The Center for Field Research (CFR) reviews and recommends proposals for support by Earthwatch Institute . Earthwatch Institute sponsors field studies worldwide by scholars working to investigate and/or conserve the Earth's physical, biological, and cultural heritage. Interested scholars should submit to CFR a two-page description of planned research and field methods including dates, budget, and plans for the use of Earthwatch Institute volunteers as field assistants. If funding for the proposed research is deemed appropriate, a more detailed full proposal will be invited for peer review. Earthwatch Institute and The Center for Field Research are not-for-profit organizations. The 1995 program was distributed as follows: Life Sciences 54%, Physical Sciences 11%, and Social Sciences 35%. We are pleased to announce that the following projects were approved for Earthwatch Institute support in fiscal year 1995.
Life Sciences
Ecology
Dr. Boguslaw Bobek, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Wildlife Research, Jagiellonian University, Poland · Dr. Kajetan Perzanowski, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife Research (same institution). Monitoring of Large Predators, their Prey and Habitats in the Eastern Carpathians Biosphere Reserve, Poland.
Dr. Robin C. Brace, Lecturer in Zoology, University of Nottingham, U.K. · Dr. Christopher J. Barnard, Reader in Zoology (same institution) · Dr. John C. Hartley, Honorary University Research Fellow, Department of Life Sciences (same institution). Ecology, Biogeography and Conservation of Forest Island Faunas, Bolivia.
Dr. Alejandro Estrada, Senior Research Scientist, Estacion de Biología "Los Tuxtlas," Instituto de Bología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. Vanishing Rain Forests of Mexico.
Dr. David Malcolm Harper, Lecturer in Ecology, University of Leicester, U.K. · Dr. Rick North, Fisheries Scientist, National Rivers Authority, England · Dr. Kenneth Mavuti, Lecturer in Zoology, University of Nairobi · Dr. Tony Cook, Director, Newton Field Centre, Kettering, U.K. Inside Lake Naivasha and Hell's Gate National Park, Kenya.
Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor of Zoology, University of Maryland. Field Biology at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado.
Durrell D. Kapan, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada. Diversity of Heliconius Butterfly Wing Patterns in Endangered Rain Forests of Western Ecuador.
Alison J. Leslie, Doctoral Candidate, Crocodile Research Project, Natal Parks Board, South Africa · Dr. James R. Spotila, Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University. The Role of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Lake St. Lucia Ecosystem in Natal, South Africa.
Dr. Robert T. Mason, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Oregon State University and Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Memphis State University, Tennessee · Dr. Patrick T. Gregory, Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Behavioral Ecology and Reproductive Biology of Red-sided Garter Snakes from the Interlake Region of Manitoba, Canada.
Dr. William J. McShea, Research Scientist, Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution. The Impact of White-tailed Deer on Forest Communities in the Eastern U.S., Virginia.
Dr. Peter L. Meserve, Professor of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University · W. Bryan Milstead, Doctoral Candidate, University of Maryland · Dr. Julio R. Gutièrrez, Professor of Plant Ecology, Universidad de La Serena, Chile. Role of Biotic Interactions in a Northern Semiarid Small Mammal Community in Chile.
Dr. Gary A. Polis, Associate Professor of Biology, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee. Biogeography and Ecology of Lizards and Spiders from the Gulf of California, Mexico.
Dr. Peter A. Quinby, Executive Director and Research Scientist, Ancient Forest Exploration and Research, Ontario. Ontario's Ancient Forests, Canada.
Dr. Umakant Ray Yadav, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Restoration of Wetlands of the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Inventory and Monitoring
Dr. Leo J. Borkin, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Herpetology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences · Dr. Valery K. Eremchenko, Head, Zoological Museum, Institute of Biology, Kirghiz Academy of Sciences. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Tien-Shan Mountains: Diversity and Speciation, Kirghizia.
Dr. Martin R. Cheek, Scientific Officer for West and Congolian Africa, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. · Stuart Cable, Scientific Officer (same institution). Botanical Inventory of Lower Altitude Rain Forests, Mount Cameroon.
Dr. Zsolt Debreczy, Mercer Fellow and Visiting Scientist, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Massachusetts and Director, Dendrological Atlas Project, Museum of Natural History, Budapest · Dr. István Rácz, Mercer Fellow and Visting Scientist, Arnold Arboretum and Dendrological Atlas Project, Museum of Natural History, Budapest · Zhao Yinghao (consultant), Gardener and Researcher, Beijing Botanical Garden Institute of Botany, China. Documenting Dendroflora in Southwest China.
Dr. Marc De Meyer, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museums of Kenya. Hoverflies and Allies in Kakamega Tropical Rain Forest, Kenya.
Carlos A. López González, Doctoral Candidate, Idaho State University · Dr. John Laundrè, Adjunct Professor, Biological Sciences Department, Idaho State University · Alberto Gonzalez Romero, Instituto de Ecología, Mexico. The Small Carnivore Community of a Tropical Dry Forest in Mèxico.
Dr. Judd A. Howell, Research Scientist, U.S. Department of Interior, National Biological Survey; Natural Resources Specialist and Research Ecologist, U.S. National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. Wildlife Habitat Relationships in Golden Gate National Recreation Area California.
Prof. Roger L. Kitching, Foundation Professor of Ecology, Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia and External Examiner in Biology, University of Brunei · Dr. Susan McIntyre, National Research Fellow, Department of Ecosystem Management, University of New England, Australia. Insects and their Impact in the Subtropical and Tropical Rain Forests of Australia.
Prof. Roger L. Kitching, Foundation Professor of Ecology, Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia and External Examiner in Biology, University of Brunei · Dr. Albert G. Orr, Lecturer in Biology, University of Brunei. The Biodiversity of a Global Hotspot: Insects and the Rainforests of Borneo, Brunei.
Dr. David A. Nickle, Research Entomologist and Unit Leader, Hymenoptera-Orthoptera Research Group, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, US National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution · Dr. James L. Castner, Biological Photographer, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida. Katydids of the Peruvian Amazon.
Dr. Christopher John Raxworthy, Research Associate, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Rainforest Reptiles and Amphibians of Madagascar.
John E. Roth, Resource Management Specialist, Oregon Caves National Monument. Cave Formations and Macro-invertebrate Baselines, Oregon.
Dr. Jatna Supriatna, Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Indonesia and Chairman, Yayasan Bina Sains Hayati Indonesia(YABSHI)/The Indonesian Foundation for the Advancement of Biological Sciences (IFABS). Ecological Monitoring of Forest and Marine Ecosystems in the Togian Islands, Indonesia.
Terence C. E. Wells, Plant Ecologist/Botanist, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, U.K. · Nicholas J. Riddiford, Director, Fair Isle Bird Observatory, Shetland Islands. Biodiversity of Wetlands at S'Albufera, Mallorca, Spain.
Mammalogy-Marine
Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Research Biologist and Vice President, Center for Whale Research, Washington · Diane Claridge, Research Biologist (same institution). Visual and Acoustic Survey of Bahamian Marine Mammal Species and Habitats.
Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Research Biologist and Vice President, Center for Whale Research, Washington · Dr. Astrid Maria van Ginneken, Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Long-term Studies of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Pods in Puget Sound, Washington.
Dr. Peter B. Best, Senior Research Officer, Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Survey of the Genetic Variation of the Right Whale Population off the Coast of South Africa.
Dr. Wang Ding, Associate Professor, Department of River Dolphin Research, Institute of Hydrobiology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences · Zhang Xianfeng, Research Associate and Vice Director (same institution). Population Biology of Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) in Tian-e-zhou Baiji Natural Reserve, China.
Dr. Peter G. H. Evans, Scientific Director, Sea Watch Foundation, England and Research Associate, Zoology Department, University of Oxford · Dr. James R. Heimlich-Boran, Program Manager, Sea Watch Foundation. Economic, Educational and Research Roles of Whalewatching in Britain and Ireland.
Daniela Maldini Feinholz, Director, Monterey Bay Coastal Dolphin Project. Photo-identification, Behavioral Patterns, and Long-range Movements of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Monterey Bay, California.
Jay F. Gorzelany, Senior Biologist, Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida and Coordinator, Marine Mammal Stranding Program · Dr. Randall S. Wells, Behavioral Ecologist, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago; Marine Mammal Research Program Coordinator, Mote Marine Laboratory; and Vice President of Research, Dolphin Biology Research Institute, Sarasota, Florida. Residence Patterns and Habitat of Florida Manatees.
Dr. Louis M. Herman, Director, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory and Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Manoa. Intelligence and Communication in Dolphins, Hawaii.
Dr. Louis M. Herman, Director, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory and Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Manoa · Dr. Adam Pack, Senior Research Coordinator, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory, University of Hawaii. The Age/Sex Composition and Residency Structure of Wintering Humpback Whales, Hawaii.
Curt Jenner, Research Biologist, Centre for Whale Research (Western Australia), Inc. · Micheline-Nicole Jenner, Research Biologist (same institution) · Kenneth C. Balcomb, III, Vice President, Center for Whale Research, Washington. Western Australia Humpback Whale Project.
Dr. Ronald J. Schusterman, Research Marine Biologist and Adjunct Professor of Marine Studies, Institute of Marine Sciences, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz · David Kastak, Doctoral Candidate (same institution). Pinniped Acoustic Behavior, California.
Dr. Randall S. Wells, Behavioral Ecologist, Brookfield Zoo, Chicago; Marine Mammal Research Program Coordinator, Mote Marine Laboratory; and Vice President of Research, Dolphin Biology Research Institute, Sarasota, Florida · Dr. Andrew J. Read, Post-doctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Dr. Michael D. Scott, Senior Scientist, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, Scripps Institute of Oceanography · Dr. Blair Irvine, Adjunct Research Scientist, Oregon Research Institute and President, Dolphin Biology Research Institute. Population Biology and Behavior of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins, Florida.
Dr. Bernd Wumlrsig, Professor of Marine Mammalogy, Marine Mammal Research Program, Texas A&M University at Galveston · Suzanne Yin, Graduate Student (same institution). The Dusky Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus: Effects of Human Activities, New Zealand.
Mammalogy-Terrestrial
Dr. Govindasamy Agoramoorthy, Visiting Scientist, Smithsonian Institution, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Ohio State University. A Field Study of the Demography and Behavior of Red Howler Monkeys in Venezuela.
Dr. Sky Alibhai, Lecturer in Zoology, University of London; Zoe Jewell, Independent Researcher. Rhinowatch: Rhinoceros Survey in Zimbabwe.
Dr. Raphael Ben-Shahar, Independent Researcher, Givataym, Israel. Elephants and their Habitats in North Botswana, Africa.
Dr. Wolfgang P. J. Dittus, Research Associate, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution; Director, Primate Studies Program, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Sri Lanka; and Advisor for Wildlife Conservation, Government of Sri Lanka. Behavior, Ecology and Epidemiology in Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) of Sri Lanka.
Joseph Paine Dudley, Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Community Ecology of the African Savanna Elephant, Zimbabwe.
Dr. Roni King, Director, Hai Bar Yotvata Reserve, Nature Reserves Authority, Israel · David Alexandrovich Blank, Research Associate (same institution) · Jiftach Sinai, Biologist and Ranger (same institution). The Population Dynamics of Dorcas Gazelles at the Hai-Bar Reserve, Israel.
Dr. Evelyn B. Hanggi, Head, The Equine Research Foundation, and Post-graduate Researcher, University of California, Santa Cruz. Equine Cognition Project, California.
Dr. Yadvendradev V. Jhala, Faculty/Scientist, Wildlife Institute of India. Conservation Research for the Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes).
Dr. Alison Jolly, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Biology, Princeton University · Professor Hantanirina Rasamimanana, Assistant Professor of Zoology, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Madagascar Lemurs at Berenty.
Alexine Keuroghlian, Doctoral Candidate, University of Nevada, Reno. The Response of Peccaries to Seasonal Fluctuations in an Isolated Patch of Tropical Forest, Brazil.
Dr. John W. Laundrè, Adjunct Professor of Biology, Idaho State University · Dr. Donald P. Streubel, Professor of Biology (same institution). Biology, Ecology, and Conservation of Mountain Lions in Fragmented Habitat, Idaho.
Dr. Lynne E. Miller, Lecturer in Anthropology, Santa Monica College, California. Feeding Ecology and Social Behavior of the Wedge-Capped Capuchin Monkey (Cebus olivaceus), Venezuela.
Dr. Rolf O. Peterson, Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Michigan Technological University. Moose-Wolf Ecology on Isle Royale, Michigan.
Dr. Roger A. Powell, Professor, Departments of Zoology and Forestry, North Carolina State University. Social Organization and Energetics of Black Bears, North Carolina.
Dr. Kenneth C. Richardson, Senior Lecturer, Division of Veterinary Biology, Murdoch University, Western Australia · Dr. Ronald D. Wooller, Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences (same institution). Honey Possum and Honeyeater Biology, Western Australia.
Dr. Peggy D. Rismiller, Senior Research Associate, University of Adelaide, South Australia. Echidna Ecology, South Australia.
Jeff Short, Senior Research Scientist, Divison of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Australia. Re-establishment of Endangered Mammals on Mainland Australia.
Dr. James L. David Smith, Professor of Wildlife Biology, University of Minnesota · Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, Doctoral Candidate, University of Minnesota and Director, Kao Nang Rum Research Station, Thailand · Dr. Schwann Tunhikorn, Chief, Technical Section, Wildlife Conservation Section, Royal Forest Department, Thailand. Ecological Separation of Gaur and Banteng: Conservation Implications of Increasing Habitat Overlap, Thailand.
John Terwilliger, Field Investigator and Instructor, International Wolf Center and Vermillion Community College · Lori J. Schmidt, Field Investigator and Instructor (same institutions) · Dr. L. David Mech (Scientific Advisor), Wildlife Research Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station and Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology and Behavioral Biology, University of Minnesota. Movement Patterns and Travel Associations of Wolves on the Superior National Forest, Minnesota.
Dr. Robert G. White, Professor of Zoophysiology and Nutrition, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Nutritional Effects on Lactation, Nursing Behavior, and Breeding Success of Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), Alaska.
Marine Biology
Ralf H. Boulon, Endangered Species Coordinator, USVI Division of Fish and Wildlife · Peter Dutton, Principal Investigator, Sea World Research Institute, San Diego · Donna McDonald, Research Assistant, Sea World Research Institute, San Diego. Breeding Biology of the Leatherback Sea Turtle, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Jean De Marignac, Doctoral Candidate, University of Miami · Dr. Samuel H. Gruber (Consultant), Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami and Elasmobranch Consultants, Florida. Homing Behavior and its Sensory Basis in the Lemon Shark (Negaprion brevirostris) in Bimini Lagoon, Bahamas.
Dr. Jerry F. Downhower, Professor of Zoology, The Ohio State University · Dr. Luther P. Brown, Associate Professor of Biology, George Mason University. Social Control of Life Histories: Behavioral and Ecological Investigations of Freshwater Bahamian Fish Communities, Bahamas.
Dr. Paul H. Forestell, Director of Research and Education, Pacific Whale Foundation, Hawaii · Eric K. Brown, Senior Research Associate (same institution). Tropical Reef Dynamics, Hawaii.
Dr. Denis C. Goulet, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo · Dr. Ernst S. Reese, Professor of Zoology, University of Hawaii. Butterflyfishes as Indicators of Disturbance on Coral Reefs, Fiji.
Dr. Dominique S. Hall, Project Officer, Great Barrier Reef Aquarium, Queensland, Australia · Paul D. Hough, Biologist/Research Officer, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Aquarium, Australia. Giant Clams of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Paul D. Hough, Biologist/Research Officer, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Aquarium, Australia · Dr. Janice I. Morrissey, Assistant Curator (same institution). The Captive Breeding of Great Barrier Reef Corals, Australia.
Dr. Christopher C. Kohler, Professor, Fisheries Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale · Dr. Susan T. Kohler, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture (same institution). Feeding Ecology of Marine Herbivorous Fishes in a Ciguatera Endemic Region, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Maria ângela Guagni dei Marcovaldi, President, Fundação Pró-Tamar, Brazil. Sea Turtle Conservation and Research, Brazil.
Dr. John R. McConaugha, Associate Professor of Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Virginia · Robert D. Brumbaugh, Doctoral Candidate (same institution). Blue Crab Recruitment in Black Barrier Lagoons of Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Thomas A. McGrath, Biology Professor, Corning Community College, New York · Dr. Garriett W. Smith, Associate Professor of Biology, University of South Carolina, Aiken · Dr. Donald T. Gerace, Director, Bahamian Field Station, San Salvador. Long-term Study of Coral Bleaching on Reefs of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Dr. William O. McLarney, Co-Director, ANAI, Costa Rica · Sr. Herman Benson Venegas Robinson, Director of Field Operations (same institution) · Sr. Didiher Chacón Chaverri, Director of Studies, Tarpon Project (same institution). Conservation of the Leatherback Turtle, Gandoca/Manzanillo, Costa Rica.
Dr. Frank V. Paladino, Biology Professor, Purdue University · Dr. James R. Spotila, Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University · Dr. David C. Rostal, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, San Diego Zoo · Dr. Edward A. Standora, Associate Professor of Biology, State University College at Buffalo, New York. Leatherback Turtle Nesting Ecology and Physiology, Costa Rica.
Ian Tittley, Principal Scientific Officer, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K. · Ana Isabel Neto, Research and Assistant Lecturer, Head of Marine Biological Team, University of the Azores and Curator of Algology and Ichthyology, Museum Carlos Machado, Ponta Delgada, Azores. Azores Archipelago: Inventory, Ecology, Biogeography of the Marine Flora.
James L. Van Tassell, Field Associate, Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History · Dr. Barbara Brown, Collections Registrar, Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History · Jesus Manuel Falcon, Doctoral Candidate, Universidad de La Laguna. Fishes of the Canary Islands: Quantitative Habitat Study.
Dr. Alan T. White, Coastal Resource Manager and Coral Reef Specialist, Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island. Coral Reef Surveys for Conservation Planning in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
Dr. Howard E. Winn, Oceanographer, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island · Dr. Susan L. Hammen-Winn, Adjunct Professor of Botany (same institution). Behavioral Ecology of Coral Reef Fish Communities, Belize.
Ornithology
Michael S. W. Bradstreet, Executive Director, Long Point Bird Observatory, Ontario · Jon D. McCracken, Migration Program Manager (same institution). Monitoring Songbird Migration at Long Point, Lake Erie, Canada.
Donna A. Dewhurst, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Neotropical Bird Monitoring - Alaska Peninsula NWR.
Dr. Peter V. Driscoll, Consultant Biologist and Queensland Regional Coordinator, Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme · Dr. Kees Hulsman, Lecturer, School of Australian Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Australia. Monitoring of the Northward Migration of Shorebirds in Moreton Bay, Queensland.
Dr. Alan Fielding, Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, U.K. · Dr. Paul Haworth, Freelance Ecologist, Argyllshire, U.K. Foraging Activities of Predatory and Scavenging Birds in Northwest Scotland.
Dr. Gábor L. Lövei, Research Scientist, HortResearch Batchelar Research Centre, New Zealand · Dr. Tibor Csörgö, Lecturer, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary · Dr. Sergio Scebba, Independent Researcher, Naples, Italy. Population Trends of Migrant Passerines in Europe: Italy and Hungary.
Dr. David B. McDonald, Postdoctoral Fellow, Archbold Biological Station, Florida and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida. Male-male Cooperation in a Lekking Manakin, Costa Rica.
Dr. James Mills, Independent Researcher. Colonial Red-billed Gull Study, New Zealand.
Jeffrey David Parrish, Doctoral Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Rhode Island. Fruit and the Migrant Bird on Block Island: The Role of Diet in the Migration Ecology of Declining Songbird Populations, Rhode Island.
James Paruk, Field Ecologist, BioDiversity, Inc.,Michigan · David C. Evers, President, BioDiversity, Inc. and Doctoral Candidate, Fish and Wildlife Department, University of Minnesota. Great Lakes Common Loons, Michigan.
Dr. Denis A. Saunders, Principal Research Scientist, Division of Wildlife and Ecology, CSIRO, Australia. Bird Movements in Agricultural Landscapes, Western Australia.
Physical Sciences
Biogeochemistry
Dr. J. Scott Turner, Assistant Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, New York. Ventilation in Colonies of Southern African Macrotermites, Namibia.
Geography
Dr. Martin J. Haigh, Principal Lecturer in Physical Geography, Oxford Brooks University, U.K. and Vice President, World Association of Soil and Water Conservation · Professor Svetla Gentcheva, Vice Director, Academy of Forest Engineering, Sofia and Deputy Head, Department of Ecology and Nature Conservation · Dr. Elena Zheleva, Associate Professor, University of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, Sofia. Geoecological Approach to the Reclamation of Surface Coal-mine Devastated Land, South Wales, United Kingdom.
Geology
Dr. Yuri M. Doubik, Senior Scientist, Institute of Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences · Dr. Slava Shapar, Research Scientist, Institute of Volcanic Geology and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences. Catastrophic Volcanic Blasts on Kamchatka, Russia.
Dr. Gary L. Kinsland, Professor of Geology, The University of Southwestern Louisiana · Dr. Timothy W. Duex, Assistant Professor of Geology (same institution) · Dr. Daniel R. Tucker, Associate Professor of Geology (same institution). Sierra Quemada Caldera Eruptions: Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Dr. Floyd W. McCoy, Jr., Lecturer, University of Hawaii and Research Scientist, Associated Scientists at Woods Hole. Archaeostratigraphy and Volcanostratigraphy of Late Bronze Age (Minoan) Deposits on Thira Using Sub-surface Radar Imagery, Greece.
Dr. LEarthwatch Institutes A. Owen, Lecturer, Department of Geography and Geology, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, England. Environmental Change and Landscape Evolution in the Lahul Himalaya, India.
Professor W. Brian Whalley, Head of Research, School of Geosciences, Queens University, Belfast ··Dr. David R. Twigg, Lecturer in Land Surveying, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University. Glacio-environmental Investigations in Norway.
Hydrology
Dr. Reza M. Khanbilvardi, Professor and Director, Center for Water Resources and Environmental Research, City College, The City University of New York · Dr. John H. Tietjen, Professor, Department of Biology (same institution) · Dr. Yevgeniy D. Gopchenko, Professor, Vice Chancellor for Research, and Head of the Land Hydrology Department, Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, Ukraine · Dr. Paeli A. Kulakova, Leading Research Scientist and Lecturer, Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, Ukraine. Study of Complex Anthropogenic Impact upon the Water Regime and Quality of Ukrainian Small Rivers.
Dr. Josef Krecek, Associate Professor, Institute of Applied Ecology, Agricultural University of Prague, The Czech Republic. Acid Rain: Rehabilitation of the Air Pollution Damaged Headwaters of North Bohemia, The Czech Republic.
Dr. Marina M. Timofeyeva, Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, Kent State University, Ohio. The Investigation of Low Flow on Small Estonian Rivers.
Oceanography
Dr. Bhawan Singh, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Montreal, Canada. Ongoing Field Detection of Global Warming and Sea Level Rise and the Elaboration of Adaptation Strategies in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago.
Paleontology
Dr. Larry D. Agenbroad, Director, Quaternary Studies Program and Professor of Geology, Northern Arizona University · Dr. James I. Mead, Associate Professor of Environmental Geology (same institution). Excavations at the Hot Springs Mammoth Site, South Dakota.
Dr. Neville F. Alley, Principal Geologist and Senior Palynologist, Biostratigraphy Branch, Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia · Dr. Andrew I. Rowett, Palaeobotanist and Palynologist (same institution). Fossil Rain Forests of Inland South Australia.
Jian Guan, Associate Professor and Chief, Mammalian Research Group, Paleontology Department, Beijing Natural History Museum. Fossil Vertebrates from the Dragon Bone Hill, Tongxin, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Northwest China.
Dr. J. Keith Rigby, Jr., Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Indiana. The Last of the North American Dinosaurs, Montana.
Dr. Katharine Scott, Research Associate, Baden Powell Quaternary Research Centre, and Lecturer, St. Cross College, University of Oxford, U.K. Pleistocene Geoarchaeology at Stanton Harcourt Channel, Oxfordshire, U.K.
Dr. William D. Sill, Research Professor of Geology, National University of San Juan, Argentina and Curator of Paleontology, Museum of Natural Sciences, San Juan · Professor Alfredo M. Monetta, Professor of Paleontology, University of San Juan and Director, Museum of Natural Sciences, San Juan. Paleontological Exploration of the Ischigualasto Valley, San Juan Province, Argentina.
Social Sciences
Archaeology
Dr. E. Charles Adams, Associate Curator of Archaeology and Director, Homol'ovi Research Program, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona · Richard C. Lange, Senior Research Specialist and Associate Director (same institution). Organizational Responses to Aggregation in the American Southwest: A Case Study at Homol'ovi II, Arizona.
Professor David Austin, Senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Archaeology, Saint David's University College, Wales. Carew Castle Archaeological Project, Wales.
Paul T. Bidwell, Principal Keeper of Archaeology, Tyne and Wear Museums Service, U.K. · Nicholas Hodgson, Assistant Keeper of Field Archaeology, Tyne and Wear Museums Service, and Doctoral Candidate, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K. Arbeia Roman Fort Excavation, England.
Dr. Robson Bonnichsen, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Founding Director, The Center for the Study of the First Americans, Oregon State University. First Americans Expedition, Montana.
Dr. James L. Boone, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of New Mexico. Rural Settlement and Islamization in Medieval Portugal.
Margaret Sabom Bruchez, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University. Proyecto de Arqueología de Sololá, Guatemala.
Prof. Andrea Carandini, Senior Professor of Greek and Roman Archaeology, University of Rome "La Sapienza" · Dr. Nicola Terrenato, Research Assistant, University of Rome. Excavation of an Etruscan and Roman Farm in Tuscany, Italy.
Sally J. Cole, Archaeologist-Rock Art Consultant, Bureau of Land Management, San Juan Resource Area, Monticello, Utah. The Cedar Mesa Rock Art Project, Utah.
María Auxiliadora Cordero, Doctoral Candidate, University of Pittsburgh. The Trajectory of a North Andean Chiefdom: El Quinche, Ecuador.
George M. Crothers, Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Washington University, Missouri · Robert H. Ward, Cultural Resource Specialist, Mammoth Cave National Park, National Park Service. Inventory Cultural Resources in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.
Dr. Bruno David, Research Officer, Kuku Djungan Aboriginal Corporation, Australia. Ngarrabullgan Homeland Research, Queensland, Australia.
Dr. Moshe Fischer, Senior Lecturer and Field Archaeologist, Department of Classical Studies, Tel Aviv University. Archaeological Investigations of Yavneh-Yam, Israel.
Dr. Valeri I. Guliaev, Deputy Director, Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences. Scythians and Greeks at the Middle Don Area, Russia.
Jerome Lynn Hall, Doctoral Candidate, Nautical Archaeology Program, Texas A&M University. The Monte Cristi Shipwreck Project, Dominican Republic.
Dr. Richard J. Harrison, Professor of Archaeology, University of Bristol, U.K. Bronze Age People in Spain.
John E. Howells, Principal Lecturer and Head, Department of Archaeology, Trinity College, Carmarthen, Wales · Chris Fenton-Thomas, Archaeological Field Project Manager (same institution) · Dr. Trevor Kirk, Lecturer in Archaeology (same institution). The Landscape of the Cathar Castles of Tuchan, Languedoc, France.
Dr. William F. Keegan, Associate Curator of Anthropology, Florida Museum of Natural History and Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville. Prehistoric West Indian Specialists, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies.
Michael J. Kimball, Doctoral Candidate, Anthropology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Lough Swilly Archaeological Survey: Investigations into the Neolithic Transition in Northeast County Donegal, Ireland.
Dr. Eric Klingelhofer, Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of History, Mercer College, Georgia. Archaeology of Kilcolman Castle, Ireland.
Dr. Larry McKee, Chief Archaeologist, The Hermitage. The Archaeology of Plantation Life at The Hermitage, Tennessee.
Dr. Ronald A. Messier, Professor of History and Director, Honors Program, Middle Tennessee State University. Sijilmasa--Medieval Gateway to the Sahara, Morocco.
Virginia P. Petch, Lecturer in Archaeology and Doctoral Candidate, University of Manitoba; and Co-owner, Northern Lights Heritage Services, Manitoba. Excavating Old Fort Churchill: A Hudson Bay Company Trading Post, Churchill, Manitoba.
Dr. David Price Williams, Lecturer, Institute of Archaeology, University of London, U.K. · Dr. Peter J. Reynolds, Visiting Professor, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Research Fellow, Institute of Archaeology, University of London, U.K· and Director, Butser Ancient Farm, Hampshire, U.K. Cultural Impact and World Environment: The Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey.
Calogero M. Santoro, Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Tarapacá, Chile and Doctoral Candidate, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Inka Provincial Administration in Northern Chile.
Dr. Glenn W. Sheehan, Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania · Dr. Gregory A. Reinhardt, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Social Sciences, University of Indianapolis. Maritime Archaeology Project--Pingasagruk, Alaska.
Dr. Kristin D. Sobolik, Assistant Professor, Institute for Quaternary Studies, Department of Anthropology, University of Maine. Archaeology and Paleoenvironment of Big Bend National Park, Texas. (In cooperation with U.S. National Parks)
Dr. Christopher M. Stevenson, Director, Diffusion Laboratory, Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Ohio, and Research Associate, Materials Research Laboratory, Penn State University. Easter Island: Prehistoric Settlement, Economy, and Political Evolution, Chile.
Dr. Alexandre G. Veksler, General Director, Center for Archaeological Research, Department of Government Control, Protection, and Utilization of Cultural and Historical Monuments of the City of Moscow · Nicole Prevost Logan, Field Archaeologist/Russian Specialist. Archaeology and Conservation of Historical Sites in Moscow, Russia.
Thomas A. Vosmer, Research Assistant, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum. The Omani Dhow Recording Project, Coast of Oman.
Dr. William H. Waldren, Founder and Director, Deya Archaeological Museum and Research Center, Spain; Research Fellow, Baden-Powell Quaternary Research Centre, Oxford University, U.K· and Churchill Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge University, U.K. Balearic Prehistoric Ecology and Culture, Mallorca, Spain.
Dr. Michael J. Walker, Professor of Physical Anthropology and Head, Sub-Department of Physical Anthropology, Department of Animal Biology, Murcia University, Spain. Searching for Neanderthal Man in Southeast Spain.
Humanities
Kathleen A. Bick, Independent Artist and Educator, Glouster, Ohio. Balinese Offerings: Gifts to the Gods/Works of Art.
Ing. Fabio Carrera, Founder, Venice Project Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Venice, Italy and UNESCO Consultant. Computerized Catalog of Outdoor Art in Venice with Automatic Estimation of Restoration Costs, Italy.
Dr. Joseph L. Mbele, Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. Olaf College, Minnesota. Oral Epics of Northern Tanzania.
Sergey A. Minyonok, Director, Video Encyclopedia of Russian Folklore, Folklore Department, Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences · Dr. Yelena V. Minyonok, Scientific Researcher and Curator, Folklore Archive (same institution). Video Encyclopedia of Russian Folklore.
Chandrabhanu B. Pattanayak, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Communications, McGill University, Canada · Vibha Sharma, Masters Candidate, Graduate Program in Communications, McGill University · Dr. D. P. Pattanayak, Secretary/Treasurer, Indian Institute of Applied Language Sciences, India. Reading and Communicating Ritual and Performance, India.
Naeda Robinson, Teacher Training Fellow-Macedonia and Latvia, USIS · Prof. Miodrag Hadzi-Ristic, Senior Consultant and Ethnologist, National Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Macedonia. Macedonian Identity in National Dress.
Dr. Rachelle H. Saltzman, Staff Folklorist, Delaware County Historical Association, New York · Linda B. Norris, Independent Researcher. Traditional Life and Land-use on Family Farms in the Catskill/Delaware Watershed, New York.
Dr. Mark E. Sunkett, Founder and Artistic Musical Director, Kawambe Drum and Dance Ensemble; and Associate Professor, School of Music, Arizona State University. The Drums of Senegal, Africa.
George Woolston, Architect and Independent Researcher, Kaustinen, Finland. Recording Traditional Rural Buildings in Finland.
Public Health
Dr. Catherine Q. Castañeda, Chief Science Research Specialist, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Philippines. Socio-Cultural Determinants of Food Distribution Patterns on Palawan, Philippines.
Dr. Deborah O. Erwin, Associate Director for Education, Arkansas Cancer Research Center and Assistant Professor, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · Dr. Thea S. Spatz, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Health Education, Department of Biology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Health Education in the Caribbean, St. Lucia.
Dr. Sana Loue, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio · Dr. Janet W. McGrath, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University · Dr. Gilbert B. Bukenya, Associate Professor, Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Uganda. Patterns of Parent-Child Communication in HIV-Impacted Families, Uganda.
Dr. Prisca Nemapare, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Food and Nutrition, Ohio University. Maternal Nutrition and Health in Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe: A Preventive Nutrition Program.
Dr. María Pisana, Neurobiologist; Writer, Creator, and co-Director, Mepomi 2000, Fundación Elpis · Dr. Amanda Bernal, Director of Research on Ecological Survey of Argentinian Pampas, Fundación Elpis and University of Cordoba, Argentina. Investigation of Popular Medical Practice: Its Forms of Implementation in the Argentinian Countryside.
Sustainable Development
Dr. Constance Dustin Becker, Assistant Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University; Research Associate, Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University; and Director-Ecologist, People Allied for Nature, Ltd. · Carmen Bonafaz de Elao, Instructor, Department of Botany, University of Guayaquil; and Curator, Universidad de Guayaquil Herbarium, Ecuador. Community Forest Conservation in Ecuador.
Mario E. Blaser, Doctoral Candidate, Instituto de Cs. Antropologicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Junior Researcher, CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technological Research), Argentina. The Chamacoco Endurance, Paraguay.
Dr. Ning Labbish Chao, Titular Professor, Universidade do Amazonas and Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), Brazil; and Founder, Bio-Amazonia Conservation International, Inc., Florida. Ornamental Fishes - The Gems from Streams of Amazon Rain Forest.
Jenny L. Feick, Chief of Interpretaion Extension and Cooperative Activbities and Chief of Heritage Communications, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks, Canadian Wildlife Service, Western Region · Dr. Albert Einsiedel, Co-founder, Protected Management Program and Professor, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta. Environmental Vision for a Canadian Mountain Community.
Dr. Daniel M. Kammen, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Princeton University and Research Affiliate, Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government · Monique Mwove Nditu, Research Staff, African Academy of Sciences, Kenya. Sustainable Development and Alternative Energy Sources in Kenya.
Dr. Lu Shenggao, Associate Professor of Soil Science, Zhejiang Agricultural University, China · Dr. Chen Yuyin, Lecturer, Department of Soil Science (same institution). Ecological Agricultural System and Agricultural Sustainable Development in Southern China.
Stephen R. Morin, Doctoral Candidate, University of Kentucky · Dr. Adbi Wahab, Dean, Agriculture Faculty, Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia · Ir. Abidin Hasyim, Instructor, Department of Rural Sociology, Syiah Kuala University · Dr. John van Willigen, Professor of Applied Cultural Anthropology, University of Kentucky. The Aceh Common Pasture Improvement Project, Indonesia.
Dr. Munagala Veerabhadra Reddy, Senior Plant Pathologist, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India. Traditional Methods of Plant Protection in the Semi-arid Tropics of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Ir. Herliyani Suharta, Group Leader, Thermal and Mechanical Energy Technology Division, Indonesia Energy Technology Laboratory (UPT LSDE), BPP Teknologi, Indonesia. Field Test of Solar Oven and Searching its Real Environmental, Social and Economic Impact, Indonesia.
Dr. Randolph R. Thaman, Professor of Pacific Island Biogeography, The University of the South Pacific · Dr. Asesela Ravuvu, Professor of Pacific Studies and Director, Institute of Pacific Studies (same institution) · Jale Baba, Project Manager, Koroyanitu National Park Project and Special Projects Officer, Fiji Pine Commission. Community-based Biodiversity Assessment of Koroyanitu National Park and the Yasawa Islands, Fiji.