2009 Award Recipients

Student Name	Supervisor	Institution	Project Title
Bennett, Jonathan	Dr. James F. Cahill, Jr.	University of Alberta	Interactions between plant and fungal communities in a native grassland
Crisfield, Varina	Dr. Ellen Macdonald	University of Alberta	The impact of recreational activity on the alpine vegetation of the Canadian Rockies
Esch, Evan	Dr. John R. Spence	University of Alberta	Arthropod diversity, mountain pine beetle, and white pine blister rust in whitebark pine
Gallwey, Janice	Dr. Lawrence Harder	University of Calgary	The components and dynamics of floral display size and their implications for pollinator attraction and reproduction by angiosperms
Greenway, Carly	Dr. Steven Vamosi	University of Calgary	Macroinvertebrate and waterfowl communities of temporary prairie pothole wetlands
Knamiller, Peter	Dr. Evelyn H. Merrill	University of Alberta	Summer wolf predation in the Central Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, Alberta
Lane, Jeff	Dr. Loeske Kruuk	University of Edinburgh	Hibernation phenology of Columbian ground squirrels: Heritability, plasticity and selection
Larsen, Terrence	Dr. Erin Bayne	University of Alberta	Forest harvesting targets susceptible pine: Predicting grizzly bear habitat conditions
Lee-Yaw, Julie	Dr. Darren Irwin	University of British Columbia	Dispersal and local adaptation at the range limit of the long-toed salamander
Newton, Jeffrey	Dr. Heather C. Proctor	University of Alberta	Farming of subterranean Sternorrphyncha (Hemiptera) by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its effect on temperate grassland vegetation
Nixon, Amy	Dr. Jens Roland	University of Alberta	The role of forest structure and host-parasitoid dynamics in the spread of a forest insect outbreak
Nyanumba, Samson	Dr. James F. Cahill Jr.	University of Alberta	Mediation of plant-plant interactions through allelochemicals in a native grassland
Ovens, Catherine	Dr. Gail R. Michener	University of Lethbridge	Kinship and use of space by female Richardson's ground squirrels (Spermophilus richardsonii)
Patterson, Jesse	Dr. Kathreen Ruckstuhl	University of Calgary	Nesting biology of northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) in Alberta, Canada with emphasis on huddling dynamics and parasite-host interactions
Schwarzfeld, Marla	Dr. Felix Sperling	University of Alberta	Diversity of parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in a boreal forest ecosystem
Weckworth, Byron	Dr. Marco Musiani	University of Calgary	Ecological and evolutionary management of threatened woodland caribou in a human altered landscape