1998 REU Projects

Bilyeu, Danielle  (Rice University).  Mentor:  Eric Nagy (University of Virginia).  Comparison of performance of two mint species, Monarda clinopodia and M. fistulosa, and their hybrid at three light levels.

Donnelly, Elise  (College of William and Mary).  Mentor:  Brandi VanRoo (Indiana University).  Comparisons of nest defense between male and female blue-headed vireos.

England, Laura  (North Carolina State University).  Mentor:  Henry Wilbur (University of Virginia).  Does lichen inhibit the chestnut blight fungus?

Hawley, Dana  (College of William and Mary).  Mentor:  Leslie Rissler (University of Virginia).  The behavioral response of Desmognathus monticola to its larger congener, Desmognathus quadramaculatus.

Kane, Stephanie  (College of William and Mary).  Mentor:  Eric Nagy (University of Virginia).  Genetic variation and hybridization of Monarda clinopodia and M. fistulosa in the Mountain Lake area.

McDonald, Alice  (Duke University).  Mentor:  Janis Antonovics (Duke University).  Competition among isolates of the anther-smut fungus, Ustilago violacea.

Moses, Woody  (Vassar College).  Mentor:  Eric Nagy (University of Virginia).  Vegetative versus reproductive growth in a density-dependent system.

Potter, Erin  (College of William and Mary).  Mentor:  Charlie Werth (Texas Tech.).  Genetic divergence in Southern Appalachian populations of Athyrium filix-femina  var. asplenioides.

Sass, Danielle  (Swarthmore College).  Mentor:  Stephanie Welter (Indiana University).  Crypsis abilities and response to cues in two larval populations of Southern Two-lined Salamanders (Eurycea cirrigera).

Sciarretta, Kimberly  (University of Virginia).  Mentor:  Charlie Werth (Texas Tech.).  Genetic variation and clonal tendencies of Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides (Southern Lady  Fern) in the Appalachian region of the Virginias.

Wisinski, Gwendolen  (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign).  Mentor:  Erica Crespi (University of Virginia).  Prolactin and parental care in Plethodon cinereus.