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Author:

Valderrama, Wladir

Title:

Effect of environmental factors on biofilm formation by Listeria monocytogenes

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Listeria
Ecology
Niche
Fitness

File:

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Committee Members:

Catherine Nettles Cutter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member
Nancy M Ostiguy, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Committee Member

Author:

Bentley, Thomas Granville

Title:

Plant volatiles from an ecological perspective: Interactions with herbivores and pollinators in Solanum and Nicotiana

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Ecology
chemical ecology
plant volatiles
pollinator
herbivory
plant defenses

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Shaffner, Paul Walter

Title:

Perceiving Productivity: Land Cover, Livelihood, & Community Landscape Perceptions Around Ndarakwai Ranch, Tanzania

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

Africa
Tanzania
Kilimanjaro
Ndarakwai
Conservation
Geography
Political Ecology
Land Change Science
Dry Savanna
Ecology

File:

Download SHAFFNER_PerceptionsThesis_Draft5_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Grantham, Alison Mills

Title:

Improving Nitrogen Management in Agriculture: Opportunities Gleaned from Organic Systems

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Nitrogen
Agriculture
Organic Agriculture
Sustainable Instensification
Ecology
Agroecology

File:

Download Grantham_A_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marvin H Hall, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member
Elsa Selina Sanchez, Special Member

Author:

Cornell, Carl Benjamin

Title:

Oikos: Sustainability, Dwelling, and Culture in Urban France

Graduate Program:

French

Keywords:

Sustainability
Dwelling
Culture
Urban France
France
Contemporary France
Deindustrialization
Memory
Ecology
City

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Committee Members:

Monique Yaari, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Monique Yaari, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jennifer Boittin, Committee Member
Kathryn Grossman, Committee Member
Sophie de Schaepdrijver, Outside Member
Jean-Pierre Le Dantec, Special Member

Author:

Munoz, David Jonathan

Title:

Understanding range-wide responses of wildlife to global change

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Global change
Ecology
Ornithology
Herpetology
Climate Change

File:

Download MunozDissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Andrew Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Andrew Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
Laura P Leites, Committee Member
Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Outside Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zarmehri, Sahar

Title:

Advances of Spatio-Temporal Models in Ecology: Applications in Landscape Genetics, Disease Spread, and Animal Movement

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Spatial statistics
Ecology
Landscape genetics
Spatiotemporal models
Disease spread
Bayesian non-parametric
Animal movement

File:

Download Zarmehri-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Ferrari, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ephraim Hanks, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lin Lin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Murali Haran, Major Field Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mejia-Ramon, Andres Gabriel

Title:

Agricultural Productivity and Human-Landscape Dynamics in the Early Basin of Mexico

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

Teotihuacan
Agricultural Productivity
Maize
Amaranth
Maguey
Least-Cost
GIS
Remote Sensing
Water Worship
Archaeology
Religion
Epigraphy
Demography
Ecology
Subsistence
Mesoamerica
Mexico

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Katherine Shenk, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Mary Shenk, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Stephen Matthews, Major Field Member
Douglas Bird, Major Field Member

Author:

Yates, Caylon

Title:

Microbial Niche Modification Through Niche Space Alteration And Construction

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Soil
Ecology
Microorganisms
Mycorrhizal fungi
Forests
Roots

File:

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Committee Members:

Kevin Hockett, Major Field Member
Jason Kaye, Outside Field Member
Mary Ann Bruns, Outside Unit Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Terrence Bell, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michela Centinari, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Dennington, Nina

Title:

Local Adaptation in Aedes aegypti and the implications for Disease Transmission in a Changing Climate

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Vector Biology
Climate Change
Adaptation
Local Thermal Adaptation
Dengue Virus
Ecology
Mosquito-borne Disease

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Matthew Thomas, Special Member
Elizabeth Mcgraw, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rudolf Schilder, Major Field Member
David Kennedy, Outside Field Member
Joyce Jose, Outside Unit Member