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 2004 AOU Research Awards Committee

Gary Ritchison, Chair
Reed Bowman
Charles R. Brown
Thomas C. Grubb, Jr.
Chris Hill
Brian Peer
Stephen G. Pruett-Jones
Scott Robinson
Beth Slikas
Charles F. Thompson