The
CHS Grants Committee has chosen the CHS grant recipients for 2005.The committee consisted of John Bailey, Matt Campbell, Byron de la
Navarre, DVM, Michael Dloogatch and Lori King.This year we received 21 applications, as usual far exceeding the
number of grants that could be awarded based on available funds.After a difficult decision process, eight grants were awarded, in
varying amounts, as follows:
Whitney
J. Banning,University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.Resource
Partitioning along a Spatial Gradient in a Freshwater Turtle Community Study in
Illinois,@
$500.
Zach
Felix,Center
for Forestry and Ecology, Alabama A&M University.Microhabitat and Movement Patterns of the Eastern Box Turtle
(Terrapene c. carolina) in Forest Stands Managed for Timber
Production,@
$500.
Alan
Kardon,21947
Pelican Creek, San Antonio, Texas.Life
History Traits of Crotalus polystictus: A Long-term Mark &
Recapture Study,@
$500.
Ali
M. Rabatsky, Department
of Biology, University of Louisiana (Lafayette).Vestigialization of the Rattle in Three Insular Rattlesnake
Species,@
$500.
Anne
Readel, Illinois Natural History Survey.Effect of Habitat Degradation on the Health and Conservation of
Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta),@
$500.
Amanda
L. Subalusky, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M
University.The Role of Seasonal
Wetlands in the Ecology of the American Alligator,@
$500.
Christopher A. Conner,
University of Missouri.The Permeability of Altered Habitat to Migration in Forest-dependent
Amphibians,@
$300.
Daniel A. Warner,
School of Biological Sciences, The University of
Sydney.The Adaptive Significance of Temperature-dependent Sex
Determination in an Australian Agamid Lizard,@
$300.
