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Author:

Puri, Amrita

Title:

Influence of Eukaryotic Microflora on the Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Compost Slurry

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

compost
E. coli O157:H7
survival

File:

Download MS_THESIS_AMRITA_PURI.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward G Dudley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Keenan, Matthew Thomas

Title:

HUNTER DISTRIBUTION AND HARVEST OF FEMALE WHITE-TAILED DEER IN PENNSYLVANIA

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

harvest
hunter density
hunter distribution
hunting efficiency
hunting mortality
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
survival
white-tailed deer
antlerless

File:

Download Keenan_Thesis_Nov2.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Barbarin, Alexis Marie

Title:

Ecology and Management of the Bed Bug Cimex lectularius L. (heteroptera: Cimicidae): Life Tables, Nutrition, Entomopathogen Susceptibility and Public Education

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Cimex lectularius
life table
survival
fecundity
entomopathogen
public education

File:

Download Barbarin_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Edwin George Rajotte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Kelli Hoover, Committee Member
Nicole Sheree Webster, Committee Member
Steven Bradley Jacobs, Special Member
Dt Stephen Kells, Special Member

Author:

Kong, Weihong

Title:

Are We Making Progress? disparities in regional lymph node evaluation and overall survival among black and white women with non-disseminated breast cancer

Graduate Program:

Health Policy and Administration

Keywords:

Breast Cancer
Disparities
Lymph node evaluation
survival
progress

File:

Download Thesis_4-16_Whole.pdf

Committee Members:

Marianne Messersmith Hillemeier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gigliotti, Laura Christine

Title:

Ecology, habitat use, and winter thermal dynamics of snowshoe hares in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

snowshoe hare
Pennsylvania
body condition
survival
home range
habitat use
adaptation
movement

File:

Download Gigliotti_thesis_final_format.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gingery, Tess Michelle

Title:

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN WHITE-TAILED DEER FAWN SURVIVAL AND CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

fawn
meta-analysis
North America
Odocoileus virginianus
survival
white-tailed deer
maternal behaviors
activity sensors

File:

Download Gingery_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Marshall, Committee Member
David Walter, Committee Member
Christopher Rosenberry, Committee Member

Author:

Dinsmore, Carli

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF FOOD AVAILABILITY ON LIFE-HISTORY TRAJECTORIES

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Cohort
condition
body size
growth
reptiles
von Bertalanffy
Thamnophis sirtalis
survival
reproduction
garter snake
climate change
environmental variation

File:

Download MS_Dinsmore_2019.pdf

Committee Members:

David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tracy Langkilde, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ganoe, Laken

Title:

Using a multi-faceted approach to assess ecological components affecting muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) populations

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

muskrat
wildlife disease
population health
Tyzzer's disease
surveillance
home range
survival
movement
disease transmission

File:

Download Ganoe_M.S._Thesis-2019-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

W. David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin D Brown, Committee Member
Duane Diefenbach, Committee Member
Matthew Lovallo, Special Signatory
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Murphy, Asia

Title:

Examining how spatial-temporal interactions between predators influence the distribution, vigilance, and survival of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

predator-prey interactions
interspecific interactions
odocoileus virgnianus
ursus americanus
lynx rufus
canis latrans
camera trap
co-occurrence
temporal overlap
survival

File:

Download MurphyA_Dissertation032121.pdf

Committee Members:

David Andrew Miller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Outside Member
Tracy Langkilde, Committee Member
Duane R Diefenbach, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Yan, Runan

Title:

Investigation of the effect of microbiota on the survival and culturability of Campylobacter spp.

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Campylobacter
chicken meat microbiota
culturability
survival
viability qPCR
cold storage

File:

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Committee Members:

Jasna Kovac, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Rongling Wu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nkuchia M'ikanatha, Special Member
Edward Dudley, Major Field Member
Catherine Cutter, Major Field Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair