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Author:

Bonelli, James Rocco

Title:

Linking Paleobiological Patterns Across Geographic Scales: An Example Using Upper Mississippian Fossil Assemblages From The Illinios And Appalachian Basins, USA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoecology
paleobiology
late Paleozoic Ice Age
biofacies
paleo-biodiversity

File:

Download Bonelli_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Alan Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Pardi, Melissa Irene

Title:

Local and broad scale changes in North American small mammal community structure: the late Pleistocene through the late Holocene

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

multivariate analysis
paleoecology
Holocene
Pleistocene
glacial
small mammals
non-analog

File:

Download Completed_Thesis_04_11_2_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell W Graham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Olszewski, Thomas D.

Title:

Testing for a relationship between paleocommunity recurrence and taxonomic turnover using a sequence stratigraphic framework

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoecology
bivalve
brachiopod
sequence stratigraphy
Permian
Pennsylvanian

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Sluyter, Committee Member
Roger J Cuffey, Committee Member
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member

Author:

Donovan, Michael Philip

Title:

Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

plant-insect interactions
Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
herbivory
paleoecology
Fort Union Formation
Powder River Basin

File:

Download Donovan_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Merkhofer, Lisa Marie

Title:

Australian analogs for an Eocene Patagonian Paleorainforest

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

leaf size
paleoecology
Laguna del Hunco
paleorainforest

File:

Download Final_Merkhofer_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Milideo, Lauren Elizabeth

Title:

Actualistic and statistical approaches to taphonomic interpretations in Quaternary environments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

vertebrate paleontology
taphonomy
paleoecology
late Pleistocene
late Holocene

File:

Download MILIDEO_dissertation_FINAL3.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell W Graham, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell W Graham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

Author:

Leon y Leon, Isabel Aurora

Title:

ECOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE NANNOPLANKTON COMMUNITY ACROSS A SHELF TRANSECT DURING THE ONSET OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
PETM
Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
nearshore
paleoecology
Cambridge-Dorchester MD
shelf environment

File:

Download LeonyLeon_MS_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Grey, Jacqueline Ashley

Title:

Changes in calcareous nannoplankton assemblages during the recovery of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

nannoplankton
Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum
PETM recovery
paleoecology
global warming

File:

Download Grey_MS_Thesis_Aug_2017_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member

Author:

Rainford, Shauna Kay

Title:

An integrative assessment of soil organic carbon dynamics in wetland environments

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Soil organic carbon
wetland
soil
paleoecology
spectroscopy

File:

Download Rainford_Dissertation_final_draft1.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Drohan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Brooks, Committee Member
Sarah McClure, Committee Member
David Mortensen, Outside Member

Author:

Rizzo, Adriana

Title:

OCEAN ECOSYSTEM TRANSFORMATION CAUSED BY RAPID WARMING AND SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE PLEISTOCENE CARIACO BASIN (MIS 9-7)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleoceanography
coccolithophores
phytoplankton
paleoecology
organic geochemistry
Pleistocene
Climate Change
harmful algae bloom
productivity
sea level
ITCZ
Cariaco Basin
micropaleontology
UK37
nutrients
Emiliania huxleyi
Florisphaera profunda
dinoflagellates
Margalef's Mandala
MIS 8

File:

Download Rizzo_Thesis_PostDefense_tosubmit2.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Sclafani, Judith

Title:

Morphological change in response to mass extinction: a case study of Strophomenida (Brachiopoda) at the Late Ordovician

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Late Ordovician mass extinction
recovery
morphometrics
paleoecology
evolutionary history

File:

Download DissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark E Patzkowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Bralower, Committee Member
Peter Daniel Wilf, Committee Member
David Peter Hughes, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Karp, Allison

Title:

The role of fire ecology in vegetation change during the Neogene: New applications of molecular and isotopic proxies for vegetation burning in the paleorecord

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

paleofire
paleoecology
stable isotope geochemistry
organic geochemistry
C4 grassland expnasion
Neogene
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
leaf waxes
biogeochemistry

File:

Download CertificateOfCompletion_Karp.pdfDownload Proquest_UMI_Agreement_Karp_Disseration.pdfDownload Karp_Dissertation_2020_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Ann Hajek, Committee Member
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jones, Heather Louise

Title:

The recovery of calcareous nannoplankton following the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event 66.0 million years ago

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geology
geosciences
paleobiology
paleontology
micropaleontology
oceanography
paleoceanography
extinction
evolution
paleoecology
K-Pg
plankton
phytoplankton
calcareous nannoplankton
coccolithophores
morphometrics
fossils

File:

Download Dissertation_final_HLJ.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Bralower, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Bralower, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Todd C Lajeunesse, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Harris, Gabriella

Title:

Origins of Icehouse Vegetation in Southern South America: Climate Change and Turnover in Eocene and Oligocene Patagonian Fossil Floras

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Argentina
Patagonia
Río Pichileufú
Laguna del Hunco
fossil leaves
leaf architecture
Araucaria
Austrocedrus
Oligocene
Eocene
climate change
Araucariaceae
Cupressaceae
conifers
EECO
total evidence phylogeny
rainforest
Gondwana
South America
Adobe Bridge
diversity
turnover
mosaic evolution
paleoecology
morphology
vegetation
paleobotany
seasonality
Splendid Isolation

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Mark Patzkowsky, Major Field Member
Peter Wilf, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Sarah Ivory, Major Field Member
Jesse Lasky, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Giraldo Ceron, Luis

Title:

Insect-feeding traces in Eucalyptus leaves from the Eocene of Patagonia and their biogeographic connections to modern-day Australia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

biogeography
Gondwana
paleoecology
host-specialized interactions
host-tracking
biogeography
Gondwana
paleoecology
host-specialized interactions
host-tracking
leaf mining
Patagonia
Myrtaceae

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Peter Daniel Wilf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark E Patzkowsky, Committee Member
Sarah J Ivory, Committee Member