Research publications

Jarrett, C., Powell, L.L., Claire, T.T.R., Kowo, C., Ferreira, D.F., Quiñones, A.L., Welch, A.J., Haydon, D.T. and Matthiopoulos, J., 2025. Food webs can deliver win–win strategies for tropical agroforestry and biodiversity conservation. Ecological Applications, 35(6), p.e70093.

Mathie, A.H., Jarrett, C., Cyril, K., Claire, T.T., Ferreira, D.F. and Powell, L.L., 2025. Influence of farm characteristics and surrounding habitat on amphibian communities in Afrotropical cocoa. Herpetological Journal, 35(3), pp.187-197.

Deblauwe, V., Luskin, M.S., Jansen, S., Loubières, C., Mempong, G.G., Ntsihe, J.M., Ndjock, G.O., Kwecheu, E.R.O., Powell, L.L., Sonké, B., Smith, T.B., 2025. Declines of ebony and ivory are inextricably linked in an African rainforest. Science ADvAnceS.

Nikolaou, P., Krochuk, B.A., Rodrigues, P.F., Brzeski, K.E., Mufumu, S.L., Malanza, S.E., Tonra, C.M., Cooper, J.C., Wolfe, J.D. and Powell, L.L., 2025. Insights on avian life history and physiological traits in Central Africa: ant-following species have young-dominated age ratios in secondary forest. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 6, p.1504320.

Barrie, E.M., Krochuk, B.A., Jarrett, C., Ferreira, D.F., Rodrigues, P.F., Mufumu, S.L., Malanza, S.E., Akele, A.E.N., Alene, C.E.E., Brzeski, K.E. and Cooper, J.C., 2025. Specialized insectivores drive differences in avian community composition between primary and secondary forest in Central Africa. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 6, p.1504350.

Torrent, L., Garin, I., Aihartza, J., Méndez-Rodríguez, A., Nguema Alene, E.A. and Juste, J. 2025. Genetic and Morphological Evidence From a Group of Rare African Free-Tailed Bats Reveals a New Subgenus Within Mops. Ecol Evol, 15: e71288

Patterson, B.D., Demos, T.C., Torrent, L., Grunwald, A.L., Montauban, C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., McDonough, M.M., Dick, C.W., Bartonjo, M., Schoeman, M.C. and Ruedas, L.A., 2025. Systematics of the Rhinolophus landeri complex, with evidence for 3 additional Afrotropical bat species. Journal of Mammalogy, 106(1), pp.187-201.

Jarrett, C., Simon, O.G., Tchana, C.N., Pev, T.A., Meigang Kamkeng, M.F., Wandji, A.C., Manu, S.A., Tchoumbou, M.A., Helm, B., Powell, L.L. and Nwaogu, C.J., 2024. Differences in phenology across three trophic levels between two Afrotropical sites separated by four degrees latitude. Ecology and Evolution, 14(9), p.e70274.

Ferreira, D.F., Jarrett, C., Atagana, P.J., Welch, A.J., Powell, L.L. and Rebelo, H., 2024. The role of landscape context in shaping bat assemblages in African cacao plantations. Science of the Total Environment, 954, p.176393.

Guedes, P., Palmeirim, A.F., Monteiro, F., Catarino, L., Palma, L., Temudo, M.P., Henriques, M., Beja, P., Lopes, R.J., Ladle, R.J. and Powell, L.L., 2024. At the tipping point: Can biodiversity and rural livelihoods endure uncontrolled cashew expansion in West Africa?. Biotropica, 56(5), p.e13374.

Monadjem, A., Montauban, C., Webala, P.W., Laverty, T.M., Bakwo-Fils, E.M., Torrent, L., Tanshi, I., Kane, A., Rutrough, A.L., Waldien, D.L. and Taylor, P.J., 2024. African bat database: curated data of occurrences, distributions and conservation metrics for sub-Saharan bats. Scientific Data, 11: 1309

Rodrigues, Patricia. 2024. The Behavioral Specialization of African Ant-following Birds on Dorylus Driver Ants. PhD Dissertation. Louisiana State University.

Ferreira, D.F., Darling, A., Jarrett, C., Atagana, P.J., Sandjo, P.R., Taedoumg, H., Welch A.J., Rebelo, H., Powell, L.L., 2023. Not all farms are created equal: Shady African cocoa farms promote a richer bat fauna. Biological Conservation.

Powell, L.L., Pinto, P.V., Mills, M.S., Baptista, N.L., Costa, K., Dijkstra, K.B., Gomes, A.L., Guedes, P., Júlio, T., Monadjem, A., Palmeirim, A.F., Russo, V., Melo, M., 2023. The last Afromontane forests in Angola are threatened by fires. Nature Ecology and Evolution.

Powell, L.L., Capela, J., Guedes, P., Beja, P., 2023 EU deforestation law overlooks emerging crops. Science. 329, 6630.

Hothersall, J. 2022. Dinner Time: Evidence for Temporal and Dietary Niche Partitioning in Insectivorous Bats in Cameroon. University of Glasgow.

Powell, L.L., Rutt, C.L., Mokross, K., Wolfe, J.D., Johnson, E.I., Rodrigues, P.F., & Stouffer, P. 2022. Sociality and morphology differentiate niches of 13 sympatric Amazonian woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptinae). Ornithology. 139, pp. 1–15.

Jarrett, C., Haydon, D.T., Morales, J.M. Ferreira, D.F., Forzi, F.A., Welch, A.J., Powell, L.L., & Matthiopoulos, J., 2022. Integration of Mark–Recapture and Acoustic Detections for Unbiased Population Estimation in Animal Communities. Ecology 103(10): e3769.

Jarrett, C., Powell, L.L., Claire, T.T., Tchoumbou, M., Helm, B., 2021 Moult of overwintering wood warblers phylloscopus sibilatrix in an annual-cycle perspective. Journal of Ornithology. 162 (3), pp. 645–653.

Ferreira, D.F., Jarrett, C., Wandji, A.C., Atagana, P.J., Rebelo, H., Maas, B., Powell, L.L., 2023. Birds and bats enhance yields in Afrotropical cacao agroforests only under high tree-level shade cover.  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 345, p. 108325.

DeGroot, T. L., Wolfe, J. D., Powell, L. L., Esono, F., Ebana, A., Barrientos, C., Torrent, L., & Brzeski, K. E., 2023. Human impacts on mammal communities in Rio Campo Nature Reserve, Equatorial Guinea. African Journal of Ecology, 00, 1–14.

Hoenig, B., Snider, A., Forsman, A., Hobson, K., Latta, S., & Miller, E. et al., 2021. Current methods and future directions in avian diet analysis. Ornithology.

Pyle, P., Gahbauer, M., Johnson, E., Ryder, T., & Wolfe, J., 2021. Application of a global age-coding system (“WRP”), based on molts and plumages, for use in demographic and other studies of birds. Ornithology.

Jarrett, C., Smith, T., Claire, T., Ferreira, D., Tchoumbou, M., & Elikwo, M. et al., 2021. Bird communities in African cocoa agroforestry are diverse but lack specialized insectivores. Journal Of Applied Ecology.

Ferreira, D., Jarrett, C., Atagana, P.J., Powell, L., Rebelo, H. 2021. Are bat mist nets ideal for capturing bats? From ultrathin to bird nets, a field test. Journal of Mammalogy.

Miller, S., Wiethase, J., Etingue, A. M., Franklin, E., Fero, M., Wolfe, J., Gonder, M., Powell, L., 2021. Interactive effects of elevation and newly paved road on avian community composition in a scientific reserve, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Biotropica.

Barrie, E., 2020. The responses of avian foraging guilds to land-use history and anthropogenic disturbance in lowland Guinean rainforest, Equatorial Guinea. University of Glasgow.

Claire, T., 2020. Interactions between bats and mosquitoes: a case study from an agro-forestry landscape. University of Glasgow.

Darling, A., 2020. Does Cocoa Farm Management Effect Bat Community Assemblages in Southern Cameroon? University of Glasgow.

Ferreira, D., Torrent, L., Welch, A., Wolfe, J., Brzeski, K., Powell, L., 2020. First record of a piebald Bates’s Slit-faced Bat, Nycteris arge (Chiroptera: Nycteridae) from Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. Journal of Bat Research & Conservation. 13(1). (Supplementary Material)

Wanger, T., DeClerck, F., Garibaldi, L., Ghazoul, J., Kleijn, D., Klein, A., Kremen, C., Mooney, H., Perfecto, I., Powell, L., Settele, J., Solé, M., Tscharntke, T. and Weisser, W., 2020. Integrating agroecological production in a robust post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Xiang, Y., 2020. Avian Functional Diversity across Agroforest Landscape Tree-cover Gradient in Cameroon: Implications for the Conservation of Avian Communities. Imperial College London.

Carruthers, Abigail. 2019. Identification of plant DNA Metabarcoding loci to increase taxonomic resolution in bat dietary analysis. Durham University.

Critchley, Megan. 2018. Generalist consumption modelling and prey switching: A case study of insectivorous bats in cacao plantations. University of Glasgow.

McDevitt, Heather. 2018. Towards sustainable management in low-intensity agriculture: A quantitative framework to explore biodiversity and productivity outcomes. University of Glasgow.

Wiegardt, Andrew K. 2018. The effects of forest degradation on DNA methylation in central African songbirds. Humboldt State University.

Cooper, Jacob C., Johnson, Oscar, Davis, Tristan J., Terrill, Ryan S., Wolfe, Jared D., Brzeski, Kristin E., Etingüe, Amancio M., and Powell, Luke L., 2017. Notes on the distribution of the avifauna of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, including one new country record. Malimbus. 39:1-15. Esp: Notas sobre la distribución de la avifauna de la isla de Bioko, Guinea Ecuatorial, incluyendo un nuevo registro del país

Brzeski, Kristin E., Wolfe, Jared D., Ebana Ebana, Cayetano, Cooper, Jacob C. and Powell, Luke L., 2016. Camera sighting of congo clawless otter in the midst of a rapid development on mainland Equatorial Guinea. IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin 33(2).

Cooper, Jacob C., Powell, Luke L., and Wolfe, Jared D., 2016. Notes on the birds of Equatorial Guinea, including nine first country records. Bull ABC Vol 23 No 2.