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Scholarships


Recipients of the the Mickey Scudder Scholarship in Field Biology

year
recipient
university
project title
1985
Anthony Rossi
UMSL
An Investigation of Honey Storage and Utilization in Pre-emergent Nests of a Paper Wasp
1986
Kaius Helenurm
WU
Mating Systems and Reproductive Biology of the Texas Bluebonnet
1987
Jane Stevens
UMSL
Response to Stimulated Herbivory in the Trumpet Vine
1988
Kathy Reppell
SLU
Incidence of Lyme Disease Spirochetes and Rocky Mountain Rickettasia in Ticks at Tyson
1989
Jennifer Matos
WU
Evolution in the Pinus montezuma Complex, Population Structures and Hybridization
1990
Richard Clinebell
UMSL
Biology of Exotic Invasion in the Wade Tract, a Relict Preserve of Endangered Long-leaf Pine Savanna in Thomas Co. Georgia
1991
Marshal Hedin
WU
Natural History of Glade Inhabiting Arachnids: Ecological, Evolutionary and Conservation Biology Implications
1992
Niels Rattenberg
SLU
Effect of Clutch Topography on the Hatching Success of Host Eggs in Nests Parasitized by the Brown-headed Cowbird
1993
Delbert Hutchison
WU
Levels of Genetic Variation Within and Between Isolated Populations of collared Lizards on Missouri Glades:Testing Conservationally Important Hypotheses
1994
Chris Hochwender
UMSL
The Effects of Species Loss and Host Plant Genotypes on Communal Structure: A Test Case Using the Common Milkweed and Its Herbivores
1995
John Lill
UMSL
Ecological Factors Influencing Host Plant Selection in three Caterpillar Species
1996
Paige Mettler-McClure
SIU
Determination of Light Level Patterns and Their Relationship to Herbaceous Succession for Sites of a Threatened Floodplain Species, Boltonia decurreas
1997
Jacqueline M. Goerck
UMSL
Ecology and History as determinants of Rarity of Birds: A Case Study with Antbirds
1998
Thomas Prinzie
WU
Evolution of the Milkweed Corona; Systemics and Flower Development in Neotropical Milkweeds
1999
Debbie Tobin
UMSL
Ecology and Social Role of Scent Markings of North American River Otters in Missouri
2000
Andrew Kinziger
SLU
Systematics of the Ozark Sculpin and Mottled Sculpin
2001
Elma Kay
SLU
Pollination of the Greater Antillean Passionflower by the Greater Antillean Long-tongued Bat
2002
Kevin Matson
UMSL
Maintenance of Immune system Function in Hawaii’s Introduced Birds
2003
Cintia Cornelius
UMSL
Reproductive Success and Genetic Structure of Two Endemic Birds of the South-Temperate Rainforest: Dispersal and Habitat Limitations in a Fragmented Landscape
2004
Teresa Patricia Feria
UMSL
Modeling the Ecological Niche of Endemic Species in the Balsas Basin, Mexico, and Evaluation of Four Methods
2005
Casey B. Dillman
SLU
Systematics of the Crayfish Genus Cambarus
2006
Nicholas W. Griffin
WU
Factors Influencing Pollinator Interactions and Mating Systems in Mimulus ringens
2007
Andrea Loayza
UMSL
Demographic Consequences of Seed Dispersal by Tufted Jays (Cyanocorax cyanomeles and C. chrysops) and Toucans (Pteroglossus castanotis, Ramphastos toco) for Guettarda viburnoides (Rubiaceae) in a Neotropical Savanna
2008
Nicole Miller
WU
Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Endemism in a Glade System
2009
Timothy Lescher
UMSL
Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) and Eastern Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentine) population trends, distribution and Habitat Utilization in Southeastern Missouri.

SLU = Saint LouisUniversity
UMSL = University of Missouri-Saint Louis
WU = Washington Univerersity in Saint Louis

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