T.E., Rodd, F.H., & Rowe, L. Sexual colouration and sperm traits in guppies. Journal of Fish Biology, 70(1): 165–177.
2006
  • Williams, P.D., Day, T., Fletcher, Q., & Rowe, L. The shaping of senescence in the wild. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 21(8): 458–463.
  • Day, T., Houle, D., & Rowe, L. Debating sexual selection and mating strategies. Science, 312(5774): 691.
  • Rowe, L., & Day, T. Detecting sexual conflict and sexually antagonistic coevolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 361(1466): 277–285.
  • Rowe, L., Westlake, K.P., & Currie, D.C. Functional significance of elaborate secondary sexual traits and their evolution in the water strider genus Rheumatobates. The Canadian Entomologist, 138(4): 568–577.
  • Mee, J.A., & Rowe, L. A comparison of parasite loads on asexual and sexual Phoxinus (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84(6): 808–816.
  • Bennett, A., Currie, D., & Rowe, L. Special issue honouring Geoffrey G.E. Scudder — Foreword. The Canadian Entomologist, 138(4): vii–viii.
2005
  • Arnqvist, G., & Rowe, L. Sexual Conflict. Princeton University Press.
  • Bonduriansky, R., & Rowe, L. Sexual selection, genetic architecture, and the condition dependence of body shape in the sexually dimorphic fly Prochyliza xanthostoma (Piophilidae). Evolution, 59(1): 138–151.
  • Bonduriansky, R., & Rowe, L. Intralocus sexual conflict and the genetic architecture of sexually dimorphic traits in Prochyliza xanthostoma (Diptera: Piophilidae). Evolution, 59(9): 1965–1975.
  • Rowe, L., Cameron, E., & Day, T. Escalation, retreat, and female indifference as alternative outcomes of sexually antagonistic coevolution. The American Naturalist, 165(S5): S5–S18.
  • Bonduriansky, R., Wheeler, J., & Rowe, L. Ejaculate feeding and female fitness in the sexually dimorphic fly Prochyliza xanthostoma (Diptera: Piophilidae). Animal Behaviour, 69(2): 489–497.
  • Dmitriew, C., & Rowe, L. Resource limitation, predation risk and compensatory growth in a damselfly. Oecologia, 142(1): 150–154.
2003
  • Chapman, T., Arnqvist, G., Bangham, J., & Rowe, L. Sexual conflict. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 18(1): 41–47.
  • Chapman, T., Arnqvist, G., Bangham, J., & Rowe, L. Response to Eberhard and Cordero, and Córdoba-Aguilar and Contreras-Garduño: sexual conflict and female choice. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 18(9): 440–441.
  • Bolker, B., Holyoak, M., Křivan, V., Rowe, L., & Schmitz, O. Connecting theoretical and empirical studies of trait-mediated interactions. Ecology, 84(5): 1101–1114.
  • Luttbeg, B., Rowe, L., & Mangel, M. Prey state and experimental design affect relative size of trait- and density-mediated indirect effects. Ecology, 84(5): 1140–1150.
  • Pitcher, T.E., Neff, B.D., Rodd, F.H., & Rowe, L. Multiple mating and sequential mate choice in guppies: females trade up. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 270(1524): 1623–1629.
  • Bonduriansky, R., & Rowe, L. Interactions among mechanisms of sexual selection on male body size and head shape in a sexually dimorphic fly. Evolution, 57(9): 2046–2053.
  • Lorch, P.D., Proulx, S., Rowe, L., & Day, T. Condition-dependent sexual selection can accelerate adaptation. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 5(6): 867–881.
  • Cameron, E., Day, T., & Rowe, L. Sexual conflict and indirect benefits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 16(5): 1055–1060.
  • Rowe, L., Cameron, E., & Day, T. Detecting sexually antagonistic coevolution with population crosses. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 270(1528): 2009–2016.
  • Ortigosa, A., & Rowe, L. The role of mating history and male size in determining mating behaviours and sexual conflict in a water strider. Animal Behaviour, 65(4): 851–858.
2002
  • Arnqvist, G., & Rowe, L. Antagonistic coevolution between the sexes in a group of insects. Nature, 415(6873): 787–789.
  • Houle, D., & Rowe, L. Natural selection in a bottle. The American Naturalist, 161(1): 50–67.
  • Proulx, S.R., Day, T., & Rowe, L. Older males signal more reliably. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 269(1507): 2291–2299.
  • Ortigosa, A., & Rowe, L. The effect of hunger on mating behaviour and sexual selection for male body size in Gerris buenoi. Animal Behaviour, 64(3): 369–375.
  • Arnqvist, G., & Rowe, L. Correlated evolution of male and female morphologies in water striders. Evolution, 56(5): 936–947.
  • Rowe, L., & Arnqvist, G. Sexually antagonistic coevolution in a mating system: combining experimental and comparative approaches to address evolutionary processes. Evolution, 56(4): 754–767.
  • Day, T., & Rowe, L. Developmental thresholds and the evolution of reaction norms for age and size at life-history transitions. The American Naturalist, 159(4): 338–350.
2001
  • Rowe, L., & Richardson, J.S. Community responses to experimental food depletion: resource tracking by stream invertebrates. Oecologia, 129(3): 473–480.
  • Johansson, F., Stoks, R., Rowe, L., & De Block, M. Life history plasticity in a damselfly: effects of combined time and biotic constraints. Ecology, 82(7): 1857–1869.
2000
  • Sokolovska, N., Rowe, L., & Johansson, F. Fitness and body size in mature odonates. Ecological Entomology, 25(2): 239–248.
  • Westlake, K.P., Rowe, L., & Currie, D.C. Phylogeny of the water strider genus Rheumatobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Systematic Entomology, 25(2): 125–145.
1999
  • Johansson, F., & Rowe, L. Life history and behavioral responses to time constraints in a damselfly. Ecology, 80(4): 1242–1252.
  • Westlake, K.P., & Rowe, L. Developmental costs of male sexual traits in the water strider Rheumatobates rileyi. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77(6): 917–922.
  • Tseng, M., & Rowe, L. Sexual dimorphism and allometry in the giant water strider Gigantometra gigas. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77(6): 923–929.
1997
  • Arnqvist, G., Thornhill, R., & Rowe, L. Evolution of animal genitalia: morphological correlates of fitness components in a water strider. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 10(4): 613–640.
  • Rowe, L., Repasky, R.R., & Palmer, A.R. Size-dependent asymmetry: fluctuating asymmetry versus antisymmetry and its relevance to condition-dependent signaling. Evolution, 51(5): 1401–1408.
1996
  • Rowe, L., & Houle, D. The lek paradox and the capture of genetic variance by condition dependent traits. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 263(1375): 1415–1421.
  • Abrams, P.A., & Rowe, L. The effects of predation on the age and size of maturity of prey. Evolution, 50(3): 1052–1061.
  • Arnqvist, G., Rowe, L., Krupa, J.J., & Sih, A. Assortative mating by size: a meta-analysis of mating patterns in water striders. Evolutionary Ecology, 10(3): 265–284.
  • Rowe, L., & Arnqvist, G. Analysis of the causal components of assortative mating in water striders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 38(4): 279–286.
  • Rowe, L., Krupa, J.J., & Sih, A. An experimental test of condition-dependent mating behavior and habitat choice by water striders in the wild. Behavioral Ecology, 7(4): 474–479.
1995
  • Arnqvist, G., & Rowe, L. Sexual conflict and arms races between the sexes: a morphological adaptation for control of mating in a female insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 261(1360): 123–127.
1994
  • Rowe, L. The costs of mating and mate choice in water striders. Animal Behaviour, 48(5): 1049–1056.
  • Rowe, L., Arnqvist, G., Sih, A., & Krupa, J.J. Sexual conflict and the evolutionary ecology of mating patterns: water striders as a model system. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 9(8): 289–293.
  • Rowe, L., Ludwig, D., & Schluter, D. Time, condition, and the seasonal decline of avian clutch size. The American Naturalist, 143(4): 698–722.
1993
  • Rowe, L. Experimental studies on the reproductive biology of the waterstrider, Gerris buenoi (Heteroptera: Gerridae). PhD thesis, University of British Columbia.
1992
  • Rowe, L. Convenience polyandry in a water strider: foraging conflicts and female control of copulation frequency and guarding duration. Animal Behaviour, 44: 189–202.
1991
  • Schluter, D., Price, T.D., & Rowe, L. Conflicting selection pressures and life history trade-offs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 246(1315): 11–17.
  • Rowe, L., & Ludwig, D. Size and timing of metamorphosis in complex life cycles: time constraints and variation. Ecology, 72(2): 413–427.
1990
  • Ludwig, D., & Rowe, L. Life-history strategies for energy gain and predator avoidance under time constraints. The American Naturalist, 135(5): 686–707.
  • Rowe, L., & Scudder, G.G.E. Reproductive rate and longevity in the waterstrider, Gerris buenoi. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68(2): 399–402.
  • Bernard, D.P., Neil, W.E., & Rowe, L. Impact of mild experimental acidification on short term invertebrate drift in a sensitive British Columbia stream. Hydrobiologia, 203(1): 63–72.
  • Rowe, L. Review of Freshwater Crayfish: Biology, Management and Exploitation, by D.M. Holdich & R.S. Lowery (eds.). The Quarterly Review of Biology, 65(3).
1989
  • Rowe, L., Berrill, M., Hollett, L., & Hall, R.J. The effects of short-term laboratory pH depressions on molting, mortality and major ion concentrations in the mayflies Stenonema femoratum and Leptophlebia cupida. Hydrobiologia, 184(1): 89–97.
  • Rowe, L., & Berrill, M. The life cycles of five closely related mayfly species (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae) coexisting in a small southern Ontario stream pool. Aquatic Insects, 11(2): 73–80.
1988
  • Rowe, L., Hudson, J., & Berrill, M. Hatching success of mayfly eggs at low pH. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 45(9): 1649–1652.
  • Rowe, L., Berrill, M., & Hollett, L. The influence of season and pH on mortality, molting and whole-body ion concentrations in nymphs of the mayfly Stenonema femoratum. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 90(3): 405–408.
1987
  • Berrill, M., Rowe, L., Hollett, L., & Hudson, J. Response of some aquatic benthic arthropods to low pH. Annalen van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde.
1986
  • Hollett, L., Berrill, M., & Rowe, L. Variation in major ion concentration of Cambarus robustus and Orconectes rusticus following exposure to low pH. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 43(10): 2040–2044.