Posters

Below are posters available for download as pdf files from recent undergraduate and graduate research projects. (If you have trouble opening any of these, try downloading it first, then open in Acrobat)

Project Title
Authors
Completed
The Global Mammal Parasite Database: an online resource for scientists and the public Byron Ledbetter, Sonia Altizer, Charlie Nunn, Vanessa Ezenwa and Patrik Lindenfors Spring 2007
Tracking continent-wide parasite spread in monarch butterflies: launching a new citizen-science project, MonarchHealth Natalie Kolleda and Sonia Altizer Spring 2007
Strength in numbers: Parasite transmission & virulence in monarch butterflies Jean Chi, Jacobus C. de Roode, Sonia Altizer Summer 2006
Infectious diseases and extinction risk in wild mammals Amy Pedersen, Sonia Altizer, Kate Jones and Charlie Nunn Spring 2006
Salmonella Surveillance in Wild Passerine Populations Along an Urban - Rural Gradient Catherine Bradley, Sonia Altizer, John Maurer, Susan Sanchez and Margie Lee Spring 2006

Crowding and disease: Combined effects of larval rearing density and parasitism on survival and development of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

Mudresh Mehta, Varun Dhulipala, Elizabeth Friedle, and Sonia Altizer Summer 2005
Crowding and disease: Investigating density-dependent parasite resistance in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) Varun Dhulipala, Mudresh Mehta, Elizabeth Friedle, and Sonia Altizer Spring 2005
Urbanization and the dynamics of disease in a natural avian population
Catherine Bradley Spring 2005
Influence of temperature on susceptibility and response of monarch butterflies to a protozoan parasite Hugo Valin, Elizabeth Friedle and Sonia Altizer Summer 2004

Genotyping Mycoplasma gallisepticum Isolates from Songbirds by Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA and Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism

David Ley, Sonia Altizer and John Cherry
Summer 2004
Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Host Susceptibility and Parasite Infection in Monarch Butterflies
Elizabeth Friedle and Sonia Altizer
Summer 2004
Effects of parasite infection on the flight performance of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) Catherine Bradley
Spring 2004
Heritability of resistance to a protozoan parasite (Ophryocystis elektroscirrha) in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) Elizabeth Friedle and Sonia Altizer
Spring 2004
Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis and the feeding behavior of house finches Erin Hotchkiss, Andrew Davis, John Cherry and Sonia Altizer
Spring 2004
Geographic variation among monarch butterfly populations: migratory behavior and the evolution of wing morphology Andrew Davis and Sonia Altizer
Summer 2003
Variation in Response to Temperature among N. American Monarch Butterflies: Evidence for Local Adaptation Bethany Farrey, Andrew K. Davis and Sonia Altizer
Summer 2003
Effects of Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense) on bird species in a southeastern piedmont forest Joshua Wilcox, Christopher Beck, and Andrew Davis
Summer 2003
Oviposition behavior and host plant preference of monarch butterflies on different milkweed species Deborah Ladner, Andrew Davis and Sonia Altizer
Summer 2002
Errors associated with using colored leg bands to identify wild birds Jessica Milligan, Andrew Davis and Sonia Altizer
Spring 2002