Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., PhD
Former Employee
Wildlife Team Leader
Treesearch Publications
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Michael Akresh, Dave Currie, Javier E. Mercado, Eileen Helmer, David Ewert. 2024. Factors influencing home range size and overlap in nonbreeding Kirtland’s Warblers on Eleuthera, The Bahamas
- Genie M. Fleming, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Jennifer D. White, David Currie, Eileen Helmer, David N. Ewert. 2024. Winter dry season reproductive phenology in Bahamian dry forest and implications for conservation
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Patricia K. Lebow, David N. Ewert, Jennifer D. White, Dave Currie. 2023. The Effects of Rainfall on Foliage and Ground Arthropod Availability for Kirtland’s Warblers and Other Gleaning Insectivores in the Late Dry Season in The Bahamas
- Alberto C. Cruz-Mendoza, Frank F. Rivera-Milan, Wayne J. Arendt, Laura L. Fidalgo-De Souza, Jessica Ilse, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2023. Effects of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on Abundance and Occupancy of Margarops fuscatus (Pearly-eyed Thrasher) in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Yaritza M. Bobonis-Vázquez, Dayamiris Candelario, Eleanor S. Devenish-Nelson, Victor M. Cuevas Padró, Claus-Martin Eckelmann, Derick G. Gil Hernández, Marilyn Headley, Carol James, Howard P. Nelson, Eliezer Nieves-Rodríguez, Orlando Rivera, Maria Rivera, Jean-Philippe Rochet, Eugenio Santiago-Valentín. 2022. In memoriam: Dr. Frank H. Wadsworth, 1915–2022
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2022. Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
- Wayne J. Arendt, R. Cary Tuckfield, Juan Carlos Martínez-Sánchez, Jennifer L. Reidy, Frank R. Thompson, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., José Manuel. Zolotoff. 2020. Avian Community Density and Distribution Patterns among Nicaraguan Conventional and Organic Shade-Coffee Plantations
- Genie M. Fleming, David N. Ewert, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2019. Response of early-successional Bahamian dry forest habitat to goat grazing and implications for Kirtland’s warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii) wintering ground management
- Noel F R. Snyder, Herbert Raffaele, Arturo Kirkconnell, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2019. James W. Wiley, 1943–2018
- Jason M. Townsend, Rafaela Aguilera Román, Felisa Collazo Torres, José González Díaz, Chandra Degia, Hiram González Alonso, Floyd E. Hayes, Lyndon John, Steven C. Latta, Lourdes Mugica Valdés, Nils Navarro Pacheco, Fernando Nuñez-García, Carlos Peña, Herbert Raffaele, Pedro Regalado, Ernesto Reyes Mouriño, Yaroddy Rodríguez, Bárbara Sánchez Oria, Helen Snyder, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2019. In memoriam: Dr. James W. Wiley, 1943–2018
- Nathan W. Cooper, David N. Ewert, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Eileen Helmer, Peter P. Marra. 2019. Revising the wintering distribution and habitat use of the Kirtland’s warbler using playback surveys, citizen scientists, and geolocators
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2017. Effects of hurricanes Irma and Maria on birds in the Fajardo Christmas bird count in northeastern Puerto Rico: a preliminary assessment
- Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, Wayne J. Arendt, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., T. Mitchell. Aide. 2017. Have bird distributions shifted along an elevational gradient on a tropical mountain?
- Sarah M. Rockwell, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., T. Scott Sillett, Carol I. Bocetti, David N. Ewert, Dave Currie, Jennifer D. White, Peter P. Marra. 2017. Seasonal survival estimation for a long-distance migratory bird and the influence of winter precipitation
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Wayne J. Arendt. 2017. The Plight of Migrant Birds Wintering in the Caribbean: Rainfall Effects in the Annual Cycle
- Lawrence N. Hudson, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., And Others. 2016. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project
- Elvira Cuevas, Eileen Ortiz, Damien Bontemps, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Rafael Joglar. 2016. Diet of the non-native spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in Puerto Rico
- Genie M. Fleming, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., David N. Ewert. 2016. Diet preferences of goats in a subtropical dry forest and implications for habitat management
- G. M. Fleming, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., D. N. Ewert, Joseph J. O'Brien, Eileen Helmer. 2015. Functional attributes of two subtropical shrubs and implications for the distribution and management of endangered bird habitat
- W. Beltran, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2014. Temporal dynamics of arthropods on six tree species in dry woodlands on the Caribbean Island of Puerto Rico
- Genie M. Fleming, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., David N. Ewert, Joseph J. O'Brien. 2014. Estimating plant biomass in early-successional subtropical vegetation using a visual obstruction technique
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Patricia K. Lebow, Jennifer D. White, Dave Currie, David N. Ewert. 2014. Sex and age differences in site fidelity, food resource tracking, and body condition of wintering Kirtland's Warblers (Setophaga Kirtlandii) in the Bahamas
- C.W. Boal, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Wayne J. Arendt. 2013. Autumn monitoring of resident avifauna on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2013. Birds of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire
- E. O. Vázquez Plass, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2013. Avian distribution along a gradient of urbanization in northeastern Puerto Rico
- K. P. McFarland, C. C. Rimmer, J. E. Goetz, Y. Aubry, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., A. Hayes-Sutton, J. M. Townsend, A. Llanes Sosa, A. Kirkconnell. 2013. A winter distribution model for Bicknell's Thrush (Catharus bicknelli), a conservation tool for a threatened migratory songbird
- W. Beltran, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2013. Determinants of tree species preference for foraging by insectivorous birds in a novel Prosopis - Leucaena woodland in Puerto Rico: the role of foliage palatability
- G. P. Servat, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2012. The IXth Neotropical Ornithological Congress in Peru (Cusco, 8-14 November 2011)
- N. Brokaw, J.K. Zimmerman, M. Willig, G. Camilo, A. Covich, T. Crowl, N. Fetcher, B. Haines, D. Jean Lodge, Ariel Lugo, R. Myster, C.M. Pringle, J. Sharpe, F. Scatena, T. Schowalter, W. Silver, J. Thompson, D. Vogt, K. Vogt, R. Waide, L. Walker, L. Woolbright, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., X. Zou. 2012. Response to disturbance, Chapter 5
- T.A. Carlo, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Ariel Lugo. 2012. Natural mixing of species: novel plant–animal communities on Caribbean Islands
- David N. Ewert, Kimberly R. Hall, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Dave Currie, Sarah M. Rockwell, Scott B. Johnson, Jennifer D. White. 2012. Duration and rate of spring migration of Kirtland’s Warblers
- Claire C. Larkin, Charles Kwit, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Eileen Helmer, M. Henry H. Stevens, Montara T.K. Roberts, David N. Ewert. 2011. Disturbance type and plant succesional communities in Bahamian dry forests
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Wayne J. Arendt. 2011. Avian studies and research opportunities in the Luquillo Experimental Forest: a tropical rain forest in Puerto Rico
- Edgar O. Vazquez-Plass, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2010. Differences in knowledge about birds and their conservation between rural and urban residents of Puerto Rico
- Jeffrey R. Walters, Scott R. Derrickson, D. Michael Fry, Susan M. Haig, John M. Marzluff, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2010. Status of the California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus ) and efforts to achieve its recovery
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Dave Currie, Eileen Helmer, David N. Ewert, Jennifer D. White, Thomas S. Ruzycki, Bernard Parresol, Charles Kwit. 2010. Kirtland’s warblers in anthropogenically disturbed early-successional habitats on Eleuthera, The Bahamas
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Wayne J. Arendt, Jose William Beltran. 2010. Changes in home range of breeding and post-breeding male Pearly-eyed Thrashers in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico
- Eileen Helmer, Thomas S. Ruzycki, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Shannon Vogesser, Bonnie Ruefenacht, Charles Kwit, Thomas Brandeis, David N. Ewert. 2010. Mapping tropical dry forest height, foliage height profiles and disturbance type and age with a time series of cloud-cleared Landsat and ALI image mosaics to characterize avian habitat
- D. N. Ewert, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., C.W. Eberly, P.W. Huber, E. Carey. 2009. The Kirtland’s Warbler: interagency and international cooperation works
- Ivan Castro Arellano, Steven J. Presley, Michael R. Willig, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Luiz N. Saldanha. 2009. Reduced-impact logging and temporal activity of understorey bats in lowland Amazonia
- S.J. Presley, M.R. Willig, L.N. Saldanha, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., I. Castro-Arellano. 2009. Reduced-impact logging has little effect on temporal activity of frugivorous bats (Chiroptera) in lowland Amazonia
- S.R. Beissinger, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., J.M. Meyers, B.E. Saether, S. Engen. 2008. Anatomy of a bottleneck: diagnosing factors limiting population growth in the Puerto Rican Parrot
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2008. From the past to the globalized future for Caribbean birds
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., David Currie, David N. Ewert. 2007. The potential role of hurricanes in the creation and maintenance of Kirtland's warbler winter habitat in the Bahamian Archipelago.
- Ivan Castro-Arellanos, Steven J. Presley, Luis Nelio Saldanha, Michael R. Willig, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 2007. Effects of reduced impact logging on bat biodiversity in terra firme forest of lowland Amazonia.
- STEVEN R. J. BEISSINGER, MICHAEL REED, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Deborah M. Finch. 2000. REPORT OF THE AOU CONSERVATION COMMITTEE ON THE PARTNERS IN FLIGHT SPECIES PRIORITIZATION PLAN
- Steven C., Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1998. The Assemblage of Birds Foraging in Native West Indian Pine (Pinus occidentalis) Forests of the Dominican Republic during the Nonbreeding Season
- Steven C. Latta, Kenneth C. Parkes, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1998. A New Intrageneric Dendroica Hybrid from Hispaniola
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Steven Latta. 1996. Avian abundance in sun and shade coffee plantations and remnant pine forest in the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic
- Steven C. Latta, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1996. The Composition and Foraging Ecology of Mixed-Species Flocks in Pine Forests of Hispaniola
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., James Wiley. 1996. Effects of hurricanes on wildlife: implications and strategies for management
- Steven C. Latta, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Esteban Terranova, Michelle Pagán. 1995. An experimental study of nest predation in a subtropical wet forest following hurricane disturbance
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1995. Responses of bird populations in a Puerto Rican forest to Hurricane Hugo: The first 18 months
- Marcia H. Wilson, Cameron B. Kepler, Noel F.R. Snyder, Scott R. Derrickson, F. Josh Dein, James W. Wiley, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Ariel Lugo, David L. Graham, William D. Toone. 1994. Puerto Rican Parrots and Potential Limitations of the Metapopulation Approach to Species Conservation
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1994. Métodos Para Contar Aves Terrestres Del Caribe.
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1994. Census Methods for Caribbean Land Birds
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Robert Wade. 1993. Distribution of Overwintering Nearctic Migrants in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles
- James W. Wiley, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1993. The effects of hurricanes on birds, with special reference to Caribbean islands
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1992. Sexual habitat segregation in Black-throated Blue Warblers wintering in Puerto Rico.
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Rafael A. Cortes, William Carromero. 1992. Song Characteristics and Variation in a Population of Bananaquits on Puerto Rico
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., D. Jean Lodge, Robert B. Waide. 1992. Short-Term Effects of Hurricane Gilbert on Terrestrial Bird Populations on Jamaica
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr. 1991. Age-specific foraging proficiency in birds.
- J Christopher Haney, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Wayne J. Arendt. 1991. Some initial effects of Hurricane Hugo on endangered and endemic species of West Indian birds
- Univ. of Minnesota, Ph.D., Ecology & Beahvior, 1980
- University of Minnesota, M.S., Ecology & Behavior, 1976
- University of Maine, B.S., Biology, 1971
Last updated March 10, 2026