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1. AN EVALUATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SEX-AGE-KILL MODEL FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER

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Author:
Norton, Andrew Scott
Title:
AN EVALUATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SEX-AGE-KILL MODEL FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
temporal variability
spatial variability
harvest rate
bootstrapping
Sex-Age-Kill
ecology
wildlife
population modeling
white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
deer
sensitivity
robustness
Pennsylvania
precision
File:
Download Final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. METHODS OF ESTIMATING WHITE-TAILED DEER ABUNDANCE AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: TESTING ASSUMPTIONS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING

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Author:
Stainbrook, David Philip
Title:
METHODS OF ESTIMATING WHITE-TAILED DEER ABUNDANCE AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: TESTING ASSUMPTIONS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Lincoln-Petersen
mark-resight
Bowden
abundance
density
bias
non-uniform transects
roads
distance sampling
Odocoileus virginianus
white-tailed deer
resource selection
habitat use
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
File:
Download Thesis_DPS_final_2011_high_res.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Songbird Abundance in the Allegheny National Forest

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Author:
Thomas, Emily Hope
Title:
Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Songbird Abundance in the Allegheny National Forest
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
fragmentation
wells
abundance
songbirds
Pennsylvania
File:
Download ANF_OGM.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham And Walter Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. HUNTER DISTRIBUTION AND HARVEST OF FEMALE WHITE-TAILED DEER IN PENNSYLVANIA

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Author:
Keenan, Matthew Thomas
Title:
HUNTER DISTRIBUTION AND HARVEST OF FEMALE WHITE-TAILED DEER IN PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
harvest
hunter density
hunter distribution
hunting efficiency
hunting mortality
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
survival
white-tailed deer
antlerless
File:
Download Keenan_Thesis_Nov2.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. Dispersal timing, distances, and rates of Pennsylvania black bear

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Author:
Vreeland, Wendy Christine
Title:
Dispersal timing, distances, and rates of Pennsylvania black bear
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
black bear
dispersal rates
dispersal distances
dispersal timing
Pennsylvania
population density
range expansion
File:
Download Dispersal_timing_distances_and_rates_of_Pennsylvania_black_bear.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Population genetics structure and morphometric analyses of Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus collections from Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay, and three Erie County, Pennsylvania, streams

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Author:
Abramson, Sidney Caleb
Title:
Population genetics structure and morphometric analyses of Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus collections from Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay, and three Erie County, Pennsylvania, streams
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
round goby
neogobius melanostomus
Erie
Pennsylvania
morphometrics and meristic characters
File:
Download FINAL_Thesis_Draft_Nme.pdf
Committee Members:
Stauffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Lee King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanette Lane Schnars, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Dispersal Behavior in Female White-tailed Deer

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Author:
Lutz, Clayton Lee
Title:
Dispersal Behavior in Female White-tailed Deer
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
barriers
chronic wasting disease
disease spread
dispersal
foray
movement
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
proximate causes
ultimate causes
white-tailed deer
File:
Download Lutz_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Sheriff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher S Rosenberry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. River otter population monitoring in northeastern Pennsylvania using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture-recapture models

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Author:
Forman, Nicholas Sean
Title:
River otter population monitoring in northeastern Pennsylvania using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture-recapture models
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
River otter
non-invasive genetic sampling
spatial capture-recapture
population size
population density
Pennsylvania
File:
Download ThesisFinalSubmission_12092015.pdf
Committee Members:
William David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cassandra Michaela Miller Butterworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor