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Recipients of 2004 AOU Research Awards

Michelle L. Beck, Washington State University -
The influence of habitat modification on adult and nestling quality in the Prothonotary Warbler

Lauryn Benedict, University of California at Berkeley -
Adaptive functions of California Towhee duet song

Melissa S. Bowlin, Princeton University -
Wing shape and energy efficiency in the migratory Swainson's Thrush

Johel Chaves, Purdue University -
Factors promoting philopatry in Ocellated Antbirds

Christopher James Clark, University of California at Berkeley -
Effects of body size and tail shape on maximal acceleration in hummingbirds

Elizabeth Derryberry, Duke University -
The impact of culture and selection on vocal performance: implications for song evolution

Stephanie M. Doucet, Auburn University -
Female choice and sexual ornamentation on lekking Long-tailed Manakins: do females choose good genes?

Adam Felton, Australian National University -
Reduced impact logging and the conservation of insectivorous understory birds in a Bolivian lowland tropical forest

Rebecca Ann Fox, University of California at Davis -
Personality and mate choice in Cockatiels

Britt J. Heidinger, Indiana University -
The influence of age on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in the Common Tern

Bethany Kempster, University of Western Ontario -
Assessing the condition of Song Sparrow nestlings using stable nitrogen isotopes

Michael J. Kuehn, University of California at Santa Barbara -
Predicting the rate at which host defenses are lost in the absence of parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds

Sonya C. LeClair, University of South Florida -
Comparison of hatching failure in a wildland and suburban population of the Florida Scrub-Jay

Kenneth M. Levenstein, Arkansas State University -
Breeding ecology of the cooperatively polyandrous Galapagos Hawk: how many males are enough?

Paulo E. Llambias, Cornell University -
Causes of geographic variation in the House Wren breeding system

Jennifer A. Long, University of Maine -
Hormonal and cellular mechanisms of migratory fattening

Joel W. McGlothlin, Indiana University -
Static and dynamic sexual traits in Dark-eyed Juncos: evolutionary integration or alternative strategies?

Allison Moody, University of Saskatchewan -
Reproductive performance, body condition, and dietary analysis of Thick-billed Murres on Coats Island, Nunavut

Courtney C. Murdock, University of Michigan -
The interactions of food supplementation, stress, and parasite load on a wild population of White-crowned Sparrows in western Colorado

Diana Cumings Outlaw, University of Memphis -
The evolution of migration in Old World Flycatchers (Fidedula)

Susan Ines Peluc, University of California at Riverside -
The role of ecological factors in shaping nest site selection in songbirds

Letitia M. Reichart, Washington State University -
Conspecific brood parasitism in the Ruddy Duck

Matthew W. Reudink, Villanova University -
Do extra-pair fertilizations confound measures of reproductive success in a chickadee hybrid zone?

Kristen Ruegg, University of California at Berkeley -
The role of migratory behavior in the process of avian diversification

Judith C. Scarl, Cornell University -
Acoustic communication and mutual mate choice in an Australian Cockatoo, the Galah

Matthew D. Shawkey, Auburn University -
What is the production cost of structural plumage color?

Laura Henderson Spinney, Princeton University -
Hormonal mediation of alternate phenotypes in the White-throated Sparrow

Andrea Kudrez Townsend, Cornell University -
Evolutionary and ecological factors affecting distribution of congeneric todies of Hispaniola

Jennifer Man-Ling Wang, University of California at Berkeley -
Does microbial infection limit the viability of temperate bird eggs?

Members of the 2008 AOU Research Awards Committee