The Henri Seibert Award was initiated in 1992 to provide recognition for the best student papers given at the annual meeting of the SSAR. These awards are named in honor of Henri C. Seibert, an early and tireless supporter of SSAR (having served as an officer for over 20 years) in recognition of outstanding student presentations at the annual meeting.

To be eligible, the presented paper must be the result of research conducted by the presenter. The research must have been done while the student was in either an undergraduate or graduate degree program. The presentations will be judged by the SSAR student prize committee. One Seibert Prize of US $200 may be given in each of the following four categories:

• Conservation
• Ecology
• Evolution/Systematics
• Physiology/Morphology

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Students entering the competition must be members of SSAR. Students can win the Henri Seibert competition only once. Please indicate the category to which you are submitting your abstract on the abstract form in the Call for Papers.

SSAR Henri Seibert Awards for 2009 Announced

HENRI SEIBERT AWARD COMMITTEE
Laine Giovanetto (New Jersey City University)
Todd Jackman (Villanova University)
Eric Juterbock (The Ohio State University)
Jacqueline Litzgus (Laurentian University)
Laura Mahrt (Eastern Oregon University)
Patrick Owen (University of Cincinnati)
Benjamin Pierce (Southwestern University)
Robert Reed (USGS)
Emily Taylor (California Polytechnic State University)

The 18^th annual Seibert Awards were presented at the 52^nd Annual Meeting of the SSAR in Portland, Oregon, 22-27 July 2009. These awards are named in honor of Henri C. Seibert, an early and tireless supporter of SSAR (having served as an officer for over 20 years). In recognition of outstanding student presentations at the annual meeting, a single award was given in each of the following categories: Evolution/Systematics (9 presentations), Ecology (12 presentations), Physiology/Morphology (6 presentations) and Conservation (8 presentations). All awardees will receive a check for US $200 and a book from Chuck Crumly at University of California Press.

The Seibert Award Winners for 2009 were:

The Winners - Systematics/Evolution: Jamie Oaks, The University of Kansas, "Objective partition choice and the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the true crocodiles."; Ecology: John Willson, Brian Todd, and Christopher Winne, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, "Trap-happiness, temporary emigration and other factors affecting detectability and population estimation in aquatic snakes."; Physiology/Morphology: Victoria Ash, T Ulmar Grafe, Marcos Gridi-Papp, and Peter Narins, University of California Los Angeles, University of Brunei Darussalam, "An Old World frog communicates in pure ultrasound." Conservation: Kristine Kaiser, Menemsha Alloush, Robin M. Jones, Susanne Marczak, Katherine S. Marineau, Mark V. Oliva, and Peter M. Narins, University of California Los Angeles, "When sounds collide: effects of anthropogenic noise on frog calling behavior."


Honorable Mention - Ecology: Javan Bauder, Holly Akenson, and Charles Peterson, Idaho State University, University of Idaho, "Over the hills and far away: movements of prairie rattlesnakes across a mountainous landscape in a designated wilderness." Conservation: Anna Savage, Cornell University, "Experimental infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis demonstrates genetic resistance to chytridiomycosis in Lithobates yavapaiensis."

SSAR Henri Seibert Awards for 2008 Announced

HENRI SEIBERT AWARD COMMITTEE
Lora L. Smith and Margaret Gunzburger, Co-Chairs

The 17^th annual Seibert Awards were presented at the 51^st Annual Meeting of the SSAR in Montréal, Québec, 23-28 July 2008. In recognition of outstanding student presentations at the annual meeting, a single award is given in each of four categories: Evolution/Systematics (5 eligible presentations), Ecology (7 eligible presentations), and Conservation (9 eligible presentations). There were no presentations in Physiology/Morphology. All awardees will receive a check for US $200 and a book from Chuck Crumly at University of California Press.

The Seibert Award Winners for 2008 were:

The Winners - Systematics/Evolution: Julienne Ng, University of Rochester, “Dewlap color and reproductive isolation in Anolis distichus.” Ecology: Forrest Brem, University of Memphis, “Environmental transmission: a mechanism of disease-induced amphibian extinctions.” Conservation: David Pike, Jonathan Webb, and Richard Shine, University of Sydney, “Landscape-scale reptile conservation: experimentally manipulating canopy cover to restore a reptile assemblage.”


Honorable Mention - Ecology: April Barreca and Jason T. Irwin, Central Washington University, “Seasonal habitat use and movement of Cascades frogs (Rana cascadae) in Washington.” Conservation: Brian Todd, Thomas Luhring, Betsie Rothermel, and Whit Gibbons, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Austin Peay State University, “Interspecific effects of upland forest clearing on amphibian migrations: implications for habitat and population connectivity.”

The judges were Catherine Bevier (Colby College), Gerardo Carfagno (College of Wooster), Nirvana Filoramo (Clark University), Colleen Ingram (American Museum of Natural History), Eric Juterbock (The Ohio State University at Lima), Patrick Owen (The Ohio State University at Lima), and Emily Taylor (California Polytechnic State University).