Life Sciences
Conservation Biology
Andanje, Samuel, Ph.D., Kenya Wildlife Service • William Ogara, Ph.D., University of Nairobi • Nicholas Oguge, Ph.D., Earthwatch Institute. Samburu Conservation Research Initiative: Carnivores in Conflict: Their Ecology and Conservation, and the Economic Impacts of Livestock Depredation, Kenya.
Avery, Harold, Ph.D., Drexel University. Population Ecology of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) at Barnegat Bay Estuary, U.S.
Beier, Paul, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University • Sam Moses, Ghana Wildlife Division • Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Ph.D., University of Ghana. Wildlife Conservation in the Red Volta River Valley, Ghana.
Corea, Ravi, Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society • Prithiviraj Fernando, Southern Elephant Research Group • Harsha Gammanpila, Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society • Mark Weckel, Mianus River Gorge Preserve. Surveying Elephants and Helping to Solve Human-Elephant Conflicts in the Central and North Central Provinces of Sri Lanka in the Vicinity of the Wasgamuwa National Park.
Dzikouk, Guillaume, Ph.D., Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society • Taku Awa II, Cameroon Biodiversity Conservation Society. Contribution to the Bioecology of the Grey-necked Picathartes (Picathartes oreas), Cameroon.
Garshelis, David, Ph.D., Minnesota Department of Natural Resources • William McShea, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution National Zoological Park; Wildlife Conservation Society • Xiaojian Zhu, Ph.D., Peking University. Investigating the Habitat Needs of Asiatic Black Bears in China's Giant Panda Reserves, China.
Grant, Paul, University of Stellenbosch; Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica) • Alison Leslie, University of Stellenbosch. Crocodilians of Costa Rica.
Keuroghlian, Alexine, Ph.D., UNIDERP; Institute for Biological Conservation • Arnaud Desbiez, Kent University. Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Peccaries and Feral Pigs of the Southern Pantanal and Their Reponse to Seasonal Fluctuations in the Pantanal of Nhecolandia, Brazil.
Kosuge, Yasuhiro, Fresh Water Turtle Network. Survey of the Endangered Indigenous Tortoise to Set up Conservation Methods, Chiba, Japan.
Kutt, Alex, Ph.D., Environmental Protection Agency; Tropical Savannas CRC • Jeanette Kemp, Queensland Herbarium. From Tropical Rainforest to Tropical Savannas: Biodiversity Conservation Management of Brooklyn Station, Queensland, Australia.
Lucherini, Mauro, Ph.D., Universidad Nacional del Sur • Diego Castillo, Universidad Nacional del Sur • Estela Luengos Vidal, Universidad Nacional del Sur • Claudia Manfredi, Universidad Nacional del Sur. Top Predators of Central Argentina.
Marker, Laurie, Ph.D., Cheetah Conservation Fund. Conservation Strategies for the Long-term Survival of Cheetah in Namibia.
McKinney, Tracie, Ohio State University • Scott McGraw, Ph.D., Ohio State University. Adaptation of Costa Rican Primates to Human Disturbance, Costa Rica.
McKnight, Alyson, US Fish & Wildlife Service • David Irons, Ph.D., US Fish & Wildlife Service. Seabird Monitoring in Prince William Sound, U.S.
Minato, Shusaku, Ph.D., Dormouse Museum, Kiyosato Educational Experiment Project. Ecological Survey to Set up the Conservation Method in the Forests and Mountains for Dormouse Habitation, Japan.
Njue, Alexander, Ph.D., Kenyatta University • Kiplagat Kotut, Ph.D., Kenyatta University. Samburu Conservation Research Initiative: Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Water Resources in the Samburu Region, with Emphasis on Water Quantity and Quality, Aquatic Biodiversity, Human Use, and Potential for Conflict, Kenya.
Ogweno, Donald, Ph.D., Moi University • Fred Atieno, International Plant Genetic Research Institute • Alexander Njue, Ph.D., Kenyatta University. Samburu Conservation Research Initiative: Comparative Evaluation of Critical Wildlife Habitats in and Outside Protected Areas in Samburu, Kenya.
Povilitis, Anthony, Ph.D., Life Net; University of New Mexico. Social Behavior of the Huemul Deer, Chile's Endangered National Icon.
Reinhardt, Ulrich, Ph.D., Eastern Michigan University • Alan Tye, Ph.D., Charles Darwin Research Centre • Jennifer Young, University of Michigan. Management of Invasive Quinine Trees and Conservation of an Endangered Bird Species in High-prioirity Areas in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
Sammy, Dennis, Nature Seekers • Scott Eckert, Ph.D., Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST). Leatherback Sea Turtle Conservation and Community-based Tourism, Trinidad, West Indies.
Stork, Nigel, Ph.D., James Cook University • Steve Turton, James Cook University. The Dynamics of Spatial and Temporal Use of a Wet Tropical Rainforest Canopy by Vertebrates and Invertebrates in Relation to Structural and Microclimate Variation, North Queensland, Australia.
Williams, Stephen, Ph.D., James Cook University. North Queensland Conservation Research Initiative: Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Rainforests of Australia.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cahan, Sara, Ph.D., University of Vermont • Glennis Julian, Ph.D., University of Texas. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Genetic Caste Determination in an Ant Hybrid Zone, U.S.
Eaton, Donald, UNIDERP; Institute for Biological Conservation. Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Conservation of Freshwater Invertebrates and Fishes in the Pantanal Wetlands, Brazil.
Fischer, Erich, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul • Andréa Araujo, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul • Gustavo Graciolli, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Bat Assemblage in the Rio Negro: Richness, Diversity, Food Sources, and Ectoparasites, Brazil.
Freudenberger, David, Ph.D., Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Sustainable Ecosystems • Geoff Barrett, Ph.D., Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Sustainable Ecosystems. Return of the Dawn Chorus, Australia.
Fuller, Claire, Ph.D., Murray State University • Marielle Postava-Davignon, Northeastern University. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Ecology of Caribbean Termites: The Impact of the Physical Environment on Immunity and the Microbial Community, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Galetti, Mauro, Ph.D., Universidade Estadual Paulista; Universidade Vale dos Sinos; Institute for Biological Conservation • Marco Pizo, Ph.D., Universidade Estadual Paulista; Universidade Vale dos Sinos; Institute for Biological Conservation • Camila Donatti, Universidade Estadual Paulista; Universidade Vale dos Sinos; Institute for Biological Conservation. Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Keystone Fruits and Frugivores in the Pantanal and Cerrado, Brazil.
Harper, David, Ph.D., University of Leicester • Kenneth Mavuti, Ph.D., University of Nairobi • Ian Donohue, Ph.D., Trinity College • Tony Drane, Independent Ecology Consultant • Jon Grey, Ph.D., University of London • David Agassiz, Ph.D., The Natural History Museum, London • Rob Britton, Ph.D., Environment Agency-U.K. Exploring Kenya's Rift Valley Lakes.
Helary, Stephane, Ph.D., University of Witwatersrand. Comparison of the Contribution of Different Habitat Types to Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) Nutritional Status and Reproductive Potential, Namibia.
Holl, Karen, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz • Catherine Lindell, Ph.D., Michigan State University • Rakan Zahawi, Ph.D., Organization for Tropical Studies. Tropical Forest Restoration in Costa Rica.
Huxham, Mark, Ph.D., Napier University • James Kairo, Ph.D., Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute • Martin Skov, Ph.D., University of Wales. The Effects of Species Richness on Growth and Ecosystem Functions of Restored East African Mangrove Stands, Kenya.
Jenkins, Seán, Ph.D., Western Illinois University • Richard Anderson, Ph.D., Western Illinois University • Michael Romano, Ph.D., Western Illinois University • Susan Meiers, Ph.D., Western Illinois University • Ken McCravy, Ph.D., Western Illinois University • Timothy Spier, Ph.D., Western Illinois University. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Long-term Riparian and Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring Projects on the Upper Mississippi River, U.S.
Joyce, Chris, Ph.D., University of Brighton • Elle Puurmann, West Estonian Archipelago Biosphere Reserve. Restoring Biodiversity to Coastal Wet Grasslands in West Estonia.
Keir, Jerry, Great Basin Institute; University of Nevada • Juan Francisco Castellanos-Avila, Great Basin Institute • Alan Gubanich, Ph.D., University of Nevada • Paulino Ponce, Bosque Tropical A.C. La Manzanilla Conservation Project, Mexico.
Kephart, Susan, Ph.D., Willamette University • Shannon Datwyler, California State University, Sacramento. Pollinators and Breeding Patterns in Rare and Common Wildflowers, Oregon & California, U.S.
Lindenmayer, David, Ph.D., The Australian National University. Australia Burning: Determining How Native Animals Respond to Fire.
Mahony, Michael, Ph.D., University of Newcastle. Australia's Vanishing Frogs.
Nguyen, Sinh Van, Ph.D., Vietnamese Academy of Science & Technology. Study of the Ecological Characteristics of Native Forest Tree Species to Build the Scientific Basis for Restoration of Native Forest Ecosystems in Vietnam.
Paton, David, Ph.D., University of Adelaide. Waterbirds of the Coorong, Australia.
Peters, Valerie, University of Georgia. Protection of Ecological Services Through Shade Tree Diversity in Shade Grown Coffee, Costa Rica.
Rademaker, Vitor, Fundaçáo Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ); Pennsylvania State University • Natalie Olifiers, Fundaçáo Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ); University of Missouri • Paulo D'Andrea, Ph.D., Fundaçáo Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) • Heitor Herrera, Ph.D., Fundaçáo Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) • Ana Maria Jansen, Fundaçáo Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ). Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Disease Ecology and Health Monitoring of Wild Mammal Species in the Pantanal, Brazil.
Ratsimbazafy, Jonah, Ph.D., Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Madagascar Programme • Vololoniaina Jeannoda, Ph.D., University of Antananarivo. Behavioral Ecology of the Remaining Black and White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata editorium) Following Catastrophic Habitat Destruction at Manombo Special Reserve, Madagascar.
Reading, Richard, Ph.D., Denver Zoological Foundation • Sukhiin Amgalanbaatar, Mongolian Academy of Sciences • Ganchimeg Wingard, University of Montana. Ecology and Conservation of Argali Sheep (Ovis ammon) in Mongolia.
Riley, Ralph, Ph.D., Earthwatch Institute. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Salmon of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.
Wang, Ellen, Earthwatch Institute; Universidade Estadual Paulista • Vanda Lúcia Ferreira, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul • Himmelstein, Jeffrey, William Paterson University • Christine Strüssmann, Ph.D., Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Amphibians and Reptiles of the Southern Pantanal, Brazil.
Westcott, David, Ph.D., Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Tropical Forest Research Centre. North Queensland Conservation Research Initiative: Fruits, Frugivores, and Seed Dispersal in a Changing Tropical Landscape, Australia.
Marine Sciences
Alexander Garner, Jeanne, West Indies Marine Animal Research and Conservation Service • Peter Dutton, Ph.D., West Indies Marine Animal Research and Conservation Service • Steve Garner, NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science. Saving the Leatherback Sea Turtle, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Balcomb, Kenneth, Center for Whale Research • Astrid van Ginneken, Ph.D., Erasmus University. Orca Survey, Washington, U.S.
Barnes, Richard, Ph.D., Cambridge University • D.K. Barnes, Cambridge University • Justin Gerlach, Ph.D., Cambridge University • David Smith, Ph.D., University of Essex. Status and Conservation Ecology of Coastal Habitats in the Silhouette Marine National Park, Seychelles.
Bearzi, Giovanni, Ph.D., Tethys Research Institute • Joan Gonzalvo, University of Barcelona. Investigating Ecosystem Structure and Dolphin-Fisheries Interactions in a "Natural Laboratory": The Amvrakikos Gulf, Greece.
Bell, Ian, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. North Queensland Conservation Research Initiative: Monitoring the Foraging and Nesting Population Demographics and Reproductive Biology of Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbriacata), on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Cañadas, Ana, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; ALNITAK • Ricardo Sagarminaga van Buiten, ALNITAK Marine Environment Research and Education Center. Spanish Dolphins: The Common Dolphin as a Tool for Designating Marine Protected Areas in the Spanish Mediterranean.
Cigliano, John, Ph.D., Cedar Crest College. Belize Conservation Research Initiative: How Effective is the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve (Belize) in Protecting and Replenishing Queen Conch (Strombus gigas) Populations?
Claridge, Diane, Bahamas Marine Mammal Survey • John Durban, Ph.D., Alaska Fisheries Science Center • Kim Parsons, Ph.D., Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Visual and Acoustic Survey of Bahamian Marine Mammal Species and Habitats.
Crabbe, James, Ph.D., University of Reading. Belize Conservation Research Initiative: Coral Reefs of Belize.
Crabbe, James, Ph.D., University of Reading. Growth Rates and Recruitment Dates for Reef-building Corals, Jamaica.
FitzSimmons, Nancy, Ph.D., University of Canberra • Tony Tucker, Ph.D., Mote Marine Laboratory. Freshwater Turtles of the Kimberley, Australia.
Gordon, Jonathan, Ph.D., Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust • Juliet Shrimpton, Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust. Monitoring the Distribution and Abundance of Cetaceans in the Hebrides, Scotland.
Heiss, Georg, Ph.D., The Reef Check Foundation • William Kiene, The Reef Check Foundation • Kim Obermeyer, The Reef Check Foundation. Conservation and Monitoring of Coral Reefs in Thailand.
Kaufman, Les, Ph.D., Boston University • Burton Shank, Boston University. Belize Conservation Research Initiative: Coral Resiliency and Coral Assemblage Structure in Marine Protected Areas of Southern Belize.
Maldini, Daniela, Ph.D., Earthwatch Institute; University of Massachusetts, Amherst • Thomas Jefferson, Ph.D., National Marine Fisheries Service. Marine Mammals of Monterey Bay, U.S.
Megill, William, Ph.D., University of Bath; Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation • Michelle Kinzel, Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation • Lei Lani Stelle, Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology; Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation • Jennifer Lindsay Wladichuk, University of British Columbia; Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation. Grey Whales, Mysids, and the Migrations Between the Cape Caution (Canada) and Baja (Mexico) Ecosystems.
Megill, William, Ph.D., University of Bath; Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation • Lei Lani Stelle, Ph.D., Rochester Institute of Technology; Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP). Whales, Their Prey, and Coastal Oceanography, Canada.
Megill, William, Ph.D., University of Bath; Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation • Jennifer Lindsay Wladichuk, University of British Columbia; Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation. Grey Whale Research and Techniques, U.K.
Mercado, Eduardo, Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY • Jennifer Schneider, University at Buffalo, SUNY. Singing Whales of Puerto Rico.
Mizuno, Kenjiro, Sea Turtle Association of Japan. Survey to Ascertain the Changes of the Distribution of the Nesting Beaches at Amami Islands, Japan.
Norman, Brad, ECOCEAN • Jason Holmberg, ECOCEAN. Ningaloo Reef Whale Shark Conservation, Australia.
Paladino, Frank, Ph.D., Indiana-Purdue University • Harold Avery, Ph.D., Drexel University • Robert George, Ph.D., Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences • Richard Reina, Ph.D., Monash University • James Spotila, Ph.D., Drexel University. Leatherback Turtle Nesting Ecology and Physiology, Costa Rica.
Robinson, Kevin, Ph.D., Cetacean Research and Rescue Unit. Dolphins and Whales of the Moray Firth, U.K.
Rollino, John, Earth Tech Inc. • Thomas McGrath, Corning Community College • Garriett Smith, Ph.D., University of South Carolina. Long-term Study of Coral Bleaching on Reefs of San Salvador Island, Bahamas.
Santos, Marcos, Ph.D., Universidad de Sào Paulo. Monitoring Marine Mammals in an Estuary in Southeast Brazil.
Self Sullivan, Caryn, Texas A&M University; Sirenian International, Inc. • Katherine LaCommare, University of Massachusetts; Sirenian International, Inc. Ecology and Behavior of Antillean Manatees in the Drowned Cayes, Belize.
Shulman, Myra, Ph.D., Cornell University • Julie Ellis, Ph.D., Cornell University; Shoals Marine Laboratory • Sara Morris, Ph.D., Canisius College • Jon Witman, Ph.D., Brown University. Breeding and Foraging Behavior of Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls in the Gulf of Maine, U.S.
Speedie, Colin, MER Consultants Ltd. Examining the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in British Waters, U.K.
Sullivan Sealey, Kathleen, Ph.D., College of the Bahamas. Coastal Ecology of the Bahamas.
Suzuki, Yoshimi, Ph.D., Shizuoka University • Beatriz Estela Casareto, Laboratory of Aquatic Science. Research Project on the Health of a Coral Reef Ecosystem, Okinawa, Japan.
Toledo Association for Sustainable Tourism and Empowerment (TASTE). Belize Conservation Research Initiative: Monitoring in the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve in Southern Belize.
Toledo Institute for Development and the Environment (TIDE). Belize Conservation Research Initiative: Monitoring in the Port Honduras Marine Reserve in Southern Belize.
Wells, Randall, Ph.D., Chicago Zoological Society; Mote Marine Laboratory • Jason Allen, Chicago Zoological Society. Wild Dolphin Societies, Florida, U.S.
Westcott, Stephen, Countryside Council for Wales. Assessing Breeding Success of the Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) in Southwest England, U.K.
Würsig, Bernd, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
- Jody Weir, Texas A&M University. Dusky Dolphins Movements, Social Grouping, and Human-Related Behaviors, New Zealand.
Plant Sciences
Ofori-Frimpong, Kwasi, Ph.D., Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana •
John Mason, NCRC. Sustainable Cocoa Farming Project, Ghana.
Silverstone, Sally, Tropic Ventures Education and Research Foundation; Global Ecotechnics Corporation • Mark Nelson, Ph.D., Global Ecotechnics Corporation • Rafael Joglar, Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico • Patricia Burrowes, Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico. Rainforest Enrichment Project, Puerto Rico.
Sircar, Sumita, Institute of Forest Productivity
- Sindhu Veerendra, Institute of Forest Productivity. Investigations on Impact of Climate Change on Threatened and Endangered Orchids in Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal, India.
Zelienkevich, Natallia, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Study of the Geobotanical State of Oligothrophic Bogs of Belarus with the Aim to Discover the Most Rare Complexes for Their Following Conservation, Belarus.
Zoology
Barham, Peter, Ph.D., University of Bristol • Leslie Underhill, Ph.D., University of Cape Town • Robert Crawford, Ph.D., Marine and Coastal Management • Mario Leshoro, Robben Island Museum • Duncan Bolton, Bristol Zoo Gardens. The Robben Island Penguin Project, South Africa.
Becker, C. Dustin, Ph.D., University of New Mexico • Anthony Povilitis, Ph.D., University of New Mexico; Life Net • Susan Wethington, Ph.D., Hummingbird Monitoring Network. Conservation Studies: Birds and Ecotourism in Western Ecuador.
Brightsmith, Donald, Ph.D., Rainforest Expeditions; Duke University. Macaw Conservation in the Tambopata-Candamo Reserve Zone: Evaluation of Tourism Impacts and Population Management Techniques, Peru.
Clutton-Brock, Timothy, Ph.D., University of Cambridge • Marta Manser, Ph.D., University of Zurich. Cooperation and Competition in Kalahari Mammals, South Africa.
Dittus, Wolfgang, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution National Zoological Park. Behavior, Ecology, and Epidemiology in Toque Macaques (Macaca sinica) of Sri Lanka.
Dollar, Luke, Duke University • Ken Glander, Ph.D., Duke University • Julie Pomerantz, DVM, Duke University. Carnivores of Madagascar: Conservation, Distribution, and Abundance of Carnivores in Ankarafantsika and Kirindy Mitea National Parks, with Special Emphasis on the Impacts of Non-endemic Competitors on the Behavioral Ecology of the Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox).
Donatelli, Reginaldo, Ph.D., Universidade Estadual Paulista. Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Birds and Dynamic Habitat Mosaics in the Pantanal, Brazil.
Dyer, Lee, Ph.D., Tulane University. Caterpillars in Diverse Ecosystems, U.S., Costa Rica, and Ecuador.
Dyer, Lee, Ph.D., Tulane University. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Diversity and Natural Enemies of Desert Caterpillars, U.S.
Foerster, Steffen, Columbia University • Elizabeth Mumia, Moi University • Geoffrey Wahungu, Ph.D., Moi University. Consequences of Human-Animal Interactions on Behavior and Stress Levels of Wild Sykes Monkeys in Kenya.
Fouts, Roger, Ph.D., CHCI, Central Washington University • Deborah Fouts, M.S., CHCI, Central Washington University • Mary Lee Jensvold, Ph.D., CHCI, Central Washington University. Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Behavior, Proximity, and Space Use in a Complex, Captive Environment, Washington, U.S.
Gatimu, Linus, Moi University • Geoffrey Wahungu, Ph.D., Moi University. Sweetwaters Black Rhino Project, Kenya.
Hamer, Michelle, Ph.D., University of KwaZulu-Natal • Dai Herbert, Ph.D., Natal Museum • Robert Slotow, Ph.D., University of KwaZulu-Natal. Improved Biodiversity Conservation in South Africa Through the Inclusion of Invertebrates.
Kingston, Tigga, Ph.D., Boston University. Spatial Determinants of Insectivorous Bat Diversity: Pattern and Process in a Paleotropical Rainforest, Malaysia.
Kirathe, Joseph, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy • Daniel Rubenstein, Ph.D., Princeton University • Nicholas Oguge, Ph.D., Earthwatch Institute. Samburu Conservation Research Initiative: Grevy's Zebras: Ecological Monitoring on a Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya.
Leggett, Keith, Ph.D., Namibian Elephant and Giraffe Trust. A Scientific and Conservancy Approach Towards Sustainable Use Management of Elephants in Northwest Namibia.
Leslie, Alison, Ph.D., University of Stellenbosch. Ecology, Physiology, and Conservation of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in the Okavango, Botswana.
Lindenmayer, David, Ph.D., The Australian National University • Damian Michael, The Australian National University. Australia's Forest Marsupials.
McKnight, Barbara, Ph.D., Kenya Wildlife Service • Samuel Kasiki, Ph.D., Kenya Wildlife Service. Tsavo Elephant Behavior and Boundary Crossings, Kenya.
Medina-Vogel, Gonzalo, Ph.D., Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello • Juliana de Abreu Vianna, Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello. Otters of Chile: Phylogeography of the Marine Otter (Lontra felina) and the Southern River Otter (Lontra provocax) in Chile.
Melzer, Alistair, Ph.D., Koala Research Centre of Central Queensland • Bill Ellis, Ph.D., University of Queensland. Ecology of Koalas on St. Bees Island, Australia.
Muoria, Paul, Ph.D., Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya; African Wildlife Foundation • Daniel Rubenstein, Ph.D., Princeton University • Nicholas Oguge, Ph.D., Earthwatch Institute • Joseph Kirathe, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Samburu Conservation Research Initiative: Grevy's Zebras: Ecological Monitoring on Pastoral Lands, Kenya.
Newmark, William D., Ph.D., Utah Museum of Natural History • Eric Rickart, Ph.D., Utah Museum of Natural History. Large Mammal Movement in Western North America, U.S.
Newman, Chris, Ph.D., Oxford University • Christina Buesching, Ph.D., Oxford University. Population Ecology of British Mammals in Wytham Woods, U.K.
Patterson, Bruce, Ph.D., The Field Museum of Natural History • Roland Kays, Ph.D., New York State Museum • Samuel Kasiki, Ph.D., Kenya Wildlife Service • Alexander Mwazo Gombe, Kenya Wildlife Service. Ecology and Behavior of Maneless Lions in Arid Rangelands of Kenya.
Peterson, Rolf, Ph.D., Michigan Technological University. Moose and Wolf Ecology on Isle Royale, U.S.
Rismiller, Peggy Ph.D., University of Adelaide; Pelican Lagoon Research Centre. Echidnas and Goannas of Kangaroo Island, Australia.
Scott, Dawn, Ph.D., University of Brighton • Richard Yarnell, University of Brighton. South Africa's Brown Hyaenas.
Silveira, Leandro, Ph.D., Jaguar Conservation Fund; Instituto Pró-Carnívoros • Anah Tereza de Almeida Jacomo, Ph.D., Jaguar Conservation Fund; Instituto Pró-Carnívoros • Cyntia Kayo Kashivakura, Jaguar Conservation Fund • Mariana Malzoni Furtado, Jaguar Conservation Fund. Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Carnivores of Brazil's Grasslands.
Soberón, Roberto, Ministry of Agriculture, Cuba • Manuel Tabet, Ministry of Agriculture, Cuba • John Thorbjarnarson, Ph.D., Wildlife Conservation Society. Ecology of the American Crocodile in the Monte Cabaniguan Wildlife Refuge, Cuba.
van Rensburg, Susan, KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service • Lulama Fanayo, KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service. Large Herbivore Census in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa.
Vu, Lien Van, Ph.D., Vietnam Russia Tropical Center. Monitoring Butterflies of Vietnam.
Waldemarin, Helen, Ph.D., Associação Ecológica Ecomarapendi • Miguel Barroeta, Associação Ecológica Ecomarapendi. Pantanal Conservation Research Initiative: Ecology and Conservation of Pantanal Otters, Brazil.
Watanabe, Michihito, Laboratory of Natural Science for Coexistance of Human & Nature • Yasuo Hagiwara, DMSc., University of Showa. Survey of the Ecology of Endangered Grassland Butterflies at the Foot of Mt. Fuji, Japan.
Wright, Patricia, Ph.D., Stony Brook University
- Summer Arrigo-Nelson, Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments. Behavioral Ecology of Rain Forest Lemurs (Propithecus edwardsi) in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Physical Sciences
Climate Change
Fishback, LeeAnn, Ph.D., Churchill Northern Studies Centre • W. Ben Cash, Ph.D., Maryville College. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Water Quality and Ecology of Tundra Wetlands, Canada.
Kershaw, Peter, Ph.D., University of Alberta. Long Term Biodiversity at Treeline, Manitoba, Canada.
Loik, Michael, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Plant Responses to Climate Change in the Western United States, U.S.
Loik, Michael, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Tree Line Responses to Climate Change in the Sierra Nevada, U.S.
Thomas, Rob, Ph.D., Cardiff School of Biosciences • Marcial Felgueiras, A Rocha Bird Observatory and Field Studies • Will Simonson, A Rocha Bird Observatory and Field Studies. Storm Petrels, Ocean Ecosystems, and Climate Change, Portugal.
Earth Sciences
Gu, Wei-Zu, Nanjing Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources • Klaus-Peter Seiler, Ph.D., GSF-National Research Centre. Ecohydrological Research for Ejin Basin, Inner Mongolia.
Krecek, Josef, Ph.D., International Association on Headwaters • Zuzana Horicka, Charles University. Acid Rain: Rehabilitation of the Air-pollution-damaged Headwaters of North Bohemia, The Czech Republic.
Russell, Andrew, Ph.D., University of Newcastle Upon Tyne • Jay Fleisher, Ph.D., State University of New York, Oneonta • Fiona Tweed, Ph.D., Staffordshire University. Glacier Outburst Floods, Glacier Surges, and Sediment Transfer: Implications for Proglacial Environments, Iceland and Alaska.
Palaeontology
Agenbroad, Larry, Ph.D., Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD. Excavations at the Hot Springs Mammoth Site, South Dakota, U.S.
Carranza Castañeda, Oscar, Ph.D., Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México. Mexican Megafauna.
Kirkland, James, Ph.D., Utah Geological Survey • Lindsay Zanno, University of Utah. Utah's Dinosaur Graveyard, U.S.
Whyte, Martin, Ph.D., Sheffield University. Documenting Dinosaur Footprints of the Middle Jurassic in Yorkshire, U.K.
Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences
Timmes, Francis, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Donald Casperson, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory Todd Haines, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory John O'Donnell, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory Didier Saumon, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory Patrick Young, Ph.D., Los Alamos National Laboratory. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): Transient Phenomena in Astrophysics, U.S.
Social Sciences
Archaeology
Adams, Charles, Ph.D., Arizona State Museum; University of Arizona. Student Challenge Awards Program (SCAP): The Analysis of Structural Burning in an Ancient Hopi Village, U.S.
Bidwell, Paul, Tyne and Wear Museums • Nick Hodgson, Ph.D., Tyne and Wear Museums • Graeme Stobbs, Tyne and Wear Museums. Roman Fort on Tyne, U.K.
Gibert Clols, Joseph, Ph.D., Instituto de Paleontologia • Lluis Gibert Beotas, Museo de Prehistoria y Paleontologia. Human Palentology in the Plio-pleistocene Deposits of the Orce Region, Spain.
Glowacki, Mary, Ph.D., Pre-Columbian Archaeological Research Group, Inc.; Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research. The Huaro Valley Archaeological Investigation, Peru.
Higham, Charles, Ph.D., University of Otago • Nigel Chang, Ph.D., James Cook University • Rachanie Thosarat, Ph.D., Thai Fine Arts Department. The Origins of Angkor, Thailand.
Jeffery, Bill, James Cook University • Ian Macleod, Ph.D., Western Australia Museum. Researching and Preserving the Values of the Truk Lagoon World War II Underwater Cultural Heritage, Micronesia.
Kaplan, Jonathan, Ph.D., Museum of New Mexico; University of New Mexico. The Chocola Archaeological Project, Guatemala.
Kelly, John, Ph.D., Washington University • William Iseminger, Cahokia Mounds Historic Site. In Defense of Cahokia: The Northeast Palisade Project, U.S.
Laumbach, Karl, Human Systems Research, Inc. • Dennis O'Toole, Ph.D., Cañada Alamosa Institute. Prehistoric Peoples of the Rio Alamosa, U.S.
Martlew, Roger, Ph.D., University of Leeds. In Search of the British Kingdom of Craven, U.K.
Masao, Fidelis, Ph.D., Open University of Tanzania • Chediel Msuya, Ministry for Natural Resources Department of Antiquities • Jackson Njau, Rutgers University. Salvage and Conservation of the DK Site, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
Moore Valeri, Anna, Ph.D., Independent Scholar • Marja Mendera, University of Siena. A 16th Century Pottery Kiln in Central Tuscany, Italy.
Reeves, Matthew, Ph.D., The Montpelier Foundation. Archaeological Investigations of the Madison Landscape at the Montpelier Mansion, U.S.
Sobczyk, Maciej, Warsaw University • Mariusz Ziolkowski, Ph.D., Warsaw University. Inca Oracle and Administrative Center in Kuntisuyu, Peru.
Stevenson, Christopher, Ph.D., Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Easter Island: Prehistoric Settlement, Economy, and Political Evolution, Chile.
Summers, Geoffrey, Ph.D., Middle East Technical University (METU/ODTÜ) • Françoise Summers, Middle East Technical University (METU/ ODTÜ). Key to the Indian Ocean: Archaeology, Architecture, and Conservation of an Historic Islet, Mauritius.
Waldren, Jacqueline, Ph.D., University of Oxford • Josep Ensenyat Alcover, Ph.D., University of the Balearic. Balearic Prehistoric Ecology and Culture: Mallorca, Spain.
Zahariade, Mihail, Ph.D., Institute of Archaeology • Myrna Phelps, Independent Researcher. Roman Fort on the Danube, Romania.
Ziolkowski, Mariusz, Ph.D., Warsaw University. "Uniradze" Multidisciplinary Project, Poland.
Architecture
Dang, Anrong, Ph.D., Tsinghua University • Jin Feng, D.Arch., Iowa State University • Jiang Lu, Eastern Michigan University • Yanfeng Liu, Yulin Collage. A Traditional Settlement to be Left Behind Under the State Program of Reforestation, China.
Wu, Songdi, Ph.D., Fudan University • Peter Bol, Ph.D., Harvard University • Jie Liu, Ph.D., Shanghai Jiaotong University. The Historical Roads, Bridges, and Villages in the Hill Country of Southeastern China.
Cultural Anthropology
Kabanov, Andrei, Ph.D., Preobrazheniie Educational Center of Traditional Russian Culture • Yelena Minyonok, Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences. Singing Russia: Traditions and the Revival Movement.
Kress, W. John, Ph.D., National Museum of Natural History • Rusty Russell, National Museum of Natural History • Alain Touwaide, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution. Ethnobotanical Resources in the United States National Herbarium.
Ogol, Callistus, Ph.D., Kenyatta University • Paul Okemo, Ph.D., Kenyatta University • Isaiah Ndiege, Ph.D., Kenyatta University. Samburu Conservation Research Initiative: Indigenous Knowledge of Medicinal Plant Use and Conservation in Samburu, Kenya.
Touwaide, Alain, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution. Medicinal Plants of the Ancient Mediterranean, Italy.
Public Health
Balaji, Nithya, Nalamdana • Uttara Bharath Kumar, Johns Hopkins University • Rajendran Jeevanandham, Nalamdana. Food for Thought: Maternal and Child Health in India.
Sustainable Development
Bodmer, Richard, Ph.D., Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. Wildlife Conservation in the Amazon of Loreto-Peru.