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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. Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania

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Author:
Peterson, Daniel Adam
Title:
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
fluvial
Devonian
tetrapod
avulsion
Acadian orogeny
Pennsylvania
Red Hill
stratigraphy
floodplain
paleosol
sandstone
File:
Download Thesis_-_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark E Patzkowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. Public Perceptions of Spatial Analogs for Climate Change: A Survey of Centre Region, Pennsylvania Residents

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Author:
Retchless, David Pahl
Title:
Public Perceptions of Spatial Analogs for Climate Change: A Survey of Centre Region, Pennsylvania Residents
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Pennsylvania
communication
spatial analogs
perceptions
climate change
File:
Download RetchlessThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Brenton Yarnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brenton Yarnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. 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

8. 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

10. 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

11. Presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O-groups in small and very small beef processing plants and resulting beef products detected by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay

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Author:
Svoboda, Amanda Lyn
Title:
Presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O-groups in small and very small beef processing plants and resulting beef products detected by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay
Graduate Program:
Food Science
Keywords:
E. coli
non-O157
beef processing
small plants
very small plants
Pennsylvania
File:
Download AmandaSvobodaThesis_FINAL_June_13_2012.pdf
Committee Members:
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward William Mills, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitrita Debroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Estimating Migration to Pennsylvania Counties Due to Marcellus Shale Drilling Activity

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Author:
Kelly, Andrew Paul
Title:
Estimating Migration to Pennsylvania Counties Due to Marcellus Shale Drilling Activity
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
Marcellus
migration
boomtown
population
Census
Pennsylvania
File:
Download AndrewKellyThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark R Leach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Diane Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kathy Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Investigation of the Prevalence and Spatial Distribution of Salmonella enterica Infections in the Pennsylvania Common Raccoon (procyon lotor)

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Author:
Very, Katherine Joanne
Title:
Investigation of the Prevalence and Spatial Distribution of Salmonella enterica Infections in the Pennsylvania Common Raccoon (procyon lotor)
Graduate Program:
Pathobiology
Keywords:
Raccoon
Salmonella
Pennsylvania
File:
Download Very_Thesis_.pdf
Committee Members:
Bhushan M Jayarao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Development Of An Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests development of an Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests

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Author:
Dicarlo, Michael John
Title:
Development Of An Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests development of an Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests
Graduate Program:
Forest Resources
Keywords:
Advance regeneration
modeling
Pennsylvania
hardwood forest
File:
Download MichaelDiCarloMastersThesisAugust2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Marc Mc Dill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Intersections of Knowledge, New Information Technologies, and Ideas of Good Farming in Southeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Italy

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Author:
Babbie, Kristin Barbara
Title:
Intersections of Knowledge, New Information Technologies, and Ideas of Good Farming in Southeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Italy
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
sustainable agriculture
good farming
information communication technology
Pennsylvania
Italy
farming
sociology
rural
File:
Download BabbieKristin_FinalThesis_MSRuralSociology.pdf
Committee Members:
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. 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

18. 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

19. Crustal structure of the mid-atlantic U.s. from P-wave receiver functions

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Author:
Arroyo, Gabriella B
Title:
Crustal structure of the mid-atlantic U.s. from P-wave receiver functions
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
crustal structure
receiver functions
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Appalachian
Scranton
Scranton High
Grenville Front
Allegheny Front
Mid-Continent rift
Vp/Vs
Hk stacking
PASEIS
UsArray
US Transportable
mid-atlantic
File:
Download Arroyo_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. 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