Nicholas Rodenhouse – Effects of Climate Change on Migratory Birds

Field problem presented: Soheil Zendeh – Take a Second Look (TASL)

Nicholas Rodenhouse is Professor of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College where he teaches ecology, organismal biology, conservation biology, and environmental studies.

A member of the Wellesley College faculty since 1988, Professor Rodenhouse received a A.B. degree from Hope College in 1977 and an M.A. degree from Iowa State University in 1981. He received a Ph.D. degree from Dartmouth College in 1987.

His research focuses on population ecology, particularly the demography and ecology of migratory songbirds. His research and teaching has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the New England Consortium on Undergraduate Science Education. He has worked for more than 20 years on research at the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, the site of one of the longest running and most comprehensive ecosystem studies in the world.

Professor Rodenhouse has been published in numerous professional journals, including Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B; Oikos, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Coral Reefs, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, American Midland Naturalist, Wilson Bulletin, and the Wildlife Society Bulletin.