2011 Award Recipients

Recipient	Supervisor(s)	Institution	Project Title
Nils Anderson	Cynthia Paszkowski	University of Alberta	Does the presence of beavers increase biodiversity within wetlands in central Alberta?
Daniel Andres	Kathreen Ruckstuhl	University of Calgary	Mate choice in the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep
Tanner Broadbent	Edward Bork	University of Alberta	Does variable devoliation and moisture interact to alter grass growth and subsequent native grassland diversity?
Julian Dupuis	Felix Sperling	University of Alberta	Landscape as a determinant of population structure, hybridization, and conservation in a species complex of charismatic butterflies in Alberta
Scott Eggeman	Mark Hebblewhite	University of Montana	Population dynamics of a partially migratory elk herd in a multi-predator ecosystem
Alexandria Farmer	Ralph Cartar	University of Calgary	Landscape effects on the distribution of bumble bees across their floral resources in response to clearcut logging, and their reproductive consequences
Taya Forde	Karen Orsel	University of Calgary	The role of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in conservation herds of wood bison
Kathryn Kuchapski	Joseph Rasmussen	University of Lethbridge	Selenium exposure in streams draining reclaimed coal mines: Toxicity and effects on fish community composition
Seung-il Lee	John Spence	University of Alberta	The influence of aggregated retention patches on saproxylic beetle communities in boreal white spruce stands
Jamie McEwen	Sean Rogers and Jana Vamosi	University of Calgary	The environmental genomics of allopolyploidy in Anemone multifida
Jordan Messner	Rolf Vinebrooke	University of Alberta	Community recovery of mountain lakes stocked with exotic sportfish in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Joshua Miller	David Coltman	University of Alberta	A conservation genomic assessment of bighorn sheep harvesting
Andrea Morehouse	Mark Boyce	University of Alberta	Manipulating ecological traps for grizzly bears in southwestern Alberta using attractive management
Maureen Murray	Colleen Cassady St. Clair	University of Alberta	Habitat selection, diet, mange (Sarcoptes scabiei), and conflict behaviour in urban coyotes (Canis latrans)
Jessica Reilly	Lee Foote	University of Alberta	Conservation genetics and population modeling of Alberta Artctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
Crisia Tabacaru	Nadir Erbilgin	University of Alberta	Playing with fire: The effect of prescribed burns on mountain pine beetle populations
Kristine Teichman	Scott Nielsen and Jens Roland	University of Alberta	Trophic cascades in the Aspen Parkland: Effects of high ungulate density on focal plant, butterfly, bee pollinator and bird species
David Toews	Darren Irwin	University of British Columbia	Migratory orientation in a "migratory divide": The yellow-rumped warbler hybrid zone
Guiherme Verocai	Susan Kutz	University of Calgary	Biodiversity of protostrongylidae nematodes in threatened woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Alberta
Lindsay Zink	Ralph Cartar	University of Calgary	Native pollinators in the southern Alberta irrigated agricultural landscape: Concurrent effects of habitat availability and competition with managed bees