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

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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

22. Morphological and Physiological Effects of Ecological Light Pollution on Mammals and Amphibians in Pennsylvania

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Author:
Dananay, Kacey Lynn
Title:
Morphological and Physiological Effects of Ecological Light Pollution on Mammals and Amphibians in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Ecological Light Pollution
Peromyscus leucopus
Desmognathus fuscus
artificial light
anthropogenic pollution
File:
Download Dananay_Final_Thesis_2013_4_19.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

24. PCB Exposure And Channel Catfish: An Analysis Of Immune Response And PCB Dynamics In The Presence Of Food Deprivation

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Author:
Demario, Devin Anne
Title:
PCB Exposure And Channel Catfish: An Analysis Of Immune Response And PCB Dynamics In The Presence Of Food Deprivation
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
catfish
fisheries
polychlorinated biphenyls
toxicology
fish
contaminants
environmental contaminant
environmental toxicant
bayesian analysis
fish health
innate immune function
File:
Download Thesis_DeMario_corrected.pdf
Committee Members:
Tyler Wagner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

25. Impacts of natural gas industry water withdrawals on fish and macroinvertebrate communities in the Susquehanna River Basin

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Author:
Shank, Matthew Kenneth
Title:
Impacts of natural gas industry water withdrawals on fish and macroinvertebrate communities in the Susquehanna River Basin
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Susquehanna River
water withdrawal
consumptive use
fluvial specialist
erosional
natural gas industry
mixed effect model
File:
Download Shank_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

27. Initial Response Of Birds To Shale Gas Development In A Forested Landscape

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Author:
Fronk, Nathan R
Title:
Initial Response Of Birds To Shale Gas Development In A Forested Landscape
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Marcellus shale
well pads
forest interior
synanthropic
core forest
File:
Download ThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Marshall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William David Walter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

28. Effects of Marcellus Shale Development on Songbird Abundance and Habitat Use in Northcentral Pennsylvania Forests

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Author:
Barton, Ethan Patrick
Title:
Effects of Marcellus Shale Development on Songbird Abundance and Habitat Use in Northcentral Pennsylvania Forests
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Marcellus
shale gas
forest
songbirds
biotic homogenization
habitat fragmentation
File:
Download BartonThesis2014.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham Brant, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Duane R Diefenbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Gerard Messina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

29. Morphological Comparison of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout (salvelinus fontinalis) Relegated to Allopatric Headwater Streams in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Author:
Weathers, Thomas Casey
Title:
Morphological Comparison of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout (salvelinus fontinalis) Relegated to Allopatric Headwater Streams in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Brook Trout
Morphometric
Meristic
Sexual Dimorphism
Phenotypic Plasticity
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
File:
Download Weathers_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew David Hurteau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeanette Lane Schnars, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor