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Emily McGhee - Texas A&M Corpus Christi - MS
Common Bottlenose Dolphin Acoustics in Diverse Foraging Contexts/ Las acústicas del delfín mular en diversos contextos de alimentación
Advisor: Dara Orbach
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Claudia Goss - Oklahoma State University - PhD
Hopping across the phylogeny: Investigating hybridization and toxin diversification in the American toad complex/Saltando a través de la filogenia: investigando la hibridación y la diversificación de toxinas en el complejo del sapo americano
Advisor: Guin Wogan
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Smruti Pimplikar - University of Texas at Austin- PhD
A comparative test of reversal learning in wild-caught queen and worker bumblebees/Una prueba comparativa del aprendizaje inverso en abejorros reinas y obreros capturados en la naturaleza
Advisor: Felicity Muth
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Sebastian Summo - Eastern New Mexico University - MS
Understanding the distribution and threats to imperiled Western Ribbonsnakes (Thamnophis proximus) in eastern New Mexico/Comprendiendo la distribución y las amenazas a las serpientes cinta occidental (Thamnophis proximus) en peligro en el este de Nuevo México
Advisor: Drew Davis
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Allison Autry - Claremont Graduate University - PhD
Conserving Rare and Disjunct Orchids in a Changing American West/ Conservación de orquídeas raras y discontinuas en un oeste americano cambiante
Advisor: Naomi Fraga
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Ari Rice - Texas Tech University- PhD
Structural variants and their adaptive significance in a hybrid wood-warbler population (Aves: Parulidae) on a Texas Sky Island/Variantes estructurales y su significado adaptativo en una población híbrida de reinita común (Aves: Parulidae) en una isla del cielo de Texas
Advisor: Joseph Manthey
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Angel Rivera - Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas - BS Effects of long-distance translocation in Bothrops asper in the Lacandon Rainforest/Efectos de la translocación a larga distancia en Bothrops asper en la selva Lacandona Advisor: José Manuel Aranda Coello
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Gwen Kirshke - North Carolina State - PhD Bumble Bee Navigation of Spatially Patchy Floral Resources in Subalpine Meadows/Navegación de abejorros por recursos florales espacialmente irregulares en prados subalpinos Advisor: Elsa Youngsteadt
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| 2023 |
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Andreanna Schultz, Christopher Newport University
Beyond “Thermoregulation” in Lizards
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Danielle Kirsch, Oklahoma State University
Impact of early predation stress and aging on reproductive senescence and telomere length in a freshwater snail
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Britt A. White, University of Texas at Austin
Ontogeny of color: harnessing transcriptomics to understand signal development in a color polymorphic lizard
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Anastasia Pittis, University of New Mexico
Through the Lens of the Microbiome: How the External Microbiota of Bats Changes After the Arrival of WNS
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Antonia Androski, University of New Mexico
Insular evolution across latitudes: comparing sky and oceanic island population divergence at distributional limit.
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Anna Willoughby, University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology
Impacts of seasonal tourism on rock squirrel diet and parasitism in southwestern Utah
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Cameron Forehand, University of Oklahoma
Captive Texas horned lizard Microbiome Assembly and Diversity
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Makayla Guinn, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Physiological assessment of common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the hypersaline Laguna Madre, Texas
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Ernesto Becerra, Instituto de Ecología AC
Efectos del paisaje y degradación antropogénica del hábitat sobre la diversidad y flujo genético en una tortuga de agua dulce en el norte de México.
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Diana Macias, University of New Mexico
Landscape genomics and local adaptation of Piñon Pine (P. edulis) across the intermountain west / Genómica del paisaje y adaptación local del pino piñón (P. edulis) en el oeste intermontañoso
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Aaron J. Stewart, University of South Alabama
Investigating the ontogenetic changes in venom expression in ribbon snakes / Investigación de los cambios ontogenéticos en la expresión del veneno en las serpientes listonadas.
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Teresa Salas-H., Unidad Durango, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Effects of landscape elements on the genetic variation of Chaetodipus nelson (Rodentia) in the middle basin of the San Pedro-Mezquital River, Durango/ Efecto de los elementos del paisaje sobre la variación genética de Chaetodipus nelson (Rodentia) en la cuenca media del río San Pedro-Mezquital, Durango
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Janelle Talavera, Binghamton University
Prezygotic isolation and speciation in a Neotropical lizard through a sensory drive lens / Aislamiento precigótico y especiación en una lagartija neotropical a través de una lente de conducción sensorial
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Rosemary Glos, Michigan State University
Trichome-mediated defense in Mentzelia (Loasaceae) / Defensa mediada por tricomas en Mentzelia (Loasaceae)
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Anthony Grate, Missouri State University
Population and habitat assessments of the hicatee (Dermatemys mawii) in Belize / Evaluaciones de población y hábitat de la tortuga blanca (Dermatemys mawii) en Belice
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Jeffrey Roth, Angelo State University
A Molecular reevaluation of Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) subspecies in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas / Una reevaluación molecular de la subespecie del reyezuelo de Bewick (Thryomanes bewickii) en Oklahoma, Nuevo México y Texas
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Eliza Mills, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi
Behavioral and movement patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in a region of high anthropogenic disturbance / Patrones de comportamiento y movimiento del delfín nariz de botella (Tursiops truncatus) en una región de alta perturbación antropogénica
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Anne Elizabeth Thaxton, University of South Alabama
Testing the timing of gene expression during venom replenishment / Prueba de la sincronización de la expresión genética durante la reposición de veneno
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Chelsea Martin, Loma Linda University, CA
Social Buffering in Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes: Effects of Social Housing on Defensive Behaviors and Stress
Research Advisor: William Hayes
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Andrés Contreras Mora, UACH
EVALUACIÓN DE LAS COMUNIDADES DE ENTOMOFAUNA DESCOMPONEDORA EN EL RANCHO TESEACHI, NAMIQUIPA, CHIHUAHUA
Research Advisor: Ángela Andrea Camargo Sanabria
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Emily Harmon, University of North Carolina
The role of parental environment in shaping phenotypes
Research Advisor: David Pfennig
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Peter Pfaff, Kansas State University
Farmponds: An Understudied Habitat Which Could be our last-ditch Effort to Save Topeak Shiner in Kansas
Research Advisor: Keith Gido
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Alex Guzman, Texas State University
Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on the Red Shiner, Cyprinella lutrensis
Research Advisor: Dr. Chris C. Nice
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Daniel Guerra, Texas State University
Examining Habitat Use of Gopherus berlandieri (Texas Tortoise) in Coastal Regions of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Research Advisor: Joseph Veech
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Katie Fitzgerald, Angelo State University
Utilizing Molecular Approaches to Assess Seasonal Diet Variations of Cave Myotis (Myotis velifer)
Research Advisor: Loren K. Ammerman
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William Thompson, Angelo State University
Characterization of Long-legged Myotis (Myotis volans) roost trees identified using a novel audio telemetry method.
Research Advisor: Loren K. Ammerman
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| 2020 |
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Ashley Gagnon, M.S. student at Missouri State University
Ecological correlates of bite performance of Alligator Snapping Turtles
Advisor: Day Ligon
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Esaú Flores Martínez, B.S. student at Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
Lack of neurotoxins in Crotalus tzabcan venom is due to the absence of the genes for crotoxin
Advisor: Miguel Borja
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Samantha Smith, Ph.D. Student at the University of Texas at Austin
The consequences of vocal frequency bandwidth and diurnality on predator attraction in a rodent with an elaborate song.
Advisor: Steven Phelps
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Rhett Rautsaw, Ph.D. student at Clemson University
Testing the influence of competition on venom evolution in sky-island rattlesnakes
Advisor: Christopher Parkinson
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Gwen Kirschke, B.S. student from Agnes Scott College
Quantifying nectar trait responses to natural variation in water availability in subalpine plant communities
Advisor: Paul CaraDonna
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Issac Camargo, Ph.D. student at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Paleophylogeography of desert shrews in the genus Notiosorex
Advisor: Sergio Ticul Álvarez Castañeda
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Elyse Ellsworth, M.S. student at the University of Oklahoma
A stable isotope analysis approach to understanding diet of Dermatemys mawii
Advisor: Cameron Siler
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Landy Leticia Cab Sulub, Ph.D. student from Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste
Analysis of the remaining optimal habitat for the San Quintín Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys gravipes), endemic to México
Advisor: Sergio Ticul Álvarez Castañeda
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| 2019 |
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William T. Coleman
Variance in genetic diversity of an endangered freshwater beetle before and after an adverse climatic event
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Melanie R. Kazenel
Causes and consequences of long-term change in bee abundance and diversity
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Justin Agan
Potential Temperature Override of Genotypic Sex Determination in the Lizard Crotaphytus collaris
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Ali Ituriel Villanueva-Hernandez
Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Peromyscus truei species complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
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Taylor Carlson
Use of eDNA to confirm extant presence of the Ringed Salamander
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Kameron Voves
Uncovering the Trophic Niches of Aquatic Turtles in a System with Reintroduced Alligator Snapping Turtles
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Martha Guadalupe Domínguez Reyes
Diversidad y distribución de macromicetos saprobios del área de protección de flora y fauna cerro mohinora, chihuahua, méxico
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Danielle Kirsch
Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Safety Cues
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| 2018 |
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Ciara Crochett - Undergraduate, St. Edward’s University
Hormonal-mediated dominance hierarchies in a coercive livebearing fish.
Advisor, Dr. Raelynn Deaton Haynes
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Isaác Camargo, PhD
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, Filogeografía del género (Soricidae: Notiosorex) en la Península de Baja California; Phylogeography of the genus Soricidae:Notiosorex in the Peninsula of Baja California (shrews).
Advisor, Dr. Sergio Ticul Álvarez Castañeda
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Allison Hannah, MS, Oklahoma State Univ.
The effects of temperature on physiology in frogs and their dispersal to the temperate zone from the tropics.
Advisor, Dr. Daniel Moen
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Gregor Hamilton, PhD Univ. of New Mexico
A novel approach to trace effects of invasive species across food webs using stable isotopes.
Advisor: Dr. Thom Turner
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Roxanne Pourshoushtari, MS, Angelo State Univ.
Assessment of the genetic variability of the mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) using microsatellite markers.
Advisor: Dr. Loren Ammerman
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Lisa Walsch, PhD, University of Michigan
Evaluating the Virginia opossum’s historical northward expansion from Mesoamerica.
Advisor: Dr. Priscilla K. Tucker
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Holly Garrod, MS, Villanova Univ.
A tale of two todies: how vocalizations influence gene flow in sympatric species.
Mentor, Dr. Robert Curry
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Aline Méndez Rodríguez, MS, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Hibridación de Pteronotus fulvus y Pteronotus gymnonotus (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae). Hybridization in chiropterans.
Mentor, Dr. Ricardo López Wilchis
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| 2017 |
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Ashley Burke, St. Edwards University
Using population estimates to assess the current status of the understudied seahorses (Family: Syngnathidae) in the Gulf of Texas
Advisor: Raelynn Deaton Haynes
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Linyi Zhang, Rice University
Testing tight co-speciation versus diffuse host shift speciation between a community of ecologically specialized gall wasps and their host plants
Advisor: Scott Egan
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Robert W. Busbee, Texas State University
Testing for cryptic diversity of natural enemies of one of Texas's most common insects.
Advisor: James R. Ott
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Sarah K. Winnicki, Kansas State University
Differential growth and development of grassland-obligate songbirds: effects of Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) brood parasitism
Advisor: W. Alice Boyle
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Catherine Chen, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
The role and evolutionary significance of multimodal signaling in hybridizing spadefoot toads
Advisor: Karin Pfennig
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Scott Goeppner, Oklahoma State University
Effect of transgenerational plasticity on trophic interactions involving Physa acuta.
Advisor Barney Luttbeg
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Claire Hemingway, University of Texas Decision-making in a complex foraging environment by wild, frog-eating bats (Trachops cirrhosus
Advisor: Michael J. Ryan
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William G. Terry, Texas State University
Habitat use of co-occurring anuran species in three-dimensional cave environments of the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas
Advisor: James R. Ott
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| 2016 |
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Juan Jiménez, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
Title: Genetic variability and biochemical characterization of metalloproteinases of the Mojave toxin of Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus y Crotalus molossus nigrescens de la Mexican Chihuahuan Desert / Variabilidad genética y caracterización bioquímica de las metaloproteinasas y la toxina Mojave de Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus y Crotalus molossus nigrescens del Desierto Chihuahuense Mexicano.
Research advisor: Rebeca Pérez Morales
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Luz Sil Berra, Instituto de Biología, UNAM
Title: Structural assemblies and bats habitat preference in relation to the degree of disturbance in the coast of Jalisco, Mexico / Estructura de lost ensambles de murcielagos y preferenceia de habiat con relacion al grado de alteracion en la coast de Jalisco, México.
Research advisor: Cornelio Sánchez Hernández
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Andrew Mason, University of Central Florida
Title: Elucidating selective forces and molecular mechanisms driving venom evolution in palm pit-vipers / La aclaración de las fuerzas selectivas y molecular mecanismos de accionamiento evolution veneno en palm pit-vipers.
Research advisor: Chris Parkinson
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Gina Calabrese, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Title: The evolutionary process of adaptation to variable habitat in a range expansion / El proceso evolutivo de adaptación al hábitat variable en un rango de expansion.
Research advisor: Karen Phennig
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Tim O'Connor, University of California Berkley
Title: Host plant polyploidy and the diversification of creosote bush insects / Anfitrión poliploidía planta y la diversificación de los insectos de arbusto de creosote.
Research advisor: Noah Whiteman
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Carmina Martinez Gonzales, Instituto de Biología, UNAM
Title: Diferenciacion genetica de las poblaciones insulates de las iguanas Ctenosaura hemilopha y Sauromalus varius usando technicas de secuenciacion masiva de nueva generacion (RADseq) / Genetic differentiation of island populations of Iguanas Ctenosaura hemilopha and Sauromalus varius using techniques using new generation sequencing (RADseq).
Research advisor: Víctor Hugo Reynoso Rosales
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Amanda Driscoe, Texas State University
Title: Genetic divergence of a specialized herbivore as a function of host plant and geography / La divergencia genética de un herbívoro especializado en función de la planta huésped y la geografía.
Research advisor: James Ott
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Pamela Cisneros, St. Edwards University
Title: Friend, Foe, or Frenemy? Testing the Dear Enemy Hypothesis in a Sex Role Reversed Pipefish, Syngnathus scovelli / Amigo, enemigo, o Frenemy ? Prueba de la Hipótesis Querido enemigo en un pez aguja de papel de Sexo Invertido, Syngnathus scovelli.
Research advisor: Raelynn Deaton Haynes
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| 2015 |
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Kate Bell, Texas State University
Title: Exploration of the Evolutionary Landscape of Chemical Sequestration Using a Model System.
Research advisor: Chris Nice
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Lynne Beaty, Oklahoma State University
Title: The latent effects of early life experience on frog behavior
Research advisor: Barney Luttbeg
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Justin Agan, Oklahoma State University
Title: Precocial Sexual Selection in Crotaphytus collaris: A Field Experiment.
Research advisor: Stanley Fox
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Young Zhou, Texas A&M University
Title: Woody encroachment of Prosopis glandulosa into the Rio Grande Plains: Reconstruction of vegetation dynamics from a landscape-scale 3-dimensional pattern of soil δ13C.
Research advisor: Thomas W. Boutton
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Miguel Aguillar, Texas State University
Title: When Feces Hit The Fan: To What Extent Do White-Tailed Deer Facilitate The Spread of Non-Indigenous Plants in the Wildland-Urban Interface?
Research advisor: Joe Beech
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Danielle Perryman, Oklahoma State University
Title: Hormonal Effects of Supplemental Feeding On Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis).
Research advisor: Jennifer Grindstaff
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Julian Rios, St. Edwards University
Title: Fighting with Swords: Genital Combat as an Alternative Explanation for Same Sex Mating in a Coercive Livebearer (Gambusia affinis).
Research advisor: Raelynn Deaton Haynes
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Clint Morris, St. Edwards University
Title: Habitat Complexity as a Predictor for Female Oviposition Preference in Two Gulf Coast Gobies.
Research advisor: Raelynn Deaton Haynes
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| 2014 |
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Denise Thompson, Oklahoma State University
Title: The influence of social networks on population genetics in the alligator snapping turtle.
Research advisor: Ron Van Den Bussche
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Jason Strickland, University of Central Florida
Title: Venom evolution in rattlesnakes of the southwestern United States.
Research advisor: Chris Parkinson
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Catherine Bell, Texas State University
Title: The exploration of the evolutionary landscape of chemical sequestration using a model system from the southern United States.
Research advisor: Chris Nice
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Scott Clark, University of Southern Mississippi
Title: The evolution of movement strategies in a closely related group of topminnows.
Research advisor: Jake Schaefer
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Erin Adams, Angelo State University
Title: Nightly and seasonal movements of Mexican long-nosed bats.
Research advisor: Loren Ammerman
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Laura Stewart, University of Southern Mississippi
Title: The influence of local thermal adaptation on stream fishes.
Research advisor: Jake Schaefer
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Holis Dahn, University of Central Florida
Title: Examining specific and subspecific diversity within two monotypic snake genera.
Research advisor: Chris Parkinson
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April Navarro, St. Edwards University
Title: The effects of ART on female aggression in a sex role reversed pipefish.
Research advisor: Raelynn Deaton Haynes
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| 2013 |
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Charline Valerie Mejia, St. Edwards University
Title: Sperm storage in live-bearing fishes.
Research advisor: Raelynn Deaton
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Hillary P. Evans, St. Edwards University
Title: Effects of male body size and competitor size on male fitness in two species of livebearing fishes.
Research advisor: Raelynn Deaton
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Emma Roberts, Texas Tech University
Title: The Utility of Zonadhesin in Examining a Potential Isolation Mechanism in Three Pairs of Rodent Species.
Research advisor: Robert D. Bradley
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Ruben Tovar, Texas State University
Title: The comparative expression of Pax6 as a mediator of ocular development in the Texas Blind Salamander and San Marcos Salamander, a case study in evolutionary developmental biology.
Research advisor: Dana García
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Oliver Keller, Wichita State University
Title: Species delimitation in the California bear scarabs: using molecular tools to clarify the Paracotalpa ursina (Coleoptera) species complex.
Research advisors: Mary Liz Jameson
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Matthew J. Troia, Kansas State University
Title: Testing temperature-dependent egg development as a driver of prairie fish distributions: implications for mechanistic niche models and climate change.
Research advisor: Keith Gido
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Danielle Alba, Oklahoma State University
Title: Exploring the mechanisms underlying intraspecific variation in somatic stoichiometry and ecological functions of species.
Research advisor: Michael Tobler
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Scott Clark, University of Southern Mississippi
Title: Ecological drivers of movement in stream fish.
Research advisor: Jake Schaefer
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| 2012 |
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Fiona Soper, Cornell University
Title: Does time matter? Identifying patterns and drivers of nitrogen fixation during woody encroachment of Prosopis glandulosa (honey mesquite) into the Rio Grande Plains
Research advisor: Jed Sparks
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Sarah Bartlett, Angelo State University
Title: Molecular systematics of bonneted bats (Molossidae: Eumops) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences
Research advisor: Loren Ammerman
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Danielle Alba, Oklahoma State University
Title: Testing for eco-evo-eco feedback loops in Poecilia mexicana (Atlantic Molly) across ecologically divergent environments: an elemental approach
Research advisor: Michael Tobler
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Melissa Jones, Texas State University
Title: Testing habitat restoration options in the Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) within the aftermath of the Bastrop County Complex Fire
Research advisor: Michael Forstner
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Lily Swanbrow, Texas State University
Title: Effects of turbidity on the foraging behavior of fountain darters (Etheostoma fonticola)
Research advisors: Caitlin Gabor
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Desirae Weyland, Texas State University
Title: Evolutionary ecology of life history variation in the genus Asterocampa
Research advisor: Chris Nice
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Chelsea Blake, Texas State University
Title: Invasive predator selection on suites of correlated behaviors in native prey
Research advisor: Caitlin Gabor
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| 2011 |
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Johanna Varner, University of Utah
Title: Too hot to trot? Factors promoting pika survival in a time of global climate change
Research advisor: M. Denise Dearing
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Andrea Acevedo, Oklahoma State University
Title: Mate choice strategies in collared lizards: sexual selection in toddlers
Research advisor: Stanley Fox
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Cody W. Thompson, Texas Tech University
Title: Dynamics and maintenance of a hybrid zone between two ground squirrels (Spermophilus) in the Southern Plains
Research advisor: Robert D. Bradley
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Drew R. Davis, Texas State University
Title: Do introduced predators differentially influence the behavior and physiological stress response of the threatened San Marcos salamander, Eurycea nana?
Research advisor: Caitlin R. Gabor
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Jessica L. Sanchez, Sam Houston State University
Title: The role that reproduction plays in predicting fish community structure
Research advisor: P. Raelynn Deaton
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| 2010 |
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Melissa Merrick, University of Arizona
Title: Does forest damage affect settlement in an endangered, endemic forest obligate? Desert sky islands as microcosms for studying impacts of climate change.
Research advisor: John Koprowski
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Adam Ferguson, Texas Tech University
Title: Assessing the influence of kinship on social interactions and spatial structuring of the American hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus).
Research advisor: Richard E. Strauss
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Kevin Kohl, University of Utah
Title: Investigating the role of intestinal microbes in the metabolism of plant toxins.
Research advisor: Denise Dearing
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Dana Lee, Oklahoma State University
Title: Documenting historical shifts in species composition using DNA from ancient bat guano.
Research advisor: Ron Van den Bussche
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Jason Strickland, Angelo State University
Title: Analysis of phylogeographic variation among Texas cottonmouths, Agkistrodon piscivorous, using nuclear AFLP markers and venom protein profiles
Research advisors: J. Kelly McCoy and Loren Ammerman
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| 2009 |
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Kelly Goodsheller, Texas State University
Title: Does xylem vulnerability to embolism explain the distributions of Quercus fusiformis and Quercus virginiana in Central Texas?
Research advisor: Susan Schwinning
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Matthew Anderson, Oklahoma State University
Title: The effect of tail loss on mating strategies and territory size and quality in the lizard Uta stansburiana.
Research advisor: Stanley Fox
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Paul Hampton, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Title: Venom function in pitvipers: Does prey envenomation enhance digestive performance and reduce its cost?
Research advisor: Brad Moon
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Cristina Campbell, Texas State University
Title: Discovery and efficacy of a hypersensitive-like plant defense in live oak against a host-specific gall former.
Research advisor: James Ott
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Anica Debelica, Baylor University
Title: Food resource partitioning by forest-dwelling bats and implications for conservation.
Research advisor: Ken Wilkins
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| 2008 |
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Ecosystem services performed by native freshwater mussels: filter feeding and nutrient cycling
Laura Alberici da Barbiano, Texas State University-San Marcos
Title: Multiple origins of a gynogenetic species.
Research advisor: Caitlin Gabor
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Michelle H. Downey, Texas State University-San Marcos
Title: The role of host plant fidelity in local adaptation of juniper hairstreak butterflies (Mitoura) in Texas.
Research advisor: Chris C. Nice
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J. Hayley Gillespie, University of Texas at Austin
Title: uantifying Seasonal Diet Variation in Eurycea sosorum.
Research advisor: Camille Parmesan
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Christopher Kroll, Sam Houston State University
Title: Use of Microsatellite Paternity Analysis to Assess Effects of Male Density and Size on Male Mating Success in the Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis).
Research advisor: P. Raelynn Deaton
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Meredith Magnuson, Oklahoma State University
Title: Effect of tragus size on relationships among pinna size, echolocation call parameters, and foraging ecology.
Research advisor: Karen McBee
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| 2007 |
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Clinton D Francis, University of Colorado
Title: The role of secondary chemistry in nest site selection and success of birds within a piñon-juniper woodland.
Research advisor: Alexander Cruz
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Jennifer M. Gumm, Lehigh University
Title: Recognition and reproductive success across male mating tactics in Cyprinodon elegans.
Research advisor: Murray Itzkowitz
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Margaret Greenlee Rheude, University of Arizona
Title: Mesocarnivore historic use of corridors through the Sonoran Desert: The impact of urbanization.
Research advisor: John L. Koprowski
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Cybil Nicole Smith, Oklahoma State University
Title: Social behavior of Plestiodon obsoletus, Plestiodon obtusirostris, and Scincella lateralis.
Research advisor: Stanley Fox
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Pamela Willis, University of Texas at Austin
Title: The role of direct costs in mate choice of hybridizing swordtail species.
Research advisor: Michael J. Ryan
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Robert W. Bryson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Title: Evolution and Historical Biogeography of the Montane Herpetofauna Inhabiting the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental of Northern Mexico.
Research advisor: Javier A. Rodriguez
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P. Raelynn Deaton, University of Oklahoma
Title: Use of microsatellites to assess multiple paternity in a study population of the western mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis.
Research advisor: Edie Marsh-Matthews
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Andrew J. Edelman, University of New Mexico
Title: Temporal variations in banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis) mounds.
Research advisor: Astrid Kodric-Brown
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Sheena Humbird, Sam Houston State University
Title: Extra-pair mating tactics in the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis): A test of the "Constrained Female Hypothesis".
Research advisor: Diane Neudorf
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Molly M. McDonnough, Angelo State University
Title: Genetic, karyotypic, and morphological variation in the bonneted bats: Eumops glaucinus and Eumops floridanus (Chiroptera: Molossidae).
Research advisor: Loren Ammerman
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Rebecca M. Calisi, University of Texas at Arlington
Title: An integrative look at female coloration in the Mexican boulder spiny lizard, Sceloporus pyrocephalus: reproductive state, immune function, and hormone physiology.
Research advisor: Daniel Formanowicz
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Catalina Estrada, University of Texas at Austin
Title: Pupal mating in Heliconius butterflies: implications in the evolution of mimicry and community structure.
Research advisor: Lawrence E. Gilbert
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David P. Gillette, University of Oklahoma
Title: The importance of habitat patch context to stream fishes
Research advisor: William J. Matthews
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John H. Matthews, University of Texas at Austin
Title: Novel Applications of isotopic and genetic tracers for understanding migratory behavior in a changing climate.
Research advisor: Camille Parmesan
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Rachael Remington, University of Oklahoma
Title: Ecology and evolution of turbidity tolerances in freshwater fishes
Research advisor: William J. Matthews
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Katie N. Bertrand, Kansas State University
Title: Interactive effects of disturbance frequency and species composition on ecosystem functioning of intermittent streams.
Research advisor: Keith B. Gido
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P. Raelynn Deaton, University of Oklahoma
Title: Use of microsatellite paternity analysis to determine reproductive success in parasitized male mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis)
Research advisor: Edie Marsh-Matthews
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Josh Donlan, Cornell University
Title: Plant herbivore interactions along an environmental gradient: how species interactions vary with environmental change.
Research advisor: Harry Greene
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María Cristina García de la Peña, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Title: Organización ecológica de un gremio de lacertilios en Dunas de Arena en Viesca, Choahuila, Mexico
Research advisor: Armando J. Contreras Balderas
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Matthew D. Stone, Oklahoma State University
Title: Calcium regulation in relation to reproductive condition in a calcium-deficient tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri).
Research advisor: Eric C. Hellgren
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2003 |
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Chad Hargrave, University of Oklahoma
Title: Mechanisms for fish effects in stream ecosystems.
Research advisor: Bill Matthews
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Beth Moeller, Oklahoma State University
Title: Conservation ecology of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum): Comparative effects of summer and winter burning.
Research advisor: Eric Hellgren
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Bret Pasch, University of Arizona
Title: Space use of Chiricahua Fox Squirrels (Sciurus nayaritensis chiracahuae) relative to fire history.
Research advisor: John Koprowski
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Aaron Reed, Kansas State University
Title: Effect of litter on seed availability to granivores.
Research advisor: Glennis Kaufman
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Sarah Weyandt, Oklahoma State University
Title: Population genetics of the endangered Ozark big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii ingens
Research advisor: Ron Van Den Bussche
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