Student Research Grant Recipients

2009 Call for Student Research Proposals

2008

Royce Anderson, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Influence of crown structure on canopy arthropod communities in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Award amount: $1489. <Abstract>

James F. Glover, III, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Detrital zircon geochronology of Bonneville Flood deposits along the Snake River, Idaho: Implications for sediment dispersal patterns of megafloods. Award amount: $1200. <Abstract>

Ashley Grant, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. Restoration of native plant communities after road decommissioning in the Northern Rocky Mountains: effect of seed-mix composition, seeding density, and road-removal method on vegetative establishment. Award amount: $1500. <Abstract>

Stephanie L. Kirk, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Unit of Biology and Physical Geography, Kelowna, BC. Population genomics in species conservation: Tools for the study of local adaptation and fisheries management in kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka). Award amount: $1,358. <Abstract>

Claire Phillips, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Contributions of ectomycorrhizae fungal mats to forest soil respiration. Award amount: $1487. <Abstract>

Masaru Takahashi, Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID. Evaluation of the influence of plant invasions on arthropod food webs in sage steppe: Do disrupted aphid-ant mutualisms cause a cascading effect? Award amount: $1,431. <Abstract>

2007

Susan Alterman, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, CA. Geographic structure of fungal-algal partnerships in a widespread lichen.  Award amount: $1,500.

Katherine Ayres, Department of Biology, Center for Conservation Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. The use of non-invasive physiological indices in feces to track the effects of PCB exposure and reduced food availability in free-ranging killer whales (Orcinus orca). Award amount: $1,280.

Craig DeMars, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Conserving native biodiversity in the Willamette Valley’s agricultural systems: The role of isolated White Oak legacy trees. Award amount: $1,468.

Andrew Perkins, Resource Management Department, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. Terrain stability mapping in a development context: Sumas Mountains, British Columbia. Award amount: $1,345.

BEST STUDENT POSTER, 2007. NSA has initiated recognition of the Best Student Poster at our annual meetings. The inaugural recognition was awarded to Mamie J. Smith of the University of Idaho for her poster entitled, "Using cluster analysis and ordination to describe the habitat of Spalding's catchfly (Silene spaldingii). A copy of her poster is available <click here for pdf>

 

2006

Suzanne Graham, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Evidence for adaptive differentiation in isolated populations of steelhead/rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Award amount: $1,500.

Katherine Keck, Environmental Sciences and Resources, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Pesticide runoff from urban residential neighborhoods with different lawn care practices. Award Amount: $1,498.

Chris Sears, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. A web spun on the tree of life: the history of reticulate evolution in Crepis barbigera based on morphology, chloroplast DNA sequence data and AFLPs. Award amount: $1,500.

Jennifer Woolf, Wildlife Biology Program, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. Population structure and dispersal of black-backed woodpeckers. Award amount: $1,469.

2005

Ryan D. Haugo, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Vegetation responses to conifer encroachment in a dry, montane meadow, western Cascade Range, Oregon. Award amount: $1,447.

Benjamin LaFrentz, Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources and the Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. Evaluation of the protective efficacy of Flavobacterium psychrophilum O-polysaccharide-protein conjugate in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Award amount: $1,491.

Karol Marlowe, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Phylogeography of Synthris lanuginosa. Award amount: $1,500.

Ian Tattam, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Estimating bias in conventional rotary screw trap population estimates. Award amount: $1,154.

Adrian Wolf, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. Bird use of epiphytic resources in old-growth coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest. Award amount: $1,500.

2004

Suzanne Cox Griffin, Wildlife Biology Program, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. The decline of the Olympic marmot: evaluating spatial extent and causes. Award amount: $1,000.

Rhiannon Peery, Department of Biological Sciences, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. Postglacial recolonization of Tsuga heterophylla. Award amount: $1,000.

Marcus Reddish, Department of Geography, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT. The effects of site disturbance on seedling density of low-elevation ponderosa pine for the Intermountain West. Award amount: $1,000.

Jeanie (Norma Jean) Taylor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Seed germination study of Hackelia venusta (Boraginaceae). Award amount: $994.

2003

Paul Blanton, Resource Management Program, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. Arroyos in the Foster Creek Watershed, Washington: An Environmental Reconstruction with Management Recommendations. Award amount: $1,000.

Suzanne Griffin, Wildlife Biology Program, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. The decline of the Olympic marmot: evaluating spatial extent and causes. Award amount: $1,000.

Aaron Hook, Environmental Sciences and Resources, Portland State University, Portland, OR. Stormflow Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Total Dissolved Nitrogen in a Small Urban Watershed. Award amount: $984.

2002

Melissa Borsting, Division of Ecosystem Sciences, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Effects of thinning and prescribed fire on understory vegetation in pondersoa pine forests.

John Citta, Wildlife Biology Program, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. The role of different habitat types in the population dynamics of a fire associated cavity nesting bird, the mountain bluebird.

Suzanne A. Cox, Wildlife Biology Program, School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. Evaluation of the long-term population trends of the Olympic marmot.

Joseph H. Rausch, Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID. Genetic consequences of invasive plant introductions: an analysis of northwest united states Taeniatherium caput-medusae (medusahead) populations.

2001

Michael Dexter, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Stress hormone levels as an indication of habitat quality: the snowshoe hare a model species.

Suzanne Joneson, Department of Botany, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. A phylogenetic study of the Ramalina almquistii species complex.

Susan McDowell, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Physiological mechanisms of invasive Rubus success in the Pacific Northwest.