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Author:

Rauschert, Emily Sofia Jalics

Title:

Competitive interactions and associations of the invasive thistles <I>Carduus nutans</I> and <I>Carduus acanthoides</I>

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

invasive species
microsite
coexistence
competition
competition models
<I>Carduus</I>

File:

Download EmilyRauschertDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric S Post, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Kasson, Matthew Thomas

Title:

Verticillium nonalfalfae: A potential biological control of the invasive Ailanthus altissima in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Plant Pathology

Keywords:

Verticillium nonalfalfae
Verticillium wilt
Tree-of-heaven
biological control
Ailanthus
invasive species

File:

Download Kasson_Dissertation_Fall_2012_formatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Durwood Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frederick Eugene Gildow Jr., Committee Member
David Michael Geiser, Committee Member
Daniel J Royse, Committee Member
Michael Craig Saunders, 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:

Soergel, Deonna Catherine

Title:

Daily behavior and trap cropping of the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys Stål) in Pennsylvania agricultural systems

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Halyomorpha halys
stink bug
insect periodicity
circadian rhythm
feeding preference
invasive species

File:

Download Soergel_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Grzegorz Krawczyk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Meng, Peter Shun-long

Title:

Where's that smell? Trapping and sensory biology of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Trapping
pheromone
kairomone
plant volatile
invasive species
cerambycidae
sensilla
sensory biology
chemical ecology

File:

Download Meng_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Thawley, Christopher Jesse

Title:

The causes and consequences of adaptation to a novel invader in the Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

invasive species
lizard
evolutionary ecology
fire ant
herpetology
gradient
cline
solenopsis invicta
antipredator

File:

Download CThawley_Thesis_FinalSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Tracy Lee Langkilde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member

Author:

Graves, Fern Briann

Title:

SENSORY ASPECTS OF TRAIL-FOLLOWING AND ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORS IN THE ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE, Anoplophora glabripennis

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

pheromone
invasive species
cerambycidae
behavior
mate-finding
sex trail pheromone
chemical ecology
tarsal setae

File:

Download GravesThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Member

Author:

Campbell, Alexander Michael

Title:

INTERCONTINENTAL PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF FUSARIUM SOLANI SPECIES COMPLEX ASSOCIATED WITH AN INVASIVE XYLOPHAGOUS CERAMBYCID

Graduate Program:

Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

Asian longhorned beetle
Anoplophora glabripennis
Fusarium solani
invasive species
phylogeny

File:

Download Msci_thesis_final071318.pdf

Committee Members:

Kelli Hoover, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Geiser, Committee Member
Margarita López-Uribe, Committee Member

Author:

Wisor, Joshua Michael

Title:

The Invasion of the Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) and its effect on the Habitat Partitioning of Benthic Fishes in French Creek.

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

Fish
microhabitat
invasive species
Round Goby

File:

Download Wisor_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Member
Julian D Avery, Committee Member