Additional Campus Affiliations
Principal Research Scientist, Behavioral Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey
Principal Research Scientist, Behavioral Ecology, Grainger College of Engineering
Recent Publications
Antonson, N. D., Hauber, M. E., Schelsky, W. M., Kallembach, C., & Fuxjager, M. J. (2026). An Illustrative Case for Muscular Fatigue Resistance Underlying Exaggerated Begging in Avian Brood Parasites. American Naturalist, 208(1), 110-118. https://doi.org/10.1086/740830
Boldrick, J., Schelsky, W. M., Hauber, M. E., Tullius, A., & Hoover, J. P. (2026). Timing is everything: accurate parasitism timing is critical to cowbird nestling success. Animal Behaviour, 231, Article 123430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123430
Antonson, N. D., Schelsky, W. M., Tolman, D., Kilner, R. M., & Hauber, M. E. (2025). Niche Construction Through an Optimal Host Brood Size Is Supported in Brown-Headed Cowbirds: A Response to M. Soler. Ethology, 131(2), Article e13530. https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.13530
Chamberlain, M. L., Schelsky, W., Bush, A., Johnson-Cadle, S., Lawson, S., & Hauber, M. E. (2025). Adult sex dictates juvenile–adult interactions in brood-parasitic brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater. Animal Behaviour, 226, Article 123247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2025.123247
Lipshutz, S. E., Hibbins, M. S., Bentz, A. B., Buechlein, A. M., Empson, T. A., George, E. M., Hauber, M. E., Rusch, D. B., Schelsky, W. M., Thomas, Q. K., Torneo, S. J., Turner, A. M., Wolf, S. E., Woodruff, M. J., Hahn, M. W., & Rosvall, K. A. (2025). Repeated behavioural evolution is associated with convergence of gene expression in cavity-nesting songbirds. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 9(5), 845-856. Article 2651. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02675-x