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1. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF DIATOM PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN LAKE ERIE BENTHOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL HYPOXIA

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Author:
Lashaway, Aubrey Rain
Title:
SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION OF DIATOM PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION IN LAKE ERIE BENTHOS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEASONAL HYPOXIA
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
rejuvenation
Lake Erie
hypoxia
diatom
File:
Download Aubrey_Lashaway_Thesis_4-24-09.pdf
Committee Members:
Hunter J Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hunter J Carrick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. AN EVALUATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SEX-AGE-KILL MODEL FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER

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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:
Download Final_draft.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. DISTRIBUTION AND THE PUTATIVE ORIGIN OF FISHES IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA

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Author:
Lorson, Benjamin D.
Title:
DISTRIBUTION AND THE PUTATIVE ORIGIN OF FISHES IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
fishes
fish distribution
zoogeography
Allegheny River
benthic trawl
File:
Download Benjamin_D_Lorson_Masters_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Fish and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Following the Removal of Low-Head Dams in Two Pennsylvania Streams

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Author:
Hutchison, Brianna
Title:
Fish and Macroinvertebrate Assemblages Following the Removal of Low-Head Dams in Two Pennsylvania Streams
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
dam removal
biomonitoring
assemblage structure
freshwater fishes
benthic macroinvertebrates
impoundment
river restoration
File:
Download BriannaHutchison_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Native brook trout and naturalized brown trout effects on two Pennsylvania headwater stream food chains

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Author:
Tzilkowski, Caleb J
Title:
Native brook trout and naturalized brown trout effects on two Pennsylvania headwater stream food chains
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
food chains
indigenous species
introduced species
streams
predator-prey interactions
trophic cascade
File:
Download etd.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

6. INFLUENCE OF STREAM CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY, STREAM HABITAT, AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON BROOK TROUT DENSITIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS

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Author:
Mason, Doris A
Title:
INFLUENCE OF STREAM CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY, STREAM HABITAT, AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON BROOK TROUT DENSITIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA STREAMS
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
thalweg
stream channel morphology
brook trout
stream habitat
File:
Download MasonThesis_09.pdf
Committee Members:
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Victoria Anne Braithwaite Read, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Sweka, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. METHODS OF ESTIMATING WHITE-TAILED DEER ABUNDANCE AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: TESTING ASSUMPTIONS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING

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Author:
Stainbrook, David Philip
Title:
METHODS OF ESTIMATING WHITE-TAILED DEER ABUNDANCE AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: TESTING ASSUMPTIONS OF DISTANCE SAMPLING
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Lincoln-Petersen
mark-resight
Bowden
abundance
density
bias
non-uniform transects
roads
distance sampling
Odocoileus virginianus
white-tailed deer
resource selection
habitat use
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
File:
Download Thesis_DPS_final_2011_high_res.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Songbird Abundance in the Allegheny National Forest

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Author:
Thomas, Emily Hope
Title:
Effects of Oil and Gas Development on Songbird Abundance in the Allegheny National Forest
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
fragmentation
wells
abundance
songbirds
Pennsylvania
File:
Download ANF_OGM.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham And Walter Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Responses of Plethodontid Salamanders to Stream Acidification and Acid Mine Drainage in the Pennsylvania Central Appalachians

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Author:
Rocco, Gian L
Title:
Responses of Plethodontid Salamanders to Stream Acidification and Acid Mine Drainage in the Pennsylvania Central Appalachians
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Pseudotriton
Eurycea
Desmognathus
acidification
Appalachians
stream
Plethodontidae
salamander
Gyrinophilus
in situ
File:
Download GLRThesis2007.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert P Brooks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Robert F Carline, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member

11. TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE GENUS TROPHEOPS (CICHLIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES FROM LAKE MALAŴI, AFRICA

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Author:
Goldstein, Howard M.
Title:
TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THE GENUS TROPHEOPS (CICHLIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES FROM LAKE MALAŴI, AFRICA
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
lake malawi cichlids
species descriptions
Tropheops
File:
Download Howard_Goldstein_FINAL_THESIS_4.17..pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. ECOLOGY OF COMMON RACCOON (Procyon lotor) IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AS RELATED TO AN ORAL RABIES VACCINATION PROGRAM

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Author:
Compton, Justin A.
Title:
ECOLOGY OF COMMON RACCOON (Procyon lotor) IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AS RELATED TO AN ORAL RABIES VACCINATION PROGRAM
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Raccoon
Rabies
Home range
Resource selection function
Salmonella
File:
Download Compton_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary San Julian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Tucker Yahner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Bhushan M Jayarao, Committee Member

13. DAMS, DREDGING, AND DARTERS: EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES ON BENTHIC FISH ECOLOGY

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Author:
Freedman, Jonathan Adam
Title:
DAMS, DREDGING, AND DARTERS: EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES ON BENTHIC FISH ECOLOGY
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
stable isotope analysis
multivariate analysis
benthic trawl
File:
Download FreedmanJA_Dissertation_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert F Carline, Committee Member
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member

14. Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Mercury on the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina)

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Author:
Schnars, Jeanette L.
Title:
Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Mercury on the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina)
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Chelydra
mercury
PCB
maternal transfer
hatchling
respirometry
File:
Download JLSchnars_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hunter J Carrick, Committee Member
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Charles Andrew Cole, Committee Member

15. TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE METRIACLIMA ZEBRA SPECIES COMPLEX IN LAKE MALAŴI WITH FIVE NEW SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS

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Author:
Black, Kristin Elizabeth
Title:
TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE METRIACLIMA ZEBRA SPECIES COMPLEX IN LAKE MALAŴI WITH FIVE NEW SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Lake Malawi
cichlid
mbuna
Metriaclima
M. pambazuko
M. lundoensis
M. midomo
M. tarakiki
M. nigrodorsalis
File:
Download Black_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member
Ke Chung Kim, Committee Member
Ad Konings, Committee Member

16. EFFECTS OF LOCAL AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON AVIAN USE AND PRODUCTIVITY ON PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FIELDS

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Author:
Wentworth, Kevin
Title:
EFFECTS OF LOCAL AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON AVIAN USE AND PRODUCTIVITY ON PENNSYLVANIA CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FIELDS
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Grasslands
distance sampling
grasshopper sparrows
pennsylvania birds
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Wentworth.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Duane R Diefenbach, Committee Member
Heather D Karsten, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member

17. HABITAT SELECTION, SITE FIDELITY, AND LIFETIME TERRITORIAL CONSISTENCY OF OVENBIRDS IN A CONTIGUOUS FOREST

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Author:
Bernard, Michael Jeffrey
Title:
HABITAT SELECTION, SITE FIDELITY, AND LIFETIME TERRITORIAL CONSISTENCY OF OVENBIRDS IN A CONTIGUOUS FOREST
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
decision rules
Ovenbird
breeding dispersal
site fidelity
habitat selection
territory shift
File:
Download Bernard_thesis_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

20. TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE GENUS PETROTILAPIA TREWAVAS 1935 (TELEOSTEI: CICHLIDAE) FROM LAKE MALAŴI, AFRICA

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Author:
Lundeba, Mary
Title:
TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE GENUS PETROTILAPIA TREWAVAS 1935 (TELEOSTEI: CICHLIDAE) FROM LAKE MALAŴI, AFRICA
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
melanin pattern
cichlid
mbuna
Petrotilapia
Malawi
radiation
File:
Download Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member
Ke Chung Kim, Committee Member
A Konings, Committee Member