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Activation, modification and suppression of sex pheromone production in garter snakes

Creator:: Parker, M. Rockwell
Abstract:: Vertebrates communicate with one another and coordinate intraspecific reproduction by using a variety of sexually dimorphic signals, such as plumage, ornaments, sounds, and/or scents. These sexual dimorphisms are maintained by physiological factors, typically sex-specific hormones (though see Chapter 3 for an exception). The purpose of the research in this dissertation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Adaptive diversity and divergence at frog antimicrobial peptide loci

Creator:: Tennessen, Jacob A.
Abstract:: In this dissertation I study evolutionary patterns at genes encoding antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in frogs. AMPs are short, amphipathic, cationic, secreted proteins that kill bacteria and other pathogens through a non-catalytic mechanism that involves binding to and disrupting the microbial cell membrane. In many animal taxa, positive selection is much...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

All hosts are not created equal : variation in amphibian responses to an emerging fungal pathogen and why it matters

Creator:: Gervasi, Stephanie S.
Abstract:: Emerging infectious diseases are increasing globally and are a threat to human, wildlife, and ecosystem health. The emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), or amphibian chytrid fungus, is associated with worldwide amphibian population declines and extinctions. Bd has been found on every continent where amphibians exist and has been documented...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An Integrated Approach to Gauge the Effects of Global Climate Change on Headwater Stream Ecosystems

Creator:: Bury, Gwendolynn W.
Abstract:: Climate change is predicted to affect ecosystems, including systems already stressed by human impacts. One ecosystem that is already highly impacted by human land use is the cold headwater stream system of the Pacific Northwest. One method of assessing the function of an ecosystem is by using an indicator species....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

An ultrastructure study of oogenesis in the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Creator:: Chatlynne, Louise Geller
Abstract:: Oogenesis in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus was studied at the fine structural level, with special emphasis on the relationship between the two main cell types within the ovary: the egg cells and the nutritive phagocytes, or accessory cells. The nutritive phagocytes are flagellated cells with extensive pseudopods which store...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Aquatic community responses to drought disturbance: experimental manipulations of top predator extinctions and stream drying

Creator:: Boersma, Kate S.
Abstract:: Although it is generally assumed that the intensifying abiotic environment is the primary effect of drought on aquatic organisms, drought-induced top predator extinctions may be an important underlying mechanism. I used manipulative experiments to disentangle the impacts of drying and top predator extinctions on arid-land aquatic invertebrate communities. I then...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Aquatic insect adaptations to different flow regimes

Creator:: Yamamuro, Asako Melody
Abstract:: My thesis explored the effects of environmental variability on population dynamics and community composition of aquatic insects. Environmental variability in the form of flow regime in streams can limit the distribution and life-history traits of aquatic insects. I used tributaries to the McKenzie River in Oregon with dramatically different flow...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Behavior and Ecological Effects of Invasive Lionfish on Atlantic Coral Reefs and Seagrass Beds

Creator:: Benkwitt, Cassandra E.
Abstract:: Although only a minority of introduced species become established and have noticeable consequences in their new communities, some can displace native species, alter food webs, and cause local extinctions. Studying these invasive species can provide new insights into basic ecological questions as well as inform management strategies. Pacific lionfish (Pterois...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Behavioral patterns and their temporal organization in breeding American Avocets

Creator:: Gibson, Flash
Abstract:: The organization of behavioral activities in time is important to a bird's survival and reproduction. To be successful, either proximately or ultimately, a bird must apportion its behavior in time so that it may obtain sufficient energy for maintenance activities and for such activities as migration and reproduction. The organization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Biodiversity : illustrations of some concepts, causes, and consequences

Creator:: Russell, Roland B.
Abstract:: Careful analysis and thoughtful synthesis will be necessary for expanding the envelope of ecological understanding. This work is my attempt at communicating both of these, in relation to three questions about our understanding of the structure and dynamics of biological diversity. These questions focus on a) advancing our understanding of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Activation, modification and suppression of sex pheromone production in garter snakes

Adaptive diversity and divergence at frog antimicrobial peptide loci

All hosts are not created equal : variation in amphibian responses to an emerging fungal pathogen and why it matters

An Integrated Approach to Gauge the Effects of Global Climate Change on Headwater Stream Ecosystems

An ultrastructure study of oogenesis in the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Aquatic community responses to drought disturbance: experimental manipulations of top predator extinctions and stream drying

Aquatic insect adaptations to different flow regimes

Behavior and Ecological Effects of Invasive Lionfish on Atlantic Coral Reefs and Seagrass Beds

Behavioral patterns and their temporal organization in breeding American Avocets

Biodiversity : illustrations of some concepts, causes, and consequences

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