1993 REU Projects

Agrawal, Anurag  (University of Pennsylvania).  Mentors:  Geoffrey Parker and Steven Stephenson (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Fairmont State College).  Changes in stand dynamics on Bald Knob as influenced by the Chestnut Blight.

Bushong, Philip  (Bridgewater College).  Mentors:  Sarah Swank and Jon Kastandiek (Bridgewater College and James Madison University).  The effects of fungicide on growth and survival of Acer pensylvanicum seedlings.

Foreman, Jason  (Tulane University).  Mentors:  Geoffrey Parker and Steven Stephenson (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Fairmont State College).  Comparison of the incidence of Chestnut Blight and growth of American Chestnut Castanea dentata in clear-cuts and adjacent forest communities.

Hassler, Cynthia  (Virginia Tech).  Mentor:  Michele Dudash and Charles Fenster (University of Maryland).  The effectiveness of fluorescent dye as a pollen analog in Silene virginica.

Hickey, Jena  (Stanford University).  Mentors:   Geoffrey Parker and Steven Stephenson (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Fairmont State College).  Variation in oak-dominated communities at different elevations and exposures on Salt Pond Mountain.

Hill, Jennifer  (Purdue University).  Mentors:  Ellen Ketterson and Val Nolan (Indiana University).  Do female Dark-eyed Juncos choose males on the basis of tail color?

Horne, David F.  (Davidson College).  Mentors:  Geoffrey Parker and Steven Stephenson (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Fairmont State College).  Population dynamics of red oak (Quercus rubra) and scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia) during secondary succession on Bald Knob.

Jordan, Crispen  (Queens University).  Mentors:  Geoffrey Parker and Steven Stephenson (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Fairmont State College).  The repose of striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum) to light gaps.

Kaplan, Eve  (Harvard University).  Mentors:  Henry Wilbur and Robert Jaeger (University of Virginia and University of Southwestern Louisiana).  Size-specific interactions between salamanders and crayfish in a headwater stream food web.

Morris, Dana  (University of Missouri).  Mentors:  Ellen Ketterson and Val Nolan (Indiana University).  Nest-defense in male Dark-eyed juncos implanted with testosterone.

Owens, John  (Virginia Tech).  Mentors:  Henry Wilbur and Robert Jaeger (University of Virginia and University of Southwestern Louisiana).  The effects of a microhabitat moisture gradient upon salamander colonization.

Rose, Laura  (Duke University).  Mentors:  Janis Antonovics and Peter Thrall (Duke University).  The effect of leaves and nectar of Silene alba, the host on germination and development of spores of the pathogenic fungus Ustilago violacea.

Shaw, Chad A.  (Duke University).  Mentor:  David McCauley (Vanderbilt Univeristy).  The ecological and evolutionary significance of a polymorphism in egg color in the False Colorado Potato Beetle.

Shinaman, Richard C.  (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill).  Mentors:  Geoffrey Parker and Steven Stephenson (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Fairmont State College).  Geomorphological, vegetational and environmental difference between noses and hollows along the northern flank of Big Mountain.

Yurewicz, Kerry  (University of Michigan).  Mentors:  Henry Wilbur and Robert Jaeger (University of Virginia and University of Southwestern Louisiana).  The effect of tail loss and food level on brooding red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus).