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Using DNA metabarcoding to describe biodiversity and disease dynamics

Creator:

Massey, Aimee L.

Abstract:

Land-use change, particularly in the form of the conversion of primary forest to forest-matrix systems, alters species communities and species interactions. Describing these often complex and nuanced species responses is one of the great challenges in ecology. Another complementary challenge is finding and using the most efficient means for collecting...

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Dissertation

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111:429–435. Lafferty, D. J. R., J. L. Belant, K. S. White, J. N. Womble, A. T. Morzillo, and N
The Primacy of Mammals as Seed Dispersers and Predators in Salmon-Bearing Ecosystems

Creator:

Harrer, Laurie E. F.

Abstract:

Plants often encase seeds in a nutritional reward to incentivize seed dispersal by birds and mammals, but these seeds may also be removed and destroyed by seed predators. Although birds are typically thought to be the primary seed dispersers of berries in temperate systems, in southeast Alaska and other salmon-bearing...

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Masters Thesis

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bears suppress black bears from accessing salmon, the highest-quality resource at the time (Belant et
Analyzing the prevalence of the newly reintroduced sea otter in coyote and wolf diet

Creator:

Garcia, Lani M.

Abstract:

Following their extirpation due to the maritime fur trade, northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) reintroduction in the 1960s has facilitated their recolonization in southeast Alaska. Sea otters are now sympatric with wolves (Canis lupus), which are widespread in southeast Alaska, and a colonizing coyote population (Canis latrans). Recent studies...

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Honors College Thesis

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., and J. L. Belant. 2021. Interference competition between wolves and coyotes during variable prey