Victoria Zero
(2007 Alumni)
Senior Thesis Project:
Zero(2007) A Comparative Study of Sex Roles in African Cichlid fishes
of the Genus Julidochromis: Implications for Sexual Selection and
Sexual Conflict Theory.I have documented variation in sex-role behavior for the
five closely related species of the genus Julidochromis (African Cichlids) as well as investigating mating system flexibility. (read more)
Publications:
Zero, V.H., Eifler, D.A. and R. Powell (submitted) Foraging behavior of the lizard Ameiva erythrocephala.
Kerr, A.M, Zero, V.H. and R. Powell (2006) Ameiva erythrocephala (Shaw 1802): red-faced ground lizard, orange-face ameiva. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 817:1-4.
Fogarty, S.P., Zero, V.H. and R. Powell (2004) Revisiting St. Eustatius: Estimating the population size of Lesser Antillean Iguanas, Iguana delicatissima. Iguana. 11(3):139-146.
Presentations:
Zero, V. and Eifler, D. (2007) Ecology of the Texas horned lizard Phrynosoma cornutum in Kansas Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Phoenix AZ)
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Grants and Awards:
2005 Arch and Fran Diack Award for Independent Field Research
2006 HHMI Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2007 Miller Student Travel Fellowhip
Outside of Science:
