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1. EFFECTS OF LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE ON AVIAN POPULATION DYNAMICS ACROSS SPECIES' NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING DISTRIBUTIONS

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Author:
Anders, Angela Dawn
Title:
EFFECTS OF LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE ON AVIAN POPULATION DYNAMICS ACROSS SPECIES' NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING DISTRIBUTIONS
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
North Atlantic Oscillation
climate change
Breeding Bird Survey
population dynamics
landbird
El Nino Southern Oscillation
File:
Download Anders_Formatted_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Christopher Barry Goguen, Committee Member
Matthew Marshall, Committee Member

2. Modeling External Forcing on Microparasite Dynamics: a tool for understanding observed ecological patterns and forecasting dynamics

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Author:
Luis, Angela D.
Title:
Modeling External Forcing on Microparasite Dynamics: a tool for understanding observed ecological patterns and forecasting dynamics
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
Sin Nombre virus
hantavirus
Peromyscus
deer mice
hibernation
ecological cascade hypothesis
File:
Download AngelaLuis-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Ottar N Bjornstad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter John Hudson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bryan Grenfell, Committee Member
John Fricks, Committee Member
Richard Douglass, Committee Member

3. Do Alternate Stable States Occur in Streams? Assessing Community Changes in Biofilms along a Biogeochemcical Gradient

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Author:
Scanlan, Andrew Michael
Title:
Do Alternate Stable States Occur in Streams? Assessing Community Changes in Biofilms along a Biogeochemcical Gradient
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
Diatom Assemblages
Alterante Stable State Hypothesis
Productivity Threshold
File:
Download Scanlan_Thesis_12-9-09.pdf
Committee Members:
Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hunter Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. BIRD POPULATION RESPONSES TO CONSERVATION GRASSLANDS IN PENNSYLVANIA

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Author:
Wilson, Andrew Mark
Title:
BIRD POPULATION RESPONSES TO CONSERVATION GRASSLANDS IN PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
grassland bird
conservation
CRP
Pennsylvania
CREP
File:
Download Andrew_Wilson_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member

5. The Role of Environmental Factors in the Growth and Suppression of Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass)

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Author:
Nord, Andrea Nafziger
Title:
The Role of Environmental Factors in the Growth and Suppression of Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass)
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
invasive plants
plant ecology
File:
Download A_Nord_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
David A Mortensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Larry Hunter Mc Cormick, Committee Member
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member

7. The Role of Habitat Heterogeneity in Population Dynamics: From Individual Behavior to Metapopulation Structure

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Author:
Schwarz, Carrie Anne
Title:
The Role of Habitat Heterogeneity in Population Dynamics: From Individual Behavior to Metapopulation Structure
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
population dynamics
metapopulation
dispersal
life history strategies
File:
Download completethesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Craig Saunders, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Durwood Davis, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Andrew Michael Liebhold, Committee Member

8. Comparison of Pennsylvania residents' and regional scientists' perceptions, values, and attitudes toward management of old-growth forests

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Author:
Shephard, Collin Marie
Title:
Comparison of Pennsylvania residents' and regional scientists' perceptions, values, and attitudes toward management of old-growth forests
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
old-growth forests
public forest management
human dimensions
focus groups
surveys
File:
Download cms_thesis_ecology.pdf
Committee Members:
Kim C Steiner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kim C Steiner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marc Eric Mcdill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. SIMULATED CLIMATE CHANGE ALTERS PHENOLOGY, COMPOSITION, AND STRUCTURE OF POST-HARVEST VEGETATION COMMUNITIES

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Author:
Rollinson, Christine
Title:
SIMULATED CLIMATE CHANGE ALTERS PHENOLOGY, COMPOSITION, AND STRUCTURE OF POST-HARVEST VEGETATION COMMUNITIES
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
phenology
climate change
forest harvest
community composition
climate experiment
File:
Download Rollinson_MS_Thesis-FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Labile C constrains soil respiration in ponderosa pine forests during short-term precipitation manipulation and long-term crown fire recovery

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Author:
Ross, Christopher Schultz
Title:
Labile C constrains soil respiration in ponderosa pine forests during short-term precipitation manipulation and long-term crown fire recovery
Graduate Program:
Ecology
Keywords:
soil respiration
ponderosa pine
stand-replacing fire
C storage
File:
Download New_Chris_Ross_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor