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Jessica D. Stephens
Masters Student
Department of Biological Sciences
Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
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2005
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Department of Biological Sciences, Butler University, B.S. Biology (major).
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Behavioral and population ecology, conservation biology, and dispersal, with a focus on the population genetics of Exyra semicrocea, a moth symbiont to pitcher plant bogs in the Southeast and its application to conservation of the bog ecosystem.
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2011
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Recipient - Student Government Association (SGA) Outstanding Student Award, Auburn University Graduate School.
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2010
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Recipient Graduate Research Fellowship - National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS; awarded by NOAA). Project Title: "Elucidating effects of pitcher plant wetland fragmentation: A study of dispersal and genetic connectivity on an arthropod associate, Exyra semicrocea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)".
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2009
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Recipient - Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research.
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2008
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Recipient Post-course Research Grant, Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS).
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2002
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Recipient Summer Institute Research Grant, Spatial ecology of common snapping turtles, Butler University.
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2008
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"Collared peccary influence on dung beetle assemblages." - International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (Poster).
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2005
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"Comparing the diets of Graptyemys geographica, the common map turtle,and Trachemys scripta, the red-eared slider." - Undergraduate Research Conference, Butler University.
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2004
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"The spatial ecology of Chelydra serpentina, the common snapping turtle, in an urban landscape." - Butler Summer Institute & Butler Biology Seminar Series, Butler University.
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In prep
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Paemelaere, E., L. Pastorello, S. Haba, A. Balmer, N. Rajamani, A.L. Skibiel, J.D. Stephens, S. Zappulla, H. Zimbler-Delorenzo, J. Yu, F. S. Dobson. Mammalian rarity in the New World: A temperate-tropical comparison.
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In prep
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Banning, W.J., M.J. Dreslik, C.A. Philips, and J.D. Stephens. Spatial ecology of Chrysemys picta, the painted turtles.
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Stephens, J.D., S.R. Santos, D.R. Folkerts. 2011. Genetic differentiation, structure, and a transition zone among populations of the pitcher plant moth Exyra semicrocea: Implications for conservation. PLoS One. 6:e22658. Download article directly from PLoS One website
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Dolan, R.W., M.E. Moore, and J.D. Stephens. Documenting effects of urbanization on flora using herbarium records. Journal of Ecology. (in press)
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