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Author:: Gruver, Adrienne Brook
Title:: Epidemiological Exploratory Data Analysis Tasks in a Geovisualization Environment
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: exploratory spatial data analysis
epidemiology
geovisualization
tasks
File:: Download Gruver_MSthesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Cynthia Ann Brewer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Robinson, Anthony Christian
Title:: Design for Synthesis in Geovisualization
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: synthesis
geovisualization
public health
cartography
File:: Download ACR_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan Maceachren, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Member
Donna Jean Peuquet, Committee Member
Eugene Joseph Lengerich, Committee Member
Karl Stephen Zimmerer, Committee Member

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Author:: Pierce, Andrew D
Title:: USING NEUTRAL MODELS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF TOPOGRAPHY ON LANDSCAPE PATTERNS OF FIRE SEVERITY: A CASE STUDY OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: random forest
fire behavior modeling
vegetation dynamics
neutral model
landscape ecology
File:: Download ADPierce_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member

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Author:: Silva, Armand Daniel
Title:: A Composite-Based Retro-Prediction Method for Jet Contrail Outbreaks Over the United States
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: contrails
regionalization
retro-prediction
upper troposphere
aviation
climate diagnostics
synoptic climatology
File:: Download Silva_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Mark Carleton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Mark Carleton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Scholl, Andrew E
Title:: Understanding Mixed Conifer Forests in Yosemite National Park: An Historical Analysis of Fire Regimes and Vegetation Dynamics
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: fire climate interactions
forest dynamics
vegetation change
fire history
carbon sequestration
fire suppression
File:: Download Scholl_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert P Brooks, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

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Author:: Bagherian, Amber
Title:: HOME ON THE PRAIRIE: A STUDY OF AMERICAN MARTEN (Martes americana) DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION IN THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH DAKOTA
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Turtle Mountains
American marten
mustelid
habitat fragmentation
North Dakota
island biogeography
File:: Download THE_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert P Brooks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Trauger, Amy Kathryn
Title:: Social, Economic and Environmental Justice: A Network Analysis of Sustainable Agriculture in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: sustainable agriculture
social justice
networks
File:: Download final_dissertation_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Melissa Wright, Committee Member
Carolyn Elizabeth Sachs, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Mc Carthy, Committee Member

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Author:: Israel, Andrei Leon
Title:: Geographies of Learning: Place, Space, and Embodied Experience in Higher Education Field Courses
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: fieldwork
geography education
service-learning
place-based education
geography of knowledge
David Livingstone
File:: Download A_Israel_Masters_Thesis_8-09.pdf
Committee Members:: Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roger Michael Downs, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Vandervlugt, Anna Maria
Title:: Estimating changes in fire behavior and forest structure through a comparison of pre-fire suppression and contemporary forest conditions in the Lake Tahoe Basin, CA.
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: human-induced ecosystem change
ecosystem management
fuel structure
fire behavior
presettlement conditions
old-growth forests
Lake Tahoe CA
File:: Download Vandervlugt_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Welch, Amy P
Title:: Distributed Cellulosic Ethanol: A County Level Investigation of Sustainable Production Potential
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: renewable energy
calculator
sustainability
biofuel
biomass
File:: Download Welch_MSThesis_12.08.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Glasmeier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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