ANNOUNCING THE 2022 STUDENT RESEARCH GRANT, DEVELOPING NATIONS AND JUSTICE EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION RESEARCH AWARDS
GEORGE W. BARLOW AWARD
Xochitl Ortiz Ross, UCLA, Long-Term Consequences of Multiple Early-Life Stressors on the Reproductive Strategies of a Wild Mammal
DAVID TUBER APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AWARD
Emma Cox, Auburn University , Characterizing Sustained Attention Performance by Detection Canines
ABS CONSERVATION AWARD
Leah Crenshaw, University of Northern Colorado, Grassland Bird Song and Nesting Success at the Landscape-level: Linking Landscape Characteristics with Behavior in Western Meadowlarks (Sturnella neglecta)
AMY R. SAMUELS CETACEAN BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION AWARD
Fernanda Urrutia, , University of California San Diego, Application of drones to document the impact of whale-watching boats on the behavior of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in a nursing lagoon of Baja California
STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS
| Jonathan Aguinaga, Individual Personalities and Species Identity may Influence the Likelihood of Socially Learning Novel Tasks in Mixed and Single-species Groups |
| Dustin Brewer, An experimental test of conspecific attraction as a tool for influencing breeding habitat selection by migrating rails |
| Franco Cargnelutti, One Procursus To Rule Them All: Possible Dual Function Of A Spider Genital Structure In A Sperm Competition Context |
| Vanessa Cunha, Linking life-history and behavioral phenotypes with the genotype of feeding habits in blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) |
| Ron A. Fernandez, Acoustic Female-Male Recognition: Assessing Divergence on Auditory Forebrain in Neotropical Songbirds |
| Alexa Guerrera, Rare male mating advantages inform conservation methods in wild guppies |
| Clara Howell, Song, pathogen response, and reproductive tactics in swamp sparrows (Melospiza georgiana) |
| Ellen Jacobs, Do Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) Modify Echolocation Behavior While Using Sponge Tools to Forage? |
| Cheyenne Jarman, The influence of grazer behavior on ecosystem tipping point dynamics |
| Maggie Jones, Can fear protect plants? A test of behaviorally-mediated trophic cascades |
| lata Kalra, Identifying The Rules Of Perceptual Organization In Animal Communication |
| Neil Khosla, Evolution of microRNAs and juvenile aggression in poison frog tadpoles |
| Kimberly Lato, Effects of Rising Air Temperatures on Reproductive Behavior and Success |
| Brian Leavell, How eavesdropping enemies modulate male attractiveness to females |
| Meghan Maciejewski, Changes in Maternal Investment Associated with an Evolutionary Loss of Male Uniparental Care in Threespine Stickleback |
| Elsa Mardine, Cognition and sexual selection in a brood parasite bird, the Brown-headed cowbird.† |
| Audrey Miller, Describing female behavior and perspective in a dynamic hummingbird courtship display |
| Kevin Neumann, Ecology of collective behavior in natural populations of two stickleback ecotypes |
| Kerstin Ozkan, Impacts of Noise and Light Exposure on Provisioning Rates and Body Condition in Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) |
| Anisha Padur Sankaranarayan, Effectiveness of current mitigation measures in reducing elephant-train collision in Madhukkarai- Kanjikode railway tracks, India. |
| Yi Hang Park, Indirect genetic effects on multiple types of aggressive displays in male bean bug Riptortus pedestris † |
| Philip Queller, How are male courtship and coercion mediated in the brain and are they associated with variation in male cognitive performance? |
| Emily Ray, Sensory and Neural Mechanisms of Parent-Offspring Recognition in a Mouthbrooding Fish |
| Kiran Reed, Evaluating The Nonconsumptive Effects Of Giant Sea Bass (Stereolepis Gigas). |
| Michelle Ross, Physiological and behavioral impacts of lead on songbirds along urban-to-rural gradient |
| Stephanie Ruck, The Effect of fire sensory cues on animal behavior |
| Jessica Stamn, Understanding Risk Assessment of Mesocarnivores When Predator Cues Are Lacking |
| Stephanie Szarmach, The Evolution of Migration at High Latitudes: Linking Breeding Latitude, Wintering Area, and Genomic Variation in Myrtle Warblers (Setophaga coronata coronata) |
| Min Tan, The Flicker Fusion Camouflage Effect using Jumping Spiders as the Model Predator |
| Dakota Vaccaro, Efficacy of Deterrent Fences in Relation to African Savanna Elephant Group Type and Behavior |
| Guillermo Valiño, Understanding novel mechanisms underlying aggression in a wild South American fish |
| Paula Verzola-Olivio, It Takes Two to Tango: Female Role in Guinea Pig Courtship Displays |
| John Waller, Microclimate predictors of roost selection in Arizona Myotis (Myotis occultus) |
| Anna Willoughby, Building use by ringtails alters species interactions across the food web |
| Mackenzie Woods, Assessing the effects of anthropogenic noise on parental care and acoustic courtship in the plainfin midshipman fish |
| Madeleine Zuercher, Impacts of Invasive Cats on the Behavior and Ecology of Insular Ringtails |
DEVELOPING NATIONS RESEARCH AWARDS
| Marco Polo Franco Archundia, Parental care and reproductive success of the native cichlid, Mexican mojarra, in the presence of invasive cichlids from the Balsas Basin |
| Wiliam Ku Peralta, Use of Multimodal Signals in Species Recognition in Two Closely Related Neotropical Wren Species |
| Anabela Miranda, Does Whale Watching Tourism Impact the Behavior of Brazilian Whales? Ask the Drone! |
| Kavya Mohan N, Foraging Range Of Eastern Honey Bee And Stingless Bee |
| Ishani Mukherjee, Shoals in troubled waters? The impact of rising water temperatures on multi-species shoals of tropical fish |
| Angie Sofia Reyes, Spatiotemporal changes in gene expression†of candidate genes†associated with mate choice in the guppy brain (Poecilia reticulata) |
| Jessica van der Wal, Human-Honeyguide Mutualism in the Kingdom of Eswatini |
JUSTICE EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION RESEARCH AWARDS
| Sophia Corde, Using satellite telemetry and behavior to guide management programs for migrating West Indian Manatee populations in Mobile Bay, AL |
| Jake Funkhouser, Social Roles and Cultural Learning in Chimpanzee Societies |
| Kay Garlick-Ott, Consequences of Gull Aggression in a Mixed Seabird Colony from a Spatial Perspective |
| BreAnn Geralds, Larval competition and role in reinforcing species boundaries in three Ameerega poison frog species |
| Faith Hardin, To Care or to Cannibalize: Neural Mechanisms Driving Trade-offs in Parental Care |
| Carlos Linares, Light pollution influence on insectivorous bats behavior. |
| Lauren Pharr, Potential Interactions between Climate Change and Density-Dependent Factors Driving Population Dynamics of the Federally Endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpecker |
| Rohan Sarkar, Hearing Their Humans: Understanding the role of auditory cues and the capability of free-ranging dogs in interspecific individual recognition using artificial agents |
| Kirsten Sheehy, Like mother, like daughter? The influence of non-genetic inheritance on offspring behavior. |
| Katharina Soto, Survival of the Boldest? The Role of Behavior in Invasive Species Success |
| Sunishka Thakur, Using transcriptomics to understand the evolution of pre-mating behaviors in a fish system with Alternative Reproductive Tactics |
| Eric Trotman, Inducible defenses and carryover tradeoffs in amphibians: Conflicting effects of predators and parasites on behavior |
| John Paul Williams Soriano, Mechanisms of reproductive plasticity in North American Red Squirrels |