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Sea urchin-kelp forest communities in marine reserves and areas of exploitation : community interactions, populations, and metapopulation analyses

Creator:: Moctezuma, Gabriela Montaño
Abstract:: Marine ecosystems can be exposed to natural and anthropogenic disturbances that can lead to ecological failures. Marine reserves have been lately suggested to protect marine populations and communities that have been affected by habitat destruction and harvest. This research evaluates the potential role of two marine reserves established in Oregon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Gabriela Montaño Moctezuma

Modeled Larval Connectivity Patterns in two Coral Reef Regions : the Western Caribbean and the Kenyan-Tanzanian Shelf

Creator:: Mayorga Adame, Claudia Gabriela
Abstract:: Tropical coral reef ecosystems are very important from both the ecological and economical points of view. However, they are also particularly fragile, and have been declining in recent years in most regions of the world, since they are highly susceptible to anthropogenic stressors operating at global scales (e.g., global warming...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Gabriela Mayorga Adame, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge my co-advisors Hal

Landscape Genomics and Climatic Responses of Willamette Valley Alders

Creator:: Kral, George L.
Abstract:: The climate of the Pacific Northwest is in flux, and existing forest ecosystems are stressed and poised to shift in fundamental ways, with or without human intervention. This dissertation probes the nature of forest responses to environmental change through investigations of morphology and genetics of three species of alder co-occurring...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: approved: ______________________________________________________ Aaron I. Liston The climate

Genetic Structure in Populations of the Douglas-fir Swiss Needle Cast Fungus Nothophaeocryptopus gaeumannii

Creator:: Bennett, Patrick I.
Abstract:: The fungus Nothophaeocryptopus gaeumannii is the causative agent of Swiss needle cast (SNC), a foliar disease of Douglas-fir. Disease is characterized by premature loss of foliage and reduced growth resulting from the inhibition of photosynthesis due to the occlusion of stomata by the ascocarps of N. gaeumannii. Although the disease...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Patrick I. Bennett for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

“Maybe I was Always a Feminist”: Resistance Narratives of Women of Color on Community College STEM Education Pathways

Creator:: Choi, Yoon Ha
Abstract:: The persistent underrepresentation and marginalization of women of color in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are well-documented. However, much of the existing literature takes an “either/or” approach, focusing solely on the experiences of either “women” or “minorities” in STEM, without adequately examining the unique experiences of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Education presented on June 4, 2021. Title: “Maybe I was Always a Feminist”: Resistance Narratives of

Curandera feminism : tracing the possibilities of healing institutional harm

Creator:: Buzo Tipton, Carina M.
Abstract:: This dissertation develops a framework for Curandera feminism, informed by familial healing practices, women of color feminisms, and institutional critique. My research centers my family’s generational Curandera practices. As I honor the call to be critical of the master’s tools, I seek possibilities for institutional change through Curandera feminism. Institutions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my family’s generational Curandera practices. As I honor the call to be critical of the master’s

Exploring counseling students' perspectives on spirituality using a postmodern feminist paradigm

Creator:: Souza, Katherine Zimmer
Abstract:: In this study, I explore the ideas of doctoral level counselor education students on spirituality using a postmodern feminist research paradigm. I have found spirituality to be vital aspect of my own life and have been pleased to see its importance recognized within the counseling field. I analyzed the data...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Judith Osborne In this study, I explore the ideas of doctoral level counselor education students on

Emergent Properties of Animal Social Networks: Five Stories in Five Systems

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:: dissertation, I examine four aspects of animal social networks and their emergent properties in four

Diversity and Evolution of Sexual Traits in Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)

Creator:: Gomez, R. Antonio
Abstract:: Biologists have long been fascinated with reproductive traits, in part because they are frequently exaggerated or showy, and they commonly vary among closely related species. Exaggerated sexual traits, in particular, have been the focus of intense empirical and theoretical research, but most of this work has focused on traits involved...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: siblings Miguel Gomez and Gabriela Gomez have been the greatest of friends, and I thank them for all that

Resilience of large river basins : applying social-ecological systems theory, conflict management, and collaboration on the Mekong and Columbia Basins

Creator:: MacQuarrie, Patrick R.
Abstract:: River basins provide essential services for both humans and ecosystems. Understanding the connections between ecosystems and society and their function has been at the heart of resilience studies and has become an increasing important endeavor in research and practice. In this dissertation, I define basin resilience as a river basin...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: dissertation, I define basin resilience as a river basin system’s capacity to absorb, manage, and adapt to

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Sea urchin-kelp forest communities in marine reserves and areas of exploitation : community interactions, populations, and metapopulation analyses

Modeled Larval Connectivity Patterns in two Coral Reef Regions : the Western Caribbean and the Kenyan-Tanzanian Shelf

Landscape Genomics and Climatic Responses of Willamette Valley Alders

Genetic Structure in Populations of the Douglas-fir Swiss Needle Cast Fungus Nothophaeocryptopus gaeumannii

“Maybe I was Always a Feminist”: Resistance Narratives of Women of Color on Community College STEM Education Pathways

Curandera feminism : tracing the possibilities of healing institutional harm

Exploring counseling students' perspectives on spirituality using a postmodern feminist paradigm

Emergent Properties of Animal Social Networks: Five Stories in Five Systems

Diversity and Evolution of Sexual Traits in Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae)

Resilience of large river basins : applying social-ecological systems theory, conflict management, and collaboration on the Mekong and Columbia Basins

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