Dr Kevin Rowe
Research interests
Evolutionary ecology
Discovering species and documenting their ecology, distribution and diversity (taxonomy and natural history). Resolving the evolutionary history of species and their adaptive radiations (phylogenetic systematics). Understanding the geographic context of speciation (biogeography). Quantifying phenotypic evolution and convergence (morphology). Exploring the evolution of genomes and biodiversity (molecular evolution). Testing and mitigating human impacts on biodiversity (conservation biology). Developing museum collections through fieldwork and biological inventories (field biology). Mostly rats!
Research projects
- Distribution and population monitoring of the endangered Smoky Mouse in Victoria (field based)
- Climate change and decline of the threatened Broad-toothed Rat in Victoria (field based)
- Population structure and genetic diversity of the endangered Smoky Mouse (lab based)
- Morphological evolution, biogeography and diversification of Muridae (field and lab based)
- Microbiomes and diet metabarcoding of Indonesian rodents (field and lab based)
- Comparative biogeography of Indonesian rodents (field and lab based)