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Author:: Leslie, Timothy William
Title:: Epigeal insect diversity and dynamics in agroecosystems adopting transgenic crops
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Carabidae
genetically modified crops
ordination
Bt crops
non-target effects
Staphylinidae
File:: Download LeslieTW_PhD_Thesis_07.pdf
Committee Members:: Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
David Biddinger, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

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Author:: Douglas, Margaret Rose
Title:: The influence of farming practices on slugs and their predators in reduced-tillage field crops in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: slugs
Deroceras reticulatum
conservation tillage
no-till
biological control
Carabidae
sustainable agriculture
File:: Download Margaret_Douglas_Thesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Lewis, Margaret Theresa
Title:: Advancing ecologically based management for Acalymma vittatum, a key pest of cucurbits
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: cucurbits
Acalymma vittatum
reduced tillage
Carabidae
biological control
spinosad
cucurbitacin
File:: Download Final_Draft_Lewis.pdf
Committee Members:: Shelby Jay Fleischer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elsa Selina Sanchez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Busch, Anna Katherine
Title:: Life history of Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and its importance for biological control in field crops
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Carabidae
Pterostichus melanarius
slugs
Deroceras reticulatum
conservation tillage
no-till
non-consumptive effects
biological control
File:: Download Busch_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: John Frazier Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member

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Author:: Regan, Karly
Title:: Arthropod Response to Cover Crop-Based Reduced-Tillage Organic Cropping Systems
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: agroecology
biological control
cover crops
tillage
organic agriculture
arthropod community composition
conservation biological control
pest management
Carabidae
Araneae
Opiliones
Staphylinidae
Delia
Lepidoptera
interseeding
intercropping
File:: Download Regan_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Frazier Tooker, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Armen R. Kemanian, Outside Member
William Curran, Outside Member

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Author:: Rork, Adam
Title:: Defensive Chemical Evolution in the Carabidae with an Emphasis on Formic Acid, Methacrylic Acid, and Benzoquinone-producing Taxa
Graduate Program:: Entomology
Keywords:: Carabidae
Semiochemistry
Chemical defense
Morphology
Evolution
Exocrine glands
File:: Download Adam_M_Rork_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Shaun Mahony, Outside Unit & Field Member
Julie Urban, Major Field Member
Etya Amsalem, Major Field Member
Tanya Renner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair

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