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Brown, Janna (Georgia Southern University). Mentor: Lorne Wolfe (Georgia Southern University). The role of genetic diversity and plant density on colonizing population performance: An experimental test with the invasive plant, Silene latifolia.
Buderman, Frances (Cornell University). Mentor: Eric Liebgold (University of Virginia). Effect of age class and search method on parameter estimation in Plethodon cinereus.
Chaby, Lauren (Clarkson University). Mentor: Kristal Cain (Indiana University). Extrinsic and intrinsic factors as predictors of risk-taking behavior and nest success in female songbirds.
Larsen, Whitney (Cornell University). Mentor: Vince Formica (University of Virginia). Fitness consequences of social networks in forked fungus beetles (Bolitotherus cornutus).
Montgomery, David (Grinnell College). Mentor: Vince Formica (University of Virginia). Audience effect of a social environment on courtship in Bolitotherus cornutus.
Pagan, Viankie (University of Puerto Rico). Mentor: Eric Nagy (University of Virginia). Spore germination and fitness on hybrid ferns from the wood fern genus Dryopteris.
Rearick, Daniel (Clarion University of Pennsylvania). Mentor: Tami Ranson (University of Virginia). Indirect effects of deer populations on earthworms within Virginian deciduous hardwood forests.
Rice, Rebecca (Indiana University). Mentor: Dustin Reichard (Indiana University). Disentangling structure and amplitude in birdsong: behavioral response of male Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) to two distinct song classes.
Rich, Miriam (Swarthmore College) Mentors: Kristal Cain (Indiana University). Response of female dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis) to simulated intrusions by male and female conspecifics.
Siegal, Ruby (Fort Lewis College). Mentor: Katie Burke (University of Virginia). Effects of interacting disturbance and environment on former oak-chestnut forests eighty years after chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) introduction.
Terry, Anne (University of Texas). Mentor: Leleña Avila (University of Virginia). Does where you live influence what you eat? Influence of microhabitat and phylogeny on feeding ecology.