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Nathaniel Thoreau Wheelwright

Anne T and Robert M Bass Professor of Natural Sciences Biology Emeritus

Bowdoin College

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Bowdoin College

Neuroscience

Nathaniel Thoreau Wheelwright is currently serving as a Bowdoin College Anne T and Robert M Bass Professor of Natural Sciences Biology Emeritus at Bowdoin College.

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Nathaniel Thoreau Wheelwright

Bowdoin College

Anne T and Robert M Bass Professor of Natural Sciences Biology Emeritus

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ecology avian biology evolutionary biology ornithology biology evolutionary ecology ecology and evolutionary biology behavioral ecology breeding behavior animal ecology animal behavior avian evolution climate change conservation biology wildlife ecology population biology population ecology population genetics behavioral sciences entomology adaptation botany wildlife animal behaviour savannah sparrows forest ecology reproductive success tree swallows molecular ecology tree physiology plant science reproductive biology plant ecology spatial ecology natural selection sexual selection ethology functional ecology biological conservation wildlife biology tree growth vegetation science genetic admixture passerculus sandwichensis boreal island migratory songbird mammalian biology forest biology forest conservation phenology plant taxonomy plant reproduction wildlife management evolutionary significance movement ecology parental care evolutionary genetics genetic diversity foraging interspecific behavioral interaction tropical cloud forest bird-dispersed plants fruit size island population island bird population new brunswick avian locomotion mating psychology forest health biogerontology animal breeding habitat selection natal dispersal social pairing female mating fidelity major histocompatibility complex

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Author Response for"Population Density and Timing of Breeding Mediate Effects of Early Life Conditions on Recruitment". (2025)

population densityauthor responsepopulation growthpopulation ecologyreproductive successearly life conditionsbehavioral ecologybiologypopulation biologyreproductive biologyanimal ecologydemographic processevolutionary biology

Causes and Consequences of Within‐Population Variation in Inter‐Brood Interval of a Migratory Songbird. Ibis (2025)

avian evolutionmigratory songbirdecologywildlife ecologypopulation biologyavian biologybehavioral ecologybiologywithin‐population variationecology and evolutionary biologyornithologyanimal ecologyevolutionary biologyanimal behaviorpopulation ecologyinter‐brood intervalbreeding behaviorevolutionary ecologypopulation genetics

Divergent Climate Impacts Despite Similar Response to Temperature in a Widespread Aerial Insectivore. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

climate change effectsbiologyclimate changeentomologyecological entomologyecology

Multigenerational Fitness Outcomes of Double-Brooding: A 30-Year Study of a Migratory Songbird. Behavioral Ecology (2025)

animal behaviorpopulation ecologyavian biologyornithologybehavioral ecologybiologymigratory songbirdfitnessbreeding behaviorevolutionary ecology30-year studymultigenerational fitness outcomesecologytransgenerational effectevolutionary biology

Population Density and Timing of Breeding Mediate Effects of Early Life Conditions on Recruitment. Biology Letters (2025)

population densitypopulation growthpopulation ecologyreproductive successearly life conditionsbiologybreeding behaviorpopulation biologyreproductive biologyanimal ecologyevolutionary biologymediate effects

Reduced Fitness of Secondary Females in a Polygynous Species: A 32-Yr Study of Savannah Sparrows. Behavioral Ecology (2024)

animal behaviorreduced fitnessreproductive successsecondary femalesavian biologyornithologybehavioral ecologysexual selectionbiologyfitnessbreeding behaviorevolutionary ecologypolygynous speciesecologyevolutionary biology

The Effect of Climate Change on Avian Offspring Production: A Global Meta-Analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023)

Lucyna HalupkaDebora ArltJere TolvanenAlexandre MillonPierre BizePeter AdamíkPascal AlbertWayne J. ArendtAlexander V. ArtemyevVittorio BaglioneJerzy BańburaMirosława BańburaEmilio BarbaRobert T. BarrettPeter H. BeckerEugen BelskiiMark BoltonE. Keith BowersJoël BriedLyanne BrouwerMonika BukacińskaDariusz BukacińskiLesley BulluckKate F. CarstensInês CatryMotti CharterAnna ChernomoretsRita CovasMonika CzuchraDonald C. DearbornFlorentino de LopeAdrián S. Di GiacomoValery C. DombrovskiHugh DrummondMichael J. DunnTapio EevaLouise M. EmmersonYngve EspmarkJuan A. FargalloSergey I. GashkovElena Yu. GolubovaMichael GriesserMichael P. HarrisJeffrey P. HooverZuzanna JagiełłoPatrik KarellJanusz KloskowskiWalter D. KoenigHeikki KolunenMałgorzata Korczak-AbshireErkki KorpimäkiIndrikis KramsMiloš KristSonja C. KrügerBoris D. KuranovXavier LambinMichael P. LombardoAndrey LyakhovAlfonso MarzalAnders P. MøllerVerónica C. NevesJan Tøttrup NielsenAlexander NumerovBeata OrłowskaDaniel OroMarkus ÖstRichard A. PhillipsHannu PietiäinenVicente PoloJiří PorkertJaime PottiHannu PöysäThierry PrintempsJouke PropPetra QuillfeldtJaime A. RamosPierre-Alain RavussinRobert N. RosenfieldAlexandre RoulinDustin R. RubensteinIrina E. SamusenkoDenis A. SaundersMichael SchaubJuan C. SenarFabrizio SergioTapio SolonenDiana V. SolovyevaJanusz StępniewskiPaul M. ThompsonMarcin TobolkaJános TörökMartijn van de PolLouis VernooijMarcel E. VisserDavid F. WestneatNathaniel T. WheelwrightJarosław WiącekKaren L. WiebeAndrew G. WoodAndrzej Wuczyński

population ecologywildlifeavian biologyornithologypoultry scienceglobal meta-analysisanimal ecologyclimate changebreeding behaviorevolutionary ecologyentomologydevelopmental biologyecologyevolutionary biology

Nestling Savannah Sparrows and Tree Swallows Differ in Their Sensitivity to Weather. The Auk (2022)

animal behaviorextreme environmentsavian biologybehavioral ecologywildlife ecologybiologyanimal ecologybreeding behaviorevolutionary ecologytree swallowsecology and evolutionary biologysavannah sparrowsecologyornithology

Temporal Correlations Among Demographic Parameters Are Ubiquitous but Highly Variable Across Species. Ecology Letters (2022)

Rémi FaySandra HamelMartijn van de PolJean‐Michel GaillardNigel G. YoccozPaul AckerMatthieu AuthierBenjamin LarueChristie Le CoeurKaitlin R. MacdonaldAlex Nicol‐HarperChristophe BarbraudChristophe BonenfantDirk H. Van VurenEmmanuelle CamKarine DelordMarlène GamelonMaria MoironFanie PelletierJay RotellaCeline TeplitskyMarcel E. VisserCaitlin P. WellsNathaniel T. WheelwrightStéphanie JenouvrierBernt‐Erik Sæther

temporal correlationsecologydemographic parametersclimate change

2021 Aos Marion Jenkinson Service Award to Sara Kaiser. The Auk (2021)

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Nathaniel Thoreau Wheelwright

Anne T and Robert M Bass Professor of Natural Sciences Biology Emeritus

Bowdoin College

Affiliations

Bowdoin College

Neuroscience

Nathaniel Thoreau Wheelwright is currently serving as a Bowdoin College Anne T and Robert M Bass Professor of Natural Sciences Biology Emeritus at Bowdoin College.

Honors