Native Bird HabitatMeaghan Conway
2016 The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
Meaghan Conway is a PhD candidate at the University of Maine. Her project is titled, “Niche evolution along a gradient of ecological specialization.” She will study how several species of sparrows respond to habitat variation in and around saltmarsh habitats in the northeast. She will focus on the niches of a group of emberizid sparrows with specialized adaptations for tidal marshes, an ecosystem that is vulnerable to impacts of human disturbance and sea-level rise. Grounded in basic ecological theory, her research has direct implications for the management and conservation of threatened and declining bird species.
The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
To provide financial aid to study areas in the United States that provide seasonal habitat for threatened or endangered native birds and to tend useful information for land-management decisions.
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