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1 Chynoweth, Mark WilliamEcology and conservation of large carnivores in a human-dominated landscape in Eastern AnatoliaWildlife conservation; wildlife management; conservation biology; middle eastern studies2017dissertation
2 Chritz, Kendra LorraineIsotopic records of ecological variability in modern and ancient environments in KenyaArchaeology; Ecology; Geochemistry2015dissertation
3 Horns, Joshua John ZollingerCombining long-term field research and community science to measure the impacts of global change on bird populations2019dissertation
4 Bush, Susan ElaineTranspiration dynamics of a semiarid urban forest ecosystem in Northern Utah, USABiological sciences; Transpiration; United States of America; Urban forest; Utah2015dissertation
5 Varner, Johanna Martha digreEcology and behavior of american pikas (ochotona princeps) in atypical habitatsbehavioral plasticity; moss; ochotona; pika; wildfire; Ecology; Zoology2015dissertation
6 Morris, Jeremy S.Functional specialization for aggression and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in vertebratesaggression; functional trade-offs; locomotion; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection; whole-organism performance2017dissertation
7 Knutie, Sarah AnnEffects of an introduced parasitic nest fly on endemic avian hosts in the Galapagos IslandsConservation; Darwin's finches; Host defenses; Invasive; Ecology; Parasitology2014-12dissertation
8 Norrington, AnniePhycological study of some of the mountain lakes and streams of the Wasatch and Uinta Ranges in UtahAlgae - Utah1925-03dissertation
9 McNew, Sabrina Ming-Ha-LouieThe ecology of host tolerance: responses of galápagos mockingbirds to philornis downsiBiology; Ecology; Parasitology2018dissertation
10 Bartlow, Andrew WilliamEcological factors influencing community structure of parasites and their hostsBiology; Ecology; Parasitology2017dissertation
11 Kurnath, Patrice MargaretEcological physiology of desert woodrats (neotoma lepida) with respect to ambient temperature and dietary toxinsambient temperature; liver function; mammalian herbivore; plant-herbivore interactions; plant secondary compounds; Ecology; Zoology; Physiology2016dissertation
12 Stringham, Sydney AnnThe genetic architecture of morphological changes in the Ninespine Stickleback (Pungitius Pungitius) and the domesticated pigeon (Columba Livia): Insights from population analysis, quantitative trait mapping and whole-genome resequencingEvolution; Pungitius; Stickleback2014-08dissertation
13 Kurlovs, Andre HermanCarotenoid pigments and pesticide resistance: genomic perspecitves fro a small but prolific mite herbivore2018dissertation
14 Koop, Jennifer Amelia HutchensImpact of an introduced parasite on Darwin's finchesCoevolution; Geospiza fortis; Invasive; Parasite; Philornis downsi; Reproductive fitness; Darwin's finches; Naive populations; Galapagos Islands2011-08dissertation
15 Keener, Justin MichaelMolecular insight into cell surface nutrient transporter quality control and downregulation in Saccharomyces CerevisiaeDownregulation; Intrinsic chaperone; LID-LOOP interactions; Nutrient transporter; Quality control; S. cerevisiae2013-12dissertation
16 Cornwall, Douglas H.The influence of host diversity, transmission and microbiome on virulence evolutionEvolutionary Biology; Friend Virus Complex; Major Histocompatibility Compex; Microbiome; Natural transmission2017dissertation
17 Han, XueshengControl of serine receptor signaling by the sensory adaptation system in escherichia coliAdaptation; Chemoreceptor; Chemotaxis; Dynamic conformation; Methylation; Signal transduction2015-05dissertation
18 Bixenmann, Ryan JamesInduced responses and developmental changes of direct and indirect defenses in the young leaves of the neotropical tree genus IngaInga; Facultative mutualism; Herbivory; Induced defense; Plant-herbivore; Tropical; Young leaves; Ants; Myrmecophilous plants2011-08dissertation
19 Espino, Samuel SindinganConotoxins: discovery using new assays and applications in the characterization of pruriceptors in the mouse dorsal root ganglion (drg)Biological sciences; Conotoxins; Conus araneosus; Conus aulicus; DRG neurons; NET; Pruriceptors2016dissertation
20 Leavitt, Justin ConradDNA packaging and ejection by P22-like bacteriophageBiology; virology2016dissertation
21 Spear, Erin RachelPathogens of seedlings act as a biotic filter, limiting the distributions of tropical trees and contributing to beta-diversityforest composition and diversity; plant disease ecology; precipitation gradient; seedling mortality; seedling recruitment; tropical forest2015dissertation
22 Chakraborty, RiddhitaSurviving irreparable dna damage: genetic mechanisms to escape programmed cell deathapoptosis; cell survival; Drosophila; irreparable DNA damage; p53; Molecular biology; Genetics2014dissertation
23 Love, Jay WilliamImplications of modular song learning for species isolation2019dissertation
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