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Recipients of 2010 AOU Research Awards

Sarah C. Alessi , Western Michigan University
Exploration of the rise and fall of family dynasties in the buff-breasted wren (Thryothorus leucotis) in Gamboa, Panama

Susan Balenger , Auburn University
Searching for "good genes" in the House Finch (Carpodactus mexicanus)

Nicholas Block , University of Chicago (Field Museum of Natural History)
Exploring cryptic diversity and phylogeography in an endemic malagasy passerine

Julie E. Castner , Virginia Tech
Cultural divergence as a driver of genetic divergence in a tropical bird

Rebecca Croston , City University of New York
Coevolution or epiphenomena: Avian perceptual modeling of the proximate basis of egg rejection in American Robins (Turdus migratorius)

Nicole M. Davros , University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
An integrative approach to testing density effects in a migratory songbird

Shane DuBay , University of New Mexico
Diversification along an elevational gradient in Tit-tyrants (Aves: Tyrannidae)

Kristen Dybala , University of California-Davis
Linking weather and reproductive success: supplemental feeding and radio-telemetry

Kyle Elliott , University of Manitoba
How can wild seabirds work hard and live long?

Ashley E. Gam , University of Georgia
The role of corticosterone in primary sex ratio manipulation in Zebra Finches

Morgan Gilmour , Bucknell University
Relationships between winer corticosterone levels, stable isotope signatures, and reproductive effort in Leach's Storm-Petrel

Emily Johnston , Michigan State University
Characterizing resistance and tolerance of three passerine birds in response to two zoonotic pathogens: Borrelia burgdorferi and West Nile Virus

Alexi Kimiatek , Plymouth State University
Does plumage grown overwinter predict breeding season success in male Canada Warblers (Wilsonia canadensis)?

Sarah A. Knutie , University of Utah
The woes of parenthood: the stress of an introduced nest parasite on Darwin's finches

Andrea L. Liebl , University of South Florida
Silencing and un-silencing of the glucocorticoid receptor as a mechanism for range expansion

Gustavo A. Londono , University of Florida
Physiological and behavioral trade-offs in avian incubation rhythms along an Andean elevational gradient

Ari E. Martinez , University of Florida
Foraging ecology and interspecific communication in Amazonian mixed-species bird flocks

Ann McKellar , Queen's University
Examining the relative effects of arrival date, individual condition, and territory quality on reproductive success in a migratory songbird

Karl MoKross , Louisiana State University
Territory selection and area use patterns in Amazonian understory mixed-species flocks

Mario B. Pesendorfer , University of Nebraska Lincoln
Investigating the co-evolution of Island Scrub Jays and Island Scrub Oaks

Mark Peterson , Indiana University
Seasonal profile of gene expression in the Dark-eyed Junco

Jennifer Phillips , University of California-Davis
Color change is not just for chameleons: Phenotypic plasticity and Gloger's Rule

Sara Elizabeth Pinson , University of Georgia
Effects of acute corticosterone on the primary sex ratio of laying hens

Luke Losada Powell , Louisiana State University
Using home range estimates and 30 years of mist-nest captures to determine the effect of land use history on dispersal of Amazonian birds

Andrea Price , University of Alaska Fairbanks
Mechanistic basis of adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia in an Andean duck

Alejandro Rico-Guevara , University of Connecticut
Nectar intake in hummingbirds: A study of a novel feeding mechanism

Andrew Rush , University of California
A comparison of the role of song as an isolating mechanism in contact zones of different ages

Judit Ungvari-Martin , University of Florida
Habitat specialization and community structure of birds in Amazonian forests

Kara-Anne Ward , University of Windsor
Female mate search tactics in long-tailed manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis): A novel tracking system for monitoring social interactions

David R. Wilson , University of Windsor
Mechanisms of sexual selection in a polygamous bird

Natalie A. Wright , University of New Mexico
Towards a new island rule for birds

Members of the AOU Research Awards Committee