PREMIOS ESTUDIANTILES
Southwestern Association of Naturalists

Premio Wilks	Premio al Poster Estudiantil Clark Hubbs
Premio Estudiantil para Investigación Howard McCarley	Premio Estudiantil para Viajes

Cada año en su Reunión Anual, la Southwestern Association of Naturalists otorga un premio al estudiante que dé la mejor ponencia. El Premio Wilks provee una suma monetaria de $1000 US y todos los tomos anteriores disponibles de The Southwestern Naturalist. Información adicional de la competencia para el Premio Wilks se encuentra en Instrucciones para Premios Estudiantiles.

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.

PREMIO AL POSTER ESTUDIANTIL CLARK HUBBS

Cada año en su Reunión Anual, la Southwestern Association of Naturalists otorga un premio para el mejor poster por un estudiante que presente la investigación original del estudiante. El Premio al Poster Estudiantil Clark Hubbs consiste de una suma de $600 US y todos los tomos anteriores disponibles de The Southwestern Naturalist. Información adicional de la competencia para el Premio al Poster Estudiantil Clark Hubbs se encuentra en Instrucciones para Premios Estudiantiles.

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 Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa	Cambios morfométricos estacionales en testículos y epidídimos del Corynorhinus mexicanos (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) en Tlaxcala, México.
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.

PREMIO ESTUDIANTIL PARA INVESTIGACION HOWARD McCARLEY

El Fondo Howard McCarley para Investigación Estudiantil entrega hasta cinco premios anualmente, de hasta $1,000 US cada uno, para apoyar la investigación estudiantil. Los solicitantes deben ser estudiantes (licenciatura o postgrado) actualmente matriculados en una institución de educación superior, auspiciados por un profesor y ser miembros de la Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Los premios serán otorgados para apoyar cualquier aspecto de investigación de la biota del suroeste de los Estados Unidos, México, y Centroamérica, excepto para viajes a congresos. Cada persona puede recibir un máximo de dos premios de la Asociación. Todos los estudiantes que cumplen los requisitos están invitados a solicitar, especialmente aquellos en países en vías de desarrollo. Información adicional de la competencia para el Premio Estudiantil para Investigación Howard McCarley se encuentra en Instrucciones para Premios Estudiantiles.

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: Kieth 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

PREMIO ESTUDIANTIL PARA VIAJES

La Southwestern Association of Naturalists otorga becas estudiantiles para cubrir gastos parciales de estudiantes que asistan a la Reunión Anual número 55 en University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA, del 10 al 12 de abril de 2008. Las becas se otorgan a estudiantes de cualquier institución superior fuera de los Estados Unidos que presenten posters o ponencias en la reunión. Se dará preferencia a los estudiantes que no hayan recibido antes este estímulo y que sean miembros vigentes de SWAN. No son elegibles aquellos que lo hayan recibido dos veces. La fecha límite para solicitudes es el 1 de noviembre de 2007. Para participar llene la siguiente solicitud on-line. Despues de enviar su solicitd, por favor copiela y enviela por correo electronico a celialg@prodigy.net.mx .

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