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Recipients of 2002 AOU Research Awards

Sarah Al-Tamimi, Ph.D. candidate, University of Utah - Does feather melanization defend birds against ectoparasites?

Alice Boyle, Ph.D. candidate, University of Arizona - Short distance migration in tropical fruit-eating birds

Chris Butler, Ph.D. candidate, University of Oxford - Population biology of the introduced Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in the United Kingdom

Karen Cavey, Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois - Paternity and male parental investment in multiple broods of American Robins

Zac A. Cheviron, M.S. candidate, Illinois State University - Genetic population structure of the Blue-crowned Manakin (Pipra coronata) across a proposed suture zone in east-central Peru

Amy C. Dolan, M.S. candidate, Portland State University - Avian affairs: a study of Eastern Kingbird hidden breeding patterns

Peter Dombrowski, M.S. candidate, University of Vermont - Effect of supplemental calcium on an arboreally foraging insectivore in a calcium depleted environment

Patrick J. Doran, Ph.D. candidate, Dartmouth College - Causes and consequences of spatial variation in bird abundance and reproduction

Jeffrey T. Foster, Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois - Breeding and foraging ecology of five exotic birds in Hawaii

Amanda M. Hale, Ph.D. candidate, University of Miami - Genetic analysis of the social structure and mating system of a Neotropical wood-quail

Sarah Huber, Ph.D. candidate, University of Massachusetts - The origin and maintenance of song variation in Galapogos finches

Meredith Hunter, M.S. candidate, University of Mississippi - The role of androgens in the onset of pre-nuptial molt of the American Goldfinch

Maureen Leonard, Ph.D. candidate, University of New Mexico - The effects of eavesdropping on signal design in two species of birds

Scott F. Lovell, M.S. candidate, University of Calgary - Neighbor-stranger discrimination and individual recognition by song in Alder Flycatchers (Empidonax alnorum)

Daniel F. Mazerolle, Ph.D. candidate, University of Saskatchewan - Migratory patterns in White-throated Sparrows: tracing origins and destinations of migrating birds using stable isotopes

Hope R. McGaha, Ph.D. candidate, University of Manitoba - Nestling competition of sympatric North American cowbirds: the role of flange and palate coloration

William B. Monahan, Ph.D. candidate, University of California at Berkeley - Utilizing an historically documented founder population of the House Sparrow to predict and test microsatellite mutation rates

Noah Owen-Ashley, Ph.D. candidate, University of Washington - Environmental regulation of immune defense in the White-crowned Sparrow along a latitudinal gradient

Dustin R. Rubenstein, Ph.D. candidate, Cornell University - Evolutionary and physiological mechanisms of cooperative breeding in African Starlings

Wendy M. Schelsky, Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois - The influence of ecology and physiology on the mating system of Bartlett’s Tinamou (Crypturellus bartletti)

Matthew S. Schrader, Ph.D. candidate, Florida State University - Are parasite-mediated life history trade-offs important in the Red-bellied Woodpecker?

Lynn Siefferman, Ph.D. candidate, Auburn University - Structural coloration in Eastern Bluebirds: an honest signal of male condition?

Monica Carneiro da Silva, Ph.D. candidate, University of Washington - Is there MHC-disassortative mating in the Thin-billed Prion (Procellariiformes)?

Thomas Small, Ph.D. candidate, Arizona State University - Environmental control of reproduction in the Rufous-winged Sparrow, Aimophila carpalis

Mary Stapleton, Ph.D. candidate, Queen’s University - Why do female Tree Swallows mate multiply? Testing the genetic compatibility hypothesis

Christy Strand, Ph.D. candidate, Arizona State University - Effects of testosterone and photoperiod on vocal control regions and singing behavior of male House Finches

Jose G. Tello, Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago - Understanding the evolution of Neotropical diversity: implications from phylogenetic patterns in two co-distributed avian genera

Francois Vezina, Ph.D. candidate, Simon Fraser University - Energy management strategies and egg production costs in birds

Brian G. Walker, Ph.D. candidate, University of Washington - Differential development of the adrenocortical stress-response in sibling Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) chicks

Hira Alison Walker, Ph.D. candidate, University of New Mexico - Use of exotic and native vegetation by en route insectivorous Neotropical migrant landbirds

Christopher C. Witt, Ph.D. candidate, Louisiana State University - Exploring the role of Central America to South America dispersal in the diversification of Neotropical birds: a case study using the motmots

Members of the 2008 AOU Research Awards Committee