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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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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Karen Bauman M.S. Biology, USA |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cynthia Hong-Wa Ph.D. Biology, Madagascar |
Plant systematics. |
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Felipe Zapata Ph.D. Biology, Colombia |
Plant systematics
and evolutionary biology. |