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Author:

Raffel, Thomas R

Title:

Causes and consequences of seasonal dynamics in the parasite community of red-spotted newts (<i>Notophthalmus viridescens</i>)

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

amphibian decline
disease ecology
salamander
trematode
nematode

File:

Download Raffel.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter John Hudson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Harold Marden, Committee Member
Mary J Kennett, Committee Member
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member

Author:

Shapiro, Lori Rachel

Title:

A to Zymv Guide to Erwinia tracheiphila transmission: A molecular and ecological study

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

Plant volatiles
Erwinia tracheiphila
Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus
Acalymma vittatum
Chrysomelidae
disease ecology

File:

Download LRShapiro_Thesis111612.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark C Mescher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Consuelo M De Moraes, Committee Member
Andrew George Stephenson, Committee Member
Shelby Jay Fleischer, Committee Member
Eric Thomas Harvill, Committee Member

Author:

Manlove, Kezia Ruth

Title:

Pneumonia Dynamics In Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)

Graduate Program:

Biology

Keywords:

bighorn sheep
pneumonia
mycoplasma ovipneumonaie
disease ecology
social network
behavioral ecology
chronic carriage
population dynamics

File:

Download Manlove-Dissertation_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter John Hudson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Fraser Read, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ottar N Bjornstad, Committee Member
Ephraim Mont Hanks, Committee Member
Paul Cross, Outside Member

Author:

Shapiro, Lillian Lee

Title:

Know your enemy: Environmental variation significantly affects mosquito biology and malaria transmission risk

Graduate Program:

Entomology

Keywords:

malaria
mosquito
climate change
disease ecology
Anopheles
Plasmodium

File:

Download ShapiroDissertation2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew B. Thomas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew B. Thomas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew F. Read, Committee Member
Jason L. Rasgon, Committee Member
James H. Marden, Outside Member

Author:

Tiffin, Hannah

Title:

“Scratching” the Surface: Ticks and Sarcoptic Mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) in American Black Bears

Graduate Program:

Entomology (PHD)

Keywords:

black bear
ursus americanus
mange
sarcoptic mange
parasite
host-parasite interactions
carnivores
red fox
grey fox
coyote
ticks
Ixodes scapularis
backlegged tick
Sarcoptes scabiei
scabies
neglected diseases
zoonotic disease
zoonoses
One Health
Pennsylvania
wildlife
disease spillover
disease ecology
emerging disease

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Committee Members:

Gary Felton, Program Head/Chair
Edwin Rajotte, Major Field Member
Erika Machtinger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Justin Brown, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jennifer Mullinax, Special Member
Mark Ternent, Special Member
Joyce Sakamoto, Major Field Member