Integrating wildlife conservation into sustainable forest stewardship
Photo by Tristan Spinski
Photo by Tristan Spinski
Welcome! Our lab conducts fieldwork and exploration in tropical and temperate systems to understand how environmental change affects wildlife populations and communities.
Thoughts & blogs
News & updates
Niche partitioning of Amazonian Woodcreepers
Published Research - March 2022
Explorations in the foraging ecology and behavior of woodcreepers to answer a simple question: how can multiple and seemingly similar species occur in sympatry?
Global database of avian functional traits
Published Research - February 2022
Biodiversity Initiative contributed key African banding data to a global dataset of avian functional traits.
New book on understory birds
Published Book - December 2021
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.
Physiological changes in Amazonian birds
Published Research - November 2021
How does climate change affect the physiology of Amazonian birds? Check out our collaborative research to find out.
Towards a global system of categorizing bird age
Published Research - November 2021
Latest improvements to the WRP age classification system to make it more precise and user friendly.
Effects of road development on Afrotopical birds
Published Research - September 2021
Study detailing the effects of road development on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, on the species richness and functional diversity of birds.
Nara banding station is open
Field activities - May 2021
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.
Shifting baselines in Amazonia
Published research - March 2021
Long term monitoring reveals a shifting bird community in remote Amazonian forest. Read more in our latest contribution in Ecology Letters.
Avian conservation in African cocoa farms
Published research - February 2021
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.
Neotropical migrants in Mexican oil palm
Published research - February 2021
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.
Adaptive significance of avian molt in the Neotropics
Published research - January 2021
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.
Photo essay published on bird & molt research in the Wolfe Lab
Published research - December 2020
Explore the colors of songbird migration in a photo essay and unscripted interview that displays the ways distance and timing affect plumage.
Effects of fragmentation on Amazonian bird survival
Published research - November 2020
How does fragmentation influence bird survival in the Amazon? Learn how in our latest contribution in Avian Research.
Migrant habitat ecology on the wintering grounds
Published research - October 2020
Collaborative review focused on the habitat ecology of overwintering migrants in Central and South America published in Ornithological Applications.
Measuring site fidelity among molting songbirds
Published research - September 2020
Tackling a difficult question: do migratory songbirds exhibit site fidelity to molting grounds? Learn more by reading our latest contribution in Ornithology.