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RESEARCH GRANTS

BOOK AWARDS

In 1998 we announced this initiative scheme aimed at assisting research projects with the acquisition of reference materials for their work. Book awards of £100, sponsored by NHBS Mailorder Bookstore, are allocated to up to five projects each year.

Further details are available from the BOU Office,  Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS; Tel & Fax 01 865 281 842; Email: bou @ bou.org.uk (remove spaces).

2000 BOU/NHBS Book Awards

Book awards of £100, sponsored by NHBS Mailorder Bookstore, have been awarded to the following projects:

  • Stewart White (UK). £1000. An avian survey of the Sumaca national reserve, Ecuador. (see Research Grants above).
  • Mikhail Banik (Ukraine). £600. Project CHAGRA’ 2000: Ukrainian project of conservation and studying chalk grasslands. (see Research Grants above).
  • Kate Oddie (UK) £400. Environmental predictability and sex allocation in the Saxual Sparrow Passer ammodendri. (see Research Grants above).
  • Jane Reid (UK) £200. Are wader nest-scrapes adaptively located and designed to minimise the rate of heat loss from the clutch? (see Research Grants above).

1999 BOU/NHBS Book Awards

In 1998 we announced this initiative scheme aimed at assisting research projects with the acquisition of reference materials for their work. Book awards of £100, sponsored by NHBS Mailorder Bookstore, have been awarded to the following projects:

  • Dr Geoff M. Hilton (UK). The Vulturine Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus of New Guinea: habitat requirements and conservation implications. (see Research Grants above).
  • Paul Salaman (UK). Colombian EBA Project '99. (see Research Grants above).
  • Zoltan D. Szabo (Romania). Monitoring the size and distribution of Sand Martin Riparia riparia population breeding along Mures River, Romania.
  • Papp Tamas (Romania). Impact of power lines on raptors in Romania (pilot).
  • Robert Zeitz (Romania). Conservation of birds of prey in Transylvania. (see Research Grants above).

  • The BOU is grateful to NHBS for their continued support.

The BOU is grateful to NHBS for their continued support.

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