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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:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Buderman, Frances Elizabeth

Title:

A joint Kaplan-Meier known-fate and Brownie tag-recovery model to estimate harvest and survival rates

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

white-tailed deer
deer harvest
deer survival
deer abundance
tag-recovery
known-fate
Kaplan-Meier
wildlife
estimation

File:

Download Buderman_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Parkhill, Nathaniel

Title:

Using multi-scalar habitat modelling of wood thrush in central Pennsylvania to inform novel forest management

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

wildlife
forestry
habitat
wood thrush
forest management
birds
occupancy modelling
multi scalar

File:

Download Parkhill_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Andrew Miller, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tiffin, Hannah

Title:

“Scratching” the Surface: Ticks and Sarcoptic Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) in American Black Bears

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

black bear
ursus americanus
mange
sarcoptic mange
parasite
host-parasite interactions
carnivores
red fox
grey fox
coyote
ticks
Ixodes scapularis
backlegged tick
Sarcoptes scabiei
scabies
neglected diseases
zoonotic disease
zoonoses
One Health
Pennsylvania
wildlife
disease spillover
disease ecology
emerging disease

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Erika Machtinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Justin Brown, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Mullinax, Special Member
Mark Ternent, Special Member
Joyce Sakamoto, Major Field Member

Author:

Isgate, Sara

Title:

Uncovering Effects Of Noise Pollution on Learning Performance and Reproductive Success Using an Operant Conditioning Device in Wild Songbirds

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science

Keywords:

cognition
wildlife
songbirds
bluebirds
operant conditioning
behavioral ecology
noise pollution
fitness
reproductive success
problem solving

File:

Download Isgate_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason C Keagy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
Patrick Drohan, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sonia Angele Cavigelli, Committee Member