Recursos
Becas para estudiantes
Congratulations to this year's MWPARC Travel Grant: Fueling Student Field Experiences winners!
Graduate students:
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Kerri Beers, St. Cloud State University. "Aquatic vs. terrestrial: surveying anurans for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in Minnesota."
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Alyssa Roberts, St. Cloud State University. "Comparing traditional and environmental DNA methods to detect the Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) in Minnesota."
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Luke Tonsfeldt, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. "Northward expansion of ecologically damaging amphibians and reptiles."
Undergraduate students:
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Grace Allen, Missouri Western State University. "Spatial ecology of Blanding's Turtle, Emydoidea blandingii, on Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, northwest Missouri."
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Kayla Coggins, Louisiana State University. "Northern extreme of snake fungal disease."
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Kevin Green, Eastern New Mexico University. "Examening the current distribution of the invasive Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis) along the Ohio River."
Midwest PARC ofrece una beca de viaje a los estudiantes para ayudar a compensar los costos de transporte asociados con la participación en el trabajo de campo herpetológico con un investigador experimentado. ¡En 2021, se otorgaron 12 becas ($ 100) a estudiantes de la región del Medio Oeste! Consulte a continuación los detalles de la solicitud y para leer los informes presentados por los beneficiarios de subvenciones anteriores .
Ya no aceptamos becas de viaje para la temporada 2021.
¡Estén atentos para información sobre premios futuros!
2023 Travel Grant Recipients
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Benjamin's work with Kirtland's Snakes (Clonophis kirtlandii) in central and northern Indiana.
Image description: A Kirtland's Snake (provided by Benjamin)
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Caley's work with spotted turtles in Northern Michigan.
Image description: A Spotted Turtle (provided by Caley)
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Shania's work with salamanders and habitat drying events.
Image description: An ambystomatid salamander from their mesocosms (provided by Caley)
2022 Travel Grant Recipients
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Joey's work with Blanding's Turtles.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Samantha's work with wetland drying and amphibians.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Stephanie's work with phenotypic plasticity in amphibians.
Destinatario 2021: Katherine Brandewie
Click here to read about Katie's work with turtle communities in a large urban wetland complex in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Note: Details regarding field sites have been removed to protect those populations of amphibians and reptiles.