SRG 2000/2001 Entries

The application procedure for 2001/2002 is now closed.

Applicants will be informed if there were any major problems with their applications after the deadline.

Below is the list of the student members with submitted applications. The letter of support may be received after the deadline (25 Jan) but significant delay beyond that time may delay processing of your application. Please followup and make sure the letter is sent in a reasonable amount of time.

If you have any specific questions please contact: Dr. Shelley Adamo

	Last Name, First	Advisor	Current Status	Proposal Title

1	Amrhein, Rochelle Amela Wicky	Dr. Ronald M. Coleman	Active	A Comparative Analysis of Mouthbrooding Styles in Cichlid Fishes
2	Austin-Bythell, Suzanne	Dr. Tara Rodden Robinson	Active	Ecological Plasticity, Neophobia, and Life History: differences between phylogenetically paired temperate and tropical passerines
3	Avila, Leleńa A	Dr. Edmund D. Brodie III	Active	Why do Thamnophis sirtalis Eat Toxic Newts?
4	Balenger, Susan L.	Dr. L. Scott Johnson	Active	Could within-pair and extra-pair paternity provide opportunity for selection on plumage ornamentation? Color and paternity in the Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)
5	Barnowe-Meyer, Kerey K.	John A. Byers	Active	WOLF – COYOTE INTERACTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR RECRUITMENT AND PREDATOR AVOIDANCE STRATEGIES OF PRONGHORN IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING
6	Bastian, Meredith Laurel	Dr. Carel P. van Schaik	Active	Effects of a Dispersal Barrier on Cultural Similarity in Wild Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)
7	Bealor, Matthew T	Not Listed	Active	Behavioral Complexity and Functional Performance of Prey-handling Behavior in Colubrid Snakes
8	Bealor, Matthew T	Dr. Alexander Cruz	Active	Behavioral Complexity, Functional Performance, and the Evolution of Constriction Behavior in Colubrid Snakes
9	Bealor, Matthew T	Not Listed	Active
10	Bealor, Matthew T	Dr. Alexander Cruz	Active	Behavioral Complexity, Functional Performance, and the Evolution of Constriction Behavior in Colubrid Snakes
11	Bealor, Matthew T	Dr. Alexander Cruz	Active	Behavioral Complexity, Functional Performance, and the Evolution of Constriction Behavior in Colubrid Snakes
12	Bealor, Matthew T	Dr. Alex Cruz	Active
13	Beck, Michelle Lee	Hubert Schwabl	Active	Does plumage coloration signal genetic quality of male and female prothonotary warblers?
14	Belinsky, Kara Loeb	Dr. Bruce Byers	Active	Color and Song in Chestnut-sided Warblers: Redundant Signals or Multiple Messages?
15	Benson, Thomas J.	Dr. James C. Bednarz	Active	The influence of singing behavior and response to song playbacks on detectability of Swainson's Warblers (Limnothlypis swainsonii)
16	Berger, Silke	Elisabeth K. V. Kalko	Active	Function and mechanism of green coloration in marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
17	Berkley, Jason L.	Dr. Laszlo J. Szijj	Active	Colonial Nesting of Ospreys in Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California Norte, Mexico
18	Bleakley, Bronwyn Heather	Dr. Edmund D. Brodie III	Active	Indirect Genetic Effects on Social Behavior of Guppies, Poecilia reticulata
19	Briggs, Venetia	Dr. Julian C. Lee	Active	Sexual selection and larval performance of Neotropical frogs of the Chiquibul Forest Reserve, Belize.
20	Brown, Christopher G.	Daniel J. Funk	Active	Do trichome-covered fecal cases protect Neochlamisus leaf beetle larvae from arthropod predators? A test of multiple mechanisms using N. platani
21	Calisi, Rebecca	Dr. Jonathan A. Campbell	Active	An integrative look at female coloration in the Mexican boulder spiny lizard, Sceloporus pyrocephalus: reproductive state, immune function, and hormone physiology
22	Campobello, Daniela	Spencer G. Selay	Active	The influence of learning on nest defense as anti-parasite strategy
23	Cardiff, Scott G.	Dr. Robert Schooley	Active	Behavioral Response of Rousettus madagascariensis (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) to tourist visits in cave roosts in Ankarana, northern Madagascar
24	Carlson, Jane	Dr. Kyle Harms	Active	Do hummingbirds forage optimally when nectar rewards vary in both space and time?
25	Carsten, Laura Diane	Dr. Daniel R. Papaj	Pending	The relationship between mating and fertilization success in a walnut fly
26	Chiver, Ioana	Bridget Stutchbury	Active	Female choice of extra-pair mates and male song and plumage characteristics in hooded warblers
27	Conner, Christopher A.	Dr. Raymond Semlitsch	Active	The permeability of altered habitat to migration in forest-dependent amphibians
28	Cooper, Jennifer D.	Peter M. Waser	Active	The evolution of disparate male and female dispersal strategies: Testing model predictions in the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)
29	Costa, Lauren M	Michaela Hau	Active	The Plumage Polymorphism in Female Hooded Warblers (Wilsonia citrina) may be an Aggressive Signal Mediated by Circulating Hormone Levels
30	Cousins, Melissa Ann	Colette St.Mary	Active	Differential Allocation in Response to Male Condition
31	Croshaw, Dean A.	Joseph H.K. Pechmann	Active	Evaluating the fitness consequences of polyandry in marbled salamanders
32	Dahlin, Christine Renee	Dr. Timothy Wright	Active	Structure and function of pair duets in the yellow-naped amazon parrot (Amazona auropalliata)
33	Desjardins, Julie K.	Dr. Sigal Balshine	Active	The behavioral ecology and endocrinology of cooperation and conflict in the cooperatively breeding cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher.
34	Digweed, Shannon M.	Drew Rendall	Active	The function and mechanisms of alarm calls in the red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus.
35	Doucet, Stéphanie M.	Dr. Geoffrey E. Hill	Lapsed	Sexual ornamentation in long-tailed manakins: from proximate basis to ultimate function
36	Duncan, Shan D.	Not Listed	Active	TEST for 2006
37	Estrada, Catalina	Lawrence E. Gilbert	Active	Pupal mating in Heliconius butterflies: Implications in the evolution of mimicry and community structure
38	Fabrice, Dentressangle	Laura Roxana Torres Aviles	Active	Sexual selection for a condition dependent trait and differential allocation in the Blue footed booby, Sula Nebouxii
39	Fisher, Heidi S.	Gil G. Rosenthal	Active	Communication breakdown and hybridization in Xiphophorus fishes
40	Fitzpatrick, John	Dr. Sigal Balshine	Active	Sperm characteristics, gonadal investment and mating systems in African cichlids.
41	Fortunato, Monique	Dr. Carol Berman	Active	Conflict management and dominance style in captive bonobos
42	Gaskett, Anne Charlotte	Dr Marie Herberstein	Active	Male mate choice, multiple signals and sexual deception by orchids
43	Gershman, Susan	Marlene Zuk	Active	Gryllus vocalis field cricket paternity under natural conditions
44	González Voyer, Alejandro	Hugh Drummond	Active	The evolution of aggressive competition for food between avian broodmates
45	Gordon, Noah M.	Not Listed	Active	Acoustically mediated hormonal control of female reproductive behavior in the gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor.
46	Grand, Alison	Irwin Bernstein	Active	The Assessment of Anxious Behavior and HPA Function of Juvenile Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Exposed to Infant Maternal Maltreatment
47	Gray, Meeghan	Dr. Elissa Z. Cameron	Active	Does contraceptive treatment impact feral horse (Equus caballus) behavior?
48	Gregg, Justin David	Kathleen M. Dudzinski, Ph.D.	Active	Referential features in the echolocation and social signals of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus & Tursiops aduncus)
49	Gregory, Andrew John	Dr. Mark Lung	Active	Elk habitat selection modification under the risk of wolf predation; the roll of sex in habitat selection
50	Hahn, Beth A.	Emily D. Silverman	Active	Habitat selection by a migratory songbird, the American redstart Setophaga ruticilla: The role of social facilitation and population density
51	Hankerson, Sarah J.	Not Listed	Active
52	Hanley, Daniel	Not Listed	Active	Conspicuous blue egg pigmentation as a determinant of male parental care in D. carolinesis
53	Hanser, Sean	Dr. Brenda McCowan	Active	Investigating the Vocal Communication of Pacific Humpback Whales in the Inland Waters of Southeast Alaska
54	Hargrove, Lori	John Rotenberry	Active	Avian territorial behavior along an ecological gradient: Distributional dynamics at a chaparral-desert scrub ecotone undergoing rapid climate change
55	Heiss, Rebecca S.	Anne B. Clark	Active	Corticosterone and nutritional differences in suburban vs. rural American crow nestlings
56	Hoffman, Christy Lynne	Dr. Dario Maestripieri	Active	Adolescent Fertility and Sterility in Female Rhesus Macaques
57	Holtcamp, Wendee	Joan Strassmann	Active	Uncovering the Causes and Consequences of Animal Hybridization
58	Holwell, Gregory Ian	Not Listed	Active	Post-copulatory sexual selection and fertilization success in Ciulfina biseriata: a praying mantis exhibiting dimorphic male genitalia.
59	Horton, Brent M.	Dr. Rebecca Holberton	Active	Are Adjustments in Baseline Corticosterone Mediating Reproductive Trade-offs?
60	Howells, Michaela	Dr. Jill Pruetz	Active	Chimpanzees, Humans, and Parasites; Sympatry in Southeastern Senegal
61	Humbird, Sheena K.	Diane Neudorf	Active	Extra-pair mating tactics in the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis): a test of the ‘constrained female hypothesis’
62	Hurtado, Jorge Luis	Zuelyma Tang-Martinez, Ph. D.	Active	FEMALE MATING STRATEGIES IN THE LEK-BREEDING ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK (RUPICOLA PERUVIANA)
63	Jankowski, Jill	Dr. Scott K. Robinson	Active	Interspecific Territoriality as a Mechanism for Avian Species Replacements along Tropical Altitudinal Gradients
64	Kamm, Travis	Dr. Rusty Gonser	Active	Context-dependent decision making in American toad (Bufo americanus) tadpoles
65	Kasumovic, Michael Matthew	Maydianne C. B. Andrade	Active	Examining male reproductive success within an ontogenetic context may help explain the persistence of phenotypic variation within populations
66	Kight, Caitlin R.	John P. Swaddle	Active	The Effects of Human Disturbance on the Breeding Success of Cavity-Nesting Bird Species
67	Kirschel, Alex	Daniel T. Blumstein	Active	Does song learning accelerate speciation in birds?
68	Klose, Stefan M.	Elisabeth KV Kalko	Active	‚Stress sensitivity and the immune response in the Common Fruit-Eating Bat, Artibeus jamaicensis, in Panama: A link between indirect costs of reproduction?’
69	Kosteczko, Nicole	Dr. John Eadie	Active	The Effect of Yolk Hormone Levels on Developmental Rates in Wood Duck Embryos
70	Ksiazek, Sarah Elizabeth	Dr. John A. Byers	Active	The effect of environmental enrichment on the behavioral repertoire of captive blue duikers
71	Kuroiwa, Kristine	Dr. Jennifer Basil	Active	Changes in Behavior and Reproduction of Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) after Exposure to the Endocrine Disrupting Compound Ethinylestradiol (EE2)
72	Kuroiwa, Kristine	Dr. Jennifer Basil	Active	Changes in Behavior and Reproduction of Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) after Exposure to the Endocrine Disrupting Compound Ethinylestradiol (EE2)
73	Latif, Quresh S.	Dr. John T. Rotenberry	Active	The Effect of Predator Foraging and Parental Behavior on How Habitat Affects Nest Predation
74	Lemons, Patrick R.	Dr. Elissa Z. Cameron	Active	An Experimental Test of a Mechanism for Sex Ratio Adjustment in Mammals
75	Lewis, Jennifer Susan	Doug Wartzok	Active	Forces driving habitat use patterns: Investigation of leadership in the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
76	Lindshield, Stacy Marie	Dr. Jill Pruetz	Active	Ateles geoffroyi in an Anthropogenic Landscape at El Zota Biological Field Station, Costa Rica
77	Low, Candace	John A. Endler	Active	Do prey use vibrations to signal to their predators?
78	Mark, Melissa	Dr. Charles Janson	Active	Relationship between habitat choice and habitat quality for three species of Neotropical wren in a mixed forest-agriculture landscape
79	Markland, Helen Maria	Dr Rebecca Kilner	Active	The influence of predation and food availability on maternal effects in Balckbirds, Turdus merula.
80	Martin, Shannon B.	Dr. Robert Jaeger	Active	The impact of sea level rise and saltwater intrusion on the mating behavior of a freshwater poeciliid fish.
81	McGlothlin, Joel William	Ellen D. Ketterson	Active	Phenotypic integration of sexually selected traits in a songbird
82	McGuire, Jeanette Maureen	Kim T. Scribner	Active	Effects of sperm storage and age on male reproductive success
83	Milliser, Jenai	Dr. George W. Uetz	Pending	Species Recognition and Sensory Priming: The Influence of Juvenile Experience on Mate Choice in Wolf Spiders
84	Moore, Levi C.	Dr. Bridget Stutchbury	Active	Forest management implications for food availability, feeding rates, and juvenile survival of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus) in a fragmented landscape
85	Moore, Jennifer A.	Dr. Nicola Nelson	Active	Mate choice and territoriality in tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)
86	Munk, Brandon A.	Dr. Dave McDonald	Active	Knowing where the goods are: the evolution of a mating system
87	Németh, Zoltán	Dr. Frank R. Moore	Active	Differential spacing behavior in a Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbird during stopover
88	Nooker, Jacqueline K.	Brett K. Sandercock	Active	Testosterone-mediated life history trade-offs in male greater prairie-chickens
89	Novak, Mark	Dr. J. Timothy Wootton	Active	Intraspecific variation and the food web consequences of an omnivorous whelk in the New Zealand marine intertidal
90	Oldfield, Ronald G.	Douglas Y. Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D.	Active	Behavioral influences on sex differentiation in the Midas cichlid
91	Olsen, Brian J.	Jeffrey Walters	Active	Behavioral divergence of two sub-species of the Swamp Sparrow, Melospiza Georgiana
92	Olson, Lucretia E.	Dan Blumstein	Active	Can reproductive skew in a facultatively social mammal, Marmota flaviventris, be described by the tug-of-war model?
93	Orsetti, Damon M.	David F. Westneat	Active	Multiple Mating by Females and Alternative Pathways to Genetic Benefits
94	Panek, Jennifer	Dr. Rusty Gonser	Active	A dominance hierarchy in painted turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata)
95	Pearson, Heidi Christine	Bernd Wursig, Ph.D.	Active	Examination of social convergence in dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) and savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)
96	Perlut, Noah	Dr. Allan Strong	Active	Experimental manipulations of synchrony: the relationship between social and genetic mating systems.
97	Piel, Alexander K.	Jim Moore, PhD	Active	Ground truthing and surveying in Western Tanzania: Implications for conservation of open country chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
98	Pierce, Andrew A.	Michael H. Ferkin	Active	Is estradiol treament sufficient to overcome food deprivation induced changes in the sexual behavior of meadow voles?
99	Pinter-Wollman, Noa	Lynette A. Hart	Active	Habitat selection and spatial knowledge in African elephants
100	Poston, Rachel Michelle	Dr. Esteban Fernandez-Juricic	Active	Identification of individual and population level variation in Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) vocalizations
101	Rabatsky, Ali M.	Brad Moon	Active	Vestigialization of a complex feature: Rattle loss in island rattlesnakes
102	Raulin, Dorothee	Blandine F. DOLIGEZ	Active	Parent-offspring resemblance in dispersal behavior: which processes are involved? An experimental approach in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis.
103	Ray, Ann Marie	Lawrence M. Hanks	Active	Conserved biosynthetic pathways of contact pheromones as indicators of relatedness in longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
104	Rheude, Margaret G.	Dr. John L. Koprowski	Active	What Corridors Do Dispersing White-nosed Coatis (Nasua narica) Utilize Amid Growing Urbanization?
105	Rickard, Ariana	Emily Silverman	Active	Monitoring the success of translocated populations of Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
106	Rivera, Angela Renee	Dr. Michael J. Childress	Active	Inadvertent Social Information in Turtles
107	Rivers, James W.	Dr. Stephen I. Rothstein	Active	Assessing the extent and function of flexible begging strategies in a generalist brood parasite.
108	Rosvall, Kimberly	Steve Nowicki	Active	Aggression as a Maternal Effect in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)
109	Ruedi, Elizabeth A.	Kimberly A. Hughes	Active	Natural genetic variation in the male courtship intensity of Drosophila melanogaster
110	Ruibal, Monica	Rod Peakall	Active	Scent marking in the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus): applying faecal DNA to investigate latrine use and function
111	Russell, Michael S.	Susan Hannon	Active	Do barred owls avoid great horned owls? An experimental approach.
112	Schwab, Rachel L.	Dr. H. Jane Brockmann	Active	The Role of Visual and Chemical Cues in Mating Decisions in the Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)
113	Schwanz, Lisa E.	Astrid Kodric-Brown	Active	Seasonality and mating patterns in the low latitude Mexican ground squirrel, Spermophilus mexicanus.
114	Sewall, Brent J.	Dr. Dirk Van Vuren	Active	Alternate Theories of Animal Foraging Behavior: A Test with Lemurs in Madagascar
115	Sewall, Kendra B.	Thomas P. Hahn	Active	Call type plasticity and group membership
116	Siani, Jennifer M.	Dr.James Dietz	Active	Parent-offspring conflict in wild golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)
117	Smith, Jennifer Elaine	Dr. Kay E. Holekamp	Active	Social relationships among female spotted hyenas: costs and benefits of rank-related association
118	Snell-Rood, Emilie C.	Dr. Daniel Papaj	Lapsed	Developmental costs of behavioral plasticity in Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
119	Stankowich, Ted	Richard G. Coss	Active	Recognition of Novel and Unfamiliar Predators and Use of Contextual Cues in the Antipredator Behavior of Columbian Blacktailed Deer
120	Talwar, Malvika	Dr. Johannes Schul	Active	Illegitimate receivers and the evolution of male call frequency in Neoconocephalus retusus ( Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
121	Tarroux, Arnaud	Dr. Rodger D. Titman	Active	Foraging behavior and ecology of Common Loons (Gavia immer) at sea during the breeding season.
122	Templeton, Christopher Neal	Michael Beecher	Active	The influence of spatial movement patterns and social interactions on song learning in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)
123	Tonra, Christopher M.	Dr. Matthew D. Johnson	Active	THE INFLUENCE OF HOST AND HABITAT ON INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTIVITY IN AN OBLIGATE BROOD PARASITE: DO HINDERENCES ON NEST SEARCHING IMPACT HATCHING SUCCESS?
124	Touchon, Justin Charles	Dr. Karen M. Warkentin	Active	The Effects of Environmental Heterogeneity on Hylid Embryo Predation
125	Townsend, Andrea K.	Dr. Irby Lovette	Active	RE-EVALUATING EVIDENCE FOR KIN SELECTION IN AMERICAN CROWS IN THE LIGHT OF GENETIC RELATEDNESS
126	Tranquilli, Sandra	Dr. Klaus Zuberbühler	Active	Factors influencing party size in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes vellerosus) in the Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria.
127	Trillo, Paula A.	Dr. Douglas Emlen	Active	The Evolution of Primary and Secondary Sexual Characters in the Chrysomelid Beetle Acromis sparsa
128	Turner, Sarah	Dr. Linda Fedigan	Active	Are Disabled Monkeys Stressed? Social and Physical Correlates of Basal Cortisol Levels in Japanese Macaques
129	Valenzuela, Luciano O.	Fred Adler	Active	Group structure of southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) females on their nursery ground off Península Valdés, Argentina.
130	Verdolin, Jennifer	Dr. Charles Janson	Active	Social structure and mating system variation in Gunnison's prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni)
131	Vergara, Valeria	Dr. Volker Deecke	Active	Context specific vocalizations of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Nelson River Estuary,
132	Villarreal, Jill	Henry Prange, Ph.D.	Active	How Does Exposure to Low O2 and High CO2 of the Burrow
133	Vyas, Akshat	C. F. Harding	Active	Physiological Mechanisms Regulating Song Preferences in Female Zebra Finches
134	Watters, Jessa L.	Dr. Michelle P. Scott	Active	A test of optimal foraging theory in two lizard species: Sceloporus virgatus and Sceloporus jarrovi
135	Whitney, Nicholas M.	Dr. Kim Holland	Active	Refuge behavior and movements of the whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus).
136	Whitney, Nicholas M.	Not Listed	Active	Refuge behavior and movements of the whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus).
137	Wolovich, Christy	Dr. Steven Green	Active	The function of intra-pair food sharing in the monogamous owl monkey (Aotus nancymaae)
138	Wyman, Megan	Dr. Lynette Hart	Active	Acoustic signal production and assessment in North American plains bison (Bison bison) within the context of mate competition
139	Zwiers, Paul	Dr. Robert Fleischer	Active	A test of MHC-dependent mate choice in the Satin Bowerbird, and mechanisms by which this may occur.

If you have any specific questions please contact: Dr. Shelley Adamo