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Improving Conservation And Recreation In Environments Shared By Humans And Bats, Hannah Shapiro
Improving Conservation And Recreation In Environments Shared By Humans And Bats, Hannah Shapiro
Masters Theses
White-nose syndrome (WNS) has drastically changed how caves are managed in the United States. This disease has killed millions of bats throughout eastern North America and continues to spread westward. Since the discovery of WNS, The U.S. National Park Service (NPS) has acted to slow the spread of the disease through the development of educational programs and the deployment of decontamination measures. Despite the vast array of research on the biological and ecological aspects of bats and WNS, few studies focus on how visitor attitudes and knowledge of management strategies implemented in response to WNS impact the effectiveness of these …
Theoretical And Quantitative Methods Connecting Characterizing Micoribal Metabolism Diversity: Implciations From Phylogenetics, Community Diversity, And Organic Geochemistry, Taylor Royalty
Doctoral Dissertations
Biogeochemistry is controlled by microorganisms obtaining nutrients and energy. Thus, microbial metabolisms directly link microbial ecology and geochemistry. The extent that microbial ecology and geochemistry microbial ecology and geochemistry affects the other requires constraint on the spatiotemporal distribution and abundance of microbial metabolisms with respect to geochemistry, or the microbial niches. Elucidating microbial metabolisms was challenging prior to the advent of ‘omics sequencing technologies, as most microbial lineages lack cultured representatives. Although revolutionizing microbial ecology, challenges still exist in fully leveraging information derived from ‘omics technologies. This dissertation attempts to address a small subset of these challenges that include quantifying …
Connecting The Social And Spatial Behaviors Of A Territorial Species (Anolis Carolinensis), Jordan M. Bush
Connecting The Social And Spatial Behaviors Of A Territorial Species (Anolis Carolinensis), Jordan M. Bush
Doctoral Dissertations
Why animals live where they do is a key question in ecology and evolution. An individual’s home range determines the resources they have access to, conspecifics they encounter, and predators and pitfalls they must avoid. Home range behaviors also have an inherently social component; where animals live affects the rivals they compete with and the mates they have access to. This is especially true in territorial species, as defensive displays make up a large portion of their social behaviors. In this dissertation, I sought to understand how territorial behaviors affect the social lives of the green anole lizard (Anolis …
Impact Of Insecticide On Pollinator Communities In A Forested System: A Model System Using Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga Canadensis, Rosebay Rhododendron, Rhododendron Maximum, And Imidacloprid, David Bechtel
Masters Theses
Mortality of eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière (Pinales: Pinaceae), has occurred at a high rate since the arrival of the invasive hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae Annand (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). The systemic neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid is soil-applied to hemlocks for effective control of HWA. However, is this pesticide translocated by incidental non-target plants under hemlock trees and, if so, does it impact non-target insects, such as pollinators? One commonly encountered flowering understory associate is Rhododendron maximum L. (Ericales: Ericaceae). Research has demonstrated that imidacloprid is translocated to leaves, nectar and pollen of R. maximum. The goal of this research …
Spatiotemporal Patterns And Burden Of Myocardial Infarction In Florida, Evah Odoi
Spatiotemporal Patterns And Burden Of Myocardial Infarction In Florida, Evah Odoi
Doctoral Dissertations
Knowledge of spatiotemporal disparities in myocardial infarction (MI) risk and the determinants of those disparities is critical for guiding health planning and resource allocation. Therefore, the aims of this study were to: (i) investigate the spatial distribution and clusters of MI hospitalization (MIHosp) and MI mortality (MIMort) risks in Florida over time to identify communities with consistently high MI burdens, (ii) assess temporal trends in geographic disparities in MIHosp and MIMort risks (iii) identify predictors of MIHosp risks.Retrospective MIhosp and MImort data for Florida for 2005-2014 and 2000-2014 periods, respectively, were used. Kulldorff’s circular and Tango’s flexible spatial scan statistics …