Education

• Ph.D. 1986 Northern Arizona University
  Major: Zoology-Ecology; Advisor - Russell P. Balda
  

• M.S. 1979 University of Missouri-Columbia
  Major: Wildlife Ecology; Advisor - William H. Elder
  

• B.S. 1975 University of Massachusetts at Amherst
  Major: Wildlife Biology
  
  

Positions held 

University of Illinois: Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and Department of Animal Biology - as of August, 2006.  

University of Illinois: Director, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - 2002 to
present.

University of Illinois: Associate Professor, Department Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (75% appointment) and Department of Animal Biology (25% appointment) - 2002 to present.

Illinois Natural History Survey: Professional Scientist - 1999 to 2002.

Illinois Natural History Survey: Associate Director, Center for Wildlife Ecology - 1998 to 2002.
  
Illinois Natural History Survey: Associate Professional Scientist - 1995 to 1999.

Illinois Natural History Survey: Assistant Professional Scientist - 1991 to 1995.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Post-doctoral Research Associate - 1990 to 1991.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Statistical Consultant and Analyst for Panama Oil Spill Project and Tropical Paleoecology Project - 1989 to 1992.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Postdoctoral Fellow - 1989 to 1990.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Visiting Scientist / Post-Doctoral Fellow - 1986 to 1988.

Selected Publications

Brawn, J.D.  2006.  Effects of restoring oak savannas on bird communities and populations.  Conservation Biology 20:460-469. 

Styrsky, J.N., Brawn J.D. & S. K. Robinson.  2005.  Juvenile mortality increases with clutch size  in a neotropical bird.  Ecology 86:3238-3244.  

Hartung, S.C. & J.D. Brawn.  2005.  Effects of savanna restoration on the foraging ecology of insectivorous birds.  Condor 107:879-888.

Van Bael, S. & J.D. Brawn.  2005.  The direct and indirect effects of insectivory by birds in two contrasting Neotropical forests.  Oecologia 145:658-668.  

Buehler, D.M., A.I. Castillo, & J.D. Brawn. 2004.  First Nest Description for the Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani).  Wilson Bulletin 116:277-279.  

Yaremych, S.A., R. E. Warner, P.C. Mankin, J.D. Brawn, A. Raim, & R. Novak.  2004.  West Nile virus and high death rate in American Crows.  Emerging Infectious Diseases 10: 709-711.

Van Bael, S, J.D. Brawn, & S. K. Robinson.  2003.  Birds defend trees from herbivores in a Neotropical forest canopy.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 100:8304-8307. 

Williams, B.L. J.D. Brawn, & K.N. Paige.  2003.  Landscape scale genetic effects of habitat fragmentation on a high gene flow species: Speyeria idalia (Nymphalidae).  Molecular Ecology 12:11-20. 

Hau, M., Romero, M.R., Brawn, J.D. & Van't Hof, T.J. 2002. Effect of polar day on plasma profiles of melatonin, testosterone and estradiol in high-arctic Lapland Longspurs. Gen. and Comparative Endocrinology 126:101-112.

Brawn, J.D., E. J. Heske, J. Herkert, & S. K. Robinson. 2002. Restoration of small reserves may be valuable for certain types of birds. Ecological Restoration 20:63-64.

Gabbe, A.P., S. K. Robinson, & J. D. Brawn. 2002. Tree species preferences of foraging insectivorous birds:implications for floodplain forest restoration. Conservation Biology 16:462-470.

Brawn, J. D., S. K. Robinson, & F. R. Thompson, III. 2001. The role of disturbance in the ecology and conservation of birds. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 32:251-276.

Brawn, J. D. & D. F. Stotz. 2001. The importance of the Chicago Region and the Chicago Wilderness initiative to avian conservation. Pages 509-522 in J. Marzluff and R. Donnely (eds.) Urbanization and Ornithology. Island Press.

Heske, E. J., S. K. Robinson, & J. D. Brawn. 2001. Nest predation and neotropical migrant songbirds: piecing together the fragments. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:52-61.

Thompson, F. R. III, J. D. Brawn, S. Robinson, J. Faaborg, & R. L. Clawson. 2000. Approaches to investigate the effects of management on birds in eastern deciduous forests: how reliable is our knowledge? Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:1111-1122.

Robinson, W. D., T. R. Robinson, S. K. Robinson & J. D. Brawn. 2000. Nesting success of understory forest birds in central Panama. Journal of Avian Biology 31:151-164.

Robinson, W. D., J. D. Brawn, & S. K. Robinson. 2000. Forest bird community structure in Central Panama: influence of spatial scale and biogeography. Ecological Monographs 70:209-235

Westemeier, R. L., J. D. Brawn, et al. (seven additional authors). 1998. Tracking the long-term decline and recovery of an isolated population. Science 282:1695-1698.