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GRADUATE STUDENTS
SUZANNE AUSTIN-BYTHELL
B.S., Wildlife Science, Oregon State University
M.S., Wildlife Science, Oregon
State University
Ph.D. student, OSU
My research focuses on latitudinal variation of life history traits in songbirds. It has long been known that clutch size increases with latitude, but there is some ambiguity surrounding a number of other life history traits, i.e. incubation, growth, parental investment, etc. Thus, I’m interested in investigating developmental rates and parental investment in temperate and tropical birds in the context of avian life history strategies.
AARON HOLMES
B.S., The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Ph.D. candidate, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State
University
I have extensive research experience in shrubsteppe ecosystems
of the American west. My focus has been on songbird populations.
For my dissertation, I will be quantifying the longer-term effects
(5-22 years) of fire in sagebrush landscapes of northern Nevada
on bird, small mammal, and plant communities. The goal is to understand
how bird demographics vary across these fires of different vintage
with one aim being to provide rangeland managers with better recommendations
on the longterm consequences of fire.
ANA IBARRA
B.S., Biology, Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco, Mexico
M.S., Biology, University of Miami, Florida
Ph.D. candidate, University of Miami, Florida
I am a doctoral student at University of Miami and I am co-advised
by Douglas Robinson and Dr. Michael Gaines. I am studying the effects
of fragmentation on songbird distribution, movements, and population
genetics in Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. I will document the distributions
of several forest birds across the landscape, conduct some experiments
to understand differences among species in movements between fragments,
and analyze several isolated populations to see if isolation by
fragmentation leads to population genetic structuring in some of
the songbird species.
TIM LAWES
B.S., University of Montana
Master’s student, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University
I am studying pygmy rabbit movements, home range dynamics and ecology in southeastern Oregon and nearby Nevada. My advisor is Dr. Bob Anthony and my co-advisor is Douglas Robinson.
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