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Author:

Averill, Kristine Marie

Title:

The influence of white-tailed deer and landscape composition and structure on exotic plant success

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

herbivore
invasive plants
invasive species
meta-analysis
plant ecology

File:

Download Averill_Dissertation_2014_July16.pdf

Committee Members:

David A Mortensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Serpi, Alex Alexandra

Title:

OF HORSENETTLE & HORNWORMS: THE MECHANISMS OF NON-GLANDULAR TRICHOMES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON HERBIVORES

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Trichomes
Tobacco hornworms
Manduca sexta
Horsenettle
Solanum carolinense
maternal effects
transgenerational
plant defense
peritrophic membrane
herbivore
Lepidoptera

File:

Download Serpi_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Tracy Langkilde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Committee Member
Tanya Renner, Committee Member
Tanya Renner, Outside Member

Author:

Tan, Ching Wen

Title:

Indirect Manipulation Of Plant Induced Defenses By Parasitoids Of Caterpillars

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

herbivore
parasitoid
tritrophic interaction
host immunigy
plant defense
phytobiome
fitness
saliva
oral secretions

File:

Download Ching-Wen-Tan-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary W. Felton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary W. Felton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn Luthe, Committee Member
Jared Gregory Ali, Committee Member
Cristina Rosa, Outside Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member