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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

2. DISTRIBUTION AND THE PUTATIVE ORIGIN OF FISHES IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA

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Author:
Lorson, Benjamin D.
Title:
DISTRIBUTION AND THE PUTATIVE ORIGIN OF FISHES IN THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
fishes
fish distribution
zoogeography
Allegheny River
benthic trawl
File:
Download Benjamin_D_Lorson_Masters_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. DAMS, DREDGING, AND DARTERS: EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES ON BENTHIC FISH ECOLOGY

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Author:
Freedman, Jonathan Adam
Title:
DAMS, DREDGING, AND DARTERS: EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCES ON BENTHIC FISH ECOLOGY
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
stable isotope analysis
multivariate analysis
benthic trawl
File:
Download FreedmanJA_Dissertation_Final2.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert F Carline, Committee Member
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Charles Raymond Fisher Jr., Committee Member

4. TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE METRIACLIMA ZEBRA SPECIES COMPLEX IN LAKE MALAŴI WITH FIVE NEW SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS

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Author:
Black, Kristin Elizabeth
Title:
TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE METRIACLIMA ZEBRA SPECIES COMPLEX IN LAKE MALAŴI WITH FIVE NEW SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Lake Malawi
cichlid
mbuna
Metriaclima
M. pambazuko
M. lundoensis
M. midomo
M. tarakiki
M. nigrodorsalis
File:
Download Black_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member
Ke Chung Kim, Committee Member
Ad Konings, Committee Member

5. HABITAT SELECTION, SITE FIDELITY, AND LIFETIME TERRITORIAL CONSISTENCY OF OVENBIRDS IN A CONTIGUOUS FOREST

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Author:
Bernard, Michael Jeffrey
Title:
HABITAT SELECTION, SITE FIDELITY, AND LIFETIME TERRITORIAL CONSISTENCY OF OVENBIRDS IN A CONTIGUOUS FOREST
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
decision rules
Ovenbird
breeding dispersal
site fidelity
habitat selection
territory shift
File:
Download Bernard_thesis_2010.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. 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

8. EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EASTERN RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS NETWORK’S BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE SAMPLING PROTOCOL: EFFECT OF SAMPLING EFFORT ON ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

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Author:
Williamson, Neihl Adam
Title:
EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE EASTERN RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS NETWORK’S BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE SAMPLING PROTOCOL: EFFECT OF SAMPLING EFFORT ON ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
National Park Service
Macroinvertebrate
Sampling Effort
Bioassessment
File:
Download MS_Thesis_NAW.pdf
Committee Members:
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Paola Ferreri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Songbirds and Soils: Relating Forest Ecosystem Quality to Nutrient Availability

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Author:
Pabian, Sarah Elizabeth
Title:
Songbirds and Soils: Relating Forest Ecosystem Quality to Nutrient Availability
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
ovenbird
acidic deposition
snails
calcium
dolomitic lime
habitat quality
File:
Download Pabian_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Margaret Brittingham, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Margaret Brittingham Brant, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Weeks Boyer, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member

11. SNAIL-EATING FISHES OF LAKE MALAŵI: (1) AGE AND GROWTH OF TREMATOCRANUS PLACODON REGAN; (2) SYSTEMATICS OF CICHLID GENUS MYLOCHROMIS REGAN

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Author:
Jere, Wilson Wesley Lazaro
Title:
SNAIL-EATING FISHES OF LAKE MALAŵI: (1) AGE AND GROWTH OF TREMATOCRANUS PLACODON REGAN; (2) SYSTEMATICS OF CICHLID GENUS MYLOCHROMIS REGAN
Graduate Program:
Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Keywords:
Malawi
Trematocranus
placodon
Mylochromis
age
species
File:
Download JERE_Wilson_Wesley_Lazaro.pdf
Committee Members:
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jay Richard Stauffer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
C Paola Ferreri, Committee Member
Walter Matthew Tzilkowski, Committee Member
Timothy Michael Ryan, Committee Member