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Author:

Nguyen, Hai

Title:

Data-driven assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture in the Southeast of the United States

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

climate change
maize
soybean
crop net irrigation requirement
crop yield
southeastern United States
agriculture
uncertainty

File:

Download HN_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Cibin Raj, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tom Richard, Major Field Member
Christine Costello, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suat Irmak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Allen Thompson, Special Member

Author:

Rodrigues Do Amaral, Bruna

Title:

Using big data to answer big questions: how are birds dealing with the challenges of living in the Anthropocene?

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

hemlock woolly adelgid
bird population decline
invasive species
regional decline
bird demography
population biology
climate change
human impact
migration speed
spring migration
bird
bird population
phenology
vegetation green-up

File:

Download Amaral2022_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frances E. Buderman, Committee Member
Matthew R. Marshall, Committee Member
Andy Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Isaacson, Ashley

Title:

Warmer and more variable temperatures influence both crop yield and weed seedbank longevity in a perennial forage system

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science (MS)

Keywords:

open-top chambers
climate change
perennial forage
forage production
weed seedbank
seedbank longevity
increased temperatures
weed seed mortality
alfalfa productivity
temperature fluctuations
winter injury

File:

Download Isaacson_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Erin Connolly, Program Head/Chair
Carolyn Lowry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John M Wallace, Committee Member
Richard Smith, Committee Member