eTD Explore

Restricted (Penn State Only)

Author:: Ware-Gilmore, Fhallon
Title:: Exploring the role of thermal performance in shaping dengue virus transmission and its implication for human health under a changing climate
Graduate Program:: Entomology (PHD)
Keywords:: Thermal tolerance
evolution
aedes aegypti
heat waves
wolbachaia
thermal sensitivity
arboviruses
adaptation
climate change
flaviviruses
aedes albopictus
dengue virus
dengue fever
thermal tolerance
mosquitoes
insect physiology
File:: Login to Download
Committee Members:: Elizabeth Mcgraw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Katriona Shea, Outside Field Member
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Rudolf Schilder, Major Field Member
Matthew Thomas, Special Member
Ganesh Anand, Outside Unit Member
Moriah Szpara, Outside Field Member

Restricted (Penn State Only)

Author:: Fan, Yifei
Title:: The mechanisms of the North Atlantic Cold Blob in the past century
Graduate Program:: Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)
Keywords:: climate change
ocean circulation
global warming
AMOC
cloud radiative forcing
File:: Login to Download
Committee Members:: Laifang Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Member
Paul Markowski, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Raymond Gabriel Najjar, Jr., Committee Member
Melissa Marie Gervais, Committee Member

Restricted (Penn State Only)

Author:: Stagner, Forrest
Title:: Shifting smallholder livestock ownership for climate change resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology (PHD)
Keywords:: socio-ecological resilience
livestock
Sub-Saharan Africa
climate change
smallholder agriculture
Zambia
File:: Login to Download
Committee Members:: Leif Jensen, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Ransom, Major Field Member
Michael Jacobson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Clare Hinrichs, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Thiede, Program Head/Chair
Brian Thiede, Major Field Member

Restricted (Penn State Only)

Author:: Di Domenico, Nicolle
Title:: Quantifying the Spatiotemporal Inundation Patterns of Tundra Polygonal Ground and Its Relationship with Arctic Climate
Graduate Program:: Geography (MS)
Keywords:: geomorphology
Arctic
polygonal ground
geography
remote sensing
machine learning
climate change
File:: Login to Download
Committee Members:: Shujie Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manzhu Yu, Committee Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Herndon, Special Signatory

Restricted (Penn State Only)

Author:: Graham, Emily
Title:: Identifying Primary Drivers of Streamflow Quantity Changes in the Alaska Southern Cordillera Region
Graduate Program:: Spatial Data Science (MS)
Keywords:: Alaska
surface hydrology
streamflow quantity change
climate change
File:: Login to Download
Committee Members:: Brandi Gaertner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Panagiotis Giannakis, Committee Member
Anthony Robinson, Program Head/Chair

Restricted (Penn State Only)

Author:: Patton, B Wren
Title:: Changing minds: Fish behavior and cognition in human-altered habitats
Graduate Program:: Ecology (PHD)
Keywords:: ocean acidification
fish
coral reef
behavior
Lemon Damselfish
Pomacentrus moluccensis
climate change
Atlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
tool use
cognitive ecology
behavioral ecology
resilience
enrichment
File:: Login to Download
Committee Members:: James Marden, Major Field Member
David Hughes, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Paola Ferreri, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sonia Cavigelli, Outside Unit & Field Member

Open Access

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