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Students - Oral Paper and Poster Competition Winners

2008 Oral Paper and Poster Competition Winners

Oral Paper Competition
(9 Ph.D. participants; 28 M.S. participants)

1st place Ph.D. - Jordana LaFantasie (University of Wyoming)
"Interspecific Interactions Between Black Henbane and Three Native Grasses"
2nd place Ph.D. - Benjamin Geaumont (North Dakota State University)
"Impacts of Sustainable Livestock Production Systems on Ring-Necked Pheasant Nest Success and Density on Post-contract Conservation Reserve Program Lands"
1st place M.S. - Robert Wesley (New Mexico State University)
"Measures of Daily Distribution Patterns of Cow Calf Pairs Using Global Positioning Systems on Both Cows and Calves"
2nd place M.S. - Eliza Deutsch (University of Alberta)
"Combined Effects of Litter and Defoliation on Soil Moisture and Associated Forage Production in Aspen Parkland Grasslands"

Poster Competition
(10 Ph.D. participants; 19 M.S. participants)

1st place Ph.D. - Upekala Wijayratne (Oregon State University)
"Seed Longevity of Two Subspecies of Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)"
2nd Place Ph.D. - Santiago Utsumi (New Mexico State University)
"One-Seed Juniper Use by Goats: Influence Of Stocking Density and Mixed Grazing In Summer and Spring"
1st place M.S. - Jacob Martin (New Mexico State University)
"Influence of Prior Exposure and Basal Diet Quality on Intake of Three Locoweed Species by Naïve Heifers"
2nd place M.S. - Mae Elsinger (University of Alberta)
"Restoration Status of 50 Oil and Gas Disturbances at Rumsey Block in Central Alberta"