2008 GRANT-IN-AID RECIPIENTS
On 29 March 2008, the HBS Board of Scientific Advisors met in Highlands
for their annual meeting. They recommended funding for 12 Grant-in-Aid
proposals for a total of $16,700 in support:
Brian C. Barringer, University of Virginia—The
Ecology and Reproductive Biology of Autopolyploid Galax urceolata
(Diapensiaceae)
*William Chambers Coker Fellowship*
James O. Church, Iowa State University—Why
is Plethodon teyahalee Found
Where It Is: A Test of Biotic and Abiotic Limits To Its Distribution
Sarah Eddy, Oregon State University—Shifting
Sexual Signals—Evolution of Courtship Pheromones in Plethodontid
Salamanders
Christine A. Johnson, American Museum of Natural
History—Ecology of Slave-Maker Ants and
Their Hosts: The Effect of Geographic Variation in Parasite and Host
Range on Co-Evolutionary Trajectories
Karen M. Kiemnec, Oregon State University—The
Evolution of Pheromone Chemoreception in Salamanders: A Test for Sensory
Bias
*Ralph M. Sargent Memorial Scholarship*
Jean-Philippe Lessard, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville—Behavioral Trade-Offs and
Competitive Exclusion in Ant Communities
*Thelma Howell Memorial Scholarship*
Mark J. Mackey, University of Missouri—Abundance
and Diversity of Stream Salamanders on Montane Golf Courses
William E. Peterman, University of Missouri—Effects
of Riparian Logging on Allelic Diversity of Plethodontid Salamanders
*Martina Wadewitz Haggard Memorial Scholarship*
Jason L. Robinson, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville—Phylogeography of Spring and
Seep Dwelling Insects
Sarah A. Smiley, University of South Florida—Phylogeography
of Ochrotomys nuttalli Based on
Mitochondrial DNA Sequencing
Elizabeth K. Timpe, University of Tulsa—Exploring
the Faunal Connection Between the Ozark Plateau and the Appalachian
Mountains: A Phylogeographical Study of the Long-Tailed Salamanders (Plethodontidae:
Eurycea)
Elyse Vaccaro, Oregon State University—How
Do Salamander Pheromones Modulate Female Receptivity?
*Bruce Family Scholarship*
