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The roles of provenance and phylogeny in recruitment, community assembly, and species coexistence in invaded California grasslands

Creator:

Brandt, Angela J.

Abstract:

Biological invasions pose one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity, but many naturalized invaders coexist with the native community. Community ecology theory provides a framework for understanding the mechanisms by which invaders might coexist with native species or exclude them from the community, thus informing management practices to maximize...

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Dissertation

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Hidden dynamics : community ecology and costs of parasite infection in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Creator:

Henrichs, Brian

Abstract:

Most wild animals are concurrently infected with multiple parasite species for most of their lives. These parasite species assemble into rich and diverse communities, with parasites using host tissues for growth and reproduction as well as evolving strategies to evade the host immune system. The net effect of these ecological...

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Masters Thesis