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., 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
Winnicki, S. K., Hauber, M. E., Paitz, R. T., Schelsky, W. M., & Benson, T. J. (2025). Elevating Testosterone and Androstenedione Produces Temporary Sex-Dependent Variation in Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) Embryonic Development. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 343(9), 1103-1116. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.70024
Rudzki, E. N., Antonson, N. D., Jones, T. M., Schelsky, W. M., Trevelline, B. K., Hauber, M. E., & Kohl, K. D. (2024). Host avian species and environmental conditions influence the microbial ecology of brood parasitic brown-headed cowbird nestlings: What rules the roost? Molecular ecology, 33(6), Article e17289. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17289