Michael W. Butler Ecological Research Award

Award Year: 2020

Advisor: Dr. Jim Belthoff, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Examining the potential effects of roads on vital rates and movement behavior in Barn Owls

Award Year: 2019
Advisor: Dr. Marie-Anne de Graaff, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Impacts of Fertilization, Plant Species & Genotypic Diversity on Soil Carbon and Soil Diversity in Biofuel Cropping Systems

Award Year: 2018
Advisor: Dr. Julie Heath, Biological Sciences
Project Title: The Interactive Effects of Fire and Recreation on Predator-Prey Interactions

Award Year: 2017
Advisor: Dr. Jim Belthoff, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Proximate Factors in Natal Dispersal: The Role of Body Condition

Award Year: 2017
Advisor:Dr. Julie Heath, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Environmental Drivers of Dispersal in North American Birds: Patterns of Individual Dispersal and Consequences for Population Distributions

Award Year: 2016
Advisor: Dr. Julie Heath, Biological Sciences
Project Title: The Role of Disease and Ectoparasites in the Ecology of Nestling Golden Eagles

Award Year: 2015
Advisor:Dr. Jesse Barber, Biological Sciences
Project Title: The Evolution of Anti-Bat Sensory Illusions on Moths

Award Year: 2014
Advisor: Dr. Jim Belthoff, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Barn Owls (Tyto alba) Crossing the Road – Examining the Interplay Among Occupancy, Behavior, Habitat Selection, and Roadway Mortality in Southern Idaho

Award Year: 2013
Advisor: Dr. Julie Heath, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Population Response to Climate Change: Wintering Strategy has Carryover Effects on the Timing of Nest Initiation and Mate Choice in a Partial Migrant, the American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

Award Year: 2012
Advisor: Dr. Marc Bechard, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Breeding Ecology of the Northern Goshawk (Accipiter Gentilis) Within a Unique Prey and Forest Landscape of the Western United States

Award Year: 2011
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Forbey, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Understanding the Tradeoff Between Safety and Food Quality in a Mammalian Herbivore Specialist, the Pygmy Rabbit

Award Year: 2010
Advisor: Dr. Ian Robertson, Biological Sciences
Project Title: Diet Selection by the Owyhee Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex Salinus) in Southern Idaho