ENHPBRS Grant Recipients
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2006 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients

A. Achenbach Ludwig Maximilians & M. Rohde, University, Munich, Germany; Occurrence of local adaptation in chemical and behavioral traits and underlying population genetics structure in the slavemaking ant Protomognathus americanusand its hosts

C. Burns, WildMetro; Small mammal diversity and abundance in the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve 

M. Dlugos, Binghamton University; Effects of temperature photoperiod, food abundance and predator abundance on Aquarius remigis mating tactics and behavioral syndromes

O. Eldakar, Binghamton University; The evolutionary response of the eastern tree hole mosquito Ochlerotatus triseriatus and the invasive Ochlerotatus japonicus to local acid rain environments in the Adirondacks region of NewYork State 

L. Gormezano, American. Museum of Natural History; Noninvasive DNA sampling to estimate abundance, distribution and genetic structure of coyotes in Huyck Preserve, NY

C. Jimenez & F. Burbink, The College of Staten Island; Phylogenetic and population genetics analyses of Thamnophis sirtalis of the Huyck Preserve with a comparison to northeastern United States populations 

E. Mooney, W. Virginia University; Genetic and evolutionary consequences of harvest in American ginseng Parex quinquefolius

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2005 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients

A. Achenbach Ludwig Maximilians & M. Rohde, University, Munich, Germany; Colony rounding, risk evaluation and chemical war-fare in the slavemaking ant Protomagnathus americanus

M. Dlugos, Binghamton University; The effects of temperature, food abundance, eclosion date, and female receptivity on Aquarius remigis tactic choice 

E. Mooney, W. Virginia University; Genetic and evolutionary consequences of harvest in American ginseng, Panex quinquefolius 

I. Pnadourski, Inst. of Zoology Bulgarian Acad. of Sciences; Taxonomy, faunistics and zoogeography of the Copepods (Crustacea) from the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve

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 2004 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients

A. Boulton, Villanova University; Influences of a common wood anton native and exotic plant species 

G. Bove, SUNY Buffalo; Zooplankton migration in Myosotis Lake, Huyck Preserve, using Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ACDP) and Schindler-Patalas trap 

J. DeVito, Miami University; Response of terrestrial riparian wolf spiders (Pirata sedentarius) to chemical cues of vertebrate and invertebrate predators

M. Dlugos, Binghamton University; Flexibility of Aquarius remigis tactics:  Does temperature, food abundance, and development time influence A. remigis tactic choice?

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2003 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients

John Arnason, University at Albany; Investigation of Mercury in Sediments of Lincoln Pond and Myosotis Lake of Ten-Mile Creek Watershed, Edmund Nilles Huyck Preserve

Susan  Beatty, University of Colorado, Boulder;  The Meaning of Disturbance in Ecological Systems

April Boulton, Villanova University; Influences of a common wood ant (Formica exsectoides Forel) on plant biodiversity in Huyck Preserve

Jill DeVito, Jesse Meik  & Marina Gerson, University of Texas @ Arlington; Physiological tolerances of riparian lycosid spiders:  a mechanistic analysis of differential tolerances to thermal & desiccation stress

Susanne Foitzik  & Miriam Brandt, Regensburg University, Germany; Influence of slavemaking ants on their hosts - a field manipulation study

Sean Madden, University at Albany; Water Quality and Biological Sampling Along Ten-Mile Creek:  A Companion Study To the Restoration of Patroon Creek

Julie Urban, New York State Museum, A Phylogeny of the Planthopper Laboratory for Conservation & Superfamily Fulgoroidea Evolutionary Genetics

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2002 HPBRS Grant Recipients 

Miriam Brandt & Susanne Foitzik, Regensburg University, Germany; Strength of reciprocal selection pressures and coevolutionary hot spots in social parasite systems 

Jill DeVito, University of Texas @ Arlington; I.  Safety in numbers:  metamorphic synchrony and aggregation as anuran antipredator defense strategies & II. Physiological tolerances and micro-habitat partitioning among three sympatric Lycosid spiders 

Elyse A. Glover, The University at Albany; Do House Wrens (Troglodytes asdon) exhibit relic rejection behavior in response to experimental brood parasitism? 

Ryan Herlands, Vanderbilt University; The role of ecology in population differentiation in Neochlamisus bebbianae leaf beetles 

James McCormick, The University at Albany; Influence of bluejay caching behavior upon American beech population structure 

Jesse M. Meik, University of Texas @ Arlington; Physiological tolerances and microhabitat partitioning among three sympatric Lycosid spiders

 James Runkle, Wright State University; Twenty-four years change on a 200-yr old Tsuga canadensis woods

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2001 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients

Jill DeVito, University of Texas @ Arlington; I.  Safety in numbers:  metamorphic synchrony and aggregation as anuran antipredator defense strategies 

Elyse A. Glover, The University at Albany; I. Will parasitic egg models affect house wren behavior? & II. A survey of brown-headed cowbirds and their hosts 

Ryan Herlands, Vanderbilt University; The importance of ecology in speciation:  Identifying ecological factors that affect population differentiation in sympatric host forms of Neochlamisus bebbianae leaf beetles 

Mark McLean, University of Colorado @ Boulder; Patterns of species richness in deciduous forests:  the effects of adjacent vegetation, stand age and environmental variability 

James McCormick, The University at Albany; Influence of bluejay caching behavior upon American beech population structure 

Oscar Rios-Cardenas, SUNY – Buffalo; Effects of parental effort on reproductive success and a possible cue of paternity in the pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus)

Emily Russell, Rutgers University; Eighteenth Century vegetation of the Huyck Preserve

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2000 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients 

Jill DeVito, University of Texas @ Arlington; Safety in numbers:  metamorphic synchrony and aggregation as anuran antipredator defense strategies.

Jennifer Frank, University at Albany; Effects of earthworms and vertebrate predators on the structures and function of the decomposer community in north-eastern deciduous forests.

Sabastian Interlandi, Drexel University;  Assessing phytoplankton to elemental stoichiometry relationships in living & fossil communities.

Kelly MacWatters, University at Albany; Data management at the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve and Biological Research  Station.

James McCormick, University at Albany; Influence of blue jay caching behavior Upon American beech population structure.

Mark McLean, University of Colorado;  Patterns of species richness and  composition in the understory vegetation of a mixed Hardwood/Hemlock forest at the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve.

Steven Rice, Union College; Understanding bryophyte water relations: Field validation of a canopy exchange model.

Oscar Rios-Cardenas, SUNY @ Buffalo; Cost of parental behavior and patterns of  Paternal effort and paternity in the Pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus).

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1999 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients

Gregory Bole, SUNY-Stony Brook; Speciation and sexual selection in fireflies.

 John Confer,  Ithaca College; Shrubland birds of the Blenheim-Gilboa right-of-way:  Density, nesting success, and impact on adjacent birds of the forest.

Susanne Foitzik & Christopher DeHeer, Colorado State University;  Co-evolutionary arms race between a socially parasitic ant and its host.

Jennifer Frank, University at Albany; Effects of earthworms and predators on the structure and function of the detrital community in northeastern mixed deciduous forests.

Geoffrey Gardner, University at Albany; Beech scale (Cyyptococcus fagisuga) dynamics in an aftermath forest.

John Maerz, SUNY-Binghamton; Variation in salamander foraging patterns and potential consequences for forest invertebrate communities.

Oscar Rios-Cardenas, SUNY-Buffalo;  Patterns of paternity in the pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus).

George Robinson, University at Albany; Forest succession and landscape change in the Huyck Preserve.

Isabella Scheiber, University at Albany; Mate choice in the house wren (Troglodytes aedon), a monomorphic passerine.

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1998 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients

Gregory Bole, SUNY - Stony Brook ; Continuing investigation into the role of sexual  selection in the speciation of Photinus fireflies

Grant Brown, Union College ; Investigation into whether fathead minnows use visible social cues to reduce local predation risk

Jennifer Frank, SUNY - Albany ; Effects of earthworms on decomposition in the presence and absence of an amphibian predator

Geoffrey Gardner,  SUNY - Albany ; Beech scale dynamics and spatial distribution of American beech in an aftermath forest

Michael Messere,  SUNY - Albany ; Effect of gap size on densities of Plethodon   cinereus in selectively cut forests

Stacy Morris , SUNY – Albany ; Diurnal abundance of litter invertebrates across seasons and among different temperate forest  types

George Robinson , SUNY - Albany ; Ecosystem effects of disease-driven decline in   American beech

Isabella Scheiber,  SUNY - Albany ; Female choice and the mating system of a   population of house wrens (Troglodytes aedon), a monomorphic passerine

Conrad Vispo, A field guide to ecological history of the   Catskill/Hudson/Berkshire region

Nicole Wright, SUNY – Albany ; Land-use history, population structure and small-scale spatial pattern in beech bark disease

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1997 ENHPBRS Grant Recipients

Gregory Bole , SUNY - Stony Brook ; Speciation and sexual selection in two species of  Photinus fireflies

Jennifer Frank,  SUNY - Albany ; Effects of earthworms on decomposition in the presence and absence of an amphibian predator

Geoffrey Gardner,   SUNY - Albany ; Beech scale dynamics and American beech regeneration in an aftermath forest

Chad Hershock,  University of Michigan ; Effects of plant-plant interactions on community structure along gradients of soil productivity in old fields.

Michael Messere, SUNY - Albany ; Effect of selective logging on the distribution of Plethodon cinereus

George Robinson, SUNY - Albany ; Continuing studies of beech bark disease in the Huyck Preserve

Isabella Scheiber, SUNY - Albany  ; Female choice and the mating system of a population of house wrens, a monomorphic  passerine feeding community

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