STUDENT AWARDS
Southwestern Association of Naturalists

Wilks Award	Clark Hubbs Student Poster Award
Howard McCarley Student Research Award	Student Travel Award

WILKS AWARD
Each year at its Annual Meeting, the Southwestern Association of Naturalists makes an award for the best paper presented by a student. The Wilks Award provides a monetary allotment of $1000 and all available past issues of The Southwestern Naturalist. More information about competing for the Wilks Award can be found under Instructions for Student Awards.

2009	Nicté Ordóñez-Garza Texas Tech University	Sphenotypic and genetic concordance in three species of Central American Peromyscus (Rodentia, Cricetidae).
2008	Jennifer Gumm Lehigh University	Sex recognition by pupfish: who are female mimics fooling?
2007	Bart W. Durham Texas Tech University	The influence of stream-discharge on the reproductive success of Great Plains cyprinids: Isi it time for a new paradigm?
2006	P. Raelyn Deaton University of Oklahoma	Do big boys always win? Male body size affects reproductive success in a livebearing fish.
2005	James B. Johnson Stephen F. Austin State University	Selection on tadpole morphology and swimming performance: an evaluation of the morphology, performance, and fitness paradigm.
2004	Scott P. Egan Texas State University	Host plant quality and local adaptation as determinants of the distribution of a gall-forming herbivore.
2003	Dave P. Onorato Oklahoma State University	Genetic structure of American black bears in the desert southwest of North America: Conservation implications for recolonization.
2002	Ricardo Torres-Cervantes Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Reproductive patterns of an anuran community from the Chihuahuan Desert in Guadalcazar, San Luis Potosí, México.
2002	Chad W. Hargrave University of Oklahoma	Density-dependent ecosystem effects of fishes from four functional groups.
2001	Linda M. Ilse Oklahoma State University	Porcupines, pinyon pines, and pine engravers: what's the connection.
2000	Christine L. Hice Texas Tech University	The impact of habitat and disturbance on small mammal community structure in humid tropical forests.
1999	Richard D. Stevens Texas Tech University	Tropical bats, subtropical communities, and biogeographic interfaces: Seasonal variation in the structure of a guild of frugivores.
1998	Karen Voltura University of Oklahoma	Parental investment in house sparrows (Passer domesticus): An experimental manipulation of brood sex ratio.
1997	Paul J. Gier University of Oklahoma	The interplay between environment, social behavior, and morphology: case studies in Iguanids.
1996	J. Curtis Creighton University of Oklahoma	Reproductive tradeoffs in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus orbicollis.

CLARK HUBBS STUDENT POSTER AWARD
Each year at its Annual Meeting, the Southwestern Association of Naturalists makes an award for the best poster presented by a student depicting the student's original research. The Clark Hubbs Student Poster Award consists of a monetary allotment of $600 and a set of all available back issues of The Southwestern Naturalist. More information about competing for the Clark Hubbs Student Poster Award can be found under Instructions for Student Awards.

2009	Taylor B. Cotton Stephen F. Austin State University	The effects of Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum) leaf litter on four anuran tadpoles.
2008	Israel Del Toro University of Texas at El Paso Co-authors David M. Borrok, and William P. Mackay	Heavy metal sequestration in rough harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) communities of the northern Chihuahuan Desert.
2007	C. R. Randklev University of North Texas Co-authors J. Kennedy and S. Wolverton	Conservation implications of prehistoric unionids found in the Upper Trinity River Drainage.
2006	Marta Pilar Ibarra-López Universidad de Guadalajara	Recursos florales utilizados por Lasionycteris curasoae y Glossophaga soricina en el suroeste del estado de Jalisco: ¿especialistas o generalistas?
2005	Jennifer L. Curtis University of Central Oklahoma	Chiggers on lizards: variable patterns of mite infestation within a population of collared lizards.
2004	Jason L. Malaney Eastern New Mexico State University	Habitat selection by snowshoe hare and mountain cottontail in a zone of sympatry.
2003	Jason L. Malaney Eastern New Mexico State University	Primary productivity and habitat quality hypotheses for control of snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) demography.
2002	Víctor H. Luja Molina Unidad de Biología, Tecnología y Prototipos	La conducta alimentaria de la nauyaca Bothrops asper (Serpentes: Viperidae) en Cautiverio.
2001	Andrew G. Hope Eastern New Mexico University	Biogeographic nestedness and conservation of boreal mammals in the western contiguous United States.
2000	Christopher T. Winne Stephen F. Austin State University	Daily activity patterns in Cnemidophorus inornatus and C. septemvittatus a programmed behavior?
1999	Miguel A. León-Galván Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa	Cambios morfometricos estacionales en testiculos y epididimos del Corynorhinus mexicanos (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) en Tlaxcala, Mexico.
1998	Erin Walker Texas Tech University	Effects of variable winds on dispersal of wind dispersed fruits: The role of the beak.
1997	Lorinda Sheeler-Gordon Texas Tech University	Geographic Information System as a tool for examining patterns of host specificity.
1996	Susan M. Harrell Texas Tech University	Functional diversity of aquatic bacteria in playa lakes: Spatial organization and landscape characteristics.

HOWARD MCCARLEY STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

The Howard McCarley Student Research Fund provides up to five awards annually, up to $1000 each, to support student research. Applicants must be students (undergraduate or graduate) currently enrolled in an institution of higher education, sponsored by a faculty member, and a member of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Awards will be made in support of any aspect of research on biota of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America, except for travel to meetings. Individuals may receive a maximum of two grants from the Association. All qualified students are encouraged to apply, especially those in developing countries. More information about competing for the Howard McCarley Student Research Award can be found under Instructions for Student Awards.

2009

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

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

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

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

Anica Debelica, Baylor University

Title: Food resource partitioning by forest-dwelling bats and implications for conservation.

Research advisor: Ken Wilkins

2008

Laura Alberici da Barbiano, Texas State University-San Marcos

Title: Multiple origins of a gynogenetic species.

Research advisor: Caitlin Gabor

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

J. Hayley Gillespie, University of Texas at Austin

Title: uantifying Seasonal Diet Variation in Eurycea sosorum.

Research advisor: Camille Parmesan

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

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

2007

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

Jennifer M. Gumm, Lehigh University

Title: Recognition and reproductive success across male mating tactics in Cyprinodon elegans.

Research advisor: Murray Itzkowitz

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

Cybil Nicole Smith, Oklahoma State University

Title: Social behavior of Plestiodon obsoletus, Plestiodon obtusirostris, and Scincella lateralis.

Research advisor: Stanley Fox

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

2006

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

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

Andrew J. Edelman, University of New Mexico

Title: Temporal variations in banner-tailed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys spectabilis) mounds.

Research advisor: Astrid Kodric-Brown

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

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

2005

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

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

David P. Gillette, University of Oklahoma

Title: The importance of habitat patch context to stream fishes

Research advisor: William J. Matthews

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

Rachael Remington, University of Oklahoma

Title: Ecology and evolution of turbidity tolerances in freshwater fishes

Research advisor: William J. Matthews

2004

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

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

Josh Donlan, Cornell University

Title: Plant herbivore interactions along an environmental gradient: how species interactions vary with environmental change.

Research advisor: Harry Greene

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

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

2003

Chad Hargrave, University of Oklahoma

Title: Mechanisms for fish effects in stream ecosystems.

Research advisor: Bill Matthews

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

Bret Pasch, University of Arizona

Title: Space use of Chiricahua Fox Squirrels (Sciurus nayaritensis chiracahuae) relative to fire history.

Research advisor: John Koprowski

Aaron Reed, Kansas State University

Title: Effect of litter on seed availability to granivores.

Research advisor: Glennis Kaufman

Sarah Weyandt, Oklahoma State University

Title: Population genetics of the endangered Ozark big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii ingens

Research advisor: Ron Van Den Bussche

STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD

The Southwestern Association of Naturalists is granting student travel awards to help defray travel and meeting expenses for students attending the 56th Annual Meeting to be held on 23-25 April 2009 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. These awards will be given to students currently enrolled in an institution of higher education in the United States who are presenting papers or posters. Preference will be given to those students who have not received a SWAN student travel award previously, and who are current SWAN members. Students who have received two travel awards previously are ineligible. Deadline for application is 15 November 2008. To apply for a Student Travel Award, please use this on-line application. Once you submit your application please copy it and e-mail it to celialg@prodigy.net.mx

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