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Author:

Ho, Melissa Deanne

Title:

Effects of root architecture, plasticity, and tradeoffs on water and phosphorus acquisition in heterogeneous environments.

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

Common bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
multiple resource acquisition
theoretical modeling

File:

Download mhoPhD_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Robert Howard Skinner, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Rubbo, Michael

Title:

The Influence of Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Change on the Community Composition of Temporary Ponds

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

amphibians
urbanization
environmental change
leaf-litter

File:

Download Rubbo_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hunter Carrick, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

Biological invasions in a changing world: responses of two invasive thistles to disturbance and climate change

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Carduus acanthoides
biological invasion
climate change
warming
disturbance
Carduus nutans

File:

Download Rui_Zhang_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Jabbour, Randa

Title:

Management effects on epigeal arthropods and soil-dwelling communities during the transition to organic agriculture

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

cover cropping
tillage
organic agriculture
entomopathogenic fungi
entomopathogenic nematodes
refuges
habitat complexity
dispersal
soil ecology

File:

Download dissertation_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Nancy M Ostiguy, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Mirsky, Steven Brian

Title:

EVALUATING CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MANAGING WEED POPULATIONS WITH COVER CROPS

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

cover crops
population dynamics
weed seedbanks
no till
sustainable agriculture

File:

Download Final_DISSERTATION111.pdf

Committee Members:

William Curran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Sezen, Zeynep

Title:

Interactions of the invasive thistle <i>Carduus nutans</i> and its biocontrol agent <i>Rhinocyllus conicus</i> in heterogeneous environments

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

host location
mark-release-resight
<i>Carduus nutans</i>
<i>Rhinocyllus conicus</i>
host choice
invasion management

File:

Download ZeynepSezen.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member

Author:

Russo, Laura Alexandra

Title:

Plant-pollinator mutualisms: community structure, function, and management

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

plant-pollinator
community ecology
ecology
management
agroecosystems
floral resource provisioning
invasive species

File:

Download Russo_Laura_Dissertation_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Special Member

Author:

Sen, Arunima

Title:

Community structure, physiological ecology and succession of deep=sea hydrothermal vent communities of the Lau Basin

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

hydrothermal vents
Lau Basin
succession
phyciological ecology
community structure

File:

Download sen_thesis_post_defense_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member
Monika Bright, Special Member

Author:

Zuroff, Trevor Roman

Title:

Engineering a microbial consortium for lignocellulosic biofuel production

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Lignocellulose
biofuels
Clostridium phytofermentans
cellulose
microbial consortia

File:

Download TRZ_Thesis_7.15.14.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Thomas Keith Wood, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Boulay, Jennifer Nicole

Title:

Population connectivity and species diversity of Pacific coral reefs

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

dispersal
connectivity
niche
Porites
Eastern Tropical Pacific
Guam
Acropora
cryptic species

File:

Download Boulay_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd C Lajeunesse, Committee Member
George H Perry, Committee Member
Dr Jorge Cortés, Special Member