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1. 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. Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania

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Author:
Peterson, Daniel Adam
Title:
Stratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Red Hill Site near Hyner, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
fluvial
Devonian
tetrapod
avulsion
Acadian orogeny
Pennsylvania
Red Hill
stratigraphy
floodplain
paleosol
sandstone
File:
Download Thesis_-_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark E Patzkowsky, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
MARK E PATZKOWSKY, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. Public Perceptions of Spatial Analogs for Climate Change: A Survey of Centre Region, Pennsylvania Residents

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Author:
Retchless, David Pahl
Title:
Public Perceptions of Spatial Analogs for Climate Change: A Survey of Centre Region, Pennsylvania Residents
Graduate Program:
Geography
Keywords:
Pennsylvania
communication
spatial analogs
perceptions
climate change
File:
Download RetchlessThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Brenton Yarnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brenton Yarnal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. 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

8. 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. 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

11. Presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O-groups in small and very small beef processing plants and resulting beef products detected by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay

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Author:
Svoboda, Amanda Lyn
Title:
Presence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O-groups in small and very small beef processing plants and resulting beef products detected by a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay
Graduate Program:
Food Science
Keywords:
E. coli
non-O157
beef processing
small plants
very small plants
Pennsylvania
File:
Download AmandaSvobodaThesis_FINAL_June_13_2012.pdf
Committee Members:
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward William Mills, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chitrita Debroy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Estimating Migration to Pennsylvania Counties Due to Marcellus Shale Drilling Activity

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Author:
Kelly, Andrew Paul
Title:
Estimating Migration to Pennsylvania Counties Due to Marcellus Shale Drilling Activity
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
Marcellus
migration
boomtown
population
Census
Pennsylvania
File:
Download AndrewKellyThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark R Leach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Diane Mc Laughlin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Kathy Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Investigation of the Prevalence and Spatial Distribution of Salmonella enterica Infections in the Pennsylvania Common Raccoon (procyon lotor)

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Author:
Very, Katherine Joanne
Title:
Investigation of the Prevalence and Spatial Distribution of Salmonella enterica Infections in the Pennsylvania Common Raccoon (procyon lotor)
Graduate Program:
Pathobiology
Keywords:
Raccoon
Salmonella
Pennsylvania
File:
Download Very_Thesis_.pdf
Committee Members:
Bhushan M Jayarao, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Development Of An Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests development of an Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests

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Author:
Dicarlo, Michael John
Title:
Development Of An Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests development of an Advance Regeneration Model for Pennsylvania Hardwood Forests
Graduate Program:
Forest Resources
Keywords:
Advance regeneration
modeling
Pennsylvania
hardwood forest
File:
Download MichaelDiCarloMastersThesisAugust2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Marc Mc Dill, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

16. Intersections of Knowledge, New Information Technologies, and Ideas of Good Farming in Southeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Italy

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Author:
Babbie, Kristin Barbara
Title:
Intersections of Knowledge, New Information Technologies, and Ideas of Good Farming in Southeast Pennsylvania and Northwest Italy
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
sustainable agriculture
good farming
information communication technology
Pennsylvania
Italy
farming
sociology
rural
File:
Download BabbieKristin_FinalThesis_MSRuralSociology.pdf
Committee Members:
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

17. Dispersal timing, distances, and rates of Pennsylvania black bear

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Author:
Vreeland, Wendy Christine
Title:
Dispersal timing, distances, and rates of Pennsylvania black bear
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
black bear
dispersal rates
dispersal distances
dispersal timing
Pennsylvania
population density
range expansion
File:
Download Dispersal_timing_distances_and_rates_of_Pennsylvania_black_bear.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Population genetics structure and morphometric analyses of Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus collections from Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay, and three Erie County, Pennsylvania, streams

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Author:
Abramson, Sidney Caleb
Title:
Population genetics structure and morphometric analyses of Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus collections from Lake Erie, Presque Isle Bay, and three Erie County, Pennsylvania, streams
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
round goby
neogobius melanostomus
Erie
Pennsylvania
morphometrics and meristic characters
File:
Download FINAL_Thesis_Draft_Nme.pdf
Committee Members:
Stauffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Lee King, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanette Lane Schnars, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. Crustal structure of the mid-atlantic U.s. from P-wave receiver functions

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Author:
Arroyo, Gabriella B
Title:
Crustal structure of the mid-atlantic U.s. from P-wave receiver functions
Graduate Program:
Geosciences
Keywords:
crustal structure
receiver functions
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Appalachian
Scranton
Scranton High
Grenville Front
Allegheny Front
Mid-Continent rift
Vp/Vs
Hk stacking
PASEIS
UsArray
US Transportable
mid-atlantic
File:
Download Arroyo_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. Dispersal Behavior in Female White-tailed Deer

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Author:
Lutz, Clayton Lee
Title:
Dispersal Behavior in Female White-tailed Deer
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
barriers
chronic wasting disease
disease spread
dispersal
foray
movement
Odocoileus virginianus
Pennsylvania
proximate causes
ultimate causes
white-tailed deer
File:
Download Lutz_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Sheriff, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher S Rosenberry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. River otter population monitoring in northeastern Pennsylvania using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture-recapture models

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Author:
Forman, Nicholas Sean
Title:
River otter population monitoring in northeastern Pennsylvania using non-invasive genetic sampling and spatial capture-recapture models
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
River otter
non-invasive genetic sampling
spatial capture-recapture
population size
population density
Pennsylvania
File:
Download ThesisFinalSubmission_12092015.pdf
Committee Members:
William David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Miller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cassandra Michaela Miller Butterworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

24. Nitrogen Credit Trading as a Mechanism for Riparian Buffer Establishment on Pennsylvania Farmland

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Author:
Boleman, Patrick James
Title:
Nitrogen Credit Trading as a Mechanism for Riparian Buffer Establishment on Pennsylvania Farmland
Graduate Program:
Forest Resources
Keywords:
Riparian Buffer
Nitrogen
Nutrient Credit Trading
Agroforestry
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Payment for Ecosystem Services
Pennsylvania
File:
Download Thesis_Patrick_J_Boleman.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Gregory Jacobson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

25. BARRIERS TO IMPROVING IMPLEMENTATION OF PENNSYLVANIA’S UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELL PROGRAM

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Author:
Li, Xueyi
Title:
BARRIERS TO IMPROVING IMPLEMENTATION OF PENNSYLVANIA’S UNDERGROUND INJECTION WELL PROGRAM
Graduate Program:
Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics
Keywords:
shale gas
wastewater
underground injection well
Pennsylvania
File:
Download Xueyi_Ms_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Jaenicke, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles Abdalla, Committee Member
Edward Jaenicke, Committee Member

26. Responding to growers' needs: Evaluation of management strategies for onion center rot, caused by Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea agglomerans

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Author:
Mazzone, Jennie Diehl
Title:
Responding to growers' needs: Evaluation of management strategies for onion center rot, caused by Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea agglomerans
Graduate Program:
Plant Pathology
Keywords:
onion
Pantoea ananatis
Pantoea agglomerans
center rot
cultivar
nitrogen
transplant
bactericide
management
integrated pest management
Allium cepa
bacteria
disease
Honduras
horticultural production guide
Rhizoctonia solani
tomato
tomato foliar blight
Pennsylvania
File:
Download Thesis-_MAZZONE_J.D..pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Beth K. Gugino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco, Committee Member
Dr. Kari A. Peter, Committee Member
Dr. William Lamont, Jr., Committee Member

27. A COMPARISON OF YOUTH PERCEPTIONS REGARDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NICARAGUA

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Author:
Cahill, Michael Scott
Title:
A COMPARISON OF YOUTH PERCEPTIONS REGARDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NICARAGUA
Graduate Program:
Agricultural and Extension Education
Keywords:
Agriculture
Education
Agricultural Education
Student
Pennsylvania
Nicaragua
International
Bandura
Azjen
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial
Self-Efficacy
FFA
SAE
Supervised Agricultural Experience
NGO
Perceptions
File:
Download A_COMPARISON_OF_YOUTH_PERCEPTIONS_REGARDING_ENTREPRENEURSHIP_IN_PENNSYLVANIA_AND_NICARAGUA.pdf
Committee Members:
Daniel Douglas Foster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Ewing, Committee Member
Carl Daniel Azzara, Committee Member

28. Monitoring Wild Ring-necked Pheasant Population Restoration in Pennsylvania

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Author:
Williamson, Lacey Taylor
Title:
Monitoring Wild Ring-necked Pheasant Population Restoration in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
density estimation
detection probability
Pennsylvania
Phasianus colchicus
restoration
ring-necked pheasant
habitat modeling
pheasant
habitat
File:
Download Williamson_thesis_Final_11_22.pdf
Committee Members:
W. David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matt Marshall, Committee Member

29. IMPACTS OF VEGETATIVE BUFFERS AND WINTER CROPS ON WATER QUALITY AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA

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Author:
Sciaudone, Kyra Tatiana
Title:
IMPACTS OF VEGETATIVE BUFFERS AND WINTER CROPS ON WATER QUALITY AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:
Biorenewable Systems
Keywords:
Energy Crops
Profitability
Crop Budgets
Water Quality
Switchgrass
Willow
Agroecosystem Model
Mahantango Creek
Pennsylvania
Flood Frequency
File:
Download Final_Thesis_KTS_Spring_2018.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen R. Kemanian, Committee Member
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Katherine Yoder Zipp, Committee Member

30. Power, Privilege, and "Playing in the Dirt": An Intersectional Exploration of Women's Agricultural Experiences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Author:
Whitley, Hannah Terese
Title:
Power, Privilege, and "Playing in the Dirt": An Intersectional Exploration of Women's Agricultural Experiences in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology
Keywords:
historically marginalized agriculturalists
intersectionality
participatory action research
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
social sustainability
urban agriculture
women farmers
critical food systems scholarship
qualitative research
File:
Download Whitley-_RSOC_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Kathryn J. Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Ransom, Committee Member
Kathleen J D Sexsmith, Committee Member
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Program Head/Chair
Kathryn J. Brasier, Committee Member

32. Examining Regional Trends in Pennsylvania Grüner Veltliner Wines Using Instrumental and Human Sensory Methods

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Author:
Keller, Stephanie
Title:
Examining Regional Trends in Pennsylvania Grüner Veltliner Wines Using Instrumental and Human Sensory Methods
Graduate Program:
Food Science
Keywords:
Grüner Veltliner
White Wine
Wine Regionality
Pennsylvania
Descriptive Analysis
File:
Download SK_Thesis_FinalVersion.pdf
Committee Members:
Ryan John Elias, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michela Centinari, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Program Head/Chair

33. Towards a Critical Environmental Justice: An Analysis of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Environmental Justice Policy Revision

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Author:
Hernandez, Nebraska
Title:
Towards a Critical Environmental Justice: An Analysis of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Environmental Justice Policy Revision
Graduate Program:
Geography (MS)
Keywords:
critical environmental justice
Pennsylvania
policy
File:
Download Towards_a_Critical_Environmental_Justice._An_Analysis_of_the_Pennsylvania_Department_of_Environmental_Protection_s_Environmental_Justice_Policy_Revision.pdf
Committee Members:
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer E Baka, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua F Inwood, Committee Member

34. Engaging Stakeholders in Local Water Quality Planning: Pennsylvania Countywide Action Plans

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Author:
Trouba, Erin
Title:
Engaging Stakeholders in Local Water Quality Planning: Pennsylvania Countywide Action Plans
Graduate Program:
Rural Sociology (MS)
Keywords:
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
stakeholder engagement
collaborative governance
Pennsylvania
water quality
File:
Download Trouba_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Kathryn Jo Brasier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Brian Thiede, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Lara Fowler, Committee Member

35. The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Wine Consumer Behavior in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Region

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Author:
Reed, Bridget
Title:
The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Wine Consumer Behavior in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Region
Graduate Program:
Food Science (MS)
Keywords:
wine
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania wine
COVID-19
pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic
consumer ethnocentrism
File:
Download Bridget_Reed_Thesis.V3.pdf
Committee Members:
John Hayes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Helene Hopfer, Committee Member
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Kirkmeyer, Committee Member