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Author:

Mc Pheeters, Devyn

Title:

Soil Health Indicators as Tools to Understand The Effects of Disturbance

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

disturbance
occasional tillage
perennials
chisel-disk
moldboard plow
soil health

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Curtis James Dell, Committee Member

Author:

Lor, Jim

Title:

Spatiotemporal infection patterns and interpatch movement in Notopthalmus viridescens populations

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

Seasonality
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
temperature
host density
infection intensity
infection prevalence
Infectious disease
interpatch movement
Notophthalmus viridescens

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David A Kennedy, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Clure, Catherine

Title:

The spatiotemporal dynamics of organic contaminants in surface water and their potential accumulation in riverine smallmouth bass of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
Ecotoxicology
Bayesian Statistics
Fish Health
Organic Contaminants

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Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Megan Kepler Schall, Committee Member

Author:

Bird, Sydney

Title:

Developing Molecular and Analytical Tools For the Evaluation of Mating Frequency in Social and Solitary Bees

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

mating frequency
bombus impatiens
eucera pruinosa
monandry

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Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
Jill Hamilton, Committee Member

Author:

Gagne, Emily

Title:

Delivering bioinformatics and genetics workshops to hybrid and synchronous audiences using Google Classroom

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

bioinformatics
genetics
workshopping
education
outreach

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Committee Members:

George H Perry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Toews, Committee Member
Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jennelle Malcos, Special Signatory

Author:

Cao, Lily

Title:

The impact of cover crop inclusion on the belowground microbiome and root physiology of a perennial woody crop under different nutrient conditions

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

microbiome
root interactions
metabolomics
cover crop
rhizosphere
agroecology
vineyard
nutrient
competition
metatranscriptomics
amplicon sequencing

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Terrence Bell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua J Kellogg, Committee Member
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gutierrez, Grace

Title:

Assessing The Roles of Thermal Tolerance and Species Distribution Associated With Invasion Potential of Non-Native Mason Bees

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

mason bees
thermal tolerance
invasive species
species distribution

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Committee Members:

Jared Gregory Ali, Program Head/Chair
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Biddinger, Committee Member
David Andrew Miller, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Committee Member

Author:

Gray, Darcy

Title:

Landscape And Weather Influences On Honey Bee Seasonal Behavior And Beekeeping In European And African Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera)

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

honey bee
remote sensing
integrated pest management
absconding
surveys

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Committee Members:

Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Anthony C Robinson, Committee Member

Author:

Novak, Richard

Title:

Novel approaches to the conservation and ecological study of northeastern turtles

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

turtle ecology
turtle pigmentation
at-risk species

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Julian D Avery, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Langkilde, Committee Member
Jason C Keagy, Committee Member
Alison Whitlock, Special Signatory

Author:

Dec Peevey, Dominika

Title:

Counting and Accounting During an Outbreak: a Case Study of Measles in 2015-2016 Mongolia

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

Outbreak
Disease Surveillance
Measles
Reported Cases
Hybrid Surveillance
Vaccination

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Committee Members:

Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Maral Conway, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sagan Friant, Committee Member