{"id":2471,"date":"2026-06-10T11:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/?page_id=2471"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:24:51","slug":"dr-julie-jedlicka-research-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/dr-julie-jedlicka-research-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Julie Jedlicka | Research Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #000000;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"320\" height=\"288\" alt=\"Julie Jedlicka\" title=\"Dr_Julie_Jedlicka\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Dr_Julie_Jedlicka.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Dr_Julie_Jedlicka-200x180.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2023\/01\/Dr_Julie_Jedlicka.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/span><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffc700;\"><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\">Dr. Julie Jedlicka<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\"><strong>Title:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #1e1e1e;\"><span style=\"color: #e1e1e1;\">Professor<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffc700;\"><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #ffc700 !important;\" href=\"mailto:jjedlicka@missouriwestern.edu\">jjedlicka@missouriwestern.edu<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffc700;\"><strong>Phone:<\/strong> <a style=\"color: #ffc700 !important;\" href=\"tel:+18162714552\">(816)271-4552<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffc700;\"><strong>Accepting Students:<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"color: #e1e1e1;\">Yes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:40% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 4.8%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 4.8%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffc700;\"><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\">Quick Bio<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #e1e1e1;\">Dr. Julie Jedlicka has been at MoWest since 2015. Her research interests include wildlife conservation, organismal biology, ornithology, entomology, ecology, predator-prey interactions, animal behavior, agroecology, and sustainable food systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-3{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffc700;\"><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\">Education\/Academic Qualifications<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"color: #e1e1e1;\">Ph.D., Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz<br \/>\nM.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #e1e1e1;\">B.S. Resource and Ecology Management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-1{width:60% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.2%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.2%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-nested-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-nested-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:75% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.56%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.56%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : -50px;padding-right : 30px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 30px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-4{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Promoting Avian Conservation in Human-Use Landscapes<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p>This research is conducted to help avian conservation efforts locally and statewide. In partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation, MoWest students analyze bird species utilizing the declining habitat in Southern and Central Missouri. Dr. Jedlicka and students have established 62 songbird, 16 Purple Martin, 6 Wood Duck, and 2 owl nest boxes on MoWest\u2019s campus. As part of a long term study, the team monitors nest site selection and reproductive success of hundreds of birds. We additionally test whether native bird species prefer certain artificial boxes. Finally we investigate whether predator proof boxes are really predator proof.<\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-5{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Requirements<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All students interested in wildlife conservation are welcome. Must be reliable and able to record data.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:75% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.56%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.56%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 30px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 30px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #333333;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-6{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\">Past Research<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h3><span style=\"color: #efefef;\">Advancing Avian Diet Studies to Address Ecological Questions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #efefef;\">This research applied molecular scatology to fecal samples to analyze ecological relationships between avian insectivores and their communities. Of particular interest in this work is uncovering the ecosystem services birds may provide. From 2017 &#8211; 2020 The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded research funds for undergraduate students and Dr. Jedlicka to travel to Kenya and conduct field research in coffee farms to analyze how avian communities change in different coffee management systems and research whether diverse systems may be resilient to upcoming climate change scenarios.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-7{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h3 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\">Publications<\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ffc700 !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/06\/OviedoMouraEtAl_FrontiersConservationScience_2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #efefef;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\">Effects of native and non-native shade trees on insect predation pressure on Kenyan coffee farms<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffc700 !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/06\/Kammerichs-BerkeEtAl_BCI_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Effects of native and non-native shade trees on bird trees in central Kenyan coffee farms<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffc700 !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/06\/NuteJedlicka_BIOS_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evidence for frequency-dependent selection in House Wrens, but not Eastern Bluebirds<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffc700 !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/06\/JedlickaEtAl_PeerJ_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Differences in insectivore bird diets in coffee agroecosystems driven by obligate or generalist guild, shade management, season, and year<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #ffc700 !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/06\/JedlickaEtAl_Auk_2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #efefef;\"><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\">Molecular scatology and high-throughput sequencing reveal predominately herbivorous insects in the diets of adult and nesting Western Bluebirds (<em>Sialia mexicana<\/em>) in California vineyards<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a style=\"color: #ffc700 !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2026\/06\/JedlickaMills_MissouriNaturalAreasNewsletter_2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #efefef;\"><span style=\"color: #ffc700;\">Birding and Herping the Ozark Glades<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:75% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.56%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.56%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 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class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-gallery-1 .fusion-gallery-image {border:0px solid #ffffff;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-5 fusion-columns-total-6 fusion-gallery-layout-grid fusion-gallery-1\" style=\"margin:-1px;\"><div style=\"padding:1px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-5\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image 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