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Filtering by: Creator Brewer, Linda J. Academic Affiliation Integrative Biology Degree Field Zoology

So Long and Thanks for All the Sponge: Cryptic Intertidal Communities, Consequences of Ocean Acidification, and New Directions for Science Education

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Rickborn, Alissa J.

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The current generation of scientists will be asked to mitigate climate change, stall biodiversity loss, and protect ecological communities. These are tasks that require a knowledge of both ecological and social systems to be undertaken successfully. Therefore, my dissertation spans the fields of community ecology and social sciences in an...

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DISSERTATION OF Alissa J. Rickborn for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology presented June 14
Dogs, Death, and Dietary Breadth: Insights into the Macroecology and Macroevolution of Canidae

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Tanis, Brian P.

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The size, shape, and stability of a species’ dietary niche can both influence and reflect a variety of biological patterns, including species interactions, extinction risk, and ecosystem function. This is particularly apparent when dietary changes manifest at ecosystem and clade scales to profoundly affect macroecological and macroevolutionary trajectories. However, many...

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