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Principal Research Scientist, Wildlife Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
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Recent Publications
Daleo, M. J., Stodola, K., Benson, T. J., Adamovicz, L. A., Phillips, C. A., & Allender, M. C. (2026). Estimating Survival of Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) with Mycoplasmopsis sp., Adenovirus, and Herpesvirus Detection in Illinois, USA. Journal of wildlife diseases, 62(2), 339-348. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-25-00122
Emami, N., Larrieu, M. E., & Benson, T. J. (2026). 3D printing formwork for casting artificial habitats for Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon). Architecture, Structures and Construction, 6(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44150-026-00200-7
Fernandez-Duque, F., Stiefvater, A., Chikoti, S., Huerta, E. Y., Chabain, J., Benson, T. J., & Hauber, M. E. (2026). Adaptive value of habitat-dependent male provisioning behaviour under predation risk in a sexually dichromatic species. Animal Behaviour, 237, Article 123605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123605
Hargett, E. M., Benson, T. J., Rossi, L., & Fournier, A. M. V. (2026). Abundance estimates of eastern black rails in southeastern Colorado. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 50(1), Article e70021. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.70021
Scopel, L. C., Allen, M., Benson, T. J., Miller, C. A., & Stodola, K. W. (2026). Improving inferences from coyote (Canis latrans) surveys across Illinois using integrated state-space models. Mammal Research, 71(4), Article 73. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-026-00894-6