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Recipients of 2012 AOU Research Awards

Mikus Abolins-Abols, Indiana University, Does interaction between hormonal axes mediate evolution of behavior?

Michael Akresh, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Examining carry-over effects in Prairie Warblers using stable-isotope analysis

Andrea Ayala, University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, Effects of helminth co-infection on virus susceptibility and  infectiousness in a model Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) system

Sara Bebus, University of Memphis, Long-term effects of developmental corticosterone on cognitive abilities in Florida Scrub-Jays

Kenton Buck, The College of William and Mary, Evaluating the potential for adaptive response to mercury in captive-dosed Zebra Finches

Taylor Callicrate, Smithsonian Institution & University of Maryland, Population declines and genetic variation: serial bottlenecks in the Laysan Finch

Jessica Ebers, The College of William & Mary, A novel test of the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis

Melanie Guigueno, The University of Western Ontario, Sex differences in spatial cognition in Brown-headed Cowbirds: testing the adaptive specialization hypothesis in a species with sex-role-reversed use of space

Michael Hallworth, Smithsonian Institution's Migratory Bird Center, Quantifying migratory connectivity of a migratory songbird using direct and indirect techniques

Michael Harvey, Louisiana State University, Phylogeographic discord in the comparative genomic history of Amazonian birds

Daniel Hooper, University of Chicago, Chromosomal inversions and the incipient speciation of juncos (genus Junco)

Jacob Job, Western Michigan University, Can you hear me now: Does urban noise induce plasticity in populations of Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina)?

Yula Kapetanakos, Cornell University, Using non-invasive, genetic mark-recapture to develop a comprehensive demographic assessment of critically endangered Asian vultures

Wakana Kirihata, Cornell University, Intralocus sexual conflict in the Zebra Finch

Lukas Klicka, San Diego State University, Phylogeographic structure and conservation genetics of the Bell's Vireo

Kristin Kovach, University of Windsor, The function of duetting behavior in Thryothorus wrens

Katie LaBarbera, University of California at Berkeley, Cryptic responses to climate change in an elevationally widespread bird, the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis thurberi)

Samantha Lantz, Tulane University, How do environmental drivers impact social organization and intensity of sexual selection in Red-backed Fairy-Wrens?

Christine Lattin, Tufts University, Why does corticosterone vary seasonally in wild birds?: A receptor's-eye view

Joseph Manthey, University of Kansas, Consequences of secondary contact in Picoides woodpeckers

Dustin Reichard, Indiana University, Investigating the production and function of low-amplitude songs using microphone-transmitters

Vanya Rohwer, Queen's University, Chemical nest defense in South African birds

Clark Rushing, University of Maryland, College Park/Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Effective natal dispersal in migratory birds: Quantifying the reproductive costs of natal dispersal and winter habitat quality

Elizabeth Schultz, University of California Davis, Investigating seasonal modulation in immunity and reproduction in an opportunistic breeder

Talia Sechley, University of Guelph, A novel mechanism linking climate change to fitness: multiple tests of the hoard-rot hypothesis in Gray Jays (Perisoreus canadensis)

Glenn Seeholzer, Louisiana State University, Transcriptomic signatures of high-altitude adaptation

Jose Roberto Sosa Lopez, University of Windsor, Morphological constraints and ecological adaptation in the evolution of Troglodytes wren songs

Jennifer Walsh, University of New Hampshire, Testing for patterns of selection and Haldane's rule in an avian hybrid zone

Michael Wells, University of Minnesota, Testing for novel indicators of kin-directed investment in a cooperative wren

Jared Wolfe, Louisiana State University, The demographic and genetic response of bird communities to pervasive forest clearing in the central Amazonia

Members of the AOU Research Awards Committee