A.B., Hope College, Biology, 1977
M.S., Iowa State University, Animal Ecology, 1981
Ph.D., Dartmouth College, Terrestrial Ecology, 1987

Assoc. Prof. Biological Sciences (1997-present), Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Asst. Prof. Biological Sciences (1988-1997), Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Post Doctoral Fellow (1986-1988), Miami University, Oxford, OH

Population and behavioral ecology of forest songbirds; reproductive and foraging ecology of birds; effects of environmental change on bird populations

Ecological Society of America; Society for Conservation Biology; American Ornithologists Union, Elected member; American Society of Field Ornithologists; Institute for Alternative Agriculture; Animal Behavior Society; American Society of Naturalists; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi

Ellison, A.M., M.S. Bank, B.D. Clinton, E.A. Colburn, K. Elliot, C.R. Ford, D.R. Foster, B.D. Kloeppel, J.C. Knoepp, G.M. Lovett, J. Mohan, D.A. Orwig, N.L. Rodenhouse, W.V. Sobczak, K.A. Stinson, J.K. Stone, C.M. Swan, J. Thompson, B. Von Holle, and J.R. Webster. 2005. Loss of foundation species: consequences for the structure and dynamics of forested ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 9: 479-486.

Holmes, R.T., N. L. Rodenhouse and T. S. Sillett. 2005. Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens). The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; Retrieved from The Birds of North American Online database: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/account/Black-throated_Blue_Warbler/doi:10.2173/bna.87

Sillett, T. S., N. L. Rodenhouse and R. T. Holmes. 2004. Experimentally reducing neighbor density affects reproduction and behavior of a migratory songbird. Ecology 85:2467-2477.

Rodenhouse, N.L., T. S. Sillett and R. T. Holmes. 2003. Regulation of a migratory bird population by multiple density dependence mechanisms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 270: 2105-2110.

McPeek, M., N.L. Rodenhouse, T.W. Sherry, and R. T. Holmes. 2001. Site-dependent population regulation: population-level regulation without individual-level interaction. Oikos 94:417-424.

Rodenhouse, N. L., T. W. Sherry, and R. T. Holmes. 2000. Site dependent regulation of population size: Reply. Ecology, 81:1168-1171.

Rodenhouse, N. L., T. W. Sherry, and R. T. Holmes. 1999. Multiple mechanisms of population regulation: contributions of site dependence, crowding and age structure. In N. J. Adams and R. H. Slotow, editors. Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa

Rodenhouse, N. L., T. W. Sherry, and R. T. Holmes. 1997. Site-dependent regulation of population size: a new synthesis. Ecology, 78:2025-2042

Rodenhouse, N. L. P. J. Bohlen, and G. W. Barret. 1997. Effects of Habitat Shape on the Spatial Distribution, Density and Relative Abundances of 17-year Periodical Cicadas. American Midland Naturalist 137:124-135 (with P. J. Bohlen and G. W. Barrett)

Rodenhouse, N. L., L. B. Best, R. J. O''Connor, and E. K. Bollinger. 1995. Effects of agricultural practices and farmland structure. Pages 269-293 in T. E. Martin and D. M. Finch, editors. Ecology and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds. Oxford University Press, New York.

Nicotra, A. B., and N. L. Rodenhouse. 1995. Intraspecific competition in Chenopodium album varies with resource availability. American Midland Naturalist 134:90-98.

Rodenhouse, N. L. and L. B. Best. 1994. Foraging patterns of Vesper Sparrows (Pooecetes gramineus) breeding in cropland. American Midland Naturalist. 131:196-206.

Rodenhouse, N. L., L. B. Best, R. J. O''Connor, and E. K. Bollinger. 1993. Effects of temperate agriculture on Neotropical migrant landbirds. Pages 280-295 in D. Finch and P.Stangel, editors. Status and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, General Technical Report RM- 229.

Andres, N. A. and N. L. Rodenhouse. 1993. Resilience of corals to hurricanes: a simulation model. Coral Reefs 12:167-175.

Rodenhouse, N. L., R. T. Holmes. 1992. Results of natural and experimental food reductions on breeding Black-throated Blue Warblers. Ecology 73: 357-372.

Rodenhouse, N. L. 1992. Potential effects of climate change on a Neotropical migrant landbird. Conservation Biology 6:263-272.

Rodenhouse, N. L., G. W. Barrett, D. M. Zimmerman, and J. C. Kemp. 1992. Effects of uncultivated corridors on arthropod populations and crop yields in soybean agroecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 38:179-191.

Rodenhouse, N. L., G. W. Barrett, D. M. Zimmerman, and J. C. Kemp. 1992. Effects of uncultivated corridors on arthropod populations and crop yields in soybean agroecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 38:179-191.

Ayres, Matthew P., Dartmouth College; Betts, Matthew, University of New Bruswick; Christianson, Lynn, Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Ellison, Aaron,M, Harvard Forest; Holmes, Richard, T., Dartmouth College; Iverson, Louis, R., U. S Forest Service; Lambert, J. Daniel, Vermont Institute of Natural Science; Lovett, Gary, Institute of Ecosystem Studies; Matthews, Steven, Ohio State University; McFarland, Kent, P.,Vermont Institute of Natural Science; Nocera, Joseph J., University of New Brunswick; Ollinger, Scott V., University of New Hampshire; Schwenk, Scott, University of Vermont; Sillett, T. Scott, Smithsonian Institution; Strong, Alan M., University of Vermont

Richard T. Holmes; Louis B. Best

Member of the Committee of Scientists, Research Approval Committee, Information Oversight Committee, Scientific Coordinating Committee. Richard T. Holmes, T. Scott Sillett, Michael S. Webster and I with the help of numerous research assistants are investigating the factors and processes that determine the abundances of migratory songbirds within the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. We are using long term monitoring, experimental field studies and computer modeling to integrate and test relationships among bird populations, their food resources (primarily caterpillars), forest vegetation structure and the abundances of nest predators. Most recently we have been using the 600 m altitudinal gradient within the HBEF to study how predictable differences in climate affect avian ecology and demography.

Principal Investigator