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Chris Whelan
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c/o Department of Biological Sciences M/C 066 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL 60607 Phone: 312-355-0990 Fax: 312-413-2435 Email: whelanc@uic.edu Title: Grassland Avian Ecologist Office Location: UIC | ||
| Activities | Avian Ecologist Research and monitoring; outreach and teaching |
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| Research |
Foraging ecology, habitat selection, and community structure; interactions among birds and arthropod prey; evolutionary ecology of bird-plant interactions; integrating digestive physiology and foraging ecology; evolutionary game theory |
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| Message to Students |
Please email me for information regarding my research group. |
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| Recognition | Cramer Fellow, Dartmouth College, 1982-1987 |
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| Professional affiliations |
American Association for the Advancement of Science; | ||
| Selected publications |
Whelan. C. J. and K. A. Schmidt. 2007. Food acquisition, processing, and digestion. in Stephens, D. W., J. S. Brown, and R. Ydenberg, editors, Foraging, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Whelan, C. J., J. S. Brown, and G. G. Maina. 2003. Search biases, frequency-dependent predation, and species coexistence. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5:329-343. Molano-Flores, B., M. A. Feist, and C. J. Whelan. 2003. Seed germination, seedling survivorship, and host preference for Agalinis auriculata (Scrophulariaceae), an Illinois threatened species. Natural Areas Journal 23: 152-157. Whelan, C. J. 2001. Foliage structure influences the foraging of insectivorous forest birds: an experimental analysis. Ecology 82:219-231. Whelan, C. J., J. S. Brown, K. A. Schmidt, B. B. Steele, and M. F. Willson. 2000. Linking consumer-resource theory with digestive physiology: application to diet shifts. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2:911-934. |
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| Program Affiliates |
Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago Research Associate, Morton Arboretum |
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| Education | PhD, Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, 1987 BS, Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, 1982 | ||