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Community College Interdisciplinary Learning Goes to University

Creator:: Hattendorf, Bruce J.
Abstract:: This phenomenological study explores the effects that an interdisciplinary program of study at a community college has on students once they transfer to a four-year institution. Interdisciplinary approaches have been proposed as a way of meeting the complex thinking skills needed for 21st Century learning. Because interdisciplinary learning is complex,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Bruce J. Hattendorf for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

So Long and Thanks for All the Sponge: Cryptic Intertidal Communities, Consequences of Ocean Acidification, and New Directions for Science Education

Creator:: Rickborn, Alissa J.
Abstract:: The current generation of scientists will be asked to mitigate climate change, stall biodiversity loss, and protect ecological communities. These are tasks that require a knowledge of both ecological and social systems to be undertaken successfully. Therefore, my dissertation spans the fields of community ecology and social sciences in an...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: .............................................................................................................................. 180 1 CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL INTRODUCTION Alissa J. Rickborn1 and Bruce A. Menge1 1

Realized and potential climate responses of lichen and bryophyte communities in a national forest inventory

Creator:: Smith, Robert J.
Abstract:: Climate and terrestrial vegetation have had mutual feedbacks for nearly five hundred million years, yet both are now departing from recent historical norms, with uncertain implications for forest ecosystems. This dissertation outlines the current and potential future climate responses of lichen and bryophyte communities in the United States as part...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Facilitating the Community College Social Experience : The Role of Faculty on Social Integration within the Classroom

Creator:: Butler-Paisley, William J.
Abstract:: Background: Social interaction among peers on a campus of higher education has long been considered an important part of the college student experience, in particular for the first-term students transitioning into college life. Students who socially connect with peers on campus tend to persist at higher rates, while other benefits...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF William J. Butler-Paisley for the degree of Doctor of Education

Yosemite region nitrogen deposition and patterns in the composition of lichen communities

Creator:: Hutten, Martin
Abstract:: This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen community composition along a nitrogen deposition gradient in the Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada in California. This region is part of the largest federal air quality Class 1 designated air-shed in the western United States, covering the entire crest of the Sierra...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Communities. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________________ Bruce

Scale and Pattern: Delineating the Effects of Local to Regional Processes and Species Identity in Producing Multi-scale Responses of Macroalgae

Creator:: Spiecker, Barbara J.
Abstract:: Understanding and predicting how regional to global scale processes affect macroalgal populations and communities requires elucidating the mechanisms underlying observed patterns. This dissertation identifies some of the underlying mechanisms that produce complex multi-scale responses of macroalgae across space and time by delineating the role of key local environmental drivers and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Barbara J. Spiecker for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Improving Projections of Tidal Marsh Persistence under Climate Change with Remote Sensing and Site-Specific Data

Creator:: Buffington, Kevin J.
Abstract:: Tidal marshes are dynamic ecosystems that are threatened by climate change and sea-level rise. To characterize baseline condition and historic climate sensitivities, and improve projections into the future, new methods are required that integrate data from the field and remote sensing platforms. Marsh elevation response models can be calibrated with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: MODELS WITH MULTISPECTRAL AIRBORNE IMAGERY IN TIDAL MARSHES Kevin J. Buffington, Bruce D. Dugger

Lichen Biomonitoring from Valley to Alpine in Central and Southern California

Creator:: Kovasi, Adrienne I.
Abstract:: In the mountains of central and southern California, high elevation wilderness areas lack epiphytic lichens that can be used to inform us about atmospheric deposition in multiple ways. Epiphytic lichens are capable of accumulating elements proportionally to the local atmospheric concentration, establishing them as commonly used biomonitor of key elements....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Bruce McCune In the mountains of central and southern California, high elevation wilderness

Reproductive success of the Hawaiian common gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis) nesting in taro and managed wetlands on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i

Creator:: Webber, Bryn M.
Abstract:: The endangered Hawaiian common gallinule (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis) is an endemic Hawaiian waterbird that occurs only on O‘ahu and Kaua‘i. Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) supports the largest population of Hawaiian gallinule on either island and is also one of the highest producers of commercially grown taro in the state....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Bruce Dugger The endangered Hawaiian common gallinule (Gallinula chloropus sandvicensis) is

The role of herbivores and productivity on community structure of rocky shores of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Creator:: Vinueza, Luis R.
Abstract:: Ecosystems are facing increasing threats from human related activities, such as overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction, species invasions, and diseases, among others. While oceanic islands provide natural laboratories to understand ecological and evolutionary process, they are also particularly vulnerable to these impacts, given their usual isolation from the mainland and the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : __________________________________________________ Bruce A. Menge Ecosystems are facing increasing threats from human related activities

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Community College Interdisciplinary Learning Goes to University

So Long and Thanks for All the Sponge: Cryptic Intertidal Communities, Consequences of Ocean Acidification, and New Directions for Science Education

Realized and potential climate responses of lichen and bryophyte communities in a national forest inventory

Facilitating the Community College Social Experience : The Role of Faculty on Social Integration within the Classroom

Yosemite region nitrogen deposition and patterns in the composition of lichen communities

Scale and Pattern: Delineating the Effects of Local to Regional Processes and Species Identity in Producing Multi-scale Responses of Macroalgae

Improving Projections of Tidal Marsh Persistence under Climate Change with Remote Sensing and Site-Specific Data

Lichen Biomonitoring from Valley to Alpine in Central and Southern California

Reproductive success of the Hawaiian common gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis) nesting in taro and managed wetlands on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i

The role of herbivores and productivity on community structure of rocky shores of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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