Student Associate Research Interests
Research Interests of Harris Center Graduate Student Associates at the University of Missouri-St. Louis
Student Associate |
Research Interests |
E-mail Address |
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Teri C. Allen Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Impact of human activities
and influence of (a)biotic parameters on fish community structure;
impacts of gold mining on fishes in Guyana; habitat requirements
and preferences of Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus),
and influence of anthropogenic habitat alterations on their distribution
and persistence; female mate choice and maintenance of male color
polymorphism in Poecilia parae. |
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John Atwood M.S. Biology, USA |
Systematics and biogeography
of temperate and tropical Orthotrichaceae (Musci). |
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Adrián B. Azpiroz
Ph.D. Biology, Uruguay |
Research interests:
Ecology, biogeography, and conservation of Neotropical birds. |
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Patricia Baiao Ph.D. Biology, Brazil |
Population genetics disease ecology
in birds. |
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Structure and dynamics of communities
and food webs, with an emphasis on ecological roles of birds. |
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Greg Basco Ph.D. Political Science, USA |
Success of grassroots
based ecotourism projects; sustainable development and conservation
in Costa Rica. |
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Karen Bauman M.S. Biology, USA |
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Elizabeth Biro M.S. Biology, USA |
Aquatic community ecology; food
webs; assembly patterns. |
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Jennifer Bollmer
Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Sociality (especially
as it relates to mating systems) and evolution on islands. |
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Adrian Brown M.S. Biology, Australia |
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Ph.D. Biology, Venezuela |
Taxonomy, molecular
systematics, leaf development, ecology and biogeography of Anthurium
(Araceae). |
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Beth Churchwell Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Ecology of spiders,
reptiles and amphibians; fire effects. |
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Alan Cohen Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Comparative biology
of aging in animals: why do different vertebrates age differently? |
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Elizabeth R. Congdon Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Behavioral ecology
and conservation of Neotropical mammals: natal dispersal and mechanisms
of new group formation in capybaras. |
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Cintia Cornelius
Ph.D. Biology, Chile |
Effects of habitat
fragmentation and degradation on birds in southern temperate rainforests
of Chile: bird movements in relation to landscape connectivity;
influence of area, isolation, and degradation on the maintenance
of populations in fragments. |
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Population genetics of the flightless
cormorant |
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Renata
Durães Ph.D. Biology, Brazil |
Ecology and evolution
of tropical birds, sexual selection, foraging ecology, conservation. |
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Teresa Patricia Feria
Ph.D. Biology, Mexico |
Geographical Information
Systems and species distribution models; biogeography and conservation
of tropical dry forest, birds, Bursera trees, and carabid beetles. |
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Marcela Fernandez-V M.S. Biology, Costa Rica |
Behavioral ecology
(speciation, communication, sexual selection) and conservation
of Neotropical small mammals. |
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Luciana Griz
Ph.D. Biology, Brazil |
Ecology of seed dispersal. |
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Edgar Javier Hernandez Ph.D. Biology, Colombia |
Evolution of social behavior
in hymenoptera; origins of caste determination and evolution of
different life strategies in bees. |
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Kimberly Holbrook
Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Seed dispersal
in tropical forests and impact of avian frugivores on forest regeneration
and maintenance: ecological and genetic aspects of toucan
seed dispersal, influence of anthropogenic pressures on
seed dispersal patterns in Amazonian Ecuador. |
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Jorge Luis Hurtado Ph.D. Biology, Peru |
Conservation of Neotropical
ungulates; social structure and dispersal of white-lipped peccaries.
Behavioral ecology (with enphasis in sexual and kin selection);
ungulate manangement, and community based conservation. |
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David Kenfack Ph.D. Biology, Cameroon |
Systematics of Carapa. |
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Social and behavioral development
of prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster; Environmental education
and urban ecology |
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Iris Levin Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Disease ecology and behavioral
ecology of birds. |
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Andrea Loayza
Ph.D. Biology, Bolivia |
Seed dispersal and
plant regeneration dynamics in a naturally fragmented landscape.
Bat ecology and Conservation. |
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Marcos Maldonado-Coelho
Ph.D. Biology, Brazil |
Bird communities
in forest fragments, avian breeding biology, and biogeography. |
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Juan Martínez-Gómez
Ph.D. Biology, México |
Island conservation,
especially in the Revillagigedo Archipelago; study of the evolution of barriers that lead to reproductive isolation using estrilid finches as model systems. |
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Tanya Montenegro
Armijos M.S. Biology Ecuador |
Population analysis
of an endemic tree species in the coast of Ecuador. |
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Milton Muldrow M.S. Biology, USA |
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Population genetics of the Galapagos
penguin |
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Urban ecology, community ecology. |
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Rosa
Ortiz-Gentry |
Systematics of Menispermaceae:
species level taxonomy, tribal delimitations, and phylogenetic
relationships, with emphasis on the affinities of Neotropical
genera. |
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José
I. Pareja |
Integrating Science (Life sciences:
Ecology, Evolution and Conservation), Science Education (K-16,
Higher Education) and Technology in diverse settings. |
jipareja[at]umsl.edu |
Pamela Puppo M.S. Biology, Peru |
Taxonomy and Systematic of Calceolaria
and Bartsia. |
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Laura Riley M.S. Biology, USA |
Research Interests:
behavioral ecology, social interactions. |
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Rodrigo Rios M.S. Biology, Bolivia |
Spatial variaion
in plant-animal interactions and tropical ecology. |
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Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro
Ph.D. Biology, Venezuela |
Natural history,
ecology, biogeography and conservation of Neotropical birds. |
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Brandt
Ryder Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Evolution and maintanence
of lek mating systems: reproductive skew, kin-selection and social
dynamics in the family Pipridae |
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Diego Salazar Ph.D. Biology, Costa Rica |
The genus Piper, its role in
the tropical understory and how it is affected by tri-trophic
interactions. |
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Diego Santiago-Alarcón M.S. Biology, Mexico |
Evolutionary ecology
and conservation. |
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Eloisa Sari Ph.D. Biology, Brazil |
Population genetics,
conservation and diversification of birds in tropical forests. |
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Gena Sbeglia M.S. Biology, USA |
Behavior and ecology
of primates most specifically of lemur species, production of
biological documentaries. |
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Heidi H. Schmidt M.S. Biology, USA |
Systematic revision
of Agarista section Agauria (Ericaceae). |
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Applications of GIS and remote
sensing to conservation. Landscape ecology, landscape genetics
and landscape epidemiology. Currently assessing ecological correlates
of avian pathogen prevalence in the Galapagos Islands. |
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Monica Soria M.S. Biology, Ecuador |
Invasive species in the Galapagos
Islands |
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Patrick
Sweeney Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Evolution of floral
diversity in the angiosperm genus Garcinia (Clusiaceae). |
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L. Maria Svensson Ph.D. Biology, Sweden |
Ecology and evolution of avian
malaria parasites. |
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Wendy
Tori Ph.D. Biology, Peru |
Ecology & Conservation
of Birds in the tropics |
wpt7t8[at]umsl.edu |
Alberto
Vicentini Ph.D. Biology, Brazil |
Flowering plant systematics,
landscape ecology of plant communities, and pollination biology
with focus on the Amazon region; evolutionary history, biogeography,
and evolution of morphological and ecological traits (e.g., breeding
systems) in Pagamea (Rubiaceae) in nutrient-poor soils
of tropical South America. |
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Cynthia Hong-Wa M.S. Biology, Madagascar |
Plant systematics. |
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Felipe Zapata Ph.D. Biology, Colombia |
Plant systematics
and evolutionary biology. |