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Author:

Lunt, Fiona

Title:

Development of integrated species distribution models to improve occupancy predictions of avian species of concern

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

species distribution model
data integration
quantitative ecology
hierarchical modeling
co-occurrence
population ecology
bird

File:

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Committee Members:

David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frances E Buderman, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Julian D Avery, Committee Member

Author:

De Priest, Miranda

Title:

The effect of environmental heterogeneity on bacteria within an agricultural soil community

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

environmental heterogeneity
generalist
specialist
microbe
microbiome
biodiversity
bacteria
soil

File:

Download DePriest_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Terrence Hugh Bell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Emily R Davenport, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Michela Centinari, Committee Member
Paul David Esker, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Pheeters, Devyn

Title:

Soil Health Indicators as Tools to Understand The Effects of Disturbance

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

disturbance
occasional tillage
perennials
chisel-disk
moldboard plow
soil health

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Mary Ann Victoria Bruns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Francisco Dini Andreote, Committee Member
Curtis James Dell, Committee Member

Author:

Lor, Jim

Title:

Spatiotemporal infection patterns and interpatch movement in Notopthalmus viridescens populations

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

Seasonality
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
temperature
host density
infection intensity
infection prevalence
Infectious disease
interpatch movement
Notophthalmus viridescens

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
David Andrew Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Julian D Avery, Committee Member
David A Kennedy, Committee Member

Author:

Mc Clure, Catherine

Title:

The spatiotemporal dynamics of organic contaminants in surface water and their potential accumulation in riverine smallmouth bass of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

Endocrine Disrupting Compounds
Ecotoxicology
Bayesian Statistics
Fish Health
Organic Contaminants

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Committee Members:

Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Megan Kepler Schall, Committee Member

Author:

Bird, Sydney

Title:

Developing Molecular and Analytical Tools For the Evaluation of Mating Frequency in Social and Solitary Bees

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

mating frequency
bombus impatiens
eucera pruinosa
monandry

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Committee Members:

Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather M Hines, Committee Member
Jill Hamilton, Committee Member

Author:

Gagne, Emily

Title:

Delivering bioinformatics and genetics workshops to hybrid and synchronous audiences using Google Classroom

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

bioinformatics
genetics
workshopping
education
outreach

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Committee Members:

George H Perry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Toews, Committee Member
Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jennelle Malcos, Special Signatory

Author:

Brzezinski, Karen

Title:

Space-use and Movement of Canada Geese in Response to Hunting Pressure and Anthropogenic Land Use

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

landscape ecology
movement ecology
waterfowl
game species
animal behavior
habitat selection

File:

Download ThesisFinal_KB.pdf

Committee Members:

Frances E Buderman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason C Keagy, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Matthew R. Marshall, Committee Member
Nathaniel R. Huck, Special Signatory

Author:

Cao, Lily

Title:

The impact of cover crop inclusion on the belowground microbiome and root physiology of a perennial woody crop under different nutrient conditions

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

microbiome
root interactions
metabolomics
cover crop
rhizosphere
agroecology
vineyard
nutrient
competition
metatranscriptomics
amplicon sequencing

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Committee Members:

Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Terrence Bell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua J Kellogg, Committee Member
Michela Centinari, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Germeroth, Lilly

Title:

Gardener Choice Impacts Monarch Survival: Milkweed Species Identity Influences Arthropod Communities and Monarch Predation

Graduate Program:

Ecology (MS)

Keywords:

conservation
monarch butterfly
milkweed
asclepias
community ecology

File:

Download Germeroth_MS_Ecology_SP23.pdf

Committee Members:

Sara Hermann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Ellen Barbercheck, Committee Member
Jared Ali, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Jared Gregory Ali, Committee Member