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Creator:: Reimer, Jessica N.
Abstract:: Dislodged macroalgae and seagrasses, also known as marine wrack, frequently wash into coastal ecosystems from the ocean and are potentially important ecological resources for biological communities. These!nutrient and organic matter subsidies may be especially important on sandy beaches, where little in situ primary productivity exists for higher trophic levels. To...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Integrative Biology) has also been incredibly supportive, especially Torri, Tara, Traci and Trudy, who

Creator:: Negru, Delia
Abstract:: The current rate of global biodiversity loss and extinctions is unparalleled and a major concern. Freshwater organisms are facing particularly rapid rates of biodiversity loss. Amphibians, which require an aquatic environment for part of their life cycle, are one of the most vulnerable vertebrate groups. Amphibians are experiencing population declines,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: research and manuscript. Many thanks to Renee Freeman, Tara Bevandich, Traci Durrell-Khalife and

Creator:: Devan-Song, E. Anne
Abstract:: Animals aggregate and interact in nonuniform and nonrandom patterns, which lead to group level characteristics that have important evolutionary and ecological consequences. Network analysis provides a useful conceptual framework for linking animal interactions at all scales from dyads to communities, to populations and ecosystems. Despite exciting theoretical and applied advances...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Tara Bevandich, Tresa Bowlin Salleng, Traci Durrell-Khalife, and Trudy Powell, thank you for your

Creator:: Hanselmann, Rhea
Abstract:: With continual and worldwide human population growth, our impact on the natural environment expands and intensifies every day. We consume natural resources, burn fossil fuels, and release toxic compounds into the air, water, and earth. We build roads that fragment the landscape, construct new settlements, and develop agricultural lands in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: is. I am especially thankful for Tara Bevandich, Traci Durrell-Khalife, Trudy Powell, Jane Van

Creator:: Constant, Vanessa
Abstract:: Ecological communities are connected in space and time through the transfer of energy, materials, and organisms, together known as ecological subsidies. These ecological subsidies can have substantial effects on community structure, function, and services, especially when the connections are between communities with contrasting productivity. At the ocean-land interface, low productivity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: present: Tara Bevandich, Traci Durrell-Khalife, Trudy Powell, Tresa Bowlin, and Jane Van Order. I am

Creator:: Tanis, Brian P.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Mike Brawner, Tara Smiley, Rachel Reid-Brown, Bridget Reagan, Juniper Grimes, Elia DeJesus, and Morah

Creator:: Jay, Katya R.
Abstract:: Sandy beaches and dunes cover approximately one-third of the world’s ice-free coastlines and provide ecosystem services including coastal protection, recreation, wildlife habitat, and carbon sequestration. These dynamic interface habitats are variably shaped by wind, waves, sedimentary processes, and vegetation feedbacks. Positive biophysical feedbacks lead to the formation of vegetated coastal...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Biology Department office staff, including Tara Bevandich, Traci Durrell-Khalife, Tresa Bowlin, and

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