Wolfe Laboratory at Michigan Technological University

Wolfe Lab celebrates as members Jenna Brewer (2022) and Ellie Resendiz (2024) are honored with prestigious NSF GRFP funding!

Dr. Jared Wolfe and Dr. David Luther (George Mason University) were awarded two years of funding from NSF to study  declines of Amazonian birds

Dr. Jared Wolfe and John Depue (MI-DNR) were awarded National Fish and Wildlife Foundation support to  manage bat hibernacula to combat white-nose syndrome

We coupled indigenous knowledge and bird banding data to reduce the impacts of prescribed burns on bird communities

Collaborative research to model the distribution of Grey-Necked Picathartes across Central Africa

Jenna Brewer was awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award for her study focused on acoustic deterrents 

We used camera traps to assess distribution of mammal diversity in a biodiversity hotspot: Rio Campo National Park, Equatorial Guinea

Determining differences in territory size of overwintering American Redstarts in palm oil plantations and forest fragments. 

We used the physiological condition and age ratios of birds to reveal the habitat quality of oil palm plantations for migratory birds.  

We used banding data to show that ecologically similar birds go extinct in forest fragments and primary forest subject to climate change. 

We used demographic assortments of migrants to measure relative differences in the habitat quality of oil palm and native forest for migratory birds.

Explorations in the foraging ecology and behavior of woodcreepers to answer a simple question: how can multiple and seemingly similar species occur in sympatry?

Biodiversity Initiative contributed key African banding data to a global dataset of avian functional traits. 

Jared contributed two chapters to a new book titled Elusive Birds of the Tropical Understory. You can find more on the publisher's website and Amazon. 

How does climate change affect the physiology of Amazonian birds? Check out our collaborative research to find out. 

Latest improvements to the WRP age classification system to make it more precise and user friendly. 

Study detailing the effects of road development on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, on the species richness and functional diversity of birds.

We began bird banding operations at the Nara Nature Park, our newest avian monitoring station. Located within a few minutes from MTU, our Nara station provides wildlife students an opportunity to learn hands-on techniques right in Houghton.

Long term monitoring reveals a shifting bird community in remote Amazonian forest. Read more in our latest contribution in Ecology Letters.

How do bird communities differ between cacao farms and pristine forest? Learn the answer to this question in our latest article in Journal of Applied Ecology.

Oil palm agriculture continues to expand throughout Latin America. In this study, we aimed to determine if overwintering migrant birds use oil palm farms in Mexico. Access our article in the Journal of Field Ornithology. 

White-plumed antbirds are the slowest molting songbird on earth. What selective pressures led to this and other unique molt patterns? Learn the answer to this and other molt related questions in our contribution in Ornithology. 

Explore the colors of songbird migration in a photo essay and unscripted interview that displays the ways distance and timing affect plumage.

How does fragmentation influence bird survival in the Amazon? Learn how in our latest contribution in Avian Research. 

Collaborative review focused on the habitat ecology of overwintering migrants in Central and South America published in Ornithological Applications.

Tackling a difficult question: do migratory songbirds exhibit site fidelity to molting grounds? Learn more by reading our latest contribution in Ornithology.