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Antolin Lab People |
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Antolin
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Education:
Ph.D. Biological Science, Florida State University (1990)
M.Sc. Zoology, University of Alberta, Canada (1985)
B.A. Biology, University of Pennsylvania (1981)
Research Interests:
Population genetics and ecology, conservation genetics, metapopulation
biology of prairie dogs and plague,
sex ratios and mating systems in parasitic Hymenoptera, local adaptation
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Dan Tripp
Lab Manager
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| Current
Graduate Students |
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Shelley
Bayard de Volo
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2000 to present
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Demography
and population genetics of northern goshawks using non-invasive genetic
sampling
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Reesa Conrey
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2004 to present
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Population
dynamics of burrowing owls on the Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado:
Effects of prairie dog - plague dynamics, recreational shooting, and
potential management actions
I am locating nests and monitoring abundance, nest
success, and fledging success for owls on the PNG, making comparisons
with owl count data collected by the Forest Service from 1998 - present. A pilot study was initiated in 2005 with 62 nests monitored on
12 prairie dog colonies and one area off colony. I plan to continue this
study through 2007, banding a subset of adult and juvenile owls in order
to correct observational counts of owlets (which may remain visually
undetectable underground), assess site fidelity, and initiate a study of
survival.
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Liz
Harp
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2005 to present
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Genetics of disease
resistance in black-tailed prairie dogs
I am collecting blood, fecal, and tissue samples from black-tailed
prairie dogs on the Pawnee National Grassland in order to investigate
relationships among the parasites of black-tailed prairie dogs,
immunogenetic diversity, and immunocompetence. I am also developing
a host-parasite database for vertebrates on the shortgrass steppe.
In my free time I continue with research into the persistence of
ranavirus in wood frogs and spotted salamanders at Tulula wetland in
western North Carolina.
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| Former
Graduate Students |
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Dan Tripp
M.Sc.
Spring 2005 to Fall 2007
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Flea
Loads on Black-tailed Prairie Dogs During Plague Epizootics in Colorado |
Lisa Savage
Ph.D.
Fall 1999 to Fall 2007
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Population genetics
of black-tailed prairie dogs on the Pawnee National Grassland
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Aryn Wilder
M.Sc.
Spring 2005 to Spring 2007
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Early transmission
of Yersinia pestis by the prairie dog flea Oropsylla hirsuta |
Michael Foust
M.Sc.
Fall 2005 to Spring 2007
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A survey of Eimeria
spp. (Apicomplexa; Eimeriidae) in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys
ludovicianus) in northeastern Colorado |
Jennifer Lowell
Ph.D.
Spring 2002 to Spring 2007
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Population genetics
of plague (Yersinia pestis): a global perspective |
Jeremy Bono
Ph.D.
Fall 1999 to Fall 2004
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Obligate and facultative slave-making ants: raiding
behavior, host-parasite coevolution, and evolution of slave-making
behavior
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Erin Lehmer
Powell
Ph.D.
Fall 2000 to Spring 2004
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The
relationship between torpor, environment, and body condition in
free-ranging black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) |
Jen Roach
M.Sc.
Fall 1996 to Summer 1999
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Genetic structure of a black-tailed prairie dog ( Cynomys
ludovicianus)
metapopulation in shortgrass steppe
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Dan Hopkins
M.Sc.
Fall 1993 to Spring 1998
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Population
structure of an aphid parasitoid wasp measured by allozyme and RAPD-PCR
markers |
Myron (Mike) Gray
M.Sc.
Fall 1995 to Spring 1998
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Using random
amplified polymorphic DNA markers for a population study of the Aspergillus
glaucus group |
Alisha Holloway
M.Sc.
Fall 1995 to Fall 1997
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Genetics of sex
determination in a parasitoid wasp |
Ty Vaughn
Ph.D.
Spring 1993 to Spring 1997
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Ecological
genetics of a parasitoid wasp in an agricultural landscape |
Michelle Marko
M.Sc.
Fall 1993 to Spring 1996
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Hemiparasitism
by Castilleja sulphurea: alkaloid incorporation and herbivore
response |
