Past Grants

Past Grant Recipients

 

2021

Jeffrey L. Coleman : $500

  • Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
  • How Have Epipedobates Poison Frogs Acquired Chemical Defense?

Nicholas H. Coppock : $500

  • Department of Biology, Missouri State University
  • What Role Does Acoustic Communication Play in Chelonian Behavioral Ecology? Correlating the Acoustic and Behavioral Repertoires of Hicatee (Dermatemys mawii)

Dr. Chelsea S. Kross : $750

  • Forbes Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Understanding the Effects of Moist Soil Management on Herpetofauna in Illinois Wetlands

Alexandra May Martin : $750

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University
  • Plasticity of Antipredator Diving Behavior in Variable Environments

Corrie J. Navis : $1,000

    • Integrative Conservation & Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia
  • Using Striped Newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus) Life History to Inform Captive Rearing and Repatriation Efforts

2020

Justin Elden : $1,000

  • Highlands & Islands Conservatory
  • Constructing a Herpetarium to Benefit the Conservation of Endangered Guatemalan Herps

Thornton Larson : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Cryptic Speciation of Fanged-frogs in the Volcanoes of Java and Sumatra
    (Limnonectes kuhlii Species Complex [Anura: Dicroglossidae])

Joseph M. Redinger : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas
  • Effect of a Top Predator (Crotaphytus collaris) on Prey Populations,
    Community Structures, and Ecosystem Function in Ozark Glades

Tristan D. Schramer : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University
  • The Peak of Extinction? Conservation Genomics and Hidden Diversity in Mexican
    Montane Pitvipers (Viperidae: Cerrophidion) [deferred to 2021 due to travel restrictions]

Courtney Silver-Peavey : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University
  • Carryover Effects of Pesticide Exposure and Pond Drying on Exploratory and
    Risk-taking Behavior in a Vernal Pool-breeding Amphibian, the Wood Frog

Aamod Mohan Zambre : $1,000

  • Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
  • Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder? Testing the Perceptual Tuning Hypothesis of
    Diversification of Sexual Signal Design in Fan-throated Lizards

2019

Elijah Bieri : $500

  • Undergraduate, Northern Michigan University
  • Assessing Ambystoma laterale Road Mortality and Mitigation Strategies at Presque Isle Park, Marquette, Michigan

Adam Clause, Ph.D. : $1,000

  • Rediscovering Dragons: Conservation of Flagship Abronia in a Biodiversity Hotspot

Elizabeth Hucker : $500

  • Undergraduate, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Using a Systematic Coverboard Monitoring Network to Reveal Effects of Climate and Habitat Modification for Small Colubrids

Michael W. Itgen : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, Colorado State University
  • Cell Size Evolution Mediates Simplification in Organ Morphology

Joseph Kennedy : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, The University of Mississippi
  • The Role of Reproductive Interference and Endocrine Stress in the Decline of Green Treefrogs following Cuban Treefrog Invasions

Javier Méndez-Narváez : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, Boston University
  • Developmental Plasticity, Enzymatic Regulation of N-excretion, and the Reproductive Colonization of Land by Frogs

Alder Nichols : $1,000

  • Undergraduate, Beloit College
  • What’s under the Surface: Do Ecosystem Characteristics Predict Diet, Growth, and Shell Morphology in Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta)?

John G. Palis : $500

  • Palis Environmental Consulting
  • Bird-voiced Treefrog Survey of Southernmost Illinois

Gerard Tasse, Ph.D. : $1,000

  • Outreach and Education to Foster the Conservation of the Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath), the Largest Frog on Earth in Cameroon

Whitney Walkowski : $1,000

  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
  • Endocrine Control of Retinal Sensitivity in the Green Treefrog, Hyla cinerea

Kathleen Webster : $1,000

  • Lugwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Graduate School for Evolution, Ecology, and Systematics
  • Island Diskinktion: Variability of Two Skink Species in the Comoros Archipelago

Matthew Welc : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
  • Clinal Variation in Shell Morphology in a Musk Turtle Species (Sternotherus peltifer) throughout the Cahaba River Drainage of North-central Alabama

Katherine Wiesehan : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • Conservation Status of the State-Threatened Illinois Chorus Frog, Pseudacris illinoensis, in Southwestern Illinois

2018

Christopher Alkali : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • The Evolution of Imprecise Coral Snake Mimicry

Sarah J. Baker : $1,000

  • Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Immunologic Response of Illinois Snake Species to Snake Fungal Disease

Catherine Chen : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • The Role and Evolutionary Significance of Multimodal Signaling in Hybridizing Spadefoot Toads

Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum : $500

  • Rebounding Blanding’s: Conservation-based Outreach and Education

Michaela Lambert : $1,000

  • Department of Forestry and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Kentucky
  • Factors Affecting Amphibian Occupancy, Abundance, and Species Richness of Artificial Wetlands on a Reforested Surface Mine in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia

Zachary Lange : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, John Carroll University
  • Thermal Biology and Habitat Use May Lead Terrestrial-breeding Frogs (Pristimantis) into an Ecological Trap

Ann-Elizabeth Nash : $1,000

  • School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado
  • Social Structure of Spiny-tailed Iguanas, Ctenosaura similis

Alexander Okamoto : $750

  • Undergraduate, The University of Chicago
  • Limb Anatomy of the Tortoise Agrionemys horsfieldii

Christopher Pelecchia : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi
  • Population Genetics of Cyclura ricordii and Cyclura cornuta south of Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic

Justin Perrault : $1,000

  • Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, Florida
  • Conservation and Comprehensive Health Assessments of Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in Juno Beach, Florida

2017

Davinia Beneyto Garrigos : $1,000

  • Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Evolution, University of Valencia, Spain
  • Hormone Disruptors: Geographic Distribution of Sex Ratio Biases of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)

Andrew Frank : $1,000

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
  • Testing the Adaptive Nature of Juvenile Tail Color Morphs in a Western North America Skink

Harrison Goldspiel : $1,000

  • Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • The Contribution of Aquatic Versus Terrestrial Habitats in Regulating Populations of Amphibians with Complex Life Cycles

Sean Harrington : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, San Diego State University
  • A 3-D Geometric Morphometric Approach to Rattlesnake Cranial Evolution

Chace Holzheuser : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of Maryland
  • Chasing Shadows: Quantifying Changes in Distribution and Occupancy of the Southern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus auriculatus) in Florida

Eric B. Liebgold and Tami S. Ransom : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Environmental Studies, Salisbury University
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Connectivity of the Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), a Species of Conservation Concern

Diego A. Ortiz : $1,000

  • College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
  • Systematics and Biogeography of the Slender-legged Tree Frog (Osteocephalus taurinus) Species Complex in the Amazon Basin

Mallary Rae Parker : $1,000

  • Undergraduate, University of Arizona
  • Conservation Genetics of the World’s Largest Frog (Conraua goliath) in Cameroon

Nicolette Roach : $1,000

  • Applied Biodiversity Sciences & Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
  • Using Bioacoustics to Assess the Distribution, Vulnerability, and Conservation of Five IUCN Threatened Atelopus Species in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Christopher Smaga : $1,000

  • Undergraduate, Southern Illinois University
  • Impact of Snake Fungal Disease (Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola) in Southern Illinois

2016

Kelly L. Barnhart : $1,000

  • Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Priming Immune Function of Critically Endangered Panamanian Golden Frogs Prior to
    Reintroduction

Nolan Bielinski : $500

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Recording the Soundscape of Frog Habitats in Chicago’s Fragmented Landscape

Grover J. Brown : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi
  • The Evolutionary History of Two Species of Musk Turtles (Sternotherus
    carinatus
    and S. minor) and Implications for Conservation

Hilary Frandsen : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • Determining the Genetic Diversity of Kemp’s Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) Sea
    Turtles Using Mitochondrial Genomes

Jennifer McKenzie : $1,000

  • Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky
  • Effects of Snake Fungal Disease on Natricine Snakes Across an Urban-rural Gradient

Freya E. Rowland : $1,000

  • Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri
  • Subsidies and the Balance of Green and Brown Energy in Pond Food Webs

Mark Sandfoss : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of Florida
  • Rates of Water Flux in a Unique Insular Population of Pitviper

Monica Winebarger : $1,000

  • Biology Department, Appalachian State University
  • Signaling Function of Coloration in Plethodontid Salamanders of Southern Appalachia

2015

Anthony Carmona : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, Northeastern Illinois University
  • Re-describing a Lost Species from North America: The Forgotten Vine Snake
    Oxybelis microphthalmus

Madeline Cooper : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University
  • Examining Invasive Bullfrog (Rana [Lithobates] catesbeiana)
    Movement Patterns on the Trinity River

Chris Lechowicz : $1,000

  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
  • SCCF Pine Island Sound Eastern Indigo Snake Project

John G. Palis : $500

  • Palis Environmental Consulting
  • Do Crawfish Frogs Still Occur in Westernmost Illinois?

Aaron Reedy : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of Virginia
  • An Evolutionary Battle of the Sexes: Using a Reptile Model to Examine Sexual Conflict
    and the Genetic Basis of Fitness

Jason Ross : $1,000

  • Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois
    Urbana-Champaign
  • Spatial Ecology of the Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone mutica) in the
    Kaskaskia River of Illinois

Alex Shepack : $1,000

  • Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University
  • Back from the Dead?: Rebounding Amphibian Populations with an Enzootic Pathogen

K. Nicole White : $1,000

  • University of Georgia and Archbold Biological Station
  • Social Dynamics of a Long-Lived Reptile

2014

John Andermann : $750

  • Biology Department, San Diego State University
  • Testing Species Limits and Modes of Speciation Within the Tiger Whiptail Lizard
    (Aspidoscelis tigris) Complex in the Sea of Cortés Using Next-generation DNA
    Sequencing Data

Hollis A. Dahn : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of Central Florida
  • Examining Specific and Subspecific Diversity Within Two Monotypic Snake Genera

Eric J. Gangloff : $1,000

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Iowa State University
  • Using Metabolomics to Test Thermal Tolerance in the Terrestrial Gartersnake,
    Thamnophis elegans

Jade Keehn : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno
  • Do Changing Abiotic and Biotic Conditions at Wind Farms Influence Behavior,
    Demography, and Species Composition in Desert Reptiles?

Jennifer Y. Lamb : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi
  • The Conservation Status and Genetics of Dusky Salamanders in the Gulf Coastal Plain

Dustin A. Owen : $1,000

  • Center of Excellence for Field Biology, Department of Biology, Austin Peay State
    University
  • Impacts of Prescribed Fire on the Stress Physiology of Two Sympatric Snakes

John G. Palis : $750

  • Palis Environmental Consulting
  • Conservation Status of Crawfish Frogs in Southernmost Illinois

Jennifer Stabile : $1,000

  • Department of Herpetology, Albuquerque Biological Park
  • The Coqui Conservation Initiative: Population Assessment and Reproductive Study of
    the Mona Island Coqui Frog

John Vanek : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, Hofstra University
  • Ecology of Eastern Hognose Snakes on a Barrier Island

Jessica Marie Vannatta : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University
  • Seasonal Corticosterone and Leukocyte Levels, Presence of Ranavirus, and
    Demographic Characteristics of the Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, in a
    Wetlands Habitat of Middle Tennessee

Kai Wang : $780

  • Washington State University
  • Courtship Behaviors of the Newly Described Diannan Crocodile Newt, Tylototriton
    yangi
    : Total Evidence of its Validity and Phylogenetic Relationship

Denita M. Weeks : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Memphis
  • Impacts of Larval Stress on Development of Adult Skin Defenses in Anurans

2013

Iwo P. Gross : $1,000

  • Eastern Illinois University (undergraduate)
  • Assessing and Alleviating the Negative Effects of Vehicle Access on a Snake
    Community within a State Park

Matthew L. Holding : $500

  • Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University
  • A Tale of Two Traits: Do Coevolutionary Processes Shape the Venoms of Northern
    Pacific Rattlesnakes and Resistance Levels of California Ground Squirrels?

João Pedro Moura da Costa Maia : $1,000

  • Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da
    Universidade do Porto (Vairão, Portugal)
  • In Cold Blood: Community Ecology of Reptile Hemoparasites

Micah W. Perkins : $1,000

  • Biology Department, University of Louisville
  • Dietary Resource Partitioning among Watersnakes in Northwestern Kentucky

Kimberly E. Schmidt : $1,000

  • Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  • Habitat Selection of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) within
    Restored and Remnant Tallgrass Prairie

Jaime Villacampa Ortega : $500

  • Departamento de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)
  • Changes in Amphibian Assemblages along an Elevational Gradient at the Manu
    Biosphere Reserve, Southern Peru

Daniel B. Wylie : $1,000

  • Illinois Natural History Survey
  • “Ongoing Health Assessment and Prevalence of Chrysosporium in the
    Eastern Massasauga (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus)

Michael L. Yuan : $1,000

  • Cornell University (undergraduate)
  • Characterization of Cryptic Kin Structure in Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus
    polyphemus
    ) at Archbold Biological Station

2012

Stacy Beyer : $500

  • Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at
    Urbana-Champaign
  • Role of Forests in the landscape Epidemiology of an Amphibian Chytrid Fungus

Edwin Cadena : $1,000

  • Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State
    University
  • A New Fossil Turtle from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) of Colombia (South
    America); Revealing the Early Stages of Marine Turtles Evolution

Chip Cochran : $1,000

  • Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University
  • Investigating Venom Variation in Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus across its Range by
    Proteomic and Transcriptome Analysis

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County (Dan Thompson, Principal Investigator) : $1,000

  • Blanding’s Turtle Recovery Program, DuPage County, Illinois

Joseph Frumkin : $1,000

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (undergraduate)
  • The Role of Color Morph on Territoriality in the Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon
    cinereus

Kory H. Heiken : $500

  • Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University
  • The Physiological Effects of Long-distance Translocation on Southern Pacific
    Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri)

Dustin Owen : $500

  • Ball State University (undergraduate)
  • Physiological Impacts of Silviculture Treatments and Roads on Copperheads
    (Agkistrodon contortrix)

Thomas Andrew Radzio : $1,000

  • Department of Biology, Drexel University
  • Effects of Season and Thermal Environment on Behavioral Thermoregulation and Its
    Relative Costs in Juvenile Gopher Tortoises

Rebecca Tarvin : $500

  • Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Does Alkaloid Insensitivity Facilitate Aposematism and Diet Specialization in Poison
    Frogs?

Marisa Tellez : $500

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los
    Angeles
  • Environmental and Anthropogenic Impact on Parasitism between Alligator
    mississippiensis
    in Florida and Louisiana

Kyle Weichert : $500

  • Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University
  • Does Host Lizard Sex Affect Their Ability to Kill the Lyme Disease Causative Agent
    Borrelia burgdorferi?

Andrew William Whitworth : $500

  • College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
  • The Conservation Value of Regenerating Tropical Forests for Amphibians and Reptiles
    and the Threats Involved, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Southern Peru

2011

Melissa Amarello : $1,000

  • SoLS Graduate Program, Arizona State University
  • The Role of Kin Selection in Rattlesnake Aggregations

Gerardo Antonio Cordero : $500

  • Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
  • How Does the Turtle’s Shell Get Its ‘Hinge’?

Richard L. Essner, Ph.D. : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
  • Captive Husbandry in the Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog, Ascaphus montanus

Maxwell B. Joseph : $500

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder
  • The Legacy of an Emerging Disease: Post-epizootic Pathogen Persistence in the
    Landscape

Justin Perrault : $500

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
  • Salps to Sea Turtles: Mercury and Selenium Concentrations in Leatherback Sea Turtles
    and Their Prey. Does Biomagnification Lead to Low Hatch and Emergence Success?

Joshua Scholl : $1,000

  • Florida Atlantic University (undergraduate)
  • Gopher Tortoise Burrow Distribution and Demography in a Declining Southeastern
    Florida Habitat

Melanie N. Stock : $500

  • Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Urban Heat Island Effects on Deep-Terrestrial Hibernating Amphibians

2010

Alecia Carter : $500

  • The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
  • Testing Untested Assumptions of Behavioral Syndromes: Does the Asset Protection
    Principle Apply?

Grant Connette : $535

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • A Mechanistic Examination of Salamander Declines in Response to Timber Harvesting

Reginald Theodor Mwaya : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University
  • Effects of Human-induced Habitat Change on Populations of the East African Endemic
    Pancake Tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri (Family: Testudinidae), in Tanzania, East
    Africa

Maya Groner : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
  • Effects of Predator Stress on Immune Function and Susceptibility of Anurans to the
    Emergent Infectious Disease Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Nicholas B. Pollock : $500

  • Department of Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University
  • Factors Influencing Ectoparasitism on Western Fence Lizards (Sceloporus
    occidentalis
    ): Testosterone, Vitellogenesis and Health

Shahriar C. Rahman : $500

  • Brooklyn College (undergraduate)
  • Evaluating the Effects of Nest Protectors for Turtle Conservation

Rory S. Telemeco : $1,000

  • Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University
  • How Did Viviparity Evolve in Squamate Reptiles? An Experimental Test of the
    Maternal-manipulation Hypothesis

Dan Zeh : $963.90

  • Environmental Studies Department, Antioch University
  • Natural History of Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Populations in
    Southwestern New Hampshire and Recommendations for Conservation Management

2009

Whitney J. Banning : $657

  • Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at
    Urbana-Champaign
  • Impacts of Landscape Alteration on Freshwater Turtle Populations

J. D. Steeves Buckland : $500

  • School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol UK
  • Status and Conservation of Mauritian Fauna and Flora Threatened by the Invading
    Madagascar Giant Day Gecko, Phelsuma grandis

C. Drew Foster : $500

  • Lincoln Park Zoo
  • Using Noninvasive, Fecal Hormonal Analysis to Characterize the Reproductive and
    Stress Biology of the Prehensile-tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata)

Maya Groner : $1,000

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
  • Effects of Predator Stress on Immune Function and Susceptibility of Anurans to the
    Emergent Infectious Disease Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Paul M. Hampton : $500

  • Department of Biology, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • Venom Function in Pitvipers: Does Prey Envenomation Enhance Digestive Performance
    and Reduce its Cost?

Abigail J. Maley : $500

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Variation in Four-toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum, Microhabitat Use
    Across Age Groups and Sexes

Tami S. Ransom : $300

  • Department of Biology, University of Virginia
  • Salamanders Mediate Below to Above-ground Interactions through Direct, Indirect, and
    Ecosystem Engineering Pathways with Earthworms

Kelsey Reider : $300

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
  • Do Peccaries Drive Community Changes in a Neotropical Leaf Litter Herpetofauna?

Dan Zeh : $500

  • Environmental Studies, Antioch University
  • The Natural History of Two Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Populations in
    Southwestern New Hampshire

2008

Jake A. Brashears : $480

  • School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
  • Facultative Thermogenesis in Pythons — How and Why Ectotherms Become
    Endotherms

Meagan Leigh Harless : $250

  • School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological
    University
  • Effects of Road Deicing Chemicals on Larval Amphibians

Robert H. Hegna : $400

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
  • A Study of Aposematism in the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga
    pumilio
    ): The Effect of Density, Spots, and Color on Predation with Conservation
    Implications

Charles Knapp : $500

  • Center for Conservation and Research for Endangered Species, Zoological Society of
    San Diego
  • Enhancement of the Green Iguana Conservation Breeding Program at the Iguana Verde
    Foundation, Costa Rica

Eric Liebgold : $300

  • Department of Biology, University of Virginia
  • The Effects of Social Environment on the Growth and Behavioral Phenotype of
    Juveniles of a Terrestrial Salamander, Plethodon cinereus

Cy L. Mott : $400

  • Department of Zoology, Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois
    University
  • Prevalence and Ecology of Fungal Infections among Breeding Aggregations of
    Ambystomatid Salamanders in Southern Illinois

Peter J. Muelleman : $475

  • Truman State University
  • Assessing Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection Levels in the Amphibian
    Communities in Upland and Lowland Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems of Northern Calhoun
    County, Illinois

Tami S. Ransom : $300

  • Department of Biology, University of Virginia
  • Are the Behavioral Responses of Red-backed Salamanders to an Ecosystem Engineer
    Influenced by Their Evolutionary History?

Michael Reichert : $500

  • Department of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri
  • Character Convergence in Sympatry of Aggressive Calls in Two Frog Species, Hyla
    chrysoscelis
    and Hyla versicolor

Tiffany Schriever : $500

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto at
    Scarborough
  • The Role of Larval Amphibians in Temporary Pond Systems

Brooke L. Talley : $250

  • Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University
  • Surveying Illinois Amphibians for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection

2007

Bill Flanagan : $250

  • Grand Valley State University
  • Using Ecological Niche Modeling to Evaluate the Michigan Distribution of the Western
    Lesser Siren (Siren intermedia nettingi)

Chris Lechowicz : $500

  • Florida Gulf Coast University / Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation.
  • Population Characteristics and Possible Hybridization of Graptemys Species in
    the Choctawhatchee River Drainage

Diana Lutz : $250

  • Michigan State University
  • Behavioral and Ecological Study of Clemmys guttata (Schneider)

William E. Peterman : $500

  • University of Missouri, Division of Biological Sciences
  • Road Effects on Southern Appalachian Salamander Assemblages

Beth Pettitt : $500

  • University of Minnesota, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
  • Acoustic Communication and Parental Care in Two Species of Neotropical Frogs

Cindy Rampacek : $150

  • Small Scale Reptile Rescue
  • Reptile Management in Shelter Environments

2006

Philip A. Cochran : $275

  • Biology Department, Saint Mary? University
  • Monitoring Snake Hibernacula in Southeastern Minnesota

Bradley J. Cosentino : $300

  • Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois
  • Dispersal and Population Structure of Pond‑breeding Amphibians in a
    Fragmented Landscape

Ryan McCleary : $455

  • Department of Zoology, University of Florida
  • Effects of the Accessory Venom Gland on Venom Composition of the Florida
    Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti

Julie M. Ray : $480

  • Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University
  • Effects of Amphibian Decline on the Trophic Ecology of Mollusk-eating Snakes

S. Alexandra Siess : $250

  • Arlington, VA
  • The Spotted Turtles in Maryland from the 1970s to Today

Zachary R. Stahlschmidt : $500

  • School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
  • Assessing the Physiological Implications of Egg-brooding Behavior in Pythons

2005

Whitney J. Banning : $500

  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • Resource Partitioning along a Spatial Gradient in a Freshwater Turtle Community Study
    in Illinois

Zach Felix : $500

  • Center for Forestry and Ecology, Alabama A&M University
  • Microhabitat and Movement Patterns of the Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene c.
    carolina
    ) in Forest Stands Managed for Timber Production

Alan Kardon : $500

  • 21947 Pelican Creek, San Antonio, Texas
  • Life History Traits of Crotalus polystictus: A Long-term Mark & Recapture
    Study

Ali M. Rabatsky : $500

  • Department of Biology, University of Louisiana (Lafayette)
  • Vestigialization of the Rattle in Three Insular Rattlesnake Species

Anne Readel : $500

  • Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Effect of Habitat Degradation on the Health and Conservation of Painted Turtles
    (Chrysemys picta)

Amanda L. Subalusky : $500

  • Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University
  • The Role of Seasonal Wetlands in the Ecology of the American Alligator

Christopher A. Conner : $300

  • University of Missouri
  • The Permeability of Altered Habitat to Migration in Forest-dependent Amphibians

Daniel A. Warner : $300

  • School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney
  • The Adaptive Significance of Temperature-dependent Sex Determination in an
    Australian Agamid Lizard

2004

Amy Cunkelman : $500

  • Department of Biology, Villanova University
  • Radio Telemetry to Examine Habitat Utilization in Rhacodactylus leachianus
    and Rhacodactylus trachyrhynchus

Karen Davis : $500

  • University of Tennessee
  • Numerical Discrimination and Cognitive Abilities in Turtles (Pseudemys
    nelsoni
    )

Timothy Hunkapiller : $317.20

  • Illinois Natural History Survey
  • Reproductive Ecology of the Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica)

Deb Krohn : $452

  • Plum Creek Nature Center, Forest Preserve District of Will County, Illinois
  • Skeletal Herpetological Specimens for Student Educational Programs

Michael Malawy : $500

  • School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
  • An Investigation into Selected Body Temperature and Post-Prandial responses of the
    Western Diamand-backed Rattlesnake, (Crotalus atrox)

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