Research Awards
2007:
"Mercury contamination and reproductive success in a terrestrial song bird (Carolina Wren)" submitted by Scott Friedman of College of William and Mary.
"Habitat use of a tropical dry forest in northern Costa Rica by Neotropical migratory birds during the winter season" submitted by Maria A. Maglianese, Costa Rican Biologist Professional School.
2006:
"Influence of an ecological barrier on directional decisions on nocturnal migrants" submitted by Kristen Covino of the University of Maine.
"Estimating the demographic consequences of wetland fragmentation : movement and survival patterns in a threatened salt marsh bird" submitted by Jason Hill of the University of Connecticut.
2005:
"Selective pressures on two sub-species of Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana) in different marsh landscapes" submitted by Brian Olsen of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
"The overwinter ecology of the Bicknell's Thrush: Differential habitat occupancy and territoriality on Hispaniola" submitted by Jason M. Townsend of Binghamton University.
2004:
"Post breeding movements and habitat use of Bicknell's Thrush" (Catharus bicknelli) in the southern Green Mountains of Vermont submitted by Brendan Collins of Antioch New England Graduate School.
"Wintering ecology of the Piping Plover" (Charadrius melodus) in coastal Georgia submitted by Brandon L. Noel of Georgia Southern University.
2003:
William Hobbs (Rutgers University)- "Age related hunting tactics of the American Kestrel in Eastern Pennsylvania"
Susan Guer (Villanova University, PA)- "Forest fragmentation and induced edge effect on Black-capped Chickadees"
2002:
Aimee J. Weldon (North Carolina State University)- "Does patch shape affect the reproductive success of shrubland birds"
James Rourke (San Diego State University)- The use of fluctuating asymmetry to identify imperiled bird populations"
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