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Recipients of 1999 AOU Research Awards

Alexandre Aleixo, Ph.D. candidate, Louisiana State University - Systematics, molecular phylogeography, and evolution of Amazonian Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers

Anne M. Bartuszevige, M.S. candidate, Illinois State University - Organochlorine contamination and gonadal abnormalities in Illinois grassland birds: a test of the endocrine disruption hypothesis

Alison L. Chubb, Ph.D. candidate, University of California-Berkeley - Molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of the ZENK gene in birds

Jennifer Gee, Ph.D. candidate, Princeton University - Causes and consequences of hybridization in California and Gambel's quails

Melissa Hughes, Post-doc, Princeton University - The function of song repertoires in Song Sparrows: female choice for extra-pair mates

Jason Alan Mobley, Ph.D. candidate, University of California-Berkeley - Molecular phylogenetics, historical ecology, and the evolution of nest building in the kingbirds and their allies

Robert G. Moyle, Ph.D. candidate, Louisiana State University - A coalescent approach to understanding genetic diversity and endemism in Borneo

Kazuya Naoki, Ph.D. candidate, Louisiana State University - Community evolution in Andean tanagers of the genus Tangara

Timothy H. Parker, Ph.D. candidate, University of New Mexico - Separating heritability of male condition from the effects of cryptic female choice in the Red Junglefowl

Stanislav Pribil, Post-doc, University of Miami - Experimental test of the 'polygyny threshold' model

Sabrina Russo, Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois - Structure of a neotropical frugivore community: the role of size-abundance relationships

Andrea Louise Smith, Ph.D. candidate, Queen's University - Effects of oceanographic structure and prey characteristics on seabird distributions in a dynamic coastal marine system

Julie Smith, Ph.D. candidate, New Mexico State University - The role of coevolution in promoting reproductive isolation in Red Crossbills

Brett Walker, M.S. candidate, University of Montana - What drives honest signaling of pairing status by males? Tests of the 'wedding ring' and 'reproductive optimization' hypotheses

Members of the 2008 AOU Research Awards Committee