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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
Alexander, N., Dickinson, A., Benson, T. J., Ford, T. W., Mateus-Pinilla, N., Arneson, J., & Davis, M. A. (Accepted/In press). Waterbird disease in the United States Laurentian Great Lakes under climate change. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(6), Article 102450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2024.102450
Di Giovanni, A. J., Jones, T. M., Benson, T. J., & Ward, M. P. (2024). Embryonic heart rate is higher in species that experience greater nest predation risk during incubation. Ecology and Evolution, 14(6), Article e11460. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11460
Johnson, C. A., & Benson, T. J. (2024). Dynamic, multi-scale analyses indicate site- and landscape-level forest cover drive Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoo interannual turnover. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2), Article e10938. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10938
Jones, T. M., Chiavacci, S. J., Benson, T. J., & Ward, M. P. (2024). Nesting and post-fledging predation risk influence diel patterns of songbird fledging. Ibis, 166(2), 411-423. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13119
Metz, E., Pease, B. S., Benson, T. J., Beveroth, T. A., Esker, T., Sierzega, K., & Ward, M. P. (2024). Long-term occurrence of Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis) beyond contemporary IUCN range. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 136(3), 364-369. https://doi.org/10.1676/23-00071