2007 Exploration Fund Awards
David Anderson
Louisiana State University
Canopy Bird Ecology and Conservation
Jeffrey Apigian
Clark University
Sustainable Water Resource Management in Post-conflict Nepal
Amanda Babson
Oceanic Inquiry Project
Oceanographic Kayak Exploration of the Inside Passage
Thomas Becker
Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald
The Visible is not Enough!
Moni Berg-Binder
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ecological and Evoluntionary Consequences of Invasive Ant Mutualisms in Hawaii
Joanne Birch
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Getting away from it all:The Evolution of the Flowering Plant genus Astelia in New Zealand
Margaret Brown Vega
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Quipus and Inca Administration: A Detailed Study of Prehispanic Counting Devices
Seth Bybee
University of Florida
Combining Fossils with DNA to Examine the Evolution of Insect Flight
Brittny Calsbeek
University of Vermont
The Importance of Parasites in the Population Dynamics of a Polymorphic Lizard
Gang Chen
Honghe University
The Exploration of the Giant Fish in the Kanas Lakein Northwestern China
Olathe Clark
The University of Guelph
ExThree, Mars Society of Canada
Kristina Cockle
The University of British Columbia
Nest Cavities for Breeding Birds in the AtlanticForest of Argentina: A Test of the Nest-siteLimitation Hypothesis
Leah Collett
Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
Butterfly Assemblages within MikumiNational Park; A Focus on Habitat Type, Catchmen Systems and Atitude
Kerri Crawford
Rice University
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning:The Importance of Preserving Biodiversity at Multiple Levels
Jessica Cuthbert
University of Windsor, Canada
Ornamentation and Mutual Sexual Selection in a Neotropical Passerine Bird
Michael Danti
Boston University
An Archaeological Survey of the Qaramukh River Basin, Syria
James Dietrich
Texas State University – San Marcos
MeasuringBiogeographic and Geomorphic Changes in GlacierNational Park Through Repeat Photography
Paul Dilley
Yale University
Egyptian Delta Monastic Archaeology Project
Renate Eberl
University of California Davis
Investigation of mutualistic symbionants of supra littoral isopods Ligia pallasii and Ligia occidentalis along the Pacifice Coast
John Faith
George Washington University
The Bones of Shompole Conservation Area: The Application of Bone Survey as an Ecological MonitoringTechnique
Daniel Hanley
University of Windsor
Avian Egg Pigmentation as Bio-indicator of Multiple Environmental Stressors
Laura Hill
University of Vermont
The Ecology & Demography of a Globally Threatened Woodland Plant
Brendan Hodkinson
Duke University
Exploring the Diversity of lichen-associated bacteria in the Trans- Mexican Volcanic Belt
Meribeth Huizinga
Colorado State University
Mechanisms of Divergence in Sympatric Populations of the Gold-breast Splitfin
Anya Illes
University of Washington
Elaborate Female Song in Stripe-headed Sparrows
Lucas Joppa
Duke University
African Elephant Conservation:A Metapopulation Approach
Christopher Kiahtipes
Washington State University
Exploring Ancient Rainforests in Central Africa
Adrienne Kish
Mars Society of Canada
MarsDesert Research Station Expedition Gamma
Troy Knight
University of Arizona
Dendrochronological Investigations of Paleoclimate and Woodland Population Dynamics in Southeastern Utah
Michael Kuehn
University of California – Santa Barbara
Do Male Birds in Alaska Reduce Parental Care to Pursue Additional Mating Opportunities?
Bright Kumordzi
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology Kumasi, Ghana
Taxonomy and Ecology of Elephants in Ghana
Neil Losin
University of California, Los Angeles
Evolution of Competitor Recognition in an Avian Contact Zone
Sean Maher
University of Kansas
Spatial Patterns of Small Mammal Distributions and Associated Pathogens along an Elevational Gradient in the ColoradoRockies
Ezequiel Marzinelli
University of Sydney
The Ecology of Bryozoa on Marine Algae: Natural vs. Artificial Habits
John McCormack
University of California, Los Angeles
Egg Variation of Mexican Jays in the Sierra del Carmen
Christopher Merkord
University of Missouri
Altitudinal Migration of Birds in a Peruvian Cloud Forest
Jingmai O'Connor
University of Southern California
Filling in the Gap: A Quest for Mesozoic Birds in America
Amy Parachnowitsch
Cornell University
The Relative Role of Pollinators and Antagonists in Floral Evolution
Adam Peer
University of Maryland
Linking Prey, Female Condition, and Reproductive Capacity to Striped Bass Recruitment
Daniel Peppe
Yale University
Floral Transitions in the North American Paleocene: Mass Extinction to Thermal Maximum
Beth Pettitt
University of Minnesota
Acoustic Communication and Parental Care in Two Species of Neotropical Frogs
Christian Rabeling
University of Texas at Austin
Quest for Undiscovered Fungus Gardening Ant Species from Central America
Daniel Ribeiro
Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Brazil
Testing Processes Generating Biological Diversity in Freshwater Stingrays
Andrea Romero
University of Kansas
Diversity and Abundance of Neotropical Mammals and the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis
Karen Samonds
McGill University
Paleontological Exploration to the Remote Region, Cap Tanjona NW Madagascar
Eric Stiner
American Museum of Natural History
Inventory of Bat Host of Malaria from Central Gabon
Diederik Strubbe
University of Antwerp, Belgium
Invasion of Ring-necked Parakeets in Belgium:Distribution and Impact on Native Cavity-nesting Birds
Alejandra Vasco
City University of New York, New Botanical Garden
Systematics of Elaphoglossum subsection Muscosa: What Does a Group of Tropical Ferns Tell About Andean Biogeography?
Catherine Wagner
Cornell University
Diversification in LakeTanganyikan Endemics: Snails & Cichlid Fishes Compared
Matthew Walsh
University of California Riverside
How Does Density-dependent Selection Dictate Life History Evolution: An Examination of Underlying Ecological Interactions in Fish Communities in Trinidad |
