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Amanda Rodewald

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Garvin Professor and Senior Director of Center for Avian Population Studies, Natural Resources and the Environment

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Contact Information

Cornell Lab, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road
Fernow Hall 103
Ithaca, NY 14853

(607) 254-2176

arodewald [at] cornell.edu

Selected Publications

  •  Zhu, L., N. Chau, A.D. Rodewald, and F. Garip.  2024. Weather deviations in Mexico linked to undocumented U.S. migration and its duration.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 121 (46) e24005241. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400524121
     

  • Rodewald, A.D., A. Lello-Smith, N. Magliocca, K. McSweeney, M. Strimas-Mackey, S. Sesnie, E. Nielsen. 2024.  Intersection of narco-trafficking, enforcement, and bird conservation in the Americas. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01365-z
     

  •   Neugarten, R.A., R. A. Rasolofoson, C. B. Barrett, G. Vieilledent, A. D. Rodewald.  2024.  The effect of a political crisis on performance of community- and state-managed forests in Madagascar.  Nature Communications 15: 2963.

  • Neugarten, R.A., R. Chaplin-Kramer, R.P. Sharp, R. Schuster, M. Strimas-Mackey, P. R. Roehrdanz, M. Mulligan, A. van Soesbergen, D. Hole, C.M. Kennedy, J.R. Oakleaf, J.A. Johnson, J. Kiesecker, S. Polasky, J.O. Hanson, A.D. Rodewald.  2024.  Mapping the planet’s critical assets for people and biodiversity.  Nature Communications 15:264. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43832-9

  • Schuster, R., R. Buxton, J.O. Hanson, A.D. Binley, J. Pittman, V. Tulloch, F. A. LaSorte, P. H. Verburg, A.D. Rodewald, S. Wilson, H.P. Possingham, and J.R. Bennett.  2023.   Protected area planning to conserve biodiversity in an uncertain world.  Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14048

  • Dossman, B.C., A.D. Rodewald, C. Studds, P. Marra.  2023.  Migratory birds with delayed spring departure migrate faster but pay the costs.  Ecology 104:e3938 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3938

  • Lello-Smith, A., A.D. Rodewald, V. H. Ramos, K.V. Rosenberg, V. Ruiz-Gutierrez.  2022.   Repeated burning undermines the value of regenerating cattle pastures for tropical forest birds.  Biological Conservation. 271:109593 doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109593

  • Wilson, S., H.Y. Lin, R. Schuster, C. Gomez, A. Gonzalez, E. Botero-Delgadillo, N.J. Bayly, J.R. Bennett, A.D. Rodewald, and V. Ruiz Gutierrez.  2021. Prioritizing the conservation of migratory birds and resident vertebrates in the Neotropics under alternative planning strategies.  Journal of Applied Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14077.

  • Jones, T.M., J.D. Brawn, I.J. Ausprey, A.C. Vitz, A.D. Rodewald, D.W. Raybuck, T.J. Boves, C.J. Fiss, D.J. McNeil, S.H. Stoleson, J.L. Larkin, W.A. Cox, A.C. Schwarzer, N. Horsley, E.M. Trumbo, and M.P. Ward.  2020.  Parental benefits and offspring costs reflect parent-offspring conflict over the age of fledging among songbirds.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2008955117
     

  • Liang, Y., I. Rudik, E. Zou, A. Johnston, A.D. Rodewald, C.L. Kling.  2020.  Conservation Co-benefits from air pollution regulation.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2013568117
     

  • Lin, H.Y., R. Schuster, S. Wilson, S.J. Cooke, A.D. Rodewald, and J.R. Bennett.  2020.  Integrating season-specific needs of migratory and resident birds in conservation planning.  Biological Conservation 252:108826. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108826

  • Sullivan, S.M.P., M. Rains, A.D. Rodewald, W.W. Buzbee, and A.D. Rosemond. 2020. Distorting science, putting water at risk.  Science 369: 766-768.

  • Rodewald, A.D., P. Arcese, J. Sarra, J. Tobin-de la Puente, J. Sayer, F. Hawkins, T. Martin, B. Guy, and K. Wachowicz.  2020.  Innovative finance for conservation:  roles for ecologists and practitioners.  Ecological Society of America, Issues in Ecology. https://www.esa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ESA_IssuesInEcology_no.22.pdf

  • Swift, R. J., A.D. Rodewald, J. Johnson, B. Andres, and N. Senner.  2020.  Seasonal survival and reversible state effects in a long-distance migratory shorebird.  Journal of Animal Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13246.

  • Martell, J.E.M. and A.D. Rodewald.  2019.  Frames, facts, and the science of communicating environmental crises.  Conservation Biology.  DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13424

  • Rodewald, A.D., M. Strimas-Mackey, R. Schuster, and P. Arcese.  2019.  Tradeoffs in the value of biodiversity feature and cost data in conservation prioritization.  Scientific Reports 9: article 15921

  • Bennett, R.E., A.D. Rodewald, and K.V. Rosenberg.  2019. Overlooked sexual segregation of habitats exposes female migratory landbirds to threats.  Biological Conservation 240:109266.

  • Wilson, S., R. Schuster, A.D. Rodewald, J.R. Bennett, A.C. Smith, LaSorte, F.A., Verburg, P.H., and P. Arcese.  2019.  Prioritize diversity or declining species? Trade-offs and synergies in spatial planning for the conservation of migratory birds in the face of land cover change. Biological Conservation 239:108285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108285
     

  • Sullivan, S.M.P., M. Rains, and A.D. Rodewald.  2019.  The proposed change to the definition of “waters of the United States” flouts sound science.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 116:11558-11561.

  • Schuster, R., Wilson S., Rodewald, A. D., Arcese P., Fink, D., Auer, T., Bennett, J. R.  2019.  Optimizing the conservation of migratory species over their full annual cycle.  Nature Communications 10:1754.  doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09723-8
     

  • Arcese, P. and A.D. Rodewald. 2019.  Predictors and consequences of earthworm invasion in a coastal archipelago.  Biological Invasions. doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01942-w

  • Hernandez-Aguilera, J.N., J. Conrad, M. Gomez, and A.D. Rodewald.  2019. The economics and ecology of shade-grown coffee: A model to incentivize shade and bird conservation.  Ecological Economics 159:110-121.

  • Schuster, R., A.D. Rodewald, T.G. Martin,, K.A. Wilson,. E.A. Law, M. Watts , H.P. Possingham & P. Arcese.  2018.  Tax-shifting and incentives for biodiversity conservation on private lands.  Conservation Letters. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12377

  • Sullivan, BL, Phillips, T, Dayer, AA, Wood, CL, Farnworth, A, Iliff, MJ, Davies, IJ, Wiggins, A, Fink, D, Hochachka, W, Rodewald,  AD, Rosenberg, KV, Bonney, R, and Kelling, S.  2017. Using open access observational data for conservation action:  a case study for birds.  Biological Conservation 208:5-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.031
     

Amanda in the news

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  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
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  • Lab of Ornithology
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