Congratulations to Student Travel Awardees!!
The student award committees of the AOU, COS, and SCO are happy to announce the winners of the student travel award competition. These students submitted expanded abstracts and other information to obtain funding needed to complete their travel plans for attending PDX08.
Thanks to the joint student awards committee headed by Mike Webster and Barbara Kus for the time they invested in ranking the awardees.
This year's awardees includes the following students:
| Last Name | First Name | Degree | Institution | Title |
| Alvarado | Allison | Ph.D. | UCLA | |
| Balenger | Susan | Ph.D. | Auburn Univ | |
| Baquero L. | Andrea Carolina | Undergrad | Univ de los Andes | MATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM DIVERGENCE IN RESPONSE TO RECENT ANTHROPOGENIC HABITAT CHANGES IN AN OCEANIC ISLAND (SÃO TOMÉ) ENDEMIC PASSERINE (SPEIROPS LUGUBRIS) |
| Bartzen | Blake | M.S. | Univ. Saskatachewan | ESTIMATING HABITAT DEGRADATION AND RECOVERY RATES USING MULTISTATE MODELLING: AN EXAMPLE USING AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS ON CANADIAN PRAIRIE WETLANDS |
| Bayard de Volo | Shelley | Ph.D. | Colorado State Univ | PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF NORTHERN GOSHAWKS: EVIDENCE OF A VICARIANT PAST AND LIMITED POST-GLACIAL GENE FLOW |
| Beckmann | Christa | Ph.D. | Univ Sydney | Behavioural responses of Australian raptors to a novel food source: the invasive toxic cane toad |
| Beddia | Kimberly | Undergrad | Rowan Univ | INTER-ISLAND WHISPER SONG DIVERGENCE IN A SPECIES OF HAWAIIAN HONEYCREEPER, THE ‘AMAKIHI |
| Benson | Thomas | Ph.D. | Arkansas State Univ | TEMPORAL, HABITAT, AND LANDSCAPE PREDICTORS OF PREDATION ATTEMPTS AT SWAINSON’S WARBLER NESTS BASED ON VIDEO MONITORING |
| Bidwell | Mark | Ph.D. | Univ Saskatachewan | ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE AND COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF BOREAL-BREEDING WATERBIRDS |
| Blundel | Melissa | Undergrad | Humboldt State Univ | BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD BEGGING AND FEEDING BY HOST PARENTS: DOES EXAGGERATED BEGGING LEAD TO EXAGGERATED PROVISIONING? |
| Boyer | Alison | Ph.D. | Univ New Mexico | Consistent Ecological Selectivity Through Time in Pacific Island Avian Extinctions |
| Bradley | David | M.S. | Univ Windsor | SOLOS, DUETS, AND CHORUSES: THE FORM AND PUTATIVE FUNCTION OF VOCAL BEHAVIOR IN THE RUFOUS-NAPED WREN, A COOPERATIVELY BREEDING NEOTROPICAL SONGBIRD |
| Brewster | Katherine | M.S. | Univ. Saskatachewan | |
| Cabanne | Gustavo Sebastian | Ph.D. | Universidade de Sao Paulo | Phylogeography of the South American Atlantic forest endemic Xiphorhynchus fuscus (Dendrocolaptidae): systematics and biogeographic implications |
| Camfield | Alaine | Ph.D. | Univ BC | The influence of ambient temperature on Horned Lark incubation behavior in an alpine environment |
| Carling | Matt | Ph.D. | Louisiana State Univ | THE ROLE OF THE Z-CHROMOSOME IN THE MAINTENANCE OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION BETWEEN PASSERINA CYANEA AND PASSERINA AMOENA |
| Chandler | Richard | Ph.D. | U Mass Amherst | |
| Cheviron | Zac | Ph.D. | Louisiana State Univ | ALTITUDINAL VARIATION IN GENE EXPRESSION IN RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROWS (ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS). |
| Chin | Eunice | Ph.D. | Trent Univ | |
| Claramunt | Santiago | Ph.D. | Louisiana State Univ | IS FURNARIIDAE AN ADAPTIVE RADIATION? A NEW TEST USING MORPHOMETRIC DIVERSITY |
| Cohen | Emily | Ph.D. | Univ Southern Mississippi | MIGRANT-HABITAT RELATIONS AND MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF RED-EYED VIREOS DURING SPRING STOPOVER |
| Colbeck | Gabriel | Ph.D. | Washington State Univ | NORTH-SOUTH SONG VARIATION AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A UNIDIRECTIONAL BARRIER TO GENE FLOW IN THE BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER |
| Conover | Ross | Ph.D. | Iowa State Univ | AVIAN REPRODUCTION IN MANAGED HABITATS AMONGST INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE: MAKING ROOM FOR SUCCESS |
| Coulton | Dan | Ph.D. | Univ. Saskatoon | TESTING THE SITE FAMILIARITY HYPOTHESIS BY ASSESSING CONSEQUENCES OF NATAL DISPERSAL DECISIONS IN YEARLING FEMALE MALLARDS |
| Covino | Kristen | M.S. | Univ Maine | The Role of Energetic Condition on Migratory Decisions of Passerines in the Gulf of Maine Region |
| Cyr | Nicole | Postdoc | Wellesley College | Glucocorticoids as indicators of stress |
| Dauphine | Nico | Ph.D. | Univ Georgia | Bird community responses to logging in white-sand forests in western Amazonia |
| DeLuca | William | Ph.D. | U Mass Amherst | Effects of recreational hiking trails on montane bird occupancy and detectability |
| Dobbs | Robert | Ph.D. | Queens Univ | FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF AMERICAN REDSTARTS DURING THE NONBREEDING SEASON: EFFECTS OF HABITAT, SEASON, AND BODY MASS. |
| Doh | Kimberly | M.S. | Univ Regina | Sprague’s Pipit nestling growth patterns in native and planted grassland habitats |
| Dor | Roi | Ph.D. | Tel Aviv Univ | Heritability of morphological and life-history traits in the house sparrow: are juvenile traits less heritable than adult traits? |
| Eggert | Lisa | Ph.D. | CleM.S.en Uni | PARASITIZED BROWN PELICAN NESTLINGS HAVE INCREASED RATES OF GROWTH AT SUBLETHAL LEVELS OF INFESTATION |
| Farrington | Heather | Ph.D. | Univ Cincinnati | |
| Fisher | Ryan | Ph.D. | Univ Regina | From Wiens to Robel: Is it time for a more informed approach to quantify grassland bird habitat relationships? |
| Francis | Clinton | Ph.D. | UC Boulder | EFFECTS OF GAS WELL COMPRESSOR NOISE ON NEST SITE SELECTION AND BIRD COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN PIÑON-JUNIPER WOODLANDS OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO |
| Franks | Samantha | M.S. | Simon Fraser | STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS ALLOWS CRYPTIC YEARLING IDENTIFICATION IN WESTERN, LEAST, AND SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS |
| French | Sarah | Ph.D. | UC Riverside | LINKING SPECIES’ ECOLOGICAL TRAITS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES: EVIDENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FILTERS AT SMALL SPATIAL SCALES |
| Frey | Sarah | M.S. | Uni Vermont | THE IMPORTANCE OF SCALE IN DETERMINING CHANGES IN SITE OCCUPANCY FOR A MONTANE FOREST SONGBIRD IN VERMONT |
| Fuller | Janina | Ph.D. | Louisiana State Univ | |
| Garvin | Julie | Postdoc | Maui forest bird recovery project | Survival estimates of the endangered Maui Parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys) and the Maui Alauahio (Paroreomyza montana) |
| George | Gregory | Ph.D. | West Virginia Uni | FORAGING HABITAT AND BEHAVIOR OF THE CERULEAN WARBLER |
| Giovanni | Matthew | Ph.D. | Univ Nebraska Lincoln | AGE-STRUCTURED SURVIVAL AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY FOR WESTERN MEADOWLARK POPULATION GROWTH IN THE NEBRASKA SANDHILLS |
| Gomez | Juan Pablo | M.S. | Univ de los Andes | PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE OF TYPICAL ANTBIRD (THAMNOPHILIDAE) COMMUNITIES |
| Grodzinski | Uri | Ph.D. | Tel Aviv Univ | Signaling of need versus learning: can hungry nestlings be trained to reduce their begging? |
| Guigueno | Mélanie | M.S. | Univ Manitoba | Egg burial by yellow warblers (Dendroica petechia): Manifestation of nest sanitation? |
| Haas | Skye | Undergrad | Northern Michigan Uni | DNA FROM FECES CONFIRM.S. A FIRST STATE RECORD BIRD |
| Haché | Samuel | M.S. | Univ Moncton | Demographic response of the Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) to experimental selection harvesting |
| Hanna | Zachary | Undergrad | UC Berkeley | PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER (VERMIVORA CELATA) |
| Hargrove | Lori | Ph.D. | UC Riverside | SHIFTS IN ELEVATIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF BREEDING BIRDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: A MANIFESTATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE? |
| Hewett | Erin | Ph.D. | Virginia Tech | DETERMINANT AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL RANK IN JUVENILE RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS (PICOIDES BOREALIS) |
| Howie | Mikaela | M.S. | William & Mary | The Spread of Aquatic Mercury into a Riparian Ecosystem |
| Jacobsen | Frode | Ph.D. | Univ Maryland | Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA: concatenation of multiple nuclear introns resolves a well-supported phylogeny of New World orioles (Icterus) |
| Joos | Cara | Ph.D. | Univ Missouri | Shrub encroachment and condition of wintering Sage Sparrows in southern New Mexico |
| Kim | Miran | Ph.D. | Univ Glasgow, UK | Does incubation behavior relate to eggshell background color? |
| Kimball | Scott | Ph.D. | Ohio State Univ | REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS DOES NOT AFFECT MATE OR NEST SITE FIDELITY IN TREE SWALLOWS OR EASTERN BLUEBIRDS |
| Kleiber | Danika | M.S. | UBC | |
| Kuhlman | Joshua | M.S. | Univ Southern Florida | ACUTE STRESS EFFECTS ON IMMUNITY IN THE HOUSE SPARROW. |
| Labbe | Michelle | M.S. | U Mass Amherst | DO INVASIVE PLANTS AFFECT ABUNDANCE OF FOREST BIRDS IN EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL HABITATS DURING THE POSTFLEDGING SEASON? |
| Latif | Quresh | Ph.D. | UC Riverside | Unexpected consequences of nest habitat preference for Yellow Warblers |
| Lee | Myung-Bok | M.S. | UC Riverside | Matrix Matters: Effects of Anthopogenic Land Uses on Riparian Birds in an Arid Region |
| Lindsay | Andrea | M.S. | Ohio State Univ | SEASONAL EVENTS AND ASSOCIATED CARRY-OVER EFFECTS IN A NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY SONGBIRD: THE YELLOW WARBLER |
| Lohnes | Rebecca | Ph.D.? | Cornell | NEST SITE SELECTION BY THE COMMON NIGHTHAWK IN KANSAS TALLGRASS PRAIRIE |
| Loss | Scott | Ph.D. | U Minnesota | Nestling passerines are not important hosts for West Nile virus in a transmission “hot spot” |
| MacDade | Lauren | M.S. | Ohio State Univ | CONTRIBUTION OF EMERGENT AQUATIC INSECTS TO REFUELING PERFORMANCE IN SPRING MIGRANT SONGBIRDS |
| Martinsen | Ellen | Ph.D. | Univ Vermont | SPECIATION OF THE AVIAN MALARIA PARASITES |
| McElhone | Patrick | M.S. | West Virginia Uni | CERLUEAN WARBLER POPULATION AND HABITAT CHANGES ALONG BREEDING BIRD SURVEY ROUTES IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. |
| McKay | Bailey | Ph.D. | Univ Minnesota | PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (DENDROICA DOMINICA) |
| Mercadante | Austin | M.S. | Auburn | Out of sight, out of mind? Visibility affects nest site selection in Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) |
| Merkord | Chris | Ph.D. | Univ Missouri | Altitudinal migration of birds in southeastern Peru |
| Naka | Luciano | Ph.D. | Louisiana State Univ | Contact zones and phylogeographic breaks in northwestern Amazonian Antbirds (Thamnophilidae) |
| Nemeth | Zoltan | Ph.D. | Univ Southern Mississippi | SOCIALITY ON THE GO: INFORMATION ACQUISITION UNDER MULTIPLE ECOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS IN MIGRATING SONGBIRDS |
| Nooker | Jacqueline | Postdoc | Wartburg College | NATURAL VARIATION IN TESTOSTERONE PREDICTS MALE MATING SUCCESS |
| Odell | Nicole | Ph.D. | UC Davis | DIFFERENITAL YOLK HORMONAL INVESTMENT IN A CONSPECIFIC BROOD PARASITE |
| Odom | Karan | M.S. | Univ Windsor | |
| Oh | Kevin | Ph.D. | Univ Arizona | COMPARATIVE MATE CHOICE PROMOTES SPATIOTEMPORAL STRUCTURING OF SEXUAL TRAITS AND GENETIC COMPLEMENTARITY IN A PASSERINE BIRD |
| Palacios | Maria Gabriela | Ph.D. | Iowa State Univ | EFFECTS OF AGE ON IMMUNE FUNCTION – DEVELOPMENT AND SENESCENCE. |
| Parrish | Michael | M.S. | Univ Georgia | CHANGES IN AVIAN ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY ACROSS URBAN-RURAL GRADIENTS IN GEORGIA |
| Perktas | Utku | Postdoc | Hacettepe Univ, Turkey | ECOGEOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF MORPHOMETRIC VARIATION IN THE COMMON CHAFFINCH |
| Peterson | Anna | Ph.D. | Univ Minn Duluth | BREEDING BIRD COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO HARVEST IN RIPARIAN BUFFERS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, USA |
| Pomara | Lars | Ph.D. | Univ Texas | REGIONAL AND LANDSCAPE INFLUENCES ON BIRD COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN THE NORTHEASTERN PERUVIAN AMAZON |
| Reichart | Letitia | Ph.D. | Washington State Univ | MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF BROOD PARASITES: EVIDENCE OF A MIXED REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY IN RUDDY DUCKS |
| Rensel | Michelle | Ph.D. | University of Memphis | |
| Robinson | Orin | M.S. | Univ South Alabama | Post-Katrina Avian Diversity of Coastal Alabama Islands |
| Rubenstein | Dustin | Postdoc | UC Berkeley | Environmental unpredictability and the evolution of cooperative breeding in African starlings |
| Sagario | Maria Cecilia | Ph.D. | Univer de Buenos Aires | MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF SPARROWS IN CENTRAL MONTE DESERT, ARGENTINA |
| Sands | Joseph | Ph.D. | Texas A&M | INVASIVE EXOTIC GRASSES AND GRASSLAND BIRDS: CASE STUDIES FROM SOUTH TEXAS. |
| Schmidt | Kari | Ph.D. | Columbia Univ | |
| Shustack | Daniel | Ph.D. | Ohio State Univ | ARE URBAN FORESTS UNDERUTILIZED BY NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES? |
| Slay | Christy | Ph.D. | Univ Arkansas | USING MINIATURE VIDEO CAMERAS TO IDENTIFY NESTLING PREDATORS AND DOCUMENT NESTING BEHAVIOR OF FOUR SHRUBLAND BIRD SPECIES IN WESTERN CONNECTICUT |
| Smith | Brian | Ph.D. | UNLV | DIVERSIFICATION AND HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN CARDINAL, CARDINALIS CARDINALIS |
| Smith | Lauren | Undergrad | Ohio Wesleyan | THE GEOGRAPHY OF PARROT COLORATION |
| Sperry | Jinelle | Ph.D. | Univ Illinois | Snake activity affects seasonal variation in nest predation risk for birds |
| Spiess | Cynthia | M.S. | Southern Illinois Univ | Toward Utilization of Neuro-Fuzzy SysteM.S. for Taxonomic Identification Using Psittacines as a Case Study |
| Sprague | Rachel | Ph.D. | Univ Montana | EFFECTS OF GLUCOCORTICOID PHYSIOLOGY, AGE, AND ENVIRONMENT ON PARENTAL BEHAVIOR ON ALBATROSS |
| Sturge | Rachel | Ph.D. | U maryland, BC | Revising the New World Oriole Phylogeny: Greater Antillean Oriole (Icterus dominicensis) Paraphyly and Colonization of South America from Caribbean Islands |
| Suarez-Rubio | Marcela | Ph.D. | Univ Maryland | DOES EXURBAN DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE BIRD DIVERSITY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA? |
| Sussman | Allison | Undergrad | Univ Delaware | EXAMINING SPECIES RANGE CHANGES BASED ON SUCCESSIVE ROUNDS OF BREEDING BIRD ATLASES |
| Tarr | Nathan | M.S. | North Carolina State Univ | THE EFFECTS OF OFF-ROAD VEHICLE DISTURBANCE ON NONBREEDING SHOREBIRD BEHAVIOR AND HABITAT USE |
| Tarwater | Corey | Ph.D. | Univ Illinois | |
| Templeton | Christopher | Ph.D. | Univ Washington | SPATIAL MOVEMENTS OF JUVENILE SONG SPARROWS AFFECT SONG LEARNING |
| Vijayan | Robin | Ph.D. | National Inst Advanced Studies, India | Mountain gaps determine population structure of a threatened, endemic bird in the montane forests of Western Ghats, India |
| Wada | Haruka | Postdoc | Virginia Polytech | Transient elevation of corticosterone alters begging behavior and growth of white-crowned sparrow nestlings |
| Withey | John | Postdoc | STRI | Tropical Forest Songbird Behavior and Movements in Human-dominated Landscapes |
| Wright | Natalie | M.S. | Univ Florida | Morphological and genetic differences between avian populations on the continental islands of Trinidad and Tobago |
| Young | Lindsay | Ph.D. | Univ Hawaii | Chicks raising chicks: successful same sex pairing in Laysan Albatross |
Any questions about the awards should be directed to Mike Webster (mwebster@wsu.edu).