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Bergstrom Award
Recipients 1999
AFO's
1999 Bergstrom Awards
Activity
Report
Submitted
by: Cecilia Riley
Gulf
Coast Bird Observatory
Houston,
TX
North American:
40 applicants ( 24 scored >70 of
a possible 100)
PhD-disqualified, not reviewed-4
Reviewers:
Dr. Jennifer Coulson - Tulane University
Dr. Frank Moore - University of Southern
Mississippi
Cecilia Riley - Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Latin
American:
15 applicants ( 7 scored >70 of a
possible 100)
Disqualified, letters of reference-2
or late, not reviewed-2
Reviewers:
Bill Belton - Great Cacapon, WV
Megan Hill - NFWF Guatemala City
Cecilia Riley - Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
Award
winners were notified by mail on 6 April,
1999. Checks will be distributed by
the treasurer of AFO to each. Non-winning
applicants were also notified by mail
concerning their status in the competition.
All applicants (winners and non-winners)
were given one-year complimentary subscriptions
to The Journal of Field Ornithology
and memberships in the AFO (as per the
AFO board meeting vote in March 99).
E. Alexander Bergstrom Memorial Research
Fund
Association of Field Ornithologists,
Inc.
1999
Latin American Award Recipients
Neyra
Sosa Gutiérrez
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás
de Hidalgo
Michoacán, México
Effects of logging practices on
the bird community of the Sierra de
Coalcomán, México
Award: $900.00
Jose
Alvarez Alonso
Instituto de Investigaciones de la
Amazonia Peruana
Iquitos, Peru
Wildlife assessment and conservation
in the area of influence of Iquitos-Nauta
Road
(Peruvian Amazon)
Award: $1050.00
Sonia
Gabriela Ortiz Maciel
Instituto Technológico y de
Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Nuevo Leon, México
Seasonal Movements and landscape use
in the endangered Maroon-fronted Parrot
(Rhynchopsitta terrisi) in Northeastern
Mexico
Award: $1050.00
1999
North American Award Recipients
Alex
Jahn
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Monitoring austral migrant birds in
the Bolivian Chaco
Award: $800.00 Laura
Stenzler
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
The genetic consequences of natal dispersal
in birds
Award: $500.00
Brett L. Walker
University of Montana
Missoula, Montana
Monitoring demographics of Brewer’s
(Spizella breweri breweri) and Timberline
sparrows (S.b. taverneri) using song
recordings
Award: $1000.00
Amy
Marr
University of Wisconson, Madison,
Wisconson
Monitoring demographics of Brewer’s
(Spizella breweri breweri) and Timberline
sparrows (S. b. taverneri) using song
recordings
Award: $1000.00
James
E. Goetz
SUNY ESF, Syracuse, New York
Helping and paternity in Bicknell’s
Thrush (Catharus bicknelli)
Award: $1000.00
Daniel
J. Mennill
Queen’s University, Kingston,
Ontario
Ecology and evolution of female eavesdropping
on male vocal interactions and female
choice of extra-pair partners
Award: $700.00
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