Peer-Reviewed Publications
Fidino, M., Sander, H. A., Lewis, J. S., Lehrer, E. W., Rivera, K., Murray, M. H., Adams, H.C., Kase, A., Flores, A., Stankowich, T., Schell, C. J., … & Magle, S. B. (2024). Gentrification drives patterns of alpha and beta diversity in cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(17), e2318596121. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2318596121.
Chapman M., Goldstein B.R., Schell C.J., Brashares J.S., Carter N.H., Ellis-Soto D., Faxon H.O., Goldstein J.E., Halpern B.S., Longdon J., Norman K.E.A., O’Rourke D., Scoville C., and Boettiger C. (2024). Biodiversity monitoring for a just planetary future. Science. 383 (6678), 34–36. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adh8874.
Williams, T.D., Kreling, S.E.S., Stanton, L.A. et al. Of Rarity and Symbolism: Understanding Human Perceptions of Charismatic Color Morphs. Human Ecology (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-024-00492-7.
Carlen E., Estien C.O., Caspi T., Perkins D., Goldstein B.R., Kreling S.E.S., Hentati Y., Williams T.D., Stanton L.A., Des Roches S., Johnson R.F., Young A.N., Cooper C.B., Schell C.J. (2024). A framework for contextualizing social-ecological biases in contributory science data. People and Nature. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10592.
Estien, C.O., Wilkinson C.E. , Morello-Frosch R., Schell CJ. (2024) Historical redlining is associated with disparities in environmental quality across California. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00870
Lambert M. and Schell C. J. (2023). Cities as the Solution to the Biodiversity Crisis: In: Urban Biodiversity and Equity. Edited by: Max. R. Lambert & Christopher J. Schell, Oxford University Press. 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198877271.003.0001.
Stanton L.A., Wilkinson, C.E., Angeloni L., Benson-Amram S., Schell C.J., and Young J.K. (2023). Animal Behavior, Cognition, and Human–Wildlife Interactions in Urban Areas. In: Urban Biodiversity and Equity. Edited by: Max R. Lambert & Christopher J. Schell, Oxford University Press. 177–202. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198877271.003.0011.
Schell C.J., Lambert M.R., Des Roches S., Gallo T., and Harris N.C. (2023). Conclusion—Biodiversity for the People. In: Urban Biodiversity and Equity. Edited by: Max R. Lambert & Christopher J. Schell, Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198877271.003.0015.
Lambert M. and Schell C. J. (2023). Urban Biodiversity and Equity: Justice-centered conservation in cities. Oxford University Press. Eds: Lambert, M., Schell, C.J.
Wilkinson C.E., Caspi T., Stanton L.A., Campbell D., and Schell C.J. (2023). Coexistence across space and time: Social-ecological patterns within a decade of human-coyote interactions in San Francisco. People and Nature, 5 (6), 2158-2177. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10549.
Estien, C.O., Fidino, M., Wilkinson, C.E., Morello-Frosch, R., Schell, C.J. (2023). Historical redlining impacts wildlife biodiversity across California. Preprint at EcoEvoRxiv. https://ecoevorxiv.org/repository/view/6378/.
Beam E.R.G., Berger J., Breck S.W., Schell C.J., and Lambert J.E. (2023) Habituation and tolerance in coyotes (Canis latrans), a flexible urban predator. Wildlife Letters, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/wll2.12025.
Estien C.O., Chapman M., Schell C.J., Lowy N., & Gerson J.R. (2023). Demystifying the Graduate School Application Process. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2029.
Murray M.H., Buckley J., Byers K.A., Fake K., Lehrer E.W., Magle S.B., et al. (Schell CJ senior author*). (2022). One Health for All: Advancing Human and Ecosystem Health in Cities by Integrating an Environmental Justice Lens. Annual Reviews in Ecology and Evolution, 53, 403–426. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102220-031745.
Caspi T., Johnson J.R., Lambert M.R., Schell CJ, & Sih A. (2022). Behavioral plasticity can facilitate evolution in urban environments. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37 (12), 1092–1103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.08.002.
Verrelli B.C., Alberti M., Des Roches S., Harris N.C., Hendry A.P., Johnson M.T.J., et al. (2022). A global horizon scan for urban evolutionary ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37 (11), 1006–1019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.012.
Blumstein D.T., Alberti M., Beninde J., Blakey R.V., Burger J.R., Cooper D.S., Niesner C.A., Schell C.J., Soga M., Uchida K. (2023). Global urban biodiversity and the importance of scale. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 4, 8-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2023.1149088.
Kay C.A.M., Rohnke A.T., Sander H.A., Stankowich T., Fidino M., Murray M.H., Lewis J.S., Taves I., Lehrer E.W., Zellmer A.J., Schell C.J., Magle S.B. (2022). Barriers to Building Wildlife-Inclusive Cities: Insights from the deliberations of urban ecologists, urban planners, and landscape designers. People and Nature. 4 (1), 62–70. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10283.
Magle S.B., Fidino M, Sander H., Rohnke A., et al. (Schell CJ senior author*). 2021. Wealth and urbanization shape medium and large terrestrial mammal communities. Global Change Biology. 27 (21), 5446–5459. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.15800.
vonHoldt B.M., Brzeski K.E., Aardema M.L., Schell C.J., Rutledge L.Y., Fain S.R., Shutt A.C., Linderholm A., Murphy W.J. 2021. Persistence and expansion of cryptic endangered red wolf genomic ancestry along the American Gulf coast. Molecular Ecology. 31 (21), 5440-5454. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16200.
Fidino M., Gallo T., Lehrer E.W., Murray M.H., Kay C.A.M., Sander H.A., et al. 2021. Landscape‐scale differences among cities alter common species’ responses to urbanization. Ecological Applications. 31 (2), e02253. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2253.
Schell C.J., Stanton L.A., Young J.K., Angeloni L.A., Breck S.W., Murray M.H. (2021). The evolutionary consequences of human-wildlife conflict. Evolutionary Applications. 14(1), 178–197. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eva.13131.
Sealey B.A., Beasley D., Halsey D., Schell C.J., Leggett Z., Yitbarek S., Harris N.C. (2020). Human Dimensions: Raising Black Excellence by elevating Black ecologists through collaboration, celebration, and promotion: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 101 (4), 1–6. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bes2.1765
Schell C.J., Dyson K., Fuentes T., Des Roches S., Harris N.C., Miller D.S., Woefle-Erskine C.A., Lambert M. (2020). The ecological and evolutionary consequences of systemic racism in urban environments. Science. 369, eaay4497. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay4497.
Schell C.J., Guy C., Shelton D., Campbell-Staton S., Sealey B.A., Lee D.N., Harris N.C. (2020). Recreating Wakanda by promoting Black excellence in ecology and evolution. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 4 (10), 1285–1287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1266-7.
Alberti M., Palkovacs E., Des Roches S., De Meester L., Brans K., Govaert L., Grimm N., Harris N., Hendry A., Schell C.J., Szulkin M., Munshi-South J., Urban M., Verrelli B. (2020). The complexity of urban eco-evolutionary dynamics. Bioscience. 70 (9), 772–793. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/70/9/772/5893672
Des Roches S., Brans K., Lambert M.R., Rivkin R.L., Savage A.M., Schell C.J. (11 additional co-authors). (2021). Socio-Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Cities. Evolutionary Applications. 14 (1), 248–267. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13065.
Schell C.J. (2020). Investigating the genetic and environmental architecture of interpack aggression in North American grey wolves. Molecular Ecology. 29 (10), 1757-1760. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mec.15453.
Magle S.B. (19 co-authors) (2019). Advancing urban wildlife research through a multi-city collaboration. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17 (4), 232-239. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2030.
Schell C.J., Young J.K., Lonsdorf E.V., Santymire R.M., Mateo J.M. (2018). Parental habituation to human disturbance over time reduces fear of humans in coyote offspring. Ecology and Evolution. 8 (24), 12965-129280. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ece3.4741.
Turner K.G., Schell C.J., Moyers B.T. (2018). Genomics of Adaptation to Human Contexts. Journal of Heredity. 109 (2), 101-102. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esx113.
Schell CJ, Young J.K., Lonsdorf E.V., Mateo J.M., Santymire R.M. (2018). It takes two: Evidence for reduced sexual conflict over parental care in a biparental canid. Journal of Mammalogy. 99 (1), 75-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx150.
Schell C.J. (2018). Urban evolutionary ecology and the potential benefits of implementing genomics. Journal of Heredity. 109 (2), 138-151. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esy001.
Schell C.J., Young J.K., Lonsdorf E.V., Mateo J.M., Santymire R.M. (2017). Investigation of techniques to measure cortisol and testosterone concentrations in coyote hair. Zoo Biology. 36 (3), 220-225. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/zoo.21359.
Greggor A.L. et al. (19 co-authors) (2016). Prioritising animal behaviour research to increase conservation efficacy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 31 (12), 953-964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.001.
Schell C.J., Young J.K., Lonsdorf E.V., Mateo J.M., Santymire R.M. (2016). Olfactory attractants and parity affect prenatal androgens and territoriality of coyote breeding pairs. Physiology and Behavior. 165, 43–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.06.038.
Schell C.J. (2015). Differential and long-term impacts of biparental effects on offspring personality and hormones in coyotes (Canis latrans). Dissertation, University of Chicago. http://search.proquest.com/docview/1749772501.
Schell C.J., Young J.K., Lonsdorf E.V., Santymire R.M. (2013). Anthropogenic and physiologically induced stress responses in captive coyotes. Journal of Mammalogy. 94 (5), 1131–1140. https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-001.1.
Digital media (blogpost, editorials, etc.)
Schell CJ. Ecosystems and energy lay bare the essence of justice. Bugs and Beast Before the Law. https://bambitchell.henryart.org/is-justice-a-process-or-an-outcome/christopher-schell/.
Lincoln Park Zoo 150th Anniversary Book (Reach: The Remarkable Impact 150th). Composed an essay about community engagement, interaction, and communication in Chicago, IL. The essay, and a collection of other essays from the community, were published and released to the public in the Winter of 2019 (https://shop.lpzoo.org/book-reach-the-remarkable-impact-150th-anniversary.html)
Schell CJ. The Human Side of Urban Evolution: Integrating Identity and Community with Research. Life in the City: Urban Evolution Blog. https://urbanevolution-litc.com/2018/11/19/the-human-side-of-urban-evolution-integrating-identity-and-community-with-research/