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Author:

Nord, Andrea Nafziger

Title:

The Role of Environmental Factors in the Growth and Suppression of Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stiltgrass)

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

invasive plants
plant ecology

File:

Download A_Nord_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

David A Mortensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David A Mortensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Larry Hunter Mc Cormick, Committee Member
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member

Author:

Rollinson, Christine

Title:

SIMULATED CLIMATE CHANGE ALTERS PHENOLOGY, COMPOSITION, AND STRUCTURE OF POST-HARVEST VEGETATION COMMUNITIES

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

phenology
climate change
forest harvest
community composition
climate experiment

File:

Download Rollinson_MS_Thesis-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hauck, Danielle Kristin

Title:

Dendrochemistry: Seeing the forest through the trees

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

trace elements
eruptions
tree rings
neutron activation analysis
dendrochemistry

File:

Download HauckDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenan Unlu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Yousry Azmy, Committee Member
Peter I Kuniholm, Committee Member
Sturt W Manning, Committee Member
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member

Author:

McDaniel, Marshall Douglas

Title:

ECOSYSTEM DISTURBANCE IN A WARMER AND WETTER NORTHEASTERN US: HOW WILL SOIL C AND N LOSSES AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES RESPOND TO A FOREST HARVEST IN THE FUTURE?

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

soil microbial communities
gas flux
nitrogen
carbon
forest
soil
clear cutting
climate change
forest harvest

File:

Download McDaniel_M.D._Dissertation_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maryann Victoria Bruns, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Roger Tai Koide, Committee Member
Hangsheng Lin, Committee Member

Author:

Wagner, Rebekah

Title:

Phenology, morphology and physiology of eastern deciduous seedlings under increased temperature and precipitation treatments

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

climate change
deciduous
physiology

File:

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Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Marc David Abrams, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Dickinson, Yvette

Title:

The influence of silvicultural management on forest structure

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

LiDAR
Forest Structure
Silviculture
Carbon Storage
Landscape ecology

File:

Download YvetteDickinsonPhDThesis111114FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Assoc Prof Eric Zenner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Zenner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member

Author:

Crisfield, Elizabeth Ann

Title:

Climate change impacts on forests: modeling relationships between static landscape patterns and dynamic vegetation responses

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

climate change
topography
migration networks
Appalachian forests
resilience

File:

Download Crisfield_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Erica A H Smithwick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Alan Maceachren, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Goebel, Marc

Title:

Decomposition of fine root organic matter among temperate trees species

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

decomposition
fine roots
root pigmentation
root order
litter bags
nitrogen
root persistence
soil depth
root neighbors

File:

Download Dissertation_mug130_Marc_Goebel_summer_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Eric Zenner, Committee Member
Dr Sarah Hobbie, Special Member

Author:

Wurzbacher, Sarah Jean

Title:

Late-successional oak forest characterization to guide landscape diversification practices in central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

late-succession
old growth
structural complexity enhancement
canopy gap
oak forests
diversification
landscape diversity

File:

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Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Smith, Lauren Ashley

Title:

Aboveground Carbon Distribution across a Temperate Watershed

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Aboveground net primary production
carbon budget
carbon distribution
temperate watershed
aboveground biomass
litterfall

File:

Download Smith_MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

Native American Land Use Legacies in the Present Day Landscape of the Eastern United States

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Native American
land use legacy
cultural ecology
indicator species

File:

Download SJohnson_Dissertation_PSU_Ecology_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Marc David Abrams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
Dean R. Snow, Committee Member

Author:

Rollinson, Christine

Title:

Influences Of Climate And Biotic Interactions On Realized Niches And Tree Species Distribution In The Central Appalachians

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

species distribution
climate
competition
realized niche
Appalachian Mountains
scale
temperature model
distribution model

File:

Download Rollinson_Dissertation_2014_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member
Laura P Leites, Committee Member

Author:

Gaines, Katie Palanjian

Title:

Forest Ecohydrology in a Central Pennsylvania Catchment: A Stable Isotope Approach

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

forest ecology
tree physiology
tree water use
rooting depth
Critical Zone Observatory

File:

Download Gaines_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Eissenstat, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frederick C Meinzer, Special Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member
Matthew David Hurteau, Committee Member

Author:

Watts, David Ami

Title:

ARCTIC VEGETATION RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE: REPRODUCTION, GROWTH, AND CONSEQUENCES FOR BIODIVERSITY

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

climate change
global change
seed ecology
biodiversity
ecosystem function
clonal plants
genotyping
plant herbivore interactions
Greenland
Arctic
tundra

File:

Download DAW_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric S Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Member

Author:

Young, Amanda Beatrice

Title:

HIGH ELEVATION DECIDUOUS FOREST STRUCTURE: A TEST OF WILLIAM BOND'S "SLOW SEEDLING HYPOTHESIS"

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

treeline
Japanese Alps
Angiosperm
Gymnosperm
Betula
Abies
Pinus

File:

Download ABY-Dissertation-Finalnew.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Outside Member

Author:

Iavorivska, Lidiia

Title:

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION: INPUTS TO WATERSHEDS AND INFLUENCES OF CLIMATE

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Atmospheric deposition
Organic carbon
Precipitation chemistry
Carbon cycling
Storm event
Nutrient cycling

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Iavorivska.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David R. DeWalle, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Jose Dolores Fuentes, Outside Member

Author:

Ward, Jessie J

Title:

A comparison of oak seedling survival and growth across three geologic formations in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

geologic formation
oak regeneration
northern red oak
lithology
root electrolyte leakage

File:

Download Ward_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Aaron David Stottlemyer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Manning, Douglas Richard

Title:

SHORT-TERM VEGETATION RESPONSES FOLLOWING NATURAL DISTURBANCE ON PRESERVED FOREST LANDS

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Disturbance
Forest Dynamics
Invasives
Invasive species
Invasive plants
Preserved lands
Windthrow
Understory vegetation
Natural disturbance

File:

Download DouglasRManning_Final_Thesis_edited.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Durland Laurence Shumway, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Lauvaux, Catherine Tasarla

Title:

UNDERSTANDING TRAJECTORIES OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE: THE RESPONSES OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOREST-SAGGEBRUSH-GRASSLAND LANDSCAPE TO FIRE SUPPRESSION, LIVESTOCK GRAZIN, AND CLIMATE

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

fire suppression
fire history
Rocky mountains
Sawtooth National Forest
Soldier mountains
Douglas-fir
whitebark pine
sagebrush
subalpine fir
livestock grazing
tree enchroachment
vegetation dynamics
tree mortality
fire severity

File:

Download C_LauvauxDissertationSubmitted2.pdf

Committee Members:

Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Outside Member

Author:

Keller, Joseph

Title:

Timing matters: Climate change, phenology, demography, and management of the invasive weed Carduus nutans

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Carduus nutans
climate change
weed management
integral projection model
phenology
biological control

File:

Download Keller_Joseph_ecology_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Michael Saunders, Committee Member
James Rosenberger, Outside Member

Author:

Maynard-Bean, Erynn

Title:

Shedding light on invasive shrubs in eastern deciduous forests of North America

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

phenology
citizen science
leaf traits
leaf onset
leaf senescence
invasive shrubs
Lonicera maackii
deciduous forest
Lindera benzoin
Viburnum prunifolium
Viburnum dilitatum
Viburnum acerifolium
Viburnum sieboldii
Berberis thunbergii
Euonymus alatus
leaf economic spectrum
experimental removal
novel shade
leaf mass area
photosynthetic capacity
leaf nitrogen content
leaf life span
extended leaf phenology
photosynthetically active radiation

File:

Download Dissertation_Maynard-Bean_5-9-19.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paul Burkhart, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
David Mortensen, Outside Member

Author:

Zuiderveen, Grady

Title:

Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) Phytochemistry, Trade, and Habitat: Implications for Conservation and Forest Based Cultivation

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

ethnobotany
forest farming
plant conservation
medicinal plants
agroforestry

File:

Download ghz_dissertation_FINAL_.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Gregory Jacobson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gregory Jacobson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Joshua D Lambert, Outside Member
Eric Paul Burkhart, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Paul Burkhart, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Dillner, Benjamin Mcgowan

Title:

IF A TREE FALLS: PLANT REGENERATION AND SOIL TRENDS IN A PENNSYLVANIA TREE TIP-UP CHRONOSEQUENCE

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

forest disturbance
ecology
tree tip-up
botany
critical zone
tree regeneration
soil formation

File:

Download Ben_Dillner_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Timothy Stapler White, Committee Member

Author:

Dems, Cody

Title:

Igniting Change: measuring prescribed fire effects in a central Pennsylvania hardwood forest

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

prescribed fire
fire management
structure
composition
forest fuels
quercus
acer
eastern deciduous forests

File:

Download DEMS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Jesse K Kreye, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

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:

Jordan, Rebecca

Title:

Allicin and Total Phenolic Content in Ramps (Allium tricoccum Ait.) in Relation to Phenology, Location, and Morphology in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

Wild leeks
Phytochemistry
Agroforestry
Non-timber forest products
Forest farming
Alliums
Ramps

File:

Download RTealJordan_MSThesis_FINAL1.pdf

Committee Members:

Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua D Lambert, Committee Member
Michael Gregory Jacobson, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Onofrio, Lauren

Title:

Adaptation to climate in Juglans nigra: exploring how home climate shapes growth patterns of natural populations

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

black walnut
Juglans nigra
tree populations
local adaptation
climate
climate change
spatial climate variability
temporal climate variability
early growth patterns
growth rates
natural selection
genetic differentiation
provenance test
dendrochronology
phenotypic plasticity
common garden

File:

Download OnofrioFinalMSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura P Leites, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member
Jason Philip Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member

Author:

Wray, Shannon

Title:

effects of treated wastewater irrigation on a forest ecosystem

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

Irrigated Forest
Living Filter
soil chemistry
Forest Biomass
tree leaf chemistry

File:

Download ShannonWray_FinalThesis_3_31.pdf

Committee Members:

Jason Philip Kaye, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
John Earl Watson, Committee Member
Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hodges, Caitlin Anne

Title:

Interactions between minerals, oxygen, and carbon dioxide in the critical zone

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

weathering
anaerobic respiration
carbon cycle
dissolved inorganic carbon
pedology
soil respiration
mineral redox

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Boyer, Major Field Member
Jay Regan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Brantley, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Camillone, Nina

Title:

A bridge between the lab and the farm: pairing molecular evidence for microbial activity with practical indicators for soil health

Graduate Program:

Soil Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Soil health
Soil microbiome
International development
Agricultural management
Microbial activity

File:

Download Nina_Camillone_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Sjoerd Duiker, Co-Chair & Outside Field Member
Charlie White, Outside Unit Member
Mary Ann Bruns, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Estelle Couradeau, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Belskis, Alice

Title:

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages across the Non-perennial Stream System of the Konza Prairie, Kansas

Graduate Program:

Wildlife and Fisheries Science (MS)

Keywords:

Benthic Macroinvertebrates
DNA Metabarcoding
Non-perennial Streams

File:

Download Belskis_Thesis_FINALFORSUBMISSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Allen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon Sweetman, Committee Member
Monica Medina, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dannenberg, Samuel

Title:

Sensitivity of Annual Diameter Increment and its Relationship with Climate: A Comparative Analysis of Five Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Tree Species

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources (MS)

Keywords:

Sensitivity of Annual Diameter Increment and its Relationship with Climate: A Comparative Analysis of Five Broadleaf Deciduous Forest Tree Species

File:

Download Thesis_Dannenberg.pdf

Committee Members:

Bradley Cardinale, Program Head/Chair
Laura P Leites, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Marc Eric Mc Dill, Committee Member