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Research Scholarship Recipients
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2012
Jane and Stanley Birge Scholarship
Alonso Bussalleu
Effects of nest site quality on Humboldt penguins’ breeding success
during a guano extraction campaign at Punta San Juan, Peru
Henry B. Cowhey Scholarship in Tropical Conservation
Gideon Erkenswick
Parasite and pathogen specificity among associating species of callitrichids in Southeastern Peru
Leo and Kay Drey Scholarship
Leticia Gutiérrez
The effects of a complex trophic structure of mammalian host species on the ecology of emerging infectious diseases
Thomas F. George Undergraduate Scholarships
Rachel Baumann
Parasite lineage sharing in a local assemblage of Nebraska passerine birds
Melanie Kunkel
Impacts of haemosporidian parasites on avian immune response
Jorie Butler Kent Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Gideon Erkenswick
Parasite and pathogen specificity among associating species of callitrichids in Southeastern Peru
Marcelle Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Awards
Elyse Coffey
North American eastern forest bird community composition, avian
malaria, and relationships between breeding and non-breeding bird
distributions
Emily Geest
Phylogenetic relationships of haemosporidian parasites in Galapagos
birds and in a common Galapagos migrant, the bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Jamie Morton
Prevalence of haemosporidian parasites in bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Maria Pil
Comparative demography of the West Indian avifauna
Stephen M. Doyle Memorial Scholarship
Elvis Valderrama
Aboveground carbon storage and floristics in contrasting peatlands
(minerotrophic and ombrotrophic) in Peruvian Lowland Amazonia
Mallinckrodt Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Daniel O’Brien
Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of using DNA barcoding to clarify the nature of the Pseudotelphusa quercinigracella species complex
Mary Osborne Scholarship
Alonso Bussalleu
Effects of nest site quality on Humboldt penguins’ breeding success
during a guano extraction campaign at Punta San Juan, Peru
Peter H. Raven World Ecology Research Scholarship
Eliot Miller
The concordance of ecology and morphology in the Australian Meliphagidae
Stokes Family Scholarship
Leticia Gutiérrez
The effects of a complex trophic structure of mammalian host species on the ecology of emerging infectious diseases
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Letícia Soares
Predicting avian malaria prevalence in a modified landscape of central
Amazonia
Stephen Mitchell Doyle Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Jenni Higashiguchi
Transmission dynamics of avian disease in Galapagos
Marcelle Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Awards
Elyse Coffey
Catherine M. Crinnion
Danielle Demirelli
Emily Geest
John Hodge
Jamie Morton
Thomas F. George Undergraduate Scholarships
Rachel Baumann
Melanie Kunkel
Mallinckrodt Research Scholarship
Robbie Hart
Climate change impacts on Himalayan rhododendrons.
Jane Harris Scholarship in Tropical Botany
Robbie Hart
Climate change impacts on Himalayan rhododendrons
Stokes Family Scholarship
Oyomoare Osazuwa-Peters
Functional diversity and patterns of trait variation in old-growth and secondary forests in Kibale National Park
Christensen Fund Scholarship
Oyomoare Osazuwa-Peters
Functional diversity and patterns of trait variation in old-growth and secondary forests in Kibale National Park
Jane Harris Scholarship in Tropical Botany
Daniel Layton
Stamen evolution in the Commelinaceae: Evo-devo meets Ecology
Jorie Butler Kent Scholarship
Allisyn-Marie Gillet
Parasite transmission dynamics of the cooperatively breeding Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)
Leo and Kay Drey Scholarship
Vincenzo A. Ellis
Elucidating the role of pathogens in determining patterns of avian species abundance
Peter H. Raven World Ecology Scholarship
Heritiana Ranarivelo
Phylogeny and character evolution in Psorospermum (Hypericaceae)
Henry B. Cowhey Scholarship
Allisyn-Marie Gillet
Parasite transmission dynamics of the cooperatively breeding Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis)
Antoinette McGrath Memorial Scholarship to Promote Scientific Literacy
Eloisa Sari
Diego Salazar
Javier Hernandez
Jane and Stanley Birge Scholarship
Mari Cruz Jaramillo
Feeding ecology of the Galapagos hawk after goat removal
Christensen Fund Scholarship in Plant Conservation
Maria Pil
Comparative phylogeography of mangrove tree species in Brazil: Conservation implications
Henry B. Cowhey Scholarship in Tropical Conservation
Jose Luis Rivera
Effects of spatial distribution of host resources on parasite diversity and parasite-host specificity
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Jonathan Sweeney
Toward an understanding of community assembly: Measuring long-term
dynamics and the functional structure of trees in a tropical hill
forest community in Borneo
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Eliot Miller
Lekking and breeding behavior of three Mionectes flycatchers in Ecuador
Stephen Mitchell Doyle Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Jonathan Sweeney
Toward an understanding of community assembly: Measuring long-term
dynamics and the functional structure of trees in a tropical hill
forest community in Borneo
Stephen Mitchell Doyle Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Diego Salazar
The effect of anti-herbivore mechanisms on latitudinal patterns of plant host-herbivore interactions
Leo and Kay Drey Scholarship
Jason Reinhardt
The impact of leaf-tying microlepidoptera on the arthropod community structure of Quercus alba L. (Fagacae)
Thomas F. George Undergraduate Scholarship
Michael Cash
Jane Harris Scholarship in Tropical Botany
Jinshun Zhong
Floral diversity and evolution within Lamiaceae s.l.
Harris World Ecology Center Scholarship
Mariana Villegas
Influence of fire on bird communities in the Sub-Andean Yungas forests of Bolivia
Harris World Ecology Center Scholarship
Saul Hoyos
Anatomical and morphological characteristics of Fusispermum, Rinorea and Rinoreocarpus (Neotropical Violaceae)
Harris World Ecology Center Scholarship
Leticia Gutiérrez
Identification of mammalian hemoparasites and their vectors in Missouri
Jorie Butler Kent Scholarship
Oyomoare Osazuwa-Peters
Radial variation in wood density and xylem anatomy of twenty canopy trees differing in growth-mortality strategy
Marcelle Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Award
Michael Cash
Mary Osborne Scholarship
Jose Luis Rivera
Effects of spatial distribution of host resources on parasite diversity and parasite-host specificity
Peter H. Raven World Ecology Scholarship
Robbie Hart
Climate change impatcs on distribution, phenology and pollination of Himalayan Rhododendron
Antoinette McGrath Memorial Scholarship to Promote Scientific Literacy
Eliot Miller
Gonzalo Rivas
Jane and Stanley Birge Scholarship
Juan Carlos Penagos
Evaluating the relationship of Aiouea with Cinnamomum and Ocotea using cuticular characters.
Henry B. Cowhey Scholarship
Dilys Vela
Systematic study and external and internal morphological variation of Calophyllum L. in South America.
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Linda Marie Svensson
Interactions between birds and pigmented haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida) in a western Amazonian community.
Goldie Millstone Scholarship
Matthew Medeiros
Mosquitoes and the host breadth of Plasmodium parasites.
Mallinckrodt Research Scholarship
Timothy Lescher
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temmincki) distribution and movement in Missouri.
Marcelle Kranzberg Undergraduate Research Award
Payal Patel
Christopher Riggs
Michelle Sanchez
Mary Osborne Scholarship
Dilys Malvina Vela Diaz
Systematic study and external and internal morphological variation of Calophyllum L. in South America.
(Support for M.S. research)
Peter H. Raven World Ecology Scholarship
Eloisa Sari
Colonization History and Pathogens Pressure in the Galápagos Flycatcher
Stephen Doyle Tropical Research Scholarship
Jose R. Hidalgo
Coordinate singing of the Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola
Stokes Family Scholarship
Kenneth Yhuanje
Conservation in Papua New Guinea.
Antoinette McGrath Memorial Scholarship to Promote Scientific Literacy
Paulo Camara
Linda Svensson
Adrian Azpiroz
Adrianna Rodriguez
Jenny Bollmer
Marcos Coelho
Diego Santiago
Goldie Millstone Scholarship
Javier Hernandez
The effect of photoperiod on the social organization and circadian clock of tropical bumblebees.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Henry B. Cowhey Scholarship in Tropical Conservation
Gena Sbeglia
The characterization of agonism and affiliation in ringtailed lemur society.
(Support for M.S. research)
Jane and Stanley Birge Tropical Research Scholarship
Diego Salazar
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Jenni Higashiguchi
Jorie Butler Kent Scholarship
Laura Kent
An examination of individual odors and individual discrimination in the raccoon (Procyon lotor).
(Support for M.S. research)
Leo and Kay Drey Scholarship
Javier Hernandez
The effect of photoperiod on the social organization and circadian clock of tropical bumblebees.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Mallinckrodt Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Beatriz Baker-Meio
Local morphometric and ecological variation in Section Xerocalyx (Chamaecrista sp.: Leguminosae): Consequences for understanding speciation.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Parker-Gentry Tropical Research Fellowship
Gonzalo Rivas
Genetic variation and comparison of effective dispersal distances of two Miconia species.
(Support for M.S. research)
Stephen Mitchell Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Patricia Baiao
The role of neutral mechanisms in the maintenance of plumage polymorphism in red-footed boobies (Sula sula).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Antoinette McGrath Memorial Scholarship to Promote Scientific Literacy
Patty Baiao
Enock Kaledimimo
Muse Opiang
Felipe Zapata
Monica Carlsen
Understanding the origin and diversification of Anthurium species with
palmately-lobed leaves.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Iris Levin
Host-parasite dynamics in mixed colonies of Galapagos seabirds
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Humberto de Paula Dutra
Impacts of an invasive species, Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), on
biodiversity through biotic interactions.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
John Flunker
Defensive phenotypic plasticity in the absence of a mutualistic ant-guard
and consequences for plant-herbivore interactions.
(Support for Masters research)
BriAnne Addison
Ecology and evolution of maternal antibody allocation.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Pamela Puppo
Systematics and distribution of the Calceolaria tripartita complex (Calceolariaceae).
(Support for Master’s research)
BriAnne Addison
Ecology and evolution of maternal antibody allocation.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Diego Santiago-Alarcon
Avian blood parasites in the Galápagos Islands: origin, diversification,
and host specificity of haemosporidian parasites in new world doves.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Linda Maria Elenor Svensson
Coevolution patterns in avian malaria and their hosts in a tropical island
system.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Paulo Camara
A phylogenetic study of Sematophyllaceae.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Eloisa Helena Reis Sari
Colonization history of two flycatcher species in the Galápagos
Islands.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Brandt Ryder
Social networks in a lek breeding bird
(Support for Ph.D. research)
BriAnne Addison
Disease pressure and maternal antibody allocation: Avian malaria and tropical
birds
(Support for Ph.D. research)
David Kenfack
Iris I. Levin
Fitness Consequences of Haemoproteus in Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor)
on Isla Genovesa, Galapagos
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Felipe Zapata
Species limits, phylogenetic history and diversification in the genus
Escallonia (Escalloniaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Caroline Duffie
Determining the population structure of the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax
harrisi).
(Support for Masters research)
Benjamin Nims
Genetic structure and diversity, past and present, in the endangered Galápagos
Penguin.
(Support for Masters research)
John Atwood
A taxonomic revision of Schlotheimia section Stegotheca (Orthotrichaceae,
Musci).
(Support for Masters research)
Patricia Baião
The impacts of parasites on phenotypes involved in courtship and mate
selection: The case of the red-footed boobies (Sula sula) in the Galapagos
Islands.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Iris I. Levin
Fitness Consequences of Haemoproteus in Great Frigatebirds (Fregata minor)
on Isla Genovesa, Galapagos
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Caroline Duffie
Determining the population structure of the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax
harrisi).
(Support for Masters research)
Benjamin Nims
Genetic structure and diversity, past and present, in the endangered Galápagos
Penguin.
(Support for Masters research)
Adriana Rodriguez-Ferraro
Community ecology and phylogeography of bird assemblages in arid zones
of northern Venezuela.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
BriAnne Addison
Disease pressure and maternal antibody allocation: Avian malaria and
tropical birds
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Paty Feria
Internship with Real Jardín Botánica in Madrid,
Spain
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Beatriz Baker-Meio
Antagonists, mutualists, and the fitness of Chamaecrista desvauxii
brevipes (Fabaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
David Kenfack
Field study of the genus Carapa (Meliaceae) in Gabon.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Beatriz Baker-Meio
Antagonists, mutualists, and the fitness of Chamaecrista desvauxii brevipes
(Fabaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Cynthia Hong Wa
Taxonomy and conservation of Leptolaena sensu lato.
(Support for Master’s research)
Caroline Duffie
Determining the population structure of the flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax
harrisi) using micro-satellite markers.
(Support for Master’s research)
Wendy P. Tori
The influence of genetic heterozygosity on female mate choice.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Wendy P. Tori
The influence of genetic heterozygosity on female mate choice.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
David Kenfack
Field study of the genus Carapa (Meliaceae) in Gabon.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Andrea Loayza
Spatial patterns of seed dispersal and seedling recruitment of Guettarda
viburnoides.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Shane Siers
Comparing gene flow estimates in arboreal and terrestrial lemurs.
(Support for Master’s research)
David Kenfack
Field study of the genus Carapa (Meliaceae) in Gabon.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jeffrey Norris
An ecological niche model for Melozone biacutum cabanisi: a future conservation
concern.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Felipe Zapata
Molecules and morphology: species delimitation and diversification in
the plant genus Escallonia (Escalloniaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Humberto Dutra
Ant-flower interactions in the Brazilian cerrado.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Marcela Fernandez
Scent marking and sonic-ultrasonic calling in the Neotropical montane
rodent Scotinomys teguina.
(Support for Master’s research)
Antoinette McGrath Memorial Scholarship
Renata Duraes
Christensen Fund in Plant Conservation ScholarshipRoosevelt Garcia-Villacorta
Linking floristic changes to edaphic gradients and remote sensing in Peruvian
Amazonian forests.
(Support for Master’s research)
Corneille Ewango
Diversity, distribution and edaphic specialization of vascular plants
in the Ituri Forest inselbergs, Democratic Republic of Congo.
(Support for Master’s research)
Seema Sheeth
Habitat utilization and distribution of a primate community in Amazonian
Ecuador.
(Support for Master’s research)
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Anna Brasher
Inter- and intrasexual selection in the livebearing fish, Poecilia picta:
the role of multiple male traits.
(Support for Master’s research)
Renata Duraes
Female distribution and lek structure in two manakin species (Aves:
Pipridae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Patricia Camara
The origin and maintenance of plumage polymorphism in red-footed boobies
(Sula sula).
(Support for Master’s research)
Seema Sheeth
Habitat utilization and distribution of a primate community in Amazonian
Ecuador.
(Support for Master’s research)
Goldie Millstone Scholarship
Jorge Luis Hurtado-Gonzales
Female mating strategies in the lek-breeding Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola
periviana).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Parker-Gentry Fellowship
Marcos Maldonado
Biogeography and population history of fire-eye antbirds (Thamnophilidae,
Aves) in the Neotropics.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Antoinette McGrath Memorial Scholarship
Kimberly Holbrook
Noah WhitemanDiego Santiago
Jane and Stanley Birge Tropical Research Scholarship
Jennifer L. Bollmer
MHC variability in native Galapagos bird species: The selective
effect of Avian Pox. (Support for Ph.D. research)
Christensen Fund in Plant Conservation Scholarships
Tanya Patricia Montenegro Armijos
Population analysis of Ecuadendron Acosta-Solisianum D. A.
Neill (Fabaceae: Caesalpiniodeae) for in situ conservation.
(Support for Master’s research)
Beatriz Baker
Effects of fire on Ouratea hexasperma: Population
dynamics and its biotic interactions.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
David Kenfack
Systematics and evolution of Carapa (Meliaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Andrea Loayza
The role of isolated vegetation patches as recruitment foci in a
tropical savanna in Beni, Bolivia. (Support for Ph.D. research)
Elizabeth R. Congdon
Dispersal and new group formation in capybaras, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris. (Support for Ph.D. research)
Zachary Rogers
A taxonomic revision of the genus Stephanodaphne (Thymelaeaceae).
(Support for Master’s research)
Kathryn P. Huyvaert
The role of philopatry in the mating system of the Waved Albatross:
Testing and assumption of the “related cuckold” hypothesis.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Cynthia Watson-Rodney
Costs and benefits of boldness and shyness in the fish, Poecilia parae. (Support for Master’s research)
Noah K. Whiteman
Host-parasite evolution on the Galapagos Islands. (Support for Ph.D.
research)
Jorge Luis Hurtado-Gonzales
Does polyandry drive sexual selection in Andean Cock-of-the-Rock lek
system? (Support for Ph.D. research)
Heidi H. Schmidt
Taxonomic revision of Agarista sect. Agauria. (Support
for Master’s research)
Rosa del C. Ortiz-Gentry
Phylogeny and evolution of endocarp and seed features in Menispermaceae,
and systematics of Sciadotenia Miers.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Teresa Patricia Feria
Influences of species characteristics and environment on predicting
species distributions. (Support for Ph.D. research)
Kimberly A. Schultz
Implications of variability in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities
for tree seedling establishment in tropical montane pastures.
(Support for Master’s research)
Cintia Cornelius
Reproductive success and genetic structure of two endemic birds
of the southern South American rain forest: Dispersal and habitat limitations
in a fragmented landscape.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Daniel Cadena
Ecology, evolutionary history, and the distribution of Buarremon Brush-finches.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Marisol Toledo de Vroomans
Diversity, use and management of secondary forests of Eastern Bolivia.
(Support for Master’s research)
Jane and Stanley Birge Tropical Research Scholarship
Kimberly Schultz
The interactive effects of mycorrhizal fungi and soil nutrients
on tropical tree seedlings: A potential mechanism in tropical forest
regeneration. (Support for Ph.D. research)
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Adriana Rodriguez-Ferraro
Spatial and genetic lek structure in Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola
peruviana).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Stephen Mitchell Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Marcos Maldonado Coelho
The relative role of habitat and landscape factors on bird communities
in a fragmented landscape of the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil.(Support
for Ph.D. research)
Faucett Family Foundation Research Scholarship in Neotropical Ornithology
Wendy Tori
Effect of human-induced fragmentation on the richness, abundance
and genetic diversity of birds in an Andean forest in Kosnipata-Peru.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jane Harris Scholarship in Tropical Botany
Mark Beilstein
Phylogenetic analysis of the mustard family (Brassicaceae). (Support for
Ph.D. research)
Mallinckrodt Graduate Fellowship in Tropical Ecology
Karina Boege
Ontogenetic variation in plant resistance: consequences for herbivores
and plants.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Goldie Millstone Scholarship
Adrian Azpiroz
Black-and-white monjita and saffron-cowled blackbird in Eastern Uruguay:
ecological association and conservation.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Parker-Gentry Fellowship
Alberto Vicentini
The evolutionary history of the plant genus Pagamea Aubl. (Rubiaceae):
Evolutionary patterns at its center of diversity on the Guyana Shield.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Stokes Family Scholarship in Tropical Conservation
Renata Ribeiro
Effect of fragmentation on availability, stability and utilization
by birds of suspended dead leaves in the Atlantic forest, Brazil.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
HWEC Development Board Scholarships
Yeshey Dorji
A revision of the genus Leycesteria.
(Support for Master's research)
Diego Santiago-Alarcon
Population genetic structure, diseases, and ectoparasites loads
in populations of the Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis).
(Support for Master's research)
Jamie Talley
Geographic variation in the primary song of the rusty-margined flycatcher:
Patterns of taxonomic affinities in Guyana.
(Support for Master's research)
Teresa Patricia Feria
Influence of species characteristics and environment on predicting
species distributions.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Lucio Malizia
Species turnover across tree assemblages in Andean forests.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Thomas Ryder
Causal factors for male spatial aggregation and the ecological relationships
of syntopic manakins in lowland Ecuador.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Noah Whiteman
Effects of host mating system on ectoparasite loads in the Galapagos
hawk (Buteo galapagoensis), a threatened island-endemic.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jane and Stanley Birge Tropical Research Scholarship
Bee Fong Gunn
The phylogeny and biogeography of the Cocoeae (Arecaceae) with emphasis
on Cocos nucifera.
(Support for Master's research)
John Denver Memorial Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Kimberly Holbrook
Seed dispersal ecology and movement patterns of toucans in Amazonia
Ecuador.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Stephen Mitchell Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Ana Agreda
The effect of the river dynamic on the habitat use and foraging behavior
of forest birds restricted to river islands in northeastern Ecuador.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jane Harris Scholarship in Tropical Botany
Patrick W. Sweeney
Phylogenetic study of the genus Garcinia L. (Clusiacae), with
an emphasis on detecting patterns of floral and breeding system evolution
and biogeographic history.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
HWEC Development Board Scholarships
Greg Basco
Market, community, and nature: The politics of ecotourism in Costa
Rica and Nicaragua.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Carlos Daniel Cadena
Ecology and biogeography of Buarremon brush-finches in the
Colombian Andes.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Cintia Cornelius
Bird assemblages in fragmented south-temperate rainforests: the effects
of isolation on bird species composition and abundance. (Support for
Ph.D. research)
Yeshey Dorji
Floristic analysis of Meconopsis (Papaveraceae) in Bhutan.
(Support for Master's research)
John A. Eimes
Behavioral ecology and genetic relatedness structure of a social wasp
(Mischocyttarus mexicanus).
(Support for Master's research)
Luciana M.S. Griz
Population genetic structure of Ziziphus joazeiro (Rhamnaceae),
an animal dispersed tree from caatinga dry forest (Brazil).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Kevin D. Matson
Maintenance of immune system function in Hawaii's introduced birds.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Mallinckrodt Graduate Fellowship in Tropical Ecology
Hyosig Won
Phylogenetic and biogeographic study of Gnetum using molecular and morphological characters.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Parker-Gentry Fellowship
Karina Boege
Ontogenetic variation in plant resistance: consequences
for the balance between bottom up and top-down forces on herbivores
and plants.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Stokes Family Scholarship in Tropical Conservation
Kathryn P. Huyvaert
Mechanisms of kin recognition and mate choice in waved albatrosses (Phoebastria
irrorata).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jane and Stanley Birge Scholarship Tropical Research Scholarship
Sylvia Fallon
A phylogenetic and community analysis of blood parasites (Haemoproteus spp. and Plasmodium ssp.) among their avian hosts on Islands
in the Lesser Antilles.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
John Denver Memorial Scholarship for Tropical Ecology
Lucio Malizia
Understanding consequences of the loss of pre-montane forests for
bird communities of Northwestern Argentina: A pilot study.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Stephen M. Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Alberto Vicentini
Phylogeography of Pagamea (Rubiaceae) and its radiation in
nutrient-poor soils in tropical South America--overview and preliminary
sampling.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jane Harris Scholarship in Tropical Botany
Hilary Davis
A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Comocladia (Anacardiaceae:
Rhoeae) based on morphology and molecular sequence data.
(Support for Master's research)
HWEC Development Board Scholarship
Karina Boege
Survey of inducible resistance traits as direct and indirect defenses
in five tropical dry forest plant species.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Lucia Lohmann
Morphological diversification and Biogeography of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jorge Uribe
Patterns of diversity and species turnover along an environmental
gradient in the Yucatan Peninsula.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
David Ziolkowski
Morphological, behavioral, and molecular divergence of two island
populations of Lesser Antillean birds.
(Support for Ph.D research)
HWEC Faculty Scholarship for Tropical Ecology
David Ziolkowski
Morphological, behavioral, and molecular divergence of two island
populations of Lesser Antillean birds.
(Support for Ph.D research)
Mallinckrodt Tropical Research Scholarship
Linda Hirst
Economic value of herbaceous plants on the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar,
and patterns of depletion.
(Support for Master's research)
Parker-Gentry Tropical Research Fellowship
Lucia Lohmann
Morphological diversification and biogeography of Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research.)
Marlin Perkins Memorial Fellowship
Chris Collins
Genetic population structure in a social frog (Colestethus beebei)
in a mosaic habitat.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jane and Stanley Birge Scholarship Tropical Research Scholarship
Tibisay Escalona
Nest site selection and reproductive success of a harvested turtle
(Podocnemis unifilis, Testudines: Pelomedusidae) in the Nichare
region, Venezuela.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
John Denver Memorial Scholarship for Tropical Ecology
Luciana Griz
Spatial distribution of plant life stages and the role of post-dispersal
factors on recruitment of an animal-dispersed tree in Caatinga (NE Brazil).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Stephen M. Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Silvio Marchini
The influence of environmental heterogeneity on the strengths of
top-down and bottom-up forces affecting the community of insect herbivores
and resulting herbivory in an Amazonian Forest.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
HWEC Development Board Scholarship
Frank Wolff
Feeding ecology of Neotropical carnivores in Caatinga, a seasonal
dry forest in the northeast of Brazil.
(Support for Master's research)
HWEC Faculty Scholarship for Tropical Ecology
Susana Leon Yanez
Herbivory in Polylepis forests: effects of elevation, seasonality,
and host plant species on the arthropod community composition and leaf
herbivory.
(Support for Master's research)
Mallinckrodt Tropical Research Scholarship
Andre Chanderbali
The historical biogeography of Neotropical Lauraceae.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jane Whitehill
Sampling molecular markers from nine of the eleven genera in the Caladium alliance (Araceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Parker-Gentry Tropical Research Fellowship
Ivan Jimenez
Food preferences and patch assessment abilities of curassows.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Marlin Perkins Memorial Fellowship
Frank Wolff
Feeding ecology of Neotropical carnivores in Caatinga, a seasonal
dry forest in the northeast of Brazil.
(Support for Master's research)
Jane and Stanley Birge Scholarship Tropical Research Scholarship
Patricia Ojeda
Effect of individual and neighborhood traits on levels of pre-dispersal
seed predation on Inga ciliata subsp. Subcapitata.
(Support for Master's research.)
John Denver Memorial Scholarship for Tropical Ecology
Ivan Jimenez
Ecology and conservation of Currassows in the Colombian Amazon.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Stephen M. Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Patricia Ojeda
Effect of individual and neighborhood traits on levels of pre-dispersal
seed predation on Inga ciliata subsp. Subcapitata.
(Support for Master's research)
HWEC Tropical Research Scholarships
Juan Fernandez
Effects of fragmentation on genetic structure and gene flow in populations
of a Neotropical montane tree Quercus humboldtii Bonpl., Fagaceae.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jane Whitehill
Collecting seven of the eleven New World genera of the tribes Caladieae
and Zomicarpeae (Araceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Mallinckrodt Tropical Research Scholarship
Andre Chanderbali
The phylogenetic affinities and geographic origin of Neotropical
Lauraceae.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Parker-Gentry Tropical Research Fellowship
Jorge Perez-Eman
Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the genus Myioborus (Aves, Parulinae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Marlin Perkins Memorial Fellowship
Greg Basco
Ecotourism as a tool for development and conservation: Does the market
or the community take better care of nature?
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Stephen M. Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Silvio Marchini
Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Rates of Herbivory in Central
Amazon.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
HWEC Tropical Research Scholarships
Janeth Katheryne Aldas
Pollination Biology of two high elevation of Fuchsia species
in Ecuador.
(Support for Master's research in Ecuador)
Gerardo Avalos
Influence of light and support availability on the expression of
physiological plasticity in the neotropical liana Stigmaphyllon
lindenianum (Malpighiaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research in Panama)
Teresa C. Bergquist
Historical and a Historical Determinants of Fish Community Organization
and the Effects of Goldmining in Guyanaian Backwater Streams.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Guyana)
Trisha Distler
Pollination Biology and Breeding Systems of the Palms Astrocaryum
Aculeatum and Astrocaryum Vulgare.
(Support for Master's research in Guyana)
Jaqueline Goerck
Ecology and History as Determinants of Rarity in Birds in the neotropical
Region.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Jorge Luis Perez-Eman
Systematics, Biogeography, and Geographic Variation in the genus Myioborus (Aves, Parulinae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Juan M. Posada
Vertical Patterns of Leaf Functional Traits, Light, and Forest Structure
of Two Tropical Forests.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Mercedes Rougés
Bird community dynamics along an altitudinal gradient in montane
forests in Argentina.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Grace P. Servat
Foraging Ecology of Birds in Polylepis (Rosaceae) Woodlands:
Impacts of Local and Regional Processes on Community Organization.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Mallinckrodt Tropical Research Scholarship
Juan F. Fernández
Gene Flow in Fragmented Populations of a Neotropical Montane Tree
(Quercus humboldtii Bonpl., Fagaceae): Implications for Conservation.
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Parker-Gentry Tropical Research Fellowship
Jaqueline Goerck
Ecology and history as determinants of rarity in birds: a case study
with Drymophila and Hypocnemis (Formicariidae, Aves).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Marlin Perkins Memorial Fellowship
Jon N. Seal
Physiological and Morphological Variation Responses to Manipulated
Environmental Resources in a Primitively Eusocial Wasp, Polistes
metricus.
(Support for Master's research)
Catherine Graham
Dynamics of a bird community in Mexico
(Support for Ph.D. research on birds in fragmented habitats in Mexico)
HWEC Tropical Research Scholarships
Gerardo Avalos
Influence of light and support availability on ontogenetic shifts
in tropical lianas.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Panama)
Gerardo Aymard
Diversity of forest types in the interfluvial zone of the Rio Negro
and Rio Orinoco.
(Support for Master's research in Venezuela)
Mercedes Rougés
Bird community dynamics along an altitudinal gradient in montane
forests in Argentina.
(Trio Foundation Fellowship to support Ph.D. research)
Howard York
The effects of vocal behavior in structuring anuran breeding assemblages.
(Support for Master's research on frogs in Guyana)
Mallinckrodt Tropical Research Scholarship
Lorena Calvo
Bird species diversity within different systems of coffee plantations.
(Support for Master's research in Guatemala)
Parker-Gentry Tropical Research Fellowship
Gilbert Barrantes
Determining processes that explain food resource use by birds in
highly seasonal environments.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Costa Rica)
Grace Servat
Patterns underlying causes of foraging specialization in bird assemblages
of Polyepis (Rosaceae) forests.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Peru)
Marlin Perkins Memorial Fellowship
Deborah Boege
Vocal and photographic identification to document philopatry in giant
otters (Pteronura brasiliensis).
(Support for Ph.D. research in Guyana)
Stephen M. Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Mercedes Rouges
Seasonal and altitudinal variation in bird communities in montane
forests of Northwestern Argentina.
(Travel to The Fifth Neotropical Ornithological Congress in Asuncion,
Paraguay)
HWEC Tropical Research Scholarships
Aida Alvarez
Ecological and systematic study of Saracha (Solanaceae).
(Support for Master's research in Ecuador)
Sandra Arango
Understanding the distribution and history of regeneration patterns
in a montane landscape.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Columbia)
Gerardo Avalos
Acclimation to changes in light of two liana species in a tropical
forest.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Panama)
Gilbert Barrantes
Dynamics of insectivorous and frugivorous birds in two seasonal forests,
Costa Rica.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Costa Rica)
Teri Bergquist
Gold mining disturbances and fish community structure in neotropical
streams.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Guyana)
Nidia Cuello
Variation in structure and floristic diversity of dry forests in
western Venezuelan Llanos.
(Support for Master's research in Venezuela)
Catherine Graham
The role of birds as seed dispersal agents in a fragmented habitat
in Veracruz, Mexico.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Mexico)
Alvaro Herrera
The effect of forest fragmentation on the genetic variation of Quercus seemannii (Fagaceae) and Ocatea pittieri (Lauraceae).
(Support for Master's research in Costa Rica)
Rachel Polster
Parental investment and antipredator behavior in Wattled Jacanas.
(Support for Master's research in Guyana)
Alejandra Soto
Seed rain, seedling survival, and the role of frugivorous birds in
regeneration of forest trees in tropical pastures.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Panama)
Carolina Valdespino
Establishment of a captive colony of the Valcano Rabbit (Romerolagus
diazi) in Mexico.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Mexico)
Eric Wiener
Tree seedling performance across a light gradient in a tropical secondary
forest community.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Peru)
Parker-Gentry Tropical Research Fellowship
Luis Miguel Renjifo
Effect of landscape matrix on the composition of forest bird communities.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Columbia)
Stephen M. Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Grace Servat
Geographical variation in the diet of the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
(Glyphorynchus spirurus: Dendrocolapitidea).
(Travel to the XXI International Ornithological Congress in Hofburg,
Vienna)
HWEC Tropical Research Scholarships
Gerardo Avalos
Assessment of the impact of photo inhibition on the carbon of dry
species and wet season leaves in rainforest canopy species.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Panama)
German Carnevali
(Systematics, phylogeny, and genetic variability of Cryptocentrum (Orchidaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)
Marie Ann de la Fuente
Sources of variation in the efficacy of ant-tended extra floral nectaries
as an anti-herbivore defense.
(Support for Master's research in Costa Rica)
Ivon Ramirez
Systematics, phylogeny and chromosomal evolution of Cryptanthus (Bromeliaceae).
(Support for Master's research)
Jose Tello
Interactions between figs and birds in a Peruvian forest: abundance
and implications for seed dispersal.
(Support for Master's research in Peru)
Carolina Valdespino
Microhabitat preferences of the volcano rabbit Romerolagus diazi in Mexico.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Mexico)
Ana Cristina Villegas
Spatial variation in clonal life history and population dynamics
of Aechmea magdlenae, a tropical understory bromeliad.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Costa Rica)
Stephen M. Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Monica Romo
(Support for Tropical Botany Course Organization for Tropical Studies
(OTS)/Fairchild Gardens)
HWEC Tropical Research Scholarships
Jaqueline Goerck
Distribution of birds along an elevational gradient in coastal atlantic
forest of Brazil.
(Support for Master's research in Brazil)
Francisco Lorea
A systematic revision of the American species of Cinnamomun (Laraceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research in Mexico)
Ana Cristina Villegas Role of clonality in enhancing establishment of Aechmea magdalenae. (Support for Ph.D. research in Costa Rica)
Barbara Whitlock
Preliminary investigations of the systematics, evolution, and biogeography
of Unonopsis (Anonaceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research in Peru)
Stephen M. Doyle Scholarship in Tropical Ecology
Ana Cristina Villegas
Comparative measurements of life history parameters of Aechmea
magdalenae in a pluvial forest in Choco, Columbia.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Columbia)
HWEC Tropical Research Scholarships
Damond Kyllo
Plant interconnections by VA mychorrhizae and their effects on growth
and reproduction of differentially stressed plants of the lowland tropical
moist forest.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Panama)
Eric Wiener
The effect of light environment on survivorship and growth of eleven
common tree species found in second-growth forests near Iquitos, Peru.
(Support for Ph.D. research in Peru)
Guanghua Zhu
Molecular systematics of Dracontium (Araceae).
(Support for Ph.D. research)