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document.write('<li>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.</li>');
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document.write('<li>B.S., Wildlife Biology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1975</li><li>M.S., Wildlife Ecology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1979</li><li>Ph.D., Zoology-Ecology, Northern Arizona University, 1986</li>');
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document.write('<div><div class=\"biodata_label\">Academic Positions</div>');
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document.write('<li>University of Illinois: Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Professor in Sustainability - 2020 to 2022 (Emeritus as of 7/22)&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>University of Illinois: Professor and Head, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences - 2009 to 2020&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Research Associate - 2010 to present.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Center for Tropical Research, University of California at Los Angeles : Senior Research Fellow - 2005 to present.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>University of Illinois: Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and Department of Animal Biology - 2006 -2009.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>University of Illinois: Director, Program Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology - 2002 to 2009.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>University of Illinois: Associate Professor, Department Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (75% appointment) and Department of Animal Biology (25% appointment) - 2002 to 2006.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Illinois Natural History Survey: Professional Scientist - 1999 to 2002.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Illinois Natural History Survey: Associate Director, Center for Wildlife Ecology - 1998 to 2002.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Illinois Natural History Survey: Associate Professional Scientist - 1995 to 1999.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Illinois Natural History Survey: Assistant Professional Scientist - 1991 to 1995.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Postdoctoral Research Associate - 1990 to 1991.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Statistical Consultant and Analyst for Panama Oil Spill Project and Tropical Paleoecology Project- 1989 to 1992.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Postdoctoral Fellow - 1989 to1990.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Visiting Scientist / Postdoctoral Fellow - 1986 to 1988.&#x0D;');
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document.write('<div><div class=\"biodata_label\">Biography</div>');
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document.write('<li><p><strong>Faculty member since 2000</strong><br style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;\" />&#x0D;');
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document.write('<p><strong>How I got interested in this field</strong><br />&#x0D;');
document.write('My interest in conservation oriented issues goes back to high school and the first Earth Day. As a kid, I enjoyed outdoor recreation and later connected these values to an interest in doing science. My interest in the study of avian biology developed after taking Ornithology as an undergraduate and realizing that birds are fascinating.<br style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;\" />&#x0D;');
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document.write('<p><strong>Research Interests</strong><br />&#x0D;');
document.write('<em>General:</i> Basic and applied population, community, and evolutionary ecology; statistical ecology; restoration ecology.<br style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;\" />&#x0D;');
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document.write('<em>Current Specific Areas:</i> Effects of ecological disturbance on conservation of avian populations and communities; comparative demography of temperate and tropical birds; evolution of life history traits - especially dispersal; temporal variation and historical effects on community structure; demography and conservation of small populations; ecology of edges; ecology of urbanization, eco-epidemiology.</em></em></p>&#x0D;');
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document.write('<div><div class=\"biodata_label\">Mission Statement</div>');
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document.write('<li>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.</li>');
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document.write('<div class=\"exttabs-publications\"><div class=\"biodata_label\">Selected Articles in Journals</div>');
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document.write('<li>Brawn, J.D,Luther, D., Qu, M., Farinelli, S., Cooper, W. & Fu, R. 2024. <strong>Prospects for neotropical forest birds and their habitats under contrasting emissions scenarios.</strong> Global Change Biology, 30: e17544. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17544\">https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17544</a>.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Pollock, H.S., J.D. Toms, C.E. Tarwater, T.J. Benson, J.R. Karr & J.D. Brawn. 2022. <strong>Long-term monitoring reveals widespread and severe declines of understory birds in a protected Neotropical forest.</strong> Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108731119\">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108731119</a>&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Tobias, J.A. et. al. (115 authors). 2022. <strong>AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds.</strong> Ecology Letters 25:581-597. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898\">https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898</a>&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Boyle, W.A., E.H. Shogren,& J.D. Brawn. 2020. <strong>Hygric niches for tropical endotherms.</strong> Trends in Ecology and Evolution 35: 938-952. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.011\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.06.011</a>&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Pollock, H.S., T.M. Jones, C.E. Tarwater, E.T. Nishikawa, & J.D. Brawn. 2020. <strong>Rapid colonization and turnover of birds in a tropical forest treefall gap.</strong> Journal of Field Ornithology 91: 107-117. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12328\">https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12328</a>&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Jones, T.M., L. Merrill, S.E. Zachar, J.D Brawn, & M.P. Ward. 2019. <strong>Haemosporidian parasite infections in the Dickcissel (Spiza Americana): prevalence and costs.</strong> Journal of Parasitology 105:232-236. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1645/18-161\">https://doi.org/10.1645/18-161</a>&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Brawn, J.D. 2017. <strong>Implications of agricultural development for tropical biodiversity.</strong> Tropical Conservation Science 10:1-4.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Brawn, J.D., T.J. Benson, M. Stager, N.D. Sly, & C.E. Tarwater. 2016. <strong>Impacts of changing rainfall regime on the demography of tropical birds.</strong> Nature Climate Change 7:133-137.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Jones, T.M., M.P. Ward, T.J. Benson and J.D. Brawn. 2016. <strong>Variation in nestling body condition and wing development predict cause-specific mortality in fledgling Dickcissels.</strong> Journal of Avian Biology 48:439-447.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Stager, M., H. Pollock, P. Benham, N. Sly, J.D. Brawn, & Z. Cheviron. 2016. <strong>Disentangling environmental drivers of metabolic flexibility in birds: the importance of temperature extremes versus temperature variability.</strong> Ecography 39:787-795.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Krebs, B.L., T.K. Anderson, T.L. Goldberg, G.L. Hamer, U.D. Kitron, C.M. Newman, M.O. Ruiz, E.D. Walker & J.D. Brawn. 2014. <strong>Host social behavior decreases exposure to vector-borne disease: a field experiment in a &ldquo;hotspot&rdquo; of West Nile virus transmission.</strong> Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 281 <a href=\"http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1586\">http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1586</a>.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Pollock, H.S., Z.A Cheviron, T.J. Agin & J.D. Brawn. 2014. <strong>Microclimate associations of insectivorous birds in the neotropical forest understory in central Panama.</strong> Biological Conservation 188:116-125.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Ricklefs, R.E. & J. J. Brawn. 2013. <strong>Nest attentiveness in several Neotropical suboscine passerine birds with long incubation periods.</strong> Journal of Ornithology 154:145-154.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Tarwater, C.E., R.E. Ricklefs, J.D. Maddox & J.D. Brawn. 2011. <strong>Pre-reproductive survival in a tropical bird and its implications for avian life histories.</strong> Ecology 92:1271-1281.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Styrsky, J.N. and J.D. Brawn. 2011. <strong>Annual fecundity of a neotropical species during years of high and low rainfall.</strong> Condor 113:194-199.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Brawn, J.D., G. Angehr, N. Davros, C.E. Tarwater, W.D. Robinson, & J.N. Styrsky. 2011. <strong>Sources of variation in the nesting success of understory tropical birds.</strong> Journal of Avian Biology 41:61-68.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Tarwater, C. E., and J.D. Brawn. 2010. <strong>Family living in a neotropical bird: variation in timing of dispersal and higher survival for delayed dispersers.</strong> Animal Behaviour 80:535-542.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>McCusker, C.E., M.P. Ward & J.D. Brawn. 2010. <strong>Seasonal responses of avian communities to invasive bush honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) </strong>Biological Invasions 12:2459-2470.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Hau, M., R.E. Ricklefs, M. Wikelski, K.A. Lee, & J.D. Brawn. 2010. <strong>Corticosterone, testosterone, and life-history strategies of birds.</strong> Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 277:3 203-3212.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Tarwater, C.E. and J.D. Brawn. 2010. <strong>The post-feldging period in a tropical bird: patterns of parental care and survival.</strong> Journal of Avian Biology 41:479-487.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Amore, G., L. Bertolotti, G.L. Hamer, U.D. Kitron, E.D. Walker, M.O. Ruiz, J.D. Brawn, & T.L. Goldberg. 2010. <strong>Multi-year evolutionary dynamics of West Nile virus in suburban Chicago, USA, 2005&ndash;2007.</strong> Philosophical Transactions Royal Society Series B 27 365:1871-1878.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Loss, S.R., M.O. Ruiz, & J.D. Brawn. 2009. <strong>Relationships between avian diversity, neighborhood age, income, and environmental characteristics of an urban landscape.</strong> Biological Conservation 142:2576-2585.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Tarwater, C.E. & J. D. Brawn. 2008. <strong>Patterns of brood division and an absence of behavioral plasticity in a neotropical passerine. </strong>Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1441-1452.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Brawn, J.D. 2006. <strong>Effects of restoring oak savannas on bird communities and populations.</strong> Conservation Biology 20:460-469.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Styrsky, J.N., Brawn J.D. & S. K. Robinson. 2005. <strong>Juvenile mortality increases with clutch size in a neotropical bird.</strong> Ecology 86:3238-3244.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Van Bael, S, J.D. Brawn, & S.K. Robinson. 2003. <strong>Birds defend trees from herbivores in a Neotropical forest canopy.</strong> Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 100:8304-8307.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Williams, B.L. J.D. Brawn, & K.N. Paige. 2003. <strong>Landscape scale genetic effects of habitat fragmentation on a high gene flow species: Speyeria idalia (Nymphalidae).</strong> Molecular Ecology 12:11-20.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Brawn, J.D., S.K. Robinson, & F.R. Thompson, III. 2001. <strong>The role of disturbance in the ecology and conservation of birds.</strong> Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 32:251-276.&#x0D;');
document.write('</li><li>Westemeier, R.L., J.D. Brawn, et al. (seven additional authors). 1998. <strong>Tracking the long-term decline and recovery of an isolated population.</strong> Science 282:1695-1698.&#x0D;');
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