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Author:

Anders, Angela Dawn

Title:

EFFECTS OF LARGE-SCALE CLIMATE ON AVIAN POPULATION DYNAMICS ACROSS SPECIES' NORTH AMERICAN BREEDING DISTRIBUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

North Atlantic Oscillation
climate change
Breeding Bird Survey
population dynamics
landbird
El Nino Southern Oscillation

File:

Download Anders_Formatted_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Christopher Barry Goguen, Committee Member
Matthew Marshall, Committee Member

Author:

Vandegrift, Kurt Jason

Title:

A POTENTIAL ROLE FOR GUT MACROPARASITES IN THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WHITE-FOOTED MICE PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

periodical cicadas
paradox of enrichment
predator
Peromyscus
population dynamics
macroparasite
food addition
population destabilization

File:

Download KurtVandegrift2008thesisFINAL2.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter John Hudson, Committee Member
James Harold Marden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Member
Bryan Grenfell, Committee Member

Author:

Mirsky, Steven Brian

Title:

EVALUATING CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MANAGING WEED POPULATIONS WITH COVER CROPS

Graduate Program:

Agronomy

Keywords:

cover crops
population dynamics
weed seedbanks
no till
sustainable agriculture

File:

Download Final_DISSERTATION111.pdf

Committee Members:

William Curran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Committee Member
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member