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Author:

Gaines, Katie Palanjian

Title:

Forest Ecohydrology in a Central Pennsylvania Catchment: A Stable Isotope Approach

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

forest ecology
tree physiology
tree water use
rooting depth
Critical Zone Observatory

File:

Download Gaines_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frederick C Meinzer, Special Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member
Matthew David Hurteau, Committee Member

Author:

Cahoon, Sean Michael

Title:

The biophysical and carbon-climate feedbacks of shrub expansion in the Arctic

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Arctic
Betula nana
climate change
CO2 exchange
Poa pratensis
shrub expansion

File:

Download Cahoon_dissertation_Nov19_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric S Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member
Matthew David Hurteau, Committee Member

Author:

Orr, Alexandra Shaw

Title:

TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROLS ON ROOT PARTITIONING PATTERNS IN A TEMPERATE FOREST

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

partitioning
optimal allocation
temperate forest
root turnover
belowground carbon
fine roots
optimal partitioning theory

File:

Download Orr_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member