NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY-1999

这项行动为1999年NSF少数民族博士后研究金提供了资金。研究和培训计划是在动物生理学和行为领域，题为“栖息在温带赤道环境中的鸟类的生殖功能和领域性的激素和环境调节”。“这项研究调查了赤道种群的繁殖和领土控制的棕褐色麻雀，Zonotrichia capensis。 交配对表现出同步的生殖周期，而人口显示季节性繁殖。 环境和荷尔蒙的线索，对使用同步繁殖正在确定。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for 1999.The research and training plan is in the area of animal physiology and behavior and is entitled "Hormonal and environmental regulation of reproductive function and territoriality in a bird inhabiting a temperate equatorial environment." This study investigates the control of reproduction and territoriality in an equatorial population of the rufous sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis. Mating pairs exhibit synchronized reproductive cycles while the population displays aseasonal reproduction. The environmental and hormonal cues that the pairs use to synchronize reproduction are being determined.