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Author:

Black, Bryan Andrew

Title:

A boundary-line approach to dendroecological release criteria

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

dendrochronology
historical ecology
forest dynamics
disturbance ecology
release criteria
eastern hemlock

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc David Abrams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Carter Robert

Title:

AN INTEGRATED IN VITRO AND GREENHOUSE ORTHOTROPIC CLONAL PROPAGATION SYSTEM FOR THEOBROMA CACAO L.

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

tissue culture
rooted cutting
vegetative propagation
cocoa

File:

Download Carter_R_Miller_Dissertation_May_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Guiltinan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Guiltinan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Siela Maximova, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Robert Michael Crassweller, Committee Member
Roy Edward Young, Committee Member

Author:

Lyons, Eric Michael

Title:

Root Distribution of Creeping Bentgrass and Annual Bluegrass on Golf Course Putting Greens

Graduate Program:

Plant Physiology

Keywords:

creeping bentgrass
annual bluegrass
turfgrass
Root distribution
nitrogen
phosphorus

File:

Download Lyons-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Robert Huff, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Paul Knievel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Peter Landschoot, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Malcolm, Glenna Marjorie

Title:

Metabolic Response To Temperature By Soil Microorganisms

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

respiration
temperature
ectomycorrhizal fungi
decomposer microorganisms
Q10
global warming

File:

Download Malcolm_GM_dissertation_101907.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Tai Koide, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
Howard Skinner, Committee Member

Author:

Withington, Jennifer M.

Title:

FINE ROOT PRODUCTION AND LIFESPAN IN ELEVEN TEMPERATE TREE SPECIES GROWING IN A COMMON GARDEN IN POLAND

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

fine roots
root production
root anatomy
fine root lifespan

File:

Download Jennifer_Withington-_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Larry Hunter Mc Cormick, Committee Member
Simon Gilroy, Committee Member
Peter B Reich, Committee Member

Author:

Sharda, Jori Nerissa

Title:

ROOT ANATOMICAL MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN HOST PLANT CONTROL OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL COLONIZATION

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

hypodermal passage cells
arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization
root anatomy
hypodermal suberization
phosphorus
intercellular air space

File:

Download Jori_Sharda_Doctoral_Dissertation4.pdf

Committee Members:

David M Sylvia, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Mueller, Kevin E

Title:

The influence of trees on soil biogeochemistry

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

nitrogen
carbon
acidity
leaf
root
litter
species

File:

Download KEM_dissertation_-_final_version_1-2-11.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
Jon Chorover, Committee Member

Author:

Grover, Kulbhushan K.

Title:

Long-term Cropping Systems Effects on Soil Aggregate Stability, Corn Grain Yields, and Yield Stability

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

Yield trends
Soil quality
Cropping system
Crop rotation
Soil aggregate stability
Corn grain yields
Yield stability
Soil organic carbon

File:

Download Kulbhushan_K._Grover.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory Wayne Roth, Committee Member
Heather D Karsten, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas D Archibald, Committee Member
Sjoerd Willem Duiker, Committee Member
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member

Author:

Valenzuela-Estrada, Luis Rene

Title:

Above- and belowdround physiology in Vaccinium corymbosum L. (northern highbush blueberry) in response to water stress and reproductive effort.

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

root anatomy
root morphology
root architecture
hydraulic redistribution
minirhizotron
belowground carbon allocation
root lifespan
aboveground carbon dynamics

File:

Download Luis_Valenzuela_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel Dale Fritton, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
Elsa Selina Sanchez, Committee Member

Author:

Poulton, Robert A.

Title:

The Role of Cost-sharing as a Signal of Project Quality in the Federal Funding of Academic Research: An Application to the National Science Foundation

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

University Research
NSF
National Science Foundation
Academic Research
Cost-sharing
Higher Education Funding

File:

Download dissertation_51_final_copy.pdf

Committee Members:

N Edward Coulson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
N Edward Coulson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Irwin Feller, Committee Member
Mark John Roberts, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member

Author:

Kuhn, Robert Jeffrey

Title:

Community dynamics of streamside forests: Lessons from the Conestoga River drainage, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

riparian
floods
forest ecology
dendrochronology
witness trees

File:

Download RJKuhn.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc David Abrams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
Alan Taylor, Committee Member

Author:

Nilson, Sarah Elisabeth

Title:

HETEROTRIMERIC G PROTEIN REGULATION OF TRANSPIRATION EFFICIENCY, STOMATAL DENSITY, AND PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

transpiration efficiency
Arabidopsis thaliana
Heterotrimeric G proteins
stomatal density
phenotypic plasticity

File:

Download Nilson_thesis_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Mary Assmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Mary Assmann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paula Mc Steen, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member

Author:

Bauerle, Taryn Lynette

Title:

Root dynamics in response to abiotic and biotic stressors in Vitis

Graduate Program:

Horticulture

Keywords:

minirhizotrons
root survivorship
root production
hydraulic redistribution
herbivory

File:

Download bauerle_thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
John Charles Schultz, Committee Member

Author:

Herndon, Elizabeth Maureen

Title:

Biogeochemistry of manganese contamination in a temperate forested watershed

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Biogeochemistry
Shale Hills
Critical Zone
manganese

File:

Download Herndon_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Carmen Martinez, Committee Member

Author:

Mccormack, Michael Luke

Title:

Measuring and modeling fine root dynamics in temperate forests

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

root turnover lifespan
minirhizotron
ecosystem model
functional traits
scaling
carbon cycle
DISTRIB
MC1
CENTURY
ED2

File:

Download McCormack_dissertation-Measuring_and_modeling_fine_root_dynamics_in_temperate_forests.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member

Author:

Goebel, Marc

Title:

Decomposition of fine root organic matter among temperate trees species

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

decomposition
fine roots
root pigmentation
root order
litter bags
nitrogen
root persistence
soil depth
root neighbors

File:

Download Dissertation_mug130_Marc_Goebel_summer_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Eric Zenner, Committee Member
Dr Sarah Hobbie, Special Member

Author:

Fernandez, Christopher William

Title:

Biochemistry of ectomycorrhizal fungi: from functional traits to ecosystem processes

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

carbon cycling
chitin
decomposition
drought tolerance
ectomycorrhizal fungi
functional traits
melanin
nutrient cycling

File:

Download CWF_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Roger Tai Koide, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Special Member

Author:

Adams, Thomas

Title:

The controls and constraints of fine-root lifespan

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

root lifespan
minirhizotron
phenolics
herbivory
13C

File:

Download Tom_Adams_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member

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:

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