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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Structure and dynamics of communities
and food webs, with an emphasis on ecological roles of birds. |
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Karen Bauman M.S. Biology, USA |
Urban ecology; Utilizing GIS to address spatial questions in community ecology and conservation; Reproductive physiology and behavior |
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Adrian Brown M.S. Biology, Australia |
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Ph.D. Biology, Venezuela |
Plant molecular systematics. Evolutionary origins and timing of neotropical plant radiations. Origin and diversification of the genus Anthurium (Araceae), including taxonomy, anatomy, ecology and biogeography |
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Hu Chen |
Brain evolution, behavior & life history of birds; ecophysiology |
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Beth Churchwell Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Ecology of spiders,
reptiles and amphibians; fire effects. |
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Robbie Hart |
Ethnobiology, alpine ecology, biodiversity conservation in the greater Himalayan region |
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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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Jenni Higashiguchi Ph.D. Biology, USA |
Ecology & evolution of infectious diseases |
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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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Laura Kent M.S. Biology, USA |
Odor communication and social odors in carnivores, particularly raccoons; parasite-mediated sexual selection |
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Social and behavioral development
of prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster; Environmental education
and urban ecology |
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Timothy C. Lescher |
Behavioral ecology, population dynamics, and conservation of herpetofauna and rare species. Marine biology and ichthyology. |
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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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Eliot Miller |
Lek evolution and sexual selection; speciation; inter-specific competition; seed dispersal; forest fragmentation; and frugivore movements between forest patches |
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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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Gonzalo Rivas T. |
Plant Ecology and seed dispersal. Ecology of two plant invaders of the genus Miconia (Miconia calvescens and Miconia nervosa) in their native ranges at the Ecuadorian lowland Amazonia. |
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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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Population genetics, disease ecology, and diversification of Neotropical birds |
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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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Dilys Vela M.S. Biology Peru |
Plant Systematics |
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Cynthia Hong-Wa Ph.D. Biology, Madagascar |
Plant systematics. |
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Felipe Zapata Ph.D. Biology, Colombia |
Plant systematics
and evolutionary biology. |