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  • Ecological responses to riverine floods and flow alteration

    Creator:
    McMullen, Laura E.
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    Floods are major disturbance events for riverine ecosystems, directly and indirectly impacting organisms and their habitat. In this study I investigated the role of riverine floods and flow alteration in regulating aquatic macroinvertebrate population and community structure. I examined this problem using a variety of methods: a meta-analytic review of...
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    Dissertation
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    , Elizabeth Borer, Russ Ingham, and Desiree Tullos, for their commitment to the success of my graduate

  • Epichloë typhina (fungus) - Botanophila lobata (fly) interaction : an invasive "pollinator" system in its introduced range in western Oregon

    Creator:
    Kaser, Joseph M.
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    Epichloë typhina (Ascomycetes: Clavicipitaceae) is an endophytic fungus that infects perennial Pooid grasses and is the causal agent of choke disease. It is endemic to Europe and was inadvertently introduced into orchardgrass seed production fields in western Oregon. Choke disease, which was first recorded in Oregon in 1996, currently infects...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . I thank my graduate committee members, Dr. Elizabeth Borer, Dr. Peter McEvoy and Dr. Patricia Muir

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

    Creator:
    Vinueza, Luis R.
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    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...
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    Dissertation
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    TAing for you, Bruce. I would also like to acknowledge the members of my committee: Elizabeth Borer

  • Ecology and biological control of an apomictic invasive plant, Chondrilla juncea (Asteraceae)

    Creator:
    Campanella, Donald M.
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    A study consisting of three parts was undertaken to investigate how variation in species interactions, population genetic structure, epidemiological parameters, and plant breeding system may influence the ecology and biological control of an apomictic invasive plant, Chondrilla juncea (Asteraceae). Interactions between natural enemy species may modify their net effect on...
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    Dissertation
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    graduate committee -- Bitty Roy, Elizabeth Borer, and Barbara Lachenbruch -- have provided indispensable

  • Host-pathogen dynamics in a changing environment : susceptibility of amphibians to an emerging infectious disease

    Creator:
    Searle, Catherine L.
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    Infectious diseases are a growing concern for both humans and wildlife. The negative effects of infectious disease have been exemplified by the recent global amphibian population declines associated with disease outbreaks. Although multiple pathogens and factors play a role in these declines, the aquatic fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has...
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    Dissertation
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    thank the other members of my committee. Elizabeth Borer was extremely helpful in broadening the

  • The effects of an emerging pathogen on amphibian host behaviors and interactions

    Creator:
    Han, Barbara A.
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    Contemporary environmental change encompasses massive biodiversity loss and increasing numbers of emerging diseases worldwide. As part of a global biodiversity crisis, amphibians are disappearing at unprecedented rates. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is an emerging infectious pathogen prominently associated with many declines. Chapter 1 reviews the past decade of research on this system...
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    Dissertation
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    disease ecology. He is also a gifted teacher. Elizabeth Borer is a rare role model whom I respect