The Animal Behavior Society is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2003 Animal Behavior Society Research Student Grants. This year we had 130 proposals. The judges were impressed with the outstanding quality of this year's proposals, but, unfortunately, limited funds prevented all worthy applications from being funded. Full details for the 21 awards can be found at the Animal Behavior website: http://www.animalbehavior.org -> Grants
Congratulations!I would like to thank all the reviewers on this year's panel for their assistance: Rich Buchholz, Hugh Drummond, Chris Evans, Todd, Freeberg, Peggy Hill, Chris Maher, Jill Mateo, Jeff Podos, Vladimir Pravosudov, Ron Rutowski, Andy Sih, Patricia Schwagmeyer, and Tammy Windfelder. Special thanks also to Shelley Adamo for sage advice and assistance. The assistance of Steve Ramey and Shan Duncan of the Central Office at Indiana University was invaluable.
Dr. Steve Nowicki
Senior Member-at-Large Chair,
2002-03 Student Research Grant Committee
Duke University
Marina Anciaes. University of Kansas. A test of the sensory drive hypothesis of sexual selection in the Golden-winged Manakin (Masius chrysopterus) from Western Ecuador.
Barbara Ballentine. Duke University. Mechanisms of mate choice: vocal performance as an indicator trait.
Casey Harris. University of Cincinnati. Aversion learning in wolf spiders (Lycosidae): The importance of sensory cues and memory.
Jonathan Lee. Cornell University. Evolution of male dimorphisms.
Christopher Olson. Iowa State University. Avian incubation: Adult temperature regulation and embryonic thermal requirements.
Lawrence A. Rabin. University of California Davis. Vocal plasticity and acoustic masking in a species of rodent: Exploring the response of California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) to anthropogenic noise.
Luke Remage-Healey. Cornell University. Hormones and vocal communication in toadfish: A new role for steroid hormones?
Andrew Stoehr. University of Californa Riverside. Sexual selection, immune defense, and wing patterns in the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae).
Brett Walker. University of Montana. The effects of grazing on parental care: unraveling the mystery of male incubation in sagebrush-steppe songbirds.
Shawn Wilder. Miami University of Ohio. Ecological factors affecting resumption of activity following a predator encounter.
Craig Wilmhoff. University of Cincinnati. Interaction modifications in a gecko community.
Jaime Zaldivar-Rae. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Function of female attendance by males of the teiid lizard Aspidoscelis costata (formerly Cnemidophorus costatus).
Kristen Bohn. University of Maryland Parent-offspring recognition in greater spear-nosed bats.
Matthew Walter. Campbell. University of Wisconsin Madison. Can captive monkeys learn to recognize a natural predator?.
Stephanie Correa. Cornell University. A mechanism for sex ratio manipulation in birds.
Jesse Ellis. Cornell University. Repertoire size and signal coding in the white-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa).
Karen Mabry. University of California Davis. The role of early habitat experience in dispersal and habitat selection behavior of brush mice (Peromyscus boylii).
Jason A. Moretz. Ohio University. A comparative analysis of the relationship between size, aggression and a signal of aggressive intent in male northern swordtail fishes.
Marc Pedersen. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Extraterritorial movements of male and female common yellowthroats (Geothlypis trichas) in relation to a male ornamental trait.
Cynthia Tech. University of New Mexico. Reinforcement of pre-mating isolation between hybridizing pupfish.