Thomas J Benson

Contact Information

1816 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820

Principal Research Scientist, Wildlife Ecology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Principal Research Scientist, Wildlife Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences

Recent Publications

Daleo, M. J., Stodola, K. W., 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

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. L., Benson, T. J., Miller, C. A., & Stodola, K. W. (2026). Integrating multiple surveys using state–space models improves inference of population trends for Illinois furbearers. Wildlife Biology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01477

Trivellone, V., Dietrich, C. H., Panassiti, B., Pagels, A., Janssen, E., Marcum, P. B., Johnson, S., McIntyre, S. D., Feist, M. A., Zaya, D. N., Benson, T. J., & Molano-Flores, B. (2026). Vegetation mediates the effect of management and habitat on Auchenorrhyncha species richness, but not community quality, in restored grasslands. Journal for Nature Conservation, 91, Article 127231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2026.127231

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