Year | Recipient | Institution | Research Title |
2024 | Gabriela Rivero-Ramirez | Missouri State University | Giant river cane (Arundinaria gigantea) and Swainson’s warblers (Limnothlypis swainsonii): Implementing innovative monitoring techniques for species and habitats of conservation concern |
2023
| Shelby Palmer | Missouri State University | Investigating the relationship between ancestry and song in the Black-capped chickadee/Carolina chickadee hybrid zone |
2022
| Alejandro Chávez Treviño | University of Missouri | Breeding success of Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) and interactions with bison grazing (Bison bison) in restored pastures of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie |
2021
| Zach Vickers | Missouri State University | Does Local Abundance Explain Cultural Complexity in Bewick's Wren Songs? |
2019
| Sarah Clements | University of Missouri-Columbia | Landscape effects on individual-decision making and fitness in mid-continent migratory shorebirds |
2018
| John Schulz | University of Missouri-Columbia | Attitudes of Natural Resource Professionals about voluntary use of nonlead hunting ammunition |
2017
| Katie Rittenhouse | Southeast Missouri State University | Spatiotemporal variation of mercury in
insectivorous birds and insects in southeast Missouri wetlands |
2017
| Kyle J. Kuechle | University of Missouri-Columbia | Quantifying neonicotinoid concentrations in Missouri wetlands and the potential effects to the associated avian community |
2015
| Travis J. Schepker | University of MO - Columbia | Waterfowl Response to Spring Food Availability on Mid-Latitudinal Wetlands during Migration |
2014
| Julianna Jenkins | University of MO - Columbia | Tradeoffs in Neotropical migrant songbird survival and resource use in fragmented Eastern deciduous forest: from the nest to indepencence |
2013
| Jamie L. McCallum | University of Central Missouri | Use of Hayed and Unhayed CRP Fields by Grassland Birds in Missouri |
2012
| Vincenzo A. Ellis | University of Missouri-St. Louis | Health and its Relation to Patterns of Abundance and Distribution of North American Birds |
2011
| Richard A. Stanton, Jr. | University of Missouri-Columbia | Assessing the Potential for Brown-headed Nuthatch Reintroduction in Missouri: Habitat Selection at Multiple Spatial Scales |
2010
| Kaylan Kemink | University of Missouri-Columbia | The Missouri Greater Prairie-Chicken: Historic Decline and Present-Day Survival and Movement |
2009
| Allison S. Cox | University of Missouri-Columbia | Natal dispersal of Red-bellied Woodpeckers in a fragmented landscape |
2008
| Cara Joos | University of Missouri-Columbia | Habitat selection and reproductive success of Bell 's Vireo (Vireo belli belli) in managed habitats of central Missouri |
2007
| W. Andrew Cox | University of Missouri-Columbia | Identification of important nest predators and the factors that influence their contribution to overall predation rates in a Midwestern landscape |
2006
| Robin Hirsh-Jacobson | University of Missouri-Columbia | The Effects of Late Season Nests on Source-Sink Dynamics in Mid Missouri Forest Fragment |