Biography
Dr. Brawn investigates how climate change and land use affect biodiversity. With an emphasis on birds in Illinois and tropical ecosystems, he is advancing understanding of how we can conserve populations and communities of wildlife. He also studies the role of wildlife in the dynamics of infectious diseases such as West Nile Virus.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior
Institute Affiliate, Illinois Natural History Survey
Stuart L. & Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Recent Publications
Hauber, M. E., Taylor, D. M., & Brawn, J. D. (2021). Variable or atypical? Comparing unusual songs of the Tufted Titmouse with a citizen-science database. Journal of Ornithology, 162(1), 313-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01839-9
Merrill, L., Jones, T. M., Brawn, J. D., & Ward, M. P. (2021). Early-life patterns of growth are linked to levels of phenotypic trait covariance and postfledging mortality across avian species. Ecology and Evolution, 11(22), 15695-15707. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8231
Pollock, H. S., Brawn, J. D., & Cheviron, Z. A. (2021). Heat tolerances of temperate and tropical birds and their implications for susceptibility to climate warming. Functional Ecology, 35(1), 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13693
Pollock, H. S., Macdonald, S. E., Vizentin‐bugoni, J., Brawn, J. D., Sutton, Z. S., & Hauber, M. E. (Accepted/In press). What the pluck? The theft of mammal hair by birds is an overlooked but common behavior with fitness implications. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3501
Tobiansky, D. J., Long, K. M., Hamden, J. E., Brawn, J. D., & Fuxjager, M. J. (2021). Cost-Reducing Traits for Agonistic Head Collisions: A Case for Neurophysiology. Integrative and comparative biology, 61(4), 1394-1405. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab034