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| Rob Plowes rob.plowes@mail.utexas.edu |
biodiversity and ecology of tropical systems |
| Carla Guthrie cguthrie@mail.utexas.edu |
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| Natalia Biani nataliab@mail.utexas.edu |
Ants - Myrmecophytes associations |
| Catalina Estrada estradac@mail.utexas.edu |
Diversity of insects and insect-plant interactions. Particularly the role of host plant and larvae odors in insect mate finding, species and mate recognition cues used by butterflies involved in mimicry, short range chemical communication during courtship. |
| Krushnamgeh Kunte krushnamegh@mail.utexas.edu |
evolutionary dynamics of exaggerated male traits and female preferences; mating systems in animals; effect of ecology on evolution of morphological traits in insects, particularly differential investment in mass of various body parts |
| Name | Dissertation Topic | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Boggs (Web site) 1979 |
Resource allocation and reproductive strategies in several heliconiine butterfly species | Associate
Director for Research Center for Conservation Biology Stanford University carol.boggs@forsythe.stanford.edu |
| Sue Boinski 1986 |
The ecology of squirrel monkeys in Costa Rica | Assistant
Professor University of Florida, Gainesville boinski@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu |
| Marcio
Cardoso 1999 |
The evolutionary and ecological consequences of pollen feeding in Heliconius butterflies: Resource acquisition, chemical defense and mating |
Departamento de Botanica,
Ecologia e Zoologia |
| Peng
Chai 1987 |
Patterns of prey selection by an insectivorous bird on butterflies in a tropical rainforest | Senior
Biostatistician MDS Pharma Services Lincoln, NE PengChai@aol.com |
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Elizabeth Chornesky 1984 |
The consequences of direct competition between scleractinian reef corals: development and use of sweeper tentacles |
Director of Conservation
Research |
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Marty Condon 1988 |
Sex expression of Gurania and Psiguria (Cucurbitaceae): Neotropical vines that change sex |
Assistant Professor Department of Biology Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa condon@cornell-iowa.edu |
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Erika Deinert 1997 |
Sexual selection in Heliconius hewitsoni, a pupal mating butterfly |
Resident Professor Undergraduate Semester Abroad Program Organization for Tropical Studies Costa Rica deinert@cro.ots.ac.cr |
| Philip
DeVries 1987 |
Ecological aspects of ant association and hostplant use in a Riodinid butterfly | Associate
Professor University of New Orleans Department of Biological Sciences pdevries@uno.edu |
| Helene
Engler 1998 |
Chemical ecology of passionvine butterflies: sequestration of cyanogens and patterns of host-plant specialization | Holt, Rinehart,
& Winston Austin, TX |
| Don Feener (Web site) 1978 |
Structure and organization in a litter-foraging ant community: roles of interference competition and parasitism | Associate
Professor University of Utah feener@biology.utah.edu |
| Karin Gastreich 1996 |
Interactions between the Ant Predator Dipoena sp. and the Piper-Pheidole Mutualism: Behavioral perspectives on community ecology | Director
of Undergraduate Programs Organization of Tropical Studies Costa Rica |
| Nancy Greig 1991 |
Ecology of co-occurring species of neotropical Piper (Piperaceae): Distribution, reproductive biology, and seed predation | Director Cockrell Butterfly Center Houston Museum of Natural Science ngreig@www.hmns.mus.tx.us |
| Nelson
Guda 2003 |
Communication in the Neotropical hylid, Smilisca phaeota: Call variation, signal recognition, mate discrimination and male calling behavior | Program
Coordinator Environmental Science Institute College of Natural Sciences The University of Texas at Austin nelsong@mail.utexas.edu |
| Don Harvey 1987 |
The higher classification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera) | Department
of Entomology, Lepidoptera Smithsonian Institution mnhen077@sivm.si.edu |
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Craig Jordan 1981 |
Population biology and host plant ecology of caper-feeding pierid butterflies in northeastern Mexico |
Department of Life Sciences The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| Marcus
Kronforst 2003 |
The Evolutionary History of Candidate Wing Patterning and Pigmentation Genes in Heliconius | |
| Kate
LeVering 1999 |
Why frogs scream: An investigation of the function of distress calling in Leptodactylus pentadactylus | Post-doc University of Wisconsin, Madison krlevering@facstaff.wisc.edu |
| Dale M.
Lewis 1980 |
Population biology of a communal bird species, Plocepasser mahali | Nyamaluma
National Park, Zambia Lewis partial publication list |
| Mauricio
Linares 1989 |
Adaptive microevolution through hybridization and biotic destruction in the neotropics | Jefe Departamento
Ciencias Biológicas Universidad de los Andes, Bogota mlinares@uniandes.edu.co |
| Jack
Longino (Web site) 1984 |
Shoots, parasitoids, and ants as forces in the population dynamics of Heliconius hewitsoni in Costa Rica | Director
of Research Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA longinoj@elwha.evergreen.edu |
| James
Mallet (Web site) 1984 |
Population structure and evolution of Heliconius butterflies | Department
of Genetics and Biometry University College London ucbhdjm@ucl.ac.uk |
| Natasha
Mehdiabadi 2002 |
Ant Symbioses: Colony-level Effects of Antagonistic and Mutualistic Interactions in Two Model Systems | Department
of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Rice University, Houston njum@imap.ruf.rice.edu |
| Paula Levin
Mitchell 1980 |
Host plant utilization by leaf-footed bugs: an investigation of generalist feeding strategy | Associate
Professor Department of Biology Winthrop University, SC mitchellp@winthrop.edu |
| Darlyne
Murawski (Web
site) 1986 |
Pollination ecology of a Costa Rican population of Psiguria warscewiczii in relation to foraging behavior of Heliconius butterflies | Research
Associate Harvard University Herbaria dmurawsk@oeb.harvard.edu |
| Evandro
Oliveira 1998 |
Migratory and foraging movements in diurnal neotropical Lepidoptera: Experimental studies on orientation and learning | Post-Doc Departamento de Biologia Geral Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 30161-970 - Belo Horizonte, MG Brasil evandro@icb.ufmg.br |
| Camille
Parmesan (Web site) 1995 |
Ecological and behavioral aspects of the interaction between host-plants and the checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas editha | Assistant
Professor Integrative Biology University of Texas, Austin parmesan@mail.utexas.edu |
| Carla Penz 1996 |
Phylogenetic studies of Heliconiiti butterflies as a tool for understanding evolutionary patterns | Associate
Professor - Research University of New Orleans Department of Biological Sciences cpenz@uno.edu |
| Lawrence
Powers 1975 |
The fiddler crab burrow: a study in behavioral ecology | Professor Department of Natural Sciences Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR powersl@oit.edu |
| Dolores
Savignano 1990 |
Field investigations of a facultative mutualism between Lycaeides melissa samuelis Nabokov (Lycaenidae), the Karner blue butterfly, and attendant ants | U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service Damage Assessment and Restoration Branch Arlington, VA dolores_savignano@fws.gov |
| John
Smiley (web site) 1978 |
The host plant ecology of Heliconius butterflies in northeastern Costa Rica |
Associate Director White Mountain Research Station University of California Bishop, CA jsmiley@wmrs.edu |
| Robert
B. Srygley (Web site) 1991 |
The associations of palatability with flight, morphology, and thermal biology of Neotropical butterflies | Department
of Zoology Oxford University bob.srygley@zoo.ox.ac.uk |
| Joan Strassmann
(Web site) 1979 |
Kin selection and the population biology of the social paper wasp (Polistes exclamans) | Department
of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Rice University, Houston strassm@rice.edu |
| Gregory
Sword (Web site) 1998 |
Neonatal host specificity in a polyphagous grasshopper, Schistocerca lineata | Research
Ecologist USDA, ARS Sidney, MT gsword@sidney.ars.usda.gov |
| Chris
Thomas (Web site) 1988 |
Diet maintenance and evolution in Euphydryas editha populations | Department
of Biology University of Leeds, Leeds, UK c.d.thomas@leeds.ac.uk |
| Susan Weller 1989 (Web site) |
Phylogeny of the Nystaleini (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) | Assistant
Professor Entomology and Curator James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History Department of Entomology University of Minnesota, St. Paul welle008@tc.umn.edu |
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Paul Whittaker (Web Site) 1982 |
Artist; Grant-writing and program development for nonprofit arts organizations Evanston, IL |
| Name | Thesis Topic | Current Position |
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Mary O'Rourke Beck 1982 |
Cofoundress takeover of nests in the paper wasp Polistes annularis |
Master Candidate Computer Sciences, UT Austin |
| Lawrence
C.-J. Cheng 1987 |
Heliconius hecale Butterfly -- A Greenhouse Study | Principal Scientist, PCR Infectious Disease/Blood Screening Development, Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA |
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David Cheshire 1995 |
Population ecology of a litter ant community |
Science Teacher Houston Independent School District |
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Catherine Duckett (Web site) 1987 |
The natural history of an undescribed Neotropical flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae), and its relationship to oviposition in the butterfly, Heliconius hewitsoni, and to other local alticines |
Visiting Associate Professor Entomology Department Rutgers University |
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Anthony Fischbach 1994 |
Assessing relative abundance and habitat use in bat communities: Methods, applications, and biases |
US Fish & Wildlife Service USGS, Alaska Biological Science Center - polar bear and walrus management - roosting ecology of bats in southeast Alaskan rainforests |
| Mirian
Medina 1996 |
Differences in body size in two races of Heliconius erato | Ph.D. student, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville |
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Alma Solis 1982 |
A biogeographical comparison of the moths of Liquidambar forests |
Research Entomologist |
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Carol Wolin 1982 |
Models of mutualism: density effects in facultative systems |
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