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nest locations and survival in urbanizing land¬ 
scapes?” 
Judith I. Keller, University of Delaware. 
"Campylobacter jejuni, coli, and lari prevalence 
in agriculturally associated and migratory wild 
birds.” 
Janice Kelly. Texas Tech University, "Post¬ 
breeding public information in a ground-nesting 
songbird community.” 
Rebecca Kern, University of Delaware. "The 
effects of prescribed fire and habitat loss on 
Seaside Sparrow' population viability in Maryland, 
USA.” 
Alexander Keyel, Tufts University, "Testing 
the role of patch openness as a causal mechanism 
for apparent area sensitivity." 
Megan Kobiela. College of William and Mary. 
"Does mercury contamination affect risk-taking 
behaviors? Tradeoffs between eating and being 
eaten.” 
Amy-Lee Kouwenberg. Memorial University of 
Newfoundland, "Corticosterone and stable iso¬ 
topes in feathers identify carry-over effects in 
Atlantic Puffins.” 
Zachary S. Ladin. University of Delaware, 
"Long-term pedigree reveals rare inbreeding 
event in Wood Thrush." 
Emily J. Lain. University of Southern Mis¬ 
sissippi. "Hurricane disturbance effects on the 
habitat relations of Nearctic-neotropical migrants 
during spring stopover.” 
Joseph A. LaManna, University of Montana, 
"Spring migration precipitation influences annual 
survival of a migratory songbird." 
Diane V. Landoll, University of Oklahoma. 
"Annual variation in extra-pair paternity in a 
socially monogamous savannah nesting passer¬ 
ine." 
Katie Langin. Colorado State University. “Di¬ 
vergence with gene flow: local adaptation in bill 
morphology within a single-island endemic, the 
Island Scrub-Jay.” 
Dayna LeClair, University of Guelph. Ontario. 
"Examining effects of food and temperature 
during different stages of the breeding period on 
the reproductive success of a migratory bird. 
Anna Joy Lehmicke, University of Georgia. 
“Factors affecting density ot Seaside Sparrows 
and Clapper Rails in the Grand Bay National 
Estuarine Research Reserve." 
Ashley M. Long, Texas A&M University. 
"Effects of prescribed burning on avian nest 
survival in the southern Great Plains.” 
Katrina Lukianchuk, University of Windsor, 
Ontario, "Social hierarchy and the development 
of dancing ability in young Long-tailed Mana- 
kins." 
Christie A. Macdonald. University of Windsor, 
Ontario, "Range-wide patterns of migratory 
connectivity in an Arctic-breeding passerine, the 
Snow Bunting, revealed using band recoveries, 
geolocators, and stable isotope analysis." 
Christine Madliger. University of Windsor, 
Ontario, "Linking individual variation in physi¬ 
ology during reproduction with fitness. 
Jennifer Malpass. The Ohio State University, 
"The influence of anthropogenic resources on 
nest predator activity and nest survival in 
suburban yards." 
Joseph D. Manthey. University of Kansas. 
"Ecological selection or environmental drift in 
western North American phylo-spccies?” 
Nicholas A. Mason, San Diego State Universi¬ 
ty, "Evolutionary patterns and correlates of avian 
vocalizations in a continent-wide radiation of 
songbirds (Thraupidae)." 
Molly McDermott, The Ohio State University. 
"Ecology of mixed-species flocks in shaded 
monocultures and silvicultures in the Colombian 
Andes.” 
Matt McKim-Louder, University of Illinois, 
Champaign/Urbana, "First-year survival in a 
neotropical migratory passerine is lower than 
expected.” 
Emily A. McKinnon, York University, Toron¬ 
to, "Testing proximate hypotheses for spring 
protandry in Wood Thrushes using geoloca¬ 
tors.” 
Daniel Mendez-Aranda. Universidad Nacional 
Autonoma de Mexico, "The use of ecological 
niche models and alternative species concepts in 
risk assessment of endemic bird species ol the 
West of Mexico." 
Sara Johnson Miller. Arkansas State University, 
"Use of video-monitoring to study clutch-initia¬ 
tion behavior by Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo 
Uneatus)." 
Greg Mitchell. University of Guelph, Ontario, 
"Timing of breeding carries over to influence 
migratory departure in a songbird: an automated 
radio tracking study.” 
Ashley Morrison, Thompson Rivers Universi¬ 
ty, British Columbia, "Structural plumage col¬ 
ouration as an indicator ot direct reproduc¬ 
tive benefits in the Mountain Bluebird (Sialia 
currucoides)." 
