Current Research Projects
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Agard, Christopher R. 5/15-8/10/09. Howard University, Washington, DC 20059. Sceloporus Tales: an Inquiry Into the Effect of Caudal Autotomy on Survivorship on Spiny Lizards (Sceloporus spp.): Growth, Time Allocation and Anti-predatory Behavior. Email: cragard@gmail.com .
Balbag, Brittany; 5/20-6/28/09. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416-2161. The effect of the size and color of the female reproductive ornament on male courtship in Sceloporus virgatus. Email: bbalbag@ups.edu .
Boersma, Kate. 5/11-7/8/09. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Drought season community dynamics in Madrean Sky Island streams. Kate.boersma@science.oregonstate.edu . http://oregonstate.edu/~boersmak/ .
Bogan, Michael. 5/29-5/31-09 & 6/13-6/23/09. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Drought, dispersal, and community dynamics in arid land streams. Email: boganmi@science.oregonstate.edu . http://oregonstate.edu/~boganmi/ .
Brown, Chris; 6/10-6/20/09. Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505. Assessment of predation risk by the use of chemical cues in the riparian wolf spider Pardosa valens. Email: cabrown@tntech.edu . http://www.iweb.tntech.edu/cabrown .
Bucheli, Sibyl Rae; 5/20-5/25/09. Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 77340. Diversity of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). Email: bucheli@shsu.edu . http://www.gelechioidea.info .
Cooper, Bill. 5/16-6/6/09. Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN 46805. Antipredatory behavior and foraging by Sceleporus virgatus and other lizards. Email: cooperw@ipfw.edu . http://www.users.ipfw.edu/cooperw/ .
Corcoran, Aaron. 7/6-8/21/09. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106. Effectiveness of a sonar-jamming defense against a community of free-flying bats in southeastern Arizona. Email: corcaj8@wfu.edu .
Dubin, Matt; 5/20-6/28-09. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416. The effect of female ornamentation on aggressive male-male interactions in the striped plateau lizard (Sceleporus virgatus). Email: mdubin@ups.edu .
Dyer, Lee; 8/7-8/13/09. University of Reno, Reno, NV 89509 . Climate change and multi-trophic interactions. Email: ldyer@unr.edu.
Gordon, Deborah M. Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. 8/15-8/31/09. Behavioral Ecology of Harvester Ants. Email: dmgordon@stanford.edu . http://www.stanford.edu/~dmgordon/
Greene, Michael, J.; 8/10-8/22/09. University of Colorado, Denver, Dept. of Integrative Biology, Denver, CO 80217-3364. Chemical Interactions and work in harvester ants. Email: Michael.greene@undenver.edu http://www.cudenver.edu/Academics/Colleges/CLAS/Biology/Biology+Faculty/Dr.+Michael+Greene.htm .
Hespenheide, Henry; 5/27-6/4/09. University of California, LosAngeles, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606. The robberflies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains, AZ: biodiversity, ecology, and behavior. hahiii@ucla.edu . http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/indivfaculty.php?FacultyKey=977 .
Kang, Changku; 7/15-8/12-09. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea 151-742. How do the prey aposematic coloration affect escape behavior? Experiments with moths. Email: dangun1234@gmail.com . http://www.behecolpiotrsangim.org/index.php .
Kureck, Ilka; 8/5-9/10-09. LMU Munich, Germany. Intracolonial conflicts in an ant with alternative reproductive tactics. Email: ikureck@gmx.de . http://www.ecology.bio.lmu.de .
Lazarus, Adam; 5/13-5/19/09. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02453. Population genetics and Genome Sequencing of Blochmannia, Obligate Bacterial Mutualist of Ants. Email: alazarus@mbl.edu . http://www.mbl.edu/faculty/wernegreenlaboratory .
Leichty, Aaron; 7/1-7/25-09. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Genetic basis of adaptation in spadefoot toad tadpoles. Email: aleichty@gmail.com .
Lewis, Randy; 6/2-6/30/09. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019. Sex or the lack thereof? A test of the frozen niche-variation hypothesis. Email: Randy.L.Lewis-1@ou.edu . http://zoology.ou.edu .
Loveless, Lyn, May & June/09. College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Plant-animal interactions in Erythrina flabelliformis – pollination, defense, and herbivory. mloveless@wooster.edu .
Martin, Ryan; 7/5-8/28/09. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Investigating trophic plasticity as a target of disruptive selection. Email: martinra@email.unc.edu . http://www.unc.edu/~martinra/unc/Home.html .
Menge, John A; 8/9/-8/23/09. University of California, Riverside. Fungi of the Chiricahua Mountains; Biodiversity and Ecology. Email: jmenge@centurytel.net .
Middendorf, George; 7/4-8/1/09. Howard University, Washington, DC 20059. Behavioral ecology of Sceleporus jarrovii and other sympatric lizards. Email: gmiddendorf@howard.edu http://www.biology.howard.edu/Faculty/FacultyBios/Middendorf.htm
Nelson, James Gordon; 4/5-4/12/09. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2J 2T8. Land Use History, Landscape Change and Planning. Email: sgnelson9@sympatico.ca .
Olenic, Sandra; 6/7-6/28-09. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416. The Effect of Corticosterone Exposure on the Top Speed and Vertical Escape Response of Adult and Hatchling Tree Lizards (Urosaurus ornatus). Email: solenic@ups.edu .
Paull, Jeff; 7/11-8/10/09. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-4699. Resourse use in spadefoot toads. Email: Jeff.Paull@email.CDM .
Pfennig, David; 7/10-8/9/2009. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280. Character displacement in spadefoot toads. dpfennig@unc.edu . http://www.bio.unc.edu/Faculty/Pfennig/ .
Pfennig, Karin; 7/10-8/9/2009. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280. Hybridization and behavior in spadefoot toads. kpfennig@email.unc.edu . http://www.bio.unc.edu/Faculty/kpfennig/ .
Roskens, Violet; 6/28-8/17/09. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405. The Illustration of the Evolutionary Relationship within Vespinae using Genetic, Morphological, and Behavioral Data. Violet.Roskens@uvm.edu . http://www.socialwasps.com/Pickett_Lab_of_Vespid_Taxonomy/Kurt_M._Pickett.html .
Scales, Jeffrey; 6//20-7/20/09. University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822. The evolution of the locomotor system in Phrynosomatid lizards. Email: jscales@hawaii.edu .
Sherbrooke, Wade C.; 5/18-6/8/09 & 7/3-7/24/09. American Museum of Natural History, NY,NY. Horned lizard predator-prey interactions. Email: wcs@amnh.org .
Shin, Hongsup; 7/15-8/12/09. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 151-742. Foraging strategy of Northern Mockingbird: Exploring escape behavior in prey elicited by wing flash and usual stimuli from different directions. Email: Hongsup.s@gmail.com . http://www.behecolpiotrsangim.org/index.php .
Smith, Adrian; 6/8-6/20/09. Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ 85287. Worker Reproduction in the ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli. Email: Adrian.Smith@asu.edu . http://www.public.asu.edu/naasmith6 .
Soule, Jacob; 5/11-5/17/09. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. QTL Mapping of a Life History Polymorphism in Ipomopsis longiflora. Email: soulejac@mail.utexas.edu .
Steffenson, Matt; 6/10-6/20/09. Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 38505. Comparative life histories of Sky Island population of the scorpion genus Vaejovis. Email: mmsteffens21@tntech.edu .
Sturgis, Shelby; 7/27-8/17/09. Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. The role of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the midden of Pogonomyrmex barbatus Colonies. Email: ssturgis@stanford.edu . http://www.stanford.edu/!ssturgis .
Unckless, Robert; 9/10-9/15/09. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627. Temporal dynamics of endosymbiont infections of mycophagus Drosophila species. Email: runckles@mail.rochester.edu . http://www.rochester.edu/college/BIO/labs/Jaenike .
Weiss, Stacey; 5/20-6/28/09. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416-1088. Effect of age on female striped plateau lizard ornamentation. Email: sweiss@ups.edu . http://www.ups.edu/x15439.xml .
Williams, Kevin A.; 5/20-5/25/09 & 8/10-8/15/09. Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322. Transectional Survey of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) across the Deming plain. Email: kawilliams@biology.usu.edu .
Wilson, Joseph; 6/15-6/16, 8/17-8/18-09. Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-5305. Biodiversity and endemism in velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Madrean Sky Islands. Email: jwilson@biology.usu.edu .
Willyard, Ann; 5/19-5/20/09. University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069. Developing Ponderosa Pine as an early detector of forest responses to climate change. Email: Ann.Willyard@usd.edu ; http://www.usd.edu/~Ann.Willyard/Ann.Willyard.htm .
Wisdom, Laura; 5/20-6/28-09. University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416. The effect of ultraviolet light on detection of female chemical cues by the male striped plateau lizard (Sceleporus virgatus). Email: lwisdom@ups.edu .