Awards and Prizes

Best Student Paper

Emu - Austral Ornithology is pleased to offer an annual award for the Best Student Paper published in the journal, in recognition of the significant contribution made by students to ornithological research in the southern hemisphere.

The award is designed to highlight the quality of the papers published by younger scientists in the journal. Papers are judged on: (1) the quality of the scientific work; (2) the innovation and importance of the work and its contribution to the field; and (3) the quality and clarity of the writing and presentation.

Criteria of eligibility for the Best Student Paper award are (1) the student must be the senior author and (2) the paper must be published within five years of the student completing his/her degree. The selection of the winner is made by a subcommittee of the Editorial Advisory Committee of the journal.

Students are encouraged to submit their best papers to Emu - Austral Ornithology, and to indicate that they are eligible in the covering letter at the time of submission. Instructions for submission can be found in the Notice to Authors.

The award is generously sponsored by Andrew Isles Natural History Books, and each winner receives membership of Birds Australia (including Wingspan) and a subscription to Emu for one year.

Winners

2006 (joint winners): Steve Murphy (Australian National University) and Beth Schlotfeldt (Flinders University)
Recent evolutionary history of New Zealand’s North and South Island Kokako (Callaeas cinerea) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences
S. A. Murphy, I. A. Flux and M. C. Double
pp. 41-48
PDF (202 KB)
Adaptive divergence in the Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus): a mainland versus island comparison of morphology and foraging behaviour
Beth E. Schlotfeldt and Sonia Kleindorfer
pp. 309-319
PDF (167 KB)

2005: Rachael Alderman (Australian National University)
Genetic affinities of newly sampled populations of Wandering and Black-browed Albatross
R. Alderman, M. C. Double, J. Valencia and R. P. Gales
pp. 169-179
PDF (404 KB)

2004: Matthew Ward (University of Adelaide)
Responses to fire of Slender-billed Thornbills, Acanthiza iredalei hedleyi, in Ngarkat Conservation Park, South Australia. I. Densities, group sizes, distribution and management issues
M. J. Ward and D. C. Paton
pp. 157-167
PDF (522 KB)

2003: Lainie Berry (Monash University)
Do predation rates on artificial nests accurately predict predation rates on natural nests? The effects of nest type, egg type and nest-site characteristics
Lainie Berry and Alan Lill
pp. 207-214
PDF (74 KB)

2002: Peter Griffioen (La Trobe University)
Large-scale bird-movement patterns evident in eastern Australian atlas data
Peter A. Griffioen and Michael F. Clarke
pp. 97-123
PDF (822 KB)