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Additional Campus Affiliations
Principal Research Scientist, Wildlife Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research Associate Professor, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Recent Publications
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. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.70021
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
Skinner, A. A., Korpach, A. M., Åkesson, S., Bakermans, M. H., Bayne, E. M., Benson, T. J., Boano, G., Brigham, R. M., Christiansen, S. S., Conway, G. J., Davy, C. M., Evens, R., Fraser, K. C., Harrison, A. L., Hedenström, A., Henderson, I. G., Honkala, J., Jacobsen, L. B., Lathouwers, M., ... Knight, E. (2025). Environmental and Geographic Conditions on the Breeding Grounds Drive Bergmannian Clines in Nightjars. Journal of Biogeography, 52(10), Article e15176. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15176
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. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.70024
Alexander, N., Dickinson, A., Benson, T. J., Ford, T. W., Mateus-Pinilla, N., Arneson, J., & Davis, M. A. (2024). 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