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Author:

Rollinson, Christine

Title:

Influences Of Climate And Biotic Interactions On Realized Niches And Tree Species Distribution In The Central Appalachians

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

species distribution
climate
competition
realized niche
Appalachian Mountains
scale
temperature model
distribution model

File:

Download Rollinson_Dissertation_2014_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member
Laura P Leites, Committee Member

Author:

Onofrio, Lauren

Title:

Adaptation to climate in Juglans nigra: exploring how home climate shapes growth patterns of natural populations

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

black walnut
Juglans nigra
tree populations
local adaptation
climate
climate change
spatial climate variability
temporal climate variability
early growth patterns
growth rates
natural selection
genetic differentiation
provenance test
dendrochronology
phenotypic plasticity
common garden

File:

Download OnofrioFinalMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura P Leites, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Kammerer, Melanie Anne

Title:

Enabling conservation: unraveling spatio-temporal drivers of wild-bee communities

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

wild bees
climate
landscape
herbicide
land use
conservation

File:

Download Kammerer_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christina M Grozinger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christina M Grozinger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Harland Martin Patch, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
John Frazier Tooker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair