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STUDENT AWARDS AT THE 2008 ANNUAL MEETING

Once again, the presentations by the 12 student award finalists were a highlight of SCB's annual meeting. The talks covered a broad geography, from the Himalayas to remote islands off the coast of Africa. Geographic range was matched by the breadth of topics, which included paleobiology, biodiversity law, and urban conservation. We also had inspirational plenary talks by two of SCB's Distinguished Service Awardees. Anne Kapuscinski offered illuminating advice from her experience as a scientist in the policy arena, and Helene Marsh discussed the connections between the rights of indigenous peoples and conservation of threatened species.

Please join us in congratulating the following students:

First place -- Alexandra Iona James
Can species reintroductions aid ecosystem restoration?
A case study from arid Australia

Second place -- Brent Sewall
Integrated ecological and social assessments for conservation planning and reserve design

Third place -- Allison Leidner
The effects of urbanization on an endemic coastal butterfly

Fourth place -- Deborah Ann McArdle
Describing historical patterns of marine life population dynamics using a life history approach: a 120 year history of the California spiny lobster

Student Award Finalists

Bhojkumar Acharya: Conservation priorities based on altitudinal distribution of species in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya

Rena Borkhataria: Everglades water levels influence source-sink dynamics of endangered Wood Storks in South Florida, USA

Alison Boyer: Selectivity of ancient and modern avian extinctions on Pacific islands

Julia Ekstrom: Measuring gaps in ocean law for ecosystem-based management

Edward Game: Should we protect the weak or the strong? An analysis of risk and resilience in marine protected areas

Alana Grech: Rapid assessment of risks to a mobile marine mammal in an ecosystem-scale MPA network

Thomas Morrison: Estimating seasonal abundance of migratory wildebeest in Northern Tanzania using a computer-assisted individual identification method

Kristina Smyth: Do-it-yourself conservation: How home landscaping choices affect biodiversity

Many thanks to our sponsors, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford University Press, and Sinauer Associates, Inc., for making these awards possible. We also thank the scientific professionals who reviewed both the initial applications from students and participated in the final judging process at the meeting.

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