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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

Author:

Lieb, David Andrew

Title:

THE ECOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA’S SURFACE-DWELLING CRAYFISH FAUNA WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Pennsylvania
management
conservation
distribution
ecology
crayfish

File:

Download FinalVersion_PhDDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Robert F Carline, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert F Carline, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Volkov, Igor

Title:

Statistical Physics and Ecology

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

statistical physics
ecology

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bryan Grenfell, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Mainzer, Stephen Paul

Title:

MEASURING STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECOLOGIC PRINCIPLES AND PHYSICAL DESIGN ATTRIBUTES IN GREENDALE, WI

Graduate Program:

Landscape Architecture

Keywords:

urban design
ecology
planning
GIS

File:

Download Mainzer_Thesis_FINAL_051011.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Murtha, Ph D, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Murtha, Ph D, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Webber, James Steven

Title:

Water Quality Condition Assessment of Streams in National Parks of the Mid-Atlantic USA Integrating Physical, Chemical, and Biological Datasets

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

National Park Service
water quality
headwater streams
index of biotic integrity
classification
ecology
watershed

File:

Download JSW_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Miller, Tricia Ann

Title:

Movement ecology of Golden Eagles (aquila chrysaetos) in eastern North America

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

golden eagle
movement
ecology
resource selection
home range
seasonal
migration
modeling

File:

Download Miller_Disseration_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Brooks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Brooks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret Brittingham Brant, Committee Member
Michael R Gannon, Committee Member
George Young, Committee Member
Todd Katzner, Special Member

Author:

Demers, Jill Elissa

Title:

Evolutionary ecology of Fusarium oxysporum-plant interactions

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

ecology
endophyte
evolution of pathogenicity
nonpathogenicity
population genetics
phylogenetics

File:

Download Demers_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Gretchen Anna Kuldau, Committee Member
Seogchan Kang, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member

Author:

Russo, Laura Alexandra

Title:

Plant-pollinator mutualisms: community structure, function, and management

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

plant-pollinator
community ecology
ecology
management
agroecosystems
floral resource provisioning
invasive species

File:

Download Russo_Laura_Dissertation_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
John Frazier Tooker, Special Member

Author:

York, Larry M

Title:

Integration of root phenes affecting nitrogen acquisition in maize

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

functional traits
crop
agriculture
ecology
phenotyping

File:

Download LMYorkIntegrationRootPhenesMaizeDec122014.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Mcmenamin, Alexander James

Title:

Ecology of Bee Viruses

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Honeybees
bees
agriculture
viruses
Deformed Wing Virus
Apiculture
ecology
epidemiology
colony losses
management

File:

Download McMenamin.MSc_Thesis.Entomology.IID.2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Christina M Grozinger, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Diana Lynn Cox Foster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cristina Rosa, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Gregory James

Title:

Taxonomic and ecologic implications of mammoth molar morphology as measured via computed tomography (CT)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Mammoth
taxonomy
ecology
teeth
molar
morphology
computed tomography
CT
paleontology
geology
quaternary
pleistocene

File:

Download Thesis_Final_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Michael Ryan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Grettenberger, Christen Lynn

Title:

Microbial Communities In Acid Mine Drainage Ecosystems

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

microbial ecology
ecology
acid mine drainage
AMD
metagenomics
next-generation sequencing

File:

Download Grettenberger_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jennifer Macalady, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Committee Member

Author:

Gould, Timothy Walker

Title:

Coarse Woody Debris in Riparian Corridors of Central Pennsylvania: How Abundance, Characteristics, and Dynamics Vary with Anthropogenic Disturbance

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

ecology
coarse woody debris
riparian
disturbance
habitat quality

File:

Download TWG_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert P Brooks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Michael Quinn Nassry, Committee Member

Author:

Quevillon, Lauren Elise

Title:

The ecology, epidemiology, and evolution of parasites infecting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Ants
social insects
epidemiology
evolution
ecology

File:

Download Quevillon_dissertation_FINAL_28June2018.pdf

Committee Members:

David Peter Hughes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jessica Maral Conway, Committee Member
Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
Jessica Maral Conway, Outside Member

Author:

Coco, Angela M

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF CROP PHYLODIVERSITY ON HERBIVOROUS INSECTS OF SQUASH AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

ecology
entomology
biology
squash
butternut
evolution
phylogeny
insect
plant
interaction
structure
volatile
ipm
cues
response
behavior
parasite
parasitoid
Centistes diabroticae
Celatoria setosa
nematode
gregarine
coco
angela
tooker
john
kaplan
ian
rock springs
agriculture
vegitable
crop
intercrop
polyculture
herbiore
pest
phytophageous
bug
cucumber beetle
squash bug
wasp
fly
food
integrated
management
cucurbit
balduf
community
phylogenetic
relatedness
neighbor
divergence
zucchini
associational
resistance
apparency
research
thesis
2017
2018
2019
regression
elytron
length
sticky
pitfall
trap
foliage
flower
scout
scouting
rain
natural
enemies
diversity
merkle
control
eastern
north
america

File:

Download CocoA_thesis_final_draftc.pdf

Committee Members:

John F Tooker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member

Author:

Dillner, Benjamin Mcgowan

Title:

IF A TREE FALLS: PLANT REGENERATION AND SOIL TRENDS IN A PENNSYLVANIA TREE TIP-UP CHRONOSEQUENCE

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

forest disturbance
ecology
tree tip-up
botany
critical zone
tree regeneration
soil formation

File:

Download Ben_Dillner_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Timothy Stapler White, Committee Member

Author:

Pak, Damie

Title:

Biological timing across multiple ecological scales and systems

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

phenology
insectpests
mathematicalmodeling
ecology

File:

Download DISSERTATION_PAK_F_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Ottar N Bjornstad, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Biddinger, Committee Member
Jesse R Lasky, Committee Member
Jessica Maral Conway, Outside Member
Timothy J Jegla, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Brandell, Ellen

Title:

Disease invasion in Yellowstone: Exploring the effects of wolf social organization and trophic interactions

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

infectious disease
wolf
Canis lupus
Yellowstone
ecology
social groups
transmission
predator-prey
serology
Sarcoptic mange

File:

Download EEBrandell_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

P Hudson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
W. David Walter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nita Bharti, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Committee Member
W. David Walter, Outside Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Martin, Phillip

Title:

The Biology and Management of Bitter Rot of Apple in The Mid-Atlantic United States

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

integrated disease management
disease triangle
conducive conditions triangle
spore dispersal
latent infection
necrotrophic infection
ecology
Colletotrichum fioriniae
Yeast
Pichia
Kregervanrija
[Candida]
Groenewaldozyma
Tausonia
Papiliotrema
Metschnikowia
plant pathogen
Fungicide resistance
EC₅₀
EC₂₅
C. chrysophilum
C. noveboracense
C. siamense
Benzovindiflupyr
Boscalid
Cyprodinil
Difenoconazole
Fenbuconazole
Fluazinam
Fludioxonil
Fluopyram
Flutriafol
Fluxapyroxad
Inpyrfluxam
Isofetamid
Kresoxim-Methyl
Mefentrifluconazole
Myclobutanil
Penthiopyrad
Pydiflumetofen
Pyraclostrobin
Pyrimethanil
Thiophanate-methyl
Trifloxystrobin
Triflumizole
C. nymphaeae
C. fructicola
C. henanense
C. gloeosporioides sensu stricto

File:

Download Martin_Phillip_L_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kari Anne Peter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kari Anne Peter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terrence H. Bell, Co-Chair of Committee
Beth Krueger Gugino, Committee Member
Richard P Marini, Outside Member
Srđan Aćimović, Special Signatory
Carolee Bull, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Turnham, Kira

Title:

On the ecology and evolution of symbiotic dinoflagellates

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Dinoflagellate symbiosis
coral reef
mutualism
evolution
ecology
toxin
Symbiodiniaceae
speciation

File:

Download Kira_Turnham_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David Geiser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Co-Chair of Committee
Iliana Baums, Major Field Member
Todd Lajeunesse, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Monica Medina, Co-Chair of Committee
Stephen Schaeffer, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Cleveland, Claire

Title:

Oreodont adaptation, evolution, and extinction in Oligocene-Miocene North America

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

oreodonts
grassland expansion
North America
Cenozoic
Oligocene
Miocene
morphology
ecometrics
browsers
grazers
hypsodonty
cursoriality
Principal Component Analysis
Procrustes Analysis
evolutionary paleoecology
Artiodactyls
Merycoidodonts
Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontinae
evolution
ecology
paleobiology
trilateration
3D models
adaptation
extinction
extirpation
flora
grass
mammals
Central High Plains
High Plains
climate
seasonality
deciduous
evergreen
frost

File:

Download C_Cleveland_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Major Field Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarah Ivory, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Russell Graham, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gershey, Joshua

Title:

Oak recruitment in young forests: modeling the role of forest characteristics before disturbance and their interactions with the abiotic environment

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

ecology
forest ecology
oak
oak recruitment
mixed oak
random forest
environment
oak regeneration
silviculture
forest management
forestry
stem exclusion
classification
forest stand
quercus
pennsylvania
PA
SILVAH
random forests
RF

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Committee Members:

Laura P Leites, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Bohn, Committee Member