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Author:

Zhang, Rui

Title:

Biological invasions in a changing world: responses of two invasive thistles to disturbance and climate change

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

Carduus acanthoides
biological invasion
climate change
warming
disturbance
Carduus nutans

File:

Download Rui_Zhang_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Katriona Shea, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
David A Mortensen, Committee Member

Author:

Olson, Roman

Title:

WHAT IS THE SKILL OF CLIMATE PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHODS? A CASE STUDY WITH GLOBAL AVERAGE OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS.

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Climate sensitivity
Bayesian methods
climate models
ocean diffusivity
climate change

File:

Download RT_Thesis_Form_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Klaus Keller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Polborn, Sarah Elisabeth

Title:

Essays in Environmental Economics

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

environmental economics
global warming
lobbying
environmental policy
climate change

File:

Download diss_polborn_sarah.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry William Ickes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry William Ickes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark John Roberts, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Michael Barth Berkman, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Shi

Title:

Projecting the influence of climate change and daily temperature range on insect phenology and risk period of vector borne diseases

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

vector borne diseases
insect phenology
daily temperature range
climate change
risk period

File:

Download Shi_Chen_Thesis_Final_Draft_June14.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelby Jay Fleischer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Craig Saunders, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Matthew Brian Thomas, Committee Member
John Fricks, Committee Member

Author:

Sabbatelli, Thomas Andrew

Title:

The Influence of Climate State Variables on Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

climate state
climate change
hurricanes
tropical cyclones
Atlantic Ocean
El Niño-Southern Oscillation

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Mann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Mann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Terando, Adam James

Title:

Quantifying the effects of climate change on crop yields.

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

climate change
crop yields
agro-climate indices
uncertainty

File:

Download AJTerando_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William Ewart Easterling Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Petra Tschakert, Committee Member
Denice Heller Wardrop, Committee Member
Klaus Keller, Committee Member

Author:

Granger, Kristen Louise

Title:

Mitigation of drought-induced reductions in wild oat seed quality by elevated carbon dioxide

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

seed persistence
dormancy
microbial decay resistance
seed aging
climate change

File:

Download Granger_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Paul Gallagher Iii, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dawn S Luthe, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Member

Author:

Badayos-jover, Mary Barby P.

Title:

Mainstreaming Gender in Philippine Institutional Responses to Climate Change

Graduate Program:

Rural Sociology

Keywords:

gender mainstreaming
climate change
adaptation
Philippines

File:

Download mpb234_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Rachel Tickamyer, Committee Member
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member
Nancy A Tuana, Committee Member
Petra Tschakert, Committee Member

Author:

Polato, Nicholas Renzo

Title:

Interactions between environmental stress and genetic diversity in reef building corals

Graduate Program:

Ecology

Keywords:

Coral
population structure
microsatellite
thremal stress
microarray
GxE interactions
climate change
gene expression

File:

Download PolatoDissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Iliana Brigitta Baums, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Stephen Wade Schaeffer, Committee Member
Francesca Chiaromonte, Special Member

Author:

Howe, Peter D.

Title:

Fingerprints of global warming on public perceptions and beliefs

Graduate Program:

Geography

Keywords:

human-environment geography
climate change
global warming
public perceptions
spatial analysis

File:

Download Howe_dissertation_2012-8-10.pdf

Committee Members:

Brenton Yarnal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member
Frank Hardisty, Committee Member
Janet Swim, Committee Member