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Author:: Finney, Denise Mckinney
Title:: Diversity, disturbance, and nitrogen: using ecologically-based nutrient management to design multifunctional agroecosystems
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: cover crops
agroecology
ecosystem services
nutrient management
sustainable argiculture
nitrogen
multifunctionality
File:: Download Finney_dissertation_2015_1_April.pdf
Committee Members:: Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Debashis Ghosh, Committee Member

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Author:: Almberg, Emily Staggs
Title:: The invasion, dynamics, and impacts of infectious disease in Yellowstone's wolf population
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: parasite invasion
social immunity
ecoimmunology
gray wolf
sarcoptic mange
File:: Download Almberg_Dissertation_2015_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter John Hudson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Isabella Cattadori, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Committee Member
Matthew Brian Thomas, Committee Member
Andrew Dobson, Special Member

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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

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Author:: Tennessen, Jennifer Beissinger
Title:: The ecological and evolutionary consequences of noise-induced acoustic habitat loss
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Noise
habitat loss
competition
stress
corticosterone
masking
North Atlantic right whale
Cuban treefrog
wood frog
File:: Download 1-Tennessen_Dissertation_4-24-15_SUBMITTED.pdf
Committee Members:: Tracy Lee Langkilde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric S Post, Committee Member
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member
Michael John Sheriff, Committee Member
Susan Parks, Special Member

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Author:: Helms, Anjel M
Title:: Eavesdropping plants: Plants perceive and respond to insect odors by priming their anti-herbivore defenses
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Priming
Plant defense
Chemical ecology
gall insect
File:: Download Anjel_Helms_Dissertation_2015.pdf
Committee Members:: John Frazier Tooker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Debashis Gosh, Committee Member

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Author:: Grantham, Alison Mills
Title:: Improving Nitrogen Management in Agriculture: Opportunities Gleaned from Organic Systems
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Nitrogen
Agriculture
Organic Agriculture
Sustainable Instensification
Ecology
Agroecology
File:: Download Grantham_A_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marvin H Hall, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Elsa Selina Sanchez, Special Member

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Author:: Kerby, Jeffrey T
Title:: Phenology in a chancing Arctic: Linking trophic interactions across scales
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Phenology
mismatch
Arctic
Greenland
Rangifer
Reindeer
Climate Change
Phenocam
File:: Download Jeff_Kerby_PhD_Dissertation_20_Nov_2015.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric S Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member

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Author:: Grettenberger, Christen Lynn
Title:: Microbial Communities In Acid Mine Drainage Ecosystems
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: microbial ecology
ecology
acid mine drainage
AMD
metagenomics
next-generation sequencing
File:: Download Grettenberger_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

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Author:: Harth, Jacquelyn Elizabeth
Title:: Zucchini yellow mosaic virus: Post-infection impacts on the Cucurbita pathosystem
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Zucchini yellow mosaic virus
transgene
cucurbita
powdery mildew
viral infection
File:: Download Dissertation_JHarth_Final_Version_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew George Stephenson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Joseph Ferrari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Alan Winsor, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member

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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

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