Wayne J. Arendt
Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist
wayne.arendt@usda.gov
Treesearch Publications
- Wayne J. Arendt, María M. Paulino, Luis R. Paulino, Danilo A. Mejía. 2025. Aberrant plumage in a Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) from the Dominican Republic
- Marvin A Tórrez, Wayne J. Arendt, Edgar Castañeda, María Elena Santiago, Marlon Sotelo, Orlando Jarquín. 2024. Historia Natural Moderna de las Aves Terrestres en la Vertiente del Pacífico de Nicaragua
- Christopher J. Sayers, David C. Evers, Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez, Evan Adams, Claudia M. Vega, Jessica N. Pisconte, Vania Tejeda, Kevin Regan, Oksana P. Lane, Abidas A. Ash, Reynold Cal, Stevan Reneau, Wilber Martínez, Gilroy Welch, Kayla Hartwell, Mario Teul, David Tzul, Wayne J. Arendt, Marvin A. Tórrez, Mrinalini Watsa, Gideon Erkenswick, Caroline E. Moore, Jacqueline Gerson, Victor Sánchez, Raúl Pérez Purizaca, Helen Yurek, Mark E. H. Burton, Peggy L. Shrum, Sebastian Tabares-Segovia, Korik Vargas, Finola F. Fogarty, Mathieu R. Charette, Ari E. Martínez, Emily Bernhardt, Robert J. Taylor, Timothy H. Tear, Luis E. Fernandez. 2023. Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data
- Andrew G. Wood, Andrzej Wuczyński, Dariusz Wysocki, Markéta Zárybnická, Antoni Margalida, Konrad Halupka, Lucyna Halupka, Debora Arlt, Jere Tolvanen, Alexandre Millon, Pierre Bize, Peter Adamík, Pascal Albert, Wayne J. Arendt, Alexander V Artemyev, Vittorio Baglione, Jerzy Bańbura, Mirosława Bańbura, Emilio Barba, Robert T. Barrett, Peter H. Becker, Eugen Belskii, Mark Bolton, E. Keith Bowers, Joël Bried, Lyanne Brouwer, Monika Bukacińska, Dariusz Bukaciński, Lesley Bulluck, Kate F. Carstens, Inês Catry, Motti Charter, Anna Chernomorets, Rita Covas, Monika Czuchra, Donald C. Dearborn, Florentino de Lope, Adrián S. Di Giacomo, Valery C. Dombrovski, Hugh Drummond, Michael J. Dunn, Tapio Eeva, Louise M. Emmerson, Yngve Espmark, Juan A. Fargallo, Sergey I Gashkov, Elena Yu. Golubova, Michael Griesser, Michael P. Harris, Jeffrey P. Hoover, Zuzanna Jagiełło, Patrik Karell, Janusz Kloskowski, Walter D. Koenig, Heikki Kolunen, Małgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Erkki Korpimäki, Indrikis Krams, Miloš Krist, Sonja C. Krüger, Boris D. Kuranov, Xavier Lambin, Michael P. Lombardo, Andrey Lyakhov, Alfonso Marzal, Anders P. Møller, Verónica C. Neves, Jan Tøttrup Nielsen, Alexander Numerov, Beata Orłowska, Daniel Oro, Markus Öst, Richard A. Phillips, Hannu Pietiäinen, Vicente Polo, Jiří Porkert, Jaime Potti, Hannu Pöysä, Thierry Printemps, Jouke Prop, Petra Quillfeldt, Jaime A. Ramos, Pierre-Alain Ravussin, Robert N. Rosenfield, Alexandre Roulin, Dustin R. Rubenstein, Irina E. Samusenko, Denis A. Saunders, Michael Schaub, Juan C. Senar, Fabrizio Sergio, Tapio Solonen, Diana V Solovyeva, Janusz Stępniewski, Paul M. Thompson, Marcin Tobolka, János Török, Martijn van de Pol, Louis Vernooij, Marcel E. Visser, David F. Westneat, Nathaniel T. Wheelwright, Jarosław Wiącek, Karen L. Wiebe. 2023. The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis
- Wayne J. Arendt, Marvin A. Torrez, Maria M. Paulino, Luis R. Paulino. 2023. Observations of a Transequatorial Migrant, Tyrannus savana Vieillot 1808 (Fork-tailed Flycatcher), in an Urban Setting on a Tropical Island
- 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
- Elvia J. Meléndez-Ackerman, Mervin E. Pérez, Ana B. Pou Espinal, Claudia Caballero, Leonardo Cortés, Solhanlle Bonilla-Duarte, Gerald Bauer, José M. Martínez Guridy, Wayne J. Arendt, David J. Nowak. 2022. A Social-Ecological Approach to Studying Variation in Urban Trees and Ecosystem Services in the National Municipal District of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Sebastián Martinuzzi, Dexter H. Locke, Olga Ramos, Monika Sanchez, Morgan Grove, Tischa A. A. Munoz, Wayne J. Arendt, Gerald Bauer. 2021. Exploring the relationships between tree canopy cover and socioeconomic characteristics in tropical urban systems: The case of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- 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
- James B. Shanley, Mark Marvin-DiPasquale, Oksana Lane, Wayne J. Arendt, Steven Hall, William H. McDowell. 2019. Resolving a paradox—high mercury deposition, but low bioaccumulation in northeastern Puerto Rico
- Wayne J. Arendt, Marvin A. Tórrez. 2019. Efectos del huracán Otto en la Estación Biológica La Lupe, Nicaragua
- Mervin E. Pérez, Elvia Meléndez-Ackerman, Solhanlle Bonilla, Gerald Bauer, Mirel Volcán, Ana Pou, Claudia Caballero, Leonardo Cortés, Wayne J. Arendt, Tischa A. A. Munoz, David J. Nowak. 2019. Urban-Forest Assessment in the Dominican Republic
- Wayne J. Arendt, María M. Paulino, Luis R. Paulino, Marvin A. Tórrez, Oksana P. Lane. 2019. Colonization of Hispaniola by Margarops fuscatus Vieillot (Pearly-eyed Thrasher)
- Susannah B. Lerman, David King, Wayne J. Arendt, Paulina María M., Luis R. Paulino. 2019. Mourning dove nest on a Palmchat colony in urban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Marvin A. Tórrez, Wayne J. Arendt, Arnulfo Medina Fitoria. 2018. Especies vertebradas en sotobosque de la reserva natural Datanlí-El Diablo: especies cinegéticas y prioridad para la conservación
- Marvin Alejandro, Tórrez, Wayne J. Arendt. 2017. La muda en especies de aves selectas de Nicaragua
- 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?
- Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Wayne J. Arendt. 2017. The Plight of Migrant Birds Wintering in the Caribbean: Rainfall Effects in the Annual Cycle
- M.A. Torrez, Wayne J. Arendt, L. Diaz. 2016. Consumption of Mullerian Bodies by Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus) in Nicaragua's Highlands
- Marlon Sotelo, Adolfo López, Marvin A. Tórrez, Wayne J. Arendt. 2015. Moluscos gasterópodos terrestres como indicadores de recuperación de bosque en los paisajes del Sur y Norcentro de Nicaragua
- M.A. Torrez, Wayne J. Arendt, I. Castillo. 2015. Nuevos rangos altitudinales para dos especies de la avifauna de Nicaragua
- Wayne J. Arendt, John Faaborg, Miguel Canals, Jerry Bauer. 2015. Bird checklist, Guánica Biosphere Reserve, Puerto Rico
- Wayne J. Arendt, Gerald Bauer. 2014. Santo Domingo Colonial City Checklist: An Urban Bird Watcher's Colonial City Bird Checklist and Historical Sites Guide, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- H.M. Herrera-Rosales, M. Tórrez, Wayne J. Arendt. 2014. Registros del Cuco Hormiguero (Neomorphus geoffroyi) en la Reserva de Biosfera de Bosawas, Nicaragua
- Marvin Tórrez, Wayne J. Arendt. 2013. Lista de aves: Reserva Nacional Datanlí-El Diablo. [List of birds: Datanlí-El Diablo National Reserve]
- M. Torrez, Wayne J. Arendt, M. Sotelo. 2013. Composicion de aves del Pacifico Sur de Nicaragua enfatizando las especies indicadoras dependientes de bosque [Community composition of Nicaragua's Pacific Slope forest birds, emphasizing forest quality-dependent species]
- O.P. Lane, Wayne J. Arendt, M.A. Torrez, J.C. Gamez Castellon. 2013. Pilot assessment of mercury exposure in selected biota from the lowlands of Nicaragua [Evaluacion piloto de exposicion al mercurio en biota selecta de las tierras bajas de Nicaragua
- C.W. Boal, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Wayne J. Arendt. 2013. Autumn monitoring of resident avifauna on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands
- M. Torrez, Wayne J. Arendt, J. M. Maes. 2013. Comunidades de aves y lepidopteros diurnos y las relaciones entre ellas en bosque nuboso y cafetal de Finca Santa Maura, Jinotega
- Wayne J. Arendt, O. Lane, M.A. Torrez, J.C. Gamez Castellon. 2013. First record of Tricoloured Munia (Lonchura malacca) for Nicaragua
- J. Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt, J. D. Toms, K. M. Dugger, W. A. Cox, M. Canals Mora. 2013. Long-term decline of a winter-resident bird community in Puerto Rico
- Wayne J. Arendt, M.A. Torrez. 2013. First record of Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea for Nicaragua
- Wayne J. Arendt, S.S. Qian, K. Mineard. 2013. Population decline of the Elfin-woods Warbler Setophaga angelae in eastern Puerto Rico
- J. D. Toms, J. Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt. 2012. Climate change and birds in the forgotten tropics: the importance of tropical dry forests
- Judith D. Toms, Lori S. Eggert, Wayne J. Arendt, John Faaborg. 2012. A genetic polymorphism in the sex-linked ATP5A1 gene is associated with individual fitness in Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Wayne J. Arendt, Marvin Tórrez, Sergio Vílchez. 2012. Diversidad de aves en agropaisajes en la region norte de Nicaragua
- Wayne J. Arendt, Marvin Torrez. 2011. Claves y pautas graficas en la determinacion de edad en dos especies del genero Thryothorus (Troglodytidae) en el Pacifico de Nicaragua
- 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
- Luis Sandoval, Wayne J. Arendt. 2011. Two new species for Nicaragua and other notes on the avifauna of the Atlantic Region and Paso del Istmo Biological Corridor
- Wayne J. Arendt. 2011. Hourly laying patterns of the Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) in Puerto Rico
- 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
- Sandra Hernández, Salvadora Morales, Wayne J. Arendt, Marvin A. Tórrez. 2009. Bird Checklist of the Cerro Datanl’-El Diablo Nature Reserve, Nicaragua
- Francisco J. Muñoz, Wayne J. Arendt, Liliana Chavarria, Pablo Somarriba, Aura L. Cruz. 2009. Primer registro de Empidonax fulvifrons en Nicaragua
- Francisco J. Muñoz, Wayne J. Arendt, Marvin A. Tórrez, Liliana Chavarría, Arlen Pinell. 2009. Reavistamientos de Corvus corax en las tierras altas de Nicaragua
- Marvin A. Tórrez, Wayne J. Arendt, Pomares Salmeron. 2009. Aves hormigueras en bosque seco del Pacífico de Nicaragua: uso de hábitat y comportamiento parasítico
- Wayne J. Arendt, Marvin A. Tórrez. 2009. First documented record of Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris) in Nicaragua
- Salvadoa Morales, Diego Osorno, Wayne J. Arendt, Sandra Hernández. 2008. Bird Checklist of Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
- Jeffery K McCrary, Wayne J. Arendt, Salvadora Morales, Joseph T. Arengi, Lorenzo J. López. 2008. New avian sight records for Nicaragua, with notes on abundance, distribution and habitat use
- Jeffery K. McCrary, Wayne J. Arendt, Liliana Chavarría, Lorenzo J. López, Pablo A. Somarriba, Pier-Olivier Boudrault, Aura L. Cruz, Francisco J. Muñoz, Donald G. Mackler. 2008. A contribution to Nicaraguan ornithology, with a focus on the pine-oak ecoregion
- S.M. Philpott, Wayne J. Arendt, I. Armbrecht, P. Bichier, T.V. Diestch, C. Gordon, R. Greenberg, I. Perfecto, R. Reynoso-Santos, L. Soto-Pinto, C. Tejeda-Cruz, G. Williams-Linera, J. Valenzuela, J.M. Zolotoff. 2008. Biodiversity loss in Latin American coffee landscapes: review of the evidence on ants, birds, and trees
- S. Morales, A. Martínez-Salinas, Wayne J. Arendt, M.A. Tórrez. 2008. Redescubrimiento de Dendroica chrysoparia en Nicaragua
- Wayne J. Arendt, M.A. Tórrez. 2008. Primer reporte del híbrido intergenérico Vermivora chrysoptera x Vermivora pinus (“Brewsters Warbler”) en Nicaragua
- B. DALSGAARD, G. M. HILTON, G. A. L. GRAY, L. AYMER, J. BOATSWAIN, J. FENTON DALEY, J. MARTIN, L. MARTIN, P. MURRAIN, Wayne J. Arendt, W. OLESEN GIBBONSD. 2007. Impacts of a volcanic eruption on the forest birdcommunity of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles.
- John Faaborg, Katie M. Dugger, Wayne J. Arendt. 2007. Long-term variation in the winter resident bird community of Guanica Forest, Puerto Rico: lessons for measuring and monitoring species richness.
- Wayne J. Arendt. 2006. Adaptations of an avian supertramp: distribution, ecology, and life history of the pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus).
- D. C. Wege, Wayne J. Arendt, J. Faaborg, G. E. Wallace, O.H. Garrido. 2005. Book review of: Biometrics of Birds throughout the Greater Caribbean Basin
- Wayne J. Arendt. 2005. Shell Properties, Water Vapor Loss, and Hatching Success of Eggs from a Rain Forest Population of the Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus)
- STEVEN R. BEISSINGER, MARK I. COOK, Wayne J. Arendt. 2005. THE SHELF LIFE OF BIRD EGGS: TESTING EGG VIABILITY USING A TROPICAL CLIMATE GRADIENT
- Mark I. Cook, Steven R. Beissinger, Gary A. Toranzos, Wayne J. Arendt. 2005. Incubation reduces microbial growth on eggshells and the opportunity for trans-shell infection.
- John Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt, Katie M. Dugger. 2004. Bird population studies in Puerto Rico using mist nets: general patterns and comparisons with point counts
- Wayne J. Arendt. 2004. Open- and cavity-nesting traits merge in the evolution of an avian supertramp, the Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus).
- Wayne J. Arendt. 2004. A Quarter Century of Variation in Color and Allometric Characteristics of Eggs from a Rain Forest Population of the Pearly-eyed Thrasher (Margarops fuscatus).
- Katie M. Dugger, John G Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt, Keith A. Hobson. 2004. Understanding Survival And Abundance Of Overwintering Warblers: Does Rainfall Matter?
- Mark I Cook, Steven R. Beissinger, Gary A. Toranzos, Roberto A. Rodriguez, Wayne J. Arendt. 2003. Trans–shell infection by pathogenic micro–organisms reduces the shelf life of non–incubated bird's eggs: a constraint on the onset of incubation?
- Geoff M. Hilton, Phil W. Atkinson, Gerard A.L. Gray, Wayne J. Arendt, David W. Gibbons. 2003. Rapid decline of the volcanically threatened Montserrat oriole.
- Wayne J. Arendt. 2000. Impact of nest predators, competitors, and ectoparasites on Pearly-eyed Thrashers, with comments on the potential implications for Puerto Rican Parrot recovery
- Wayne J. Arendt, David W. Gibbons, Gerald Gray. 1999. Status of the volcanically threatened Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi and other forest birds in Montserrat, West Indies
- Bethany L. Woodworth, John Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt. 1999. Survival and longevity in the Puerto Rican Vireo, Vireo latimeri
- BETHANY L. WOODWORTH, JOHN FAABORG, Wayne J. Arendt. 1998. BREEDING AND NATAL DISPERSAL IN THE PUERTO RICAN VIREO
- David W. Steadman, Robert L. Norton, Ralph M. Browning, Wayne J. Arendt. 1997. Birds of St. Kitts
- JOHN FAABORG, KATE M. DUGGER, Wayne J. Arendt, BETHANY L. WOODWORTH, MICHAEL E. BALTZ. 1997. POPULATION DECLINES OF THE PUERTO RICAN VIREO IN GUANICA FOREST.
- Michael J. Meyers, Wayne J. Arendt, Gerald D Lindsey. 1996. Survival of radio-collared nestling Puerto Rican Parrots
- John Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt. 1995. Survival rates of Puerto Rican birds: Are islands really that different
- G.D. Lindsey, Wayne J. Arendt, J. Kalina. 1994. Survival and causes of mortality in juvenile Puerto Rican parrots
- 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
- Gerald D. Lindsey, Wayne J. Arendt. 1991. Radio Tracking Puerto Rican Parrots: Assessing triangulation accuracy in an insular rain forest
- Gerald D. Lindsey, Wayne J. Arendt, Jan Kalina, Grey Pendleton. 1991. Home range and movements of juvenile Puerto Rican Parrots
- John Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt. 1989. Longevity estimates of Puerto Rican Birds
- Wayne J. Arendt, John Faaborg. 1989. Sources of variation in measurements of birds in a Puerto Rican dry forest
- Wayne J. Arendt. 1988. Range Expansion of the Cattle Egret. (Bubulcus ibis) in the Caribbean Basin
- Wayne J. Arendt, A.I. Arendt. 1988. Aspects of the breeding biology of the Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Montserrat, West Indies, and its impact on nest vegetation
- Wayne J. Arendt. 1987. Bander's forum: sex reversal in wild birds: A response
- Wayne J. Arendt, Angela I. Arendt. 1986. Bill deformity in a Pearly-eyed Thrasher from Montserrat, West Indies
- Leslie S. Uhazy, Wayne J. Arendt. 1986. Pathogenesis associated with philornid myiasis (Diptera: Muscidae) on nestling Pearly-eyed Thrashers (Aves: Mimidae) in the Luquillo Rain Forest, Puerto Rico
- Wayne J. Arendt. 1985. Philornis ectoparasitism of Pearly-eyed Thrashers. I. Impact on growth and development of nestlings
- Wayne J. Arendt. 1985. Philornis ectoparasitism of Pearly-eyed Thrashers. II. Effects on adults and reproduction
- Wayne J. Arendt, Tomás A. Vargas Mora. 1984. Range expansion of the Shiny Cowbird in the Dominican Republic
- John Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt. 1984. Population sizes and philopatry of winter resident warblers in Puerto Rico
- John Faaborg, Wayne J. Arendt, Mark S. Kaiser. 1984. Rainfall correlates of bird population fluctuations in a Puerto Rican dry forest: A 10-year study
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