Dr Bob Wong - Researcher Profile

Biography

Bob works in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer

 

 

Bob’s research areas of interest are:

 

• Sexual selection
• Parental care
• Animal communication systems and information networks
• Anthropogenic impacts on behaviour

 

Honours projects for prospective students: www.biolsci.monash.edu.au/honours/wong.html

 

Keywords

Evolution, Animal Behaviour, Sexual selection, Parental care, Animal communication systems

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2009

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: The Australian National University

Year awarded: 2004

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - HONOURS

Institution: Australian National University

Year awarded: 2000

BACHELOR OF LAW

Institution: Australian National University

Year awarded: 1999

Publications

Books

Candolin, U., Wong, B.B.M. (eds), 2012, Behavioural Responses to a Changing World: Mechanisms and Consequences, Oxford University Press, Oxford United Kingdom.

Book Chapters

Candolin, U., Wong, B.B.M., 2012, Sexual selection in changing environments: Consequences for individuals and populations, in Behavioural Responses to a Changing World: Mechanisms and Consequences, eds Ulrika Candolin and Bob B. M. Wong, Oxford University Press, Oxford United Kingdom, pp. 201-215.

Candolin, U., Wong, B.B.M., 2008, Mate choice, in Fish Behaviour, eds C Magnhagen, V Braithwaite, E Forsgren, B G Kapoor, Science Publishers, UK, pp. 337-376.

Journal Articles

Svensson, P.A., Lehtonen, T., Wong, B.B.M., 2012, A high aggression strategy for smaller males, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 8, Public Library Science, San Francisco USA, pp. 1-6.

Wong, B.B.M., Tuomainen, U., Candolin, U., 2012, Algal blooms impact the quality of nest construction in three-spined sticklebacks, Animal Behaviour [P], vol 84, issue 6, Academic Press, London England, pp. 1541-1545.

Chapple, D., Simmonds, S., Wong, B., 2012, Can behavioral and personality traits influence the success of unintentional species introductions?, Trends in Ecology and Evolution [P], vol 27, issue 1, Elsevier, UK, pp. 57-64.

Lowry, H., Lill, A., Wong, B., 2012, How noisy does a noisy miner have to be? Amplitude adjustments of alarm calls in an avian urban 'adapter', PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 1, Public Library Science, San Francisco USA, pp. 1-5.

Chapple, D., Simmonds, S., Wong, B., 2012, Intraspecific behavioral variation is important in both deliberate and unintentional species introductions: response to Carrete et al., Trends in Ecology and Evolution [P], vol 27, issue 2, PubMed, USA, pp. 68-69.

Squires, Z.E., Wong, B.B.M., Norman, M.D., Stuart-Fox, D., 2012, Multiple fitness benefits of polyandry in a cephalopod, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 5, Public Library Science, San Francisco USA, pp. 1-7.

Dyer, A.G., Boyd-Gerny, S., McLoughlin, S., Rosa, M.G., Simonov, V., Wong, B.B.M., 2012, Parallel evolution of angiosperm colour signals: common evolutionary pressures linked to hymenopteran vision, Proceedings of the Royal Society - Biological Sciences (Series B) [P], vol 279, issue 1742, The Royal Society Publishing, UK, pp. 3606-3615.

Japoshvili, B., Lehtonen, T., Wong, B.B.M., Lindstrom, K., 2012, Repeatability of nest size choice and nest building in sand gobies, Animal Behaviour [P], vol 84, issue 4, Academic Press Ltd-Elsevier Science Ltd, London England, pp. 913-917.

Morrongiello, J.R., Bond, N.R., Crook, D., Wong, B.B.M., 2012, Spatial variation in egg size and egg number reflects trade-offs and bet-hedging in a freshwater fish, Journal Of Animal Ecology [P], vol 81, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey USA, pp. 806-817.

Lehtonen, T., Wong, B., Svensson, P., Mayer, A., 2011, Adjustment of brood care behaviour in the absence of a mate in two species of Nicaraguan crater lake cichlids, Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology [P], vol 65, issue 4, Springer, Germany, pp. 613-619.

Lehtonen, T., Svensson, P., Wong, B., 2011, Both male and female identity influence variation in male signalling effort, BMC Evolutionary Biology [P], vol 11, issue 233, Biomed Central Ltd, London England, pp. 1-7.

Svensson, P., Wong, B., 2011, Carotenoid-based signals in behavioural ecology: a review, Behaviour [P], vol 148, issue 2, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden Netherlands, pp. 131-189.

van der Sluijs, I., Gray, S., Amorim, M., Barber, I., Candolin, U., Hendry, A., Krahe, R., Maan, M., Utne-Palm, A., Wagner, H., Wong, B., 2011, Communication in troubled waters: responses of fish communication systems to changing environments, Evolutionary Ecology [P], vol 25, issue 3, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 623-640.

Symons, N., Svensson, P., Wong, B., 2011, Do male desert gobies compromise offspring care to attract additional mating opportunities?, PLoS ONE [P], vol 6, issue 6, Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-4.

Morrongiello, J., Bond, N., Crook, D., Wong, B., 2011, Eucalyptus leachate inhibits reproduction in a freshwater fish, Freshwater Biology [P], vol 56, issue 9, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 1736-1745.

Chapple, D., Simmonds, S., Wong, B., 2011, Know when to run, know when to hide: can behavioral differences explain the divergent invasion success of two sympatric lizards?, Ecology and Evolution [E], vol 1, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 278-289.

Mautz, B., Detto, T., Wong, B., Kokko, H., Jennions, M., Backwell, P., 2011, Male fiddler crabs defend multiple burrows to attract additional females, Behavioral Ecology [P], vol 22, issue 2, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 261-267.

Lehtonen, T., Wong, B., Lindstrom, K., Mayer, A., 2011, Species divergence and seasonal succession in rates of mate desertion in closely related Neotropical cichlid fishes, Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology [P], vol 65, issue 4, Springer, Germany, pp. 607-612.

Lowry, H., Lill, A., Wong, B., 2011, Tolerance of auditory disturbance by an avian urban adapter, the noisy miner, Ethology [P], vol 117, issue 6, Wiley Blackwell, Germany, pp. 490-497.

Squires, Z.E., Bailey, P.C., Reina, R., Wong, B.B.M., 2010, Compensatory growth in tadpoles after transient salinity stress, Marine and Freshwater Research [P], vol 61, issue 2, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 219-222.

Lehtonen, T.K., Wong, B.B.M., Lindstrom, K., 2010, Fluctuating mate preferences in a marine fish, Biology Letters [P], vol 6, issue 1, The Royal Society, London England, pp. 21-23.

Morrongiello, J., Bond, N., Crook, D., Wong, B., 2010, Nuptial coloration varies with ambient light environment in a freshwater fish, Journal Of Evolutionary Biology [P], vol 23, issue 12, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc, Malden Massachusetts USA, pp. 2718-2725.

Head, M., Wong, B., Brooks, R., 2010, Sexual display and mate choice in an energetically costly environment, PLoS ONE [P], vol 5, issue 11, Public Library of Science, San Francisco USA, pp. 1-4.

Svensson, P., Lehtonen, T.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2010, The interval between sexual encounters affects male courtship tactics in a desert-dwelling fish, Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology [P], vol 64, issue 12, Springer, New York USA, pp. 1967-1970.

Billingham, Z., Chapple, D.G., Sunnucks, P., Wong, B.B.M., 2009, Chemical cues and group association preferences in a subsocial cockroach, Panesthia australis, Australian Journal of Zoology [P], vol 57, CSIRO, Australia, pp. 385-390.

Wong, B.B.M., McCarthy, M.R., 2009, Prudent male mate choice under perceived sperm competition risk in the eastern mosquito fish, Behavioral Ecology [P], vol 20, issue 2, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 278-282.

Wong, B.B.M., Jarvenpaa, M., Lindstrom, K., 2009, Risk-sensitive mating decisions in a visually compromised environment, Biology Letters [P], vol 5, issue 5, The Royal Society, UK, pp. 600-602.

Lehtonen, T.K., Wong, B.B.M., 2009, Should females prefer males with elaborate nests?, Behavioral Ecology [P], vol 20, issue 5, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 1015-1019.

Wong, B.B.M., Svensson, P.A., 2009, Strategic male signalling effort in a desert-dwelling fish, Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology [P], vol 63, issue 4, Springer, USA, pp. 543-549.

Squires, Z., Bailey, P.C., Reina, R., Wong, B.B.M., 2008, Environmental deterioration increases tadpole vulnerability to predation, Biology Letters, vol 4, issue 4, Royal Society, UK, pp. 392-394.

Wong, B.B.M., Lehtonen, T.K., Lindstrom, K., 2008, Male nest choice in sand gobies, pomatoschistus minutus, Ethology [E], vol 114, Blackwell Verlag, Berlin, Germany, pp. 575-581.

Wong, B.B.M., Candolin, U., Lindstrom, K., 2007, Environmental deterioration compromises socially enforced signals of male quality in three-spined sticklebacks, The American Naturalist, vol 170, issue 2, University of Chicago Press, USA, pp. 184-189.

Buckingham, J.N., Wong, B.B.M., Rosenthal, G.G., 2007, Shoaling decisions in female swordtails: how do fish gauge group size?, Behaviour, vol 144, Brill Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 1333-1346.

Kokko, H., Wong, B.B.M., 2007, What determines sex roles in mate searching?, Evolution, vol 61, issue 5, Society Study Evolution, Lawrence USA, pp. 1162-1175.

Fisher, H.S., Wong, B.B.M., Rosenthal, G.G., 2006, Alteration of the chemical environment disrupts communication in a freshwater fish., Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, vol 273, issue 1591, Royal Society London, London UK, pp. 1187-1193.

Wong, B.B.M., Rosenthal, G.G., 2006, Female disdain for swords in a swordtail fish, The American Naturalist, vol 167, issue 1, University of Chicago Press, USA, pp. 136-140.

Jennions, M.D., Wong, B.B.M., Cowling, A., Donnelly, C., 2006, Life-history phenotypes in a live-bearing fish Brachyrhaphis episcopi living under different predator regimes: Seasonal effects?, Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol 76, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 211-219.

Wong, B.B.M., Candolin, U., 2005, How is female mate choice affected by male competition?, Biological Reviews, vol 80, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 559-571.

Wong, B.B.M., Kokko, H., 2005, Is science as global as we think? [1], TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution, vol 20, issue 9, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 475-476.

Wong, B.B.M., Bibeau, C., Bishop, K.A., Rosenthal, G.G., 2005, Response to perceived predation threat in fiddler crabs: trust thy neighbor as thyself?, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 58, Springer, New York NY USA, pp. 345-350.

Wong, B.B.M., Rosenthal, G.G., 2005, Shoal choice in swordtails when preferences conflict, Ethology, vol 111, Blackwell Verlag, Germany, pp. 179-186.

Wong, B.B.M., Fisher, H.S., Rosenthal, G.G., 2005, Species recognition by male swordtails via chemical cues, Behavioral Ecology, vol 16, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 818-822.

Wong, B.B.M., Keogh, J.S., McGlashan, D.J., 2004, Current and historical patterns of drainage connectivity in eastern Australia inferred from population genetic structuring in a widespread freshwater fish Pseudomugil signifer (Pseudomugilidae), Molecular Ecology, vol 13, Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 391-401.

Wong, B.B.M., Cowling, A., Cunningham, R.B., Donnelly, C.F., Cooper, P.D., 2004, Do temperature and social environment interact to affect call rate in frogs (Crinia signifera)?, Austral Ecology, vol 29, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford England, pp. 209-214.

Wong, B.B.M., 2004, Male competition is disruptive to courtship in the Pacific blue-eye, Journal of Fish Biology, vol 65, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 333-341.

Wong, B.B.M., Keogh, J.S., Jennions, M.D., 2004, Mate recognition in a freshwater fish: geographical distance, genetic differentiation, and variation in female preference for local over foreign males, Journal of Evolutional Biology, vol 17, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 701-708.

Wong, B.B.M., Salzmann, C., Schiestl, F.P., 2004, Pollinator attractiveness increases with distance from flowering orchids, Biology Letters, vol 271, Royal Society, London England, pp. S212-S214.

Wong, B.B.M., 2004, Superior fighters make mediocre fathers in the Pacific blue-eye fish, Animal Behaviour, vol 67, Elsevier, London England, pp. 583-590.

Wong, B.B.M., Jennions, M.D., 2003, Costs influence male mate choice in a freshwater fish, Biology Letters, vol 270, Royal Society London, London England, pp. 36-38.

Wong, B.B.M., Schiestl, F.P., 2002, How an orchid harms its pollinator, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, vol 269, Royal Society London, London England, pp. 1529-1532.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Behavioural and Food Web Interactions in Australian Desert Fish.

Supervisors:

Thompson, R (Joint), Wong, B (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Impacts of environmental change on a desert-dwelling fish..

Supervisors:

Wong, B (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Resource use trait polymorphism and population diversification..

Supervisors:

Wong, B (Main), Chapple, D (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproductive behaviour and sexual selection in fish.

Supervisors:

Wong, B (Main), Saaristo, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The interaction between female mate choice and filial cannibalism.

Supervisors:

Wong, B (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The role of behaviour and behavioural syndromes in the invasion success of the delicate skink.

Supervisors:

Chapple, D (Joint-co), Wong, B (Joint).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Lowry, H.

Program of Study:

Behavioural traits of a successful avian urban adapter, the noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala). (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Wong, B (Main), Lill, A (Associate).

Student:

Morrongiello, J.

Program of Study:

Life history variation along environmental gradients in a freshwater fish, the southern pygmy perch Nannoperca australis. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Bond, N (Joint-Co), Wong, B (Joint).