Tropical Birds, Land-Use, and Climate Change: Conservation in Panama, with Dr. Jeffrey Brawn by anthropositive published on 2019-07-08T18:23:11Z Dr. Jeff Brawn is a Research Associate with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and a Professor and Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jeff has worked in the Republic of Panama for over 30 years, studying the life histories and behaviors of tropical birds. Now, Jeff explores relationships of climate change (specifically altered precipitation regimes), the viability of tropical bird populations, and land-use practices. Genre Science