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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 1999 AOU Research Awards Committee Gary Ritchison, Chair |