Robert Soreng, Visiting Scientist, Cornell University. 

 "Catalogue of New World Grasses," with Paul Peterson 

 from September I, 1996 to August 31, 1997. 



Dawn Southard, Maryland Consortium for Systematic En- 

 tomology Curatorial Fellow, University of Maryland. 

 "Higher Level Systematics and Evolution of Spiders," with 

 Jonathan Coddington from October I, 1995 to September 

 30. 1997- 



Soili Stenroos, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Helsinki. 

 "A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Stipitate Lichen Families 

 Cladoniaceae, Cladiaceae, Baeomycetaceae, Siphulaceae and 

 Stereocaulaceae: Evidence From Morphology, Chemistry, 

 and Nuclear rDNA," with Paula Depriest from January I, 

 1996 to May 31, 1996. 



Scott Steppan, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Universiry of Chicago. 

 "Development Constraints and Tail Evolution in Mam- 

 mals," with Michael Carleton and Richard Thorington, 

 from October 15, 199$ to October 14, 1996. 



Ellen Strong, SI Predoctoral Fellow, George Washington 

 Universiry. "Phylogeny of the Caenogastropoda (Mollusca): 

 Comparative Anatomy and Tests of Homology," with 

 Robert Hershler from June I, 1996 to May 31, 1997. 



Aaron Jonas Scutz, Visiting Student, University of Michigan. 

 "Amino Acid Analysis of Archaeological Bones and Sedi- 

 ments to Understand Diagenesis of Anthropogenic 

 Materials in Pleistocene-age Sites," with Noreen Tuross 

 from September 16, 1996 to March 17, 1997. 



Sherman Surer, Visiting Scientist, University of Chicago. 

 "High Resolution Paleontological Database for the Permo- 

 Triassic Extinction," with Douglas Erwin from September 

 I, 1996 to September 30, 1997. 



Jose Tello, SI Graduate Fellow, Universiry of Missouri, St. 

 Louis. "Patrerns of Geographical Variation in the Pipra 

 erythrocephala Clade," with Mercedes Foster from May 6, 

 1996 to July 12, 1996. 



Michael Temkin, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University. 

 "Sperm-Follicle Cell Interactions During Fertilization in 

 Gymnolaemate Bryozoans," with Mary Rice from July 1, 

 1996 to June 30, 1997. 



Peter Wilf, SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania. 

 "Global Warming Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary: 

 Vegetational Response in Southern Wyoming," with Scott 

 Wing from September 1, 1996 to November 50, 1996. 



Eric Wright, Visiting Scientist, University of South Florida. 

 "Study of the Early Holocene Development of Deltas and 

 Sea-level-rise," with Daniel Stanley from October 1, 1995 to 

 July 31, 1996. 



National Portrait Gallery 



Lee Vedder, SI Predoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland. 

 "The Heroic Present: Benjamin West, John Singleton 



Copley, and the Changing Aesthetic and Commercializa- 

 tion of Late Eighteenth-Century History Painting," with 

 Ellen Miles and William Sturtevant, from August I, 1996 

 to June 30, 1997. 



National Zoological Park 



Suzanne Ambs, SI Graduate Fellow, George Mason Univer- 

 sity. "Determining Paternities in Grey Seals (Halicboerus 

 grypus) Using DNA Fingerprinting," with Daryl Boness 

 from June 1, 1996 to August 15, 1996. 



Jeffrey Dickinson, Visiting Scientist, Michigan State Univer- 

 sity. "Individual and Collective Cognition in Leaf-Cutter 

 Ants," with Lisa Stevens from July 15, 1996 to July 14, 1997. 



Dina Fonseca, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Universiry of Pennsyl- 

 vania. "Avian Malaria in Hawaii: The Importance of Vector 

 Dispersal to the Development of Resistance in Endagered 

 Hawaiian Honeycreepers," with Robert Fleischer and Scott 

 Dernckson, from September 1, 1996 to August 31, 1997. 



Debora Fracalossi, Visiting Scientisc, NZP. "Vitamin C Re- 

 quirement of the Oscar (Astronrus ocellatus), a Carnivorous 

 Amazonian Fish," with Mary Allen from June 16, 1996 to 

 September 15, 1996. 



Brian Henen, Visiting Scientist, University of California, Los 

 Angeles. "Reproductive Nutrition of Female Desert Tor- 

 toises (Gopherus agassizii): Pilot Study and Methodological 

 Validation," with Olav Oftedal from March I, 1996 to June 

 28, 1996. 



Brian Henen, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Universiry of California, 

 Los Angeles. "Reproductive Nutrition of Female Desert 

 Tortoises {Gopherus agassizii): The Importance of Dietary 

 Protein in Spring and Summer," with Olav Oftedal from 

 July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997. 



Wendy Hood, SI Graduate Fellow, Boston University. 

 "Geographical Variation in Maternal Investment and 

 Reproductive Success in the Big Brown Bat, {Eptesicus fus- 

 cus)," with Olav Oftedal from July 15, 1996 to September 13, 

 1996. 



Stephen Insley, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, Universiry of Califor- 

 nia, Davis. "Competition, Cooperation, and the Evolution 

 of Complex Communication in Northern Fur Seals," with 

 Daryl Boness and Eugene Morton, from December 1, 1995 

 to November 30, 1996. 



Katarina Jewgenow, Short Term Visitor, Institute of Zoo Biol- 

 ogy and Wildlife Research. "Research on Gamete and 

 Embryo Biology in the Recovery of Oocytes from En- 

 dangered Species," with David E. Wildt from October 10, 

 1995 to December 31, 1995. 



Peter Leirngruber, Visiting Srudent, University of Oklahoma. 

 "Abundance and Diversity of Songbirds and Small Mam- 

 mals in Managed Forest Mosaics," with William McShea 

 from May I, 1996 to August 31, 1996. 



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