Dissertations and Theses

Keller, Danielle 2018
Ph.D.
How the structure and spatial components of habitat affect estuarine communities
Payne, Christopher 2018
Ph.D.
Long-term temporal dynamics of Duke Forest
Sellers, Samuel 2017
Ph.D.
Three essays on population, health, and environment linkages: Evidence from South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia
Hakkenberg, Chris 2017
Ph.D.
Mapping plant diversity and composition across North Carolina Piedmont forest landscapes using LiDAR-hyperspectral remote sensing
Woodruff, Sierra 2017
Ph.D.
Local Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the United States
Tessel, Samantha 2017
Ph.D.
Dispersal effects on species distribution and diversity across multiple scales in the southern Appalachian mixed mesophytic flora
Lopez, Bianca 2017
Ph.D.
The effects of urbanization on riparian forests in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina
Esch, Margaret 2016
Ph.D.
Investigating tidal inundation, pore water seepage, and groundwater flow within a salt marsh of the Florida gulf coast
Tarasi, Dennis 2016
Ph.D.
Community interactions and impacts of exotic plant species in the southeastern United States
Wilfahrt, Peter 2016
Ph.D.
From old fields to forests: Understanding plant successional dynamics through the lens of functional traits
Welsh, Miranda 2016
Ph.D.
Trait-based variation in host contribution to pathogen transmission
Ran, Limei 2016
Ph.D.
Improving land surface modeling using satellite and field observation data for a meteorology and air quality modeling system
Evans, Brian 2015
Ph.D.
The Ecology Of Birds In The Urban Landscape: Avian Community Composition, Dispersal, And Survival Across The Rural-To-Urban Gradient In Washington D.C.
Palmquist, Kyle 2014
Ph.D.
Community assembly and vegetation patterns across space and time in the longleaf pine ecosystem
White, Jacqueline 2014
Ph.D.
The impacts of altered floodplain-hydrology of the lower Roanoke river on tree regeneration and floodplain forest composition
Gittman, Rachel 2014
Ph.D.
The Living Shoreline Approach As An Alternative To Shoreline Hardening: Implications For The Ecology And Ecosystem Service Delivery Of Salt Marshes
Caplow, Susan 2014
Ph.D.
The Communication of Values, Beliefs, and Norms in Live Animal Interpretive Experiences: A Comparative Case Study
Miller, Brian 2013
Ph.D.
Linking Conservation Goals and Outcomes: The Social-Ecological Dynamics of Drought Resource Management in East Africa
Muelbauer, Jeffrey 2013
Ph.D.
Ecological heterogeneity in streams : geomorphic and hydrologic influences on macroinvertebrate community structure
Gamazo, Andrea 2013
Ph.D.
Ecology and evolution of the lionfish invasion of Caribbean coral reefs: resistance, adaptation and impacts
Rua, Megan 2012
Ph.D.
The Role Of Mutualists In Plant Response To Pathogen Infection
Wheeler, Brooke 2011
Ph.D.
Species diversity of vegetation in the Carolinas : the influence and interaction of scale of observation, soil nutrients, and disturbance events
Matthews, Elizabeth 2011
Ph.D.
Piedmont alluvial vegetation : classification, geographic variation, and restoration
Ensign, Scott 2010
Ph.D.
The biogeochemistry and ecology of tidal freshwater rivers
Costanza, Jennifer 2010
Ph.D.
Conservation of the longleaf pine ecosystem : ecology and social context
D’Anna, Linda 2010
Ph.D.
Ecological restoration on the half shell : the cultural ecology of oyster management and restoration in North Carolina
George, Andrew 2010
Ph.D.
PDF Conservation democracy : ecology, public participation, & United States National Forest management under the Healthy Forest Initiative
Hester, Erich 2008
Ph.D.
Impact of geomorphic structures on hyporheic exchange, temperature, and ecological processes in streams
McKown, Matthew 2008
Ph.D.
Acoustic communication in colonial seabirds: Individual, sexual, and species-specific variation in acoustic signals of Pterodroma petrels
Selig, Elizabeth 2008
Ph.D.
Effects of Changing Temperatures on Coral Reef Health: Implications For Management
Kuppinger, Dane 2008
Ph.D.
Post-fire vegetation dynamics and the invasion of Paulownia tomentosa in the southern Appalachians
Luther, David 2008
Ph.D.
the evolution of communication in a complex acoustic environment
Selig, Elizabeth 2008
Ph.D.
Effects of changing temperatures on coral reef health : implications for management
Norwood, Carla 2008
Ph.D.
Making maps that matter? : the role of geospatial information in addressing rural landscape change
Cooke, Amy 2007
Ph.D.
Subdividing the savanna: the ecology of change in northern Tanzania
Cumming, Gabriel 2007
Ph.D.
Explorations in discursive ecology: addressing landscape change with rural North Carolinians
Fariss, Brandie 2007
Ph.D.
Finding common ground: Conservation, development and indigenous livelihoods in the Huascaran Biosphere Reserve, Peru
McKnight, Meghan 2007
Ph.D.
Broad-scale patterns and determinants of beta diversity
McDaniel, Eileen 2007
Ph.D.
The effectiveness of rotating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in fisheries management: A case study of the NC hard lam fishery
Jobe, Todd 2006
Ph.D.
Biodiversity and scale: determinants of richness in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lamphere, Bradley 2005
Ph.D.
Movement and gene flow in an actively sedentary stream fish, the mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi)
Jackson, Laura 2005
Ph.D.
The relationship of land-cover patterns to lyme disease
Messer, William 2005
Ph.D.
The evolution of dengue virus type 3 in association with the emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Sri Lanka
Grabowski, Jonathan 2002
Ph.D.
The influence of trophic interactions, habitat complexity, and landscape setting on community dynamics and restoration of oyster reefs
Brown, Rebecca 2002
Ph.D.
Biodiversity and exotic species invasion in southern Appalachian riparian plant communities
Crate, Susan 2002
Ph.D.
Cows, kin and capitalism: the cultural ecology of Viliui Sakha in the Post-Socialist Era
Gangi, Gregory 1999
Ph.D.
Disturbance and predation mediated by ant-plant-wasp mutualisms
Harrod, Jonathan 1999
Ph.D.
Disturbance history and ecological change in a southern Appalachian landscape: western Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1936-1996
Lu, Flora 1999
Ph.D.
Changes in subsistence patterns and resource use of the Huaorani Indians in the Ecuadorian Amazon
DiDonato, Guy 1998
Ph.D.
An experimental investigation of interactions between two freshwater mussels, Elliptio Waccamawensis and Leptodea Ochracea, in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina: effects of environment and scale
Kann, Jacob 1998
Ph.D.
Ecology and water quality dynamics of a shallow hypereutrophic lake dominated by cyanobacteria (Aphanizomenon flos-aquae)
Newell, Claire 1997
Ph.D.
Local and regional variation in the vegetation of the southern Appalachian Mountains
DeCoster, James 1996
Ph.D.
Impacts of tornados and hurricanes on the community structure and dynamics of North and South Carolina forests
Falter, Meg 1996
Ph.D.
The impact of Megalopteran predators (Corydalus cornutus) on stream macrobenthic community structure
Clayton, Patti 1995
Ph.D.
Connection on the ice: environmental ethics in theory and practice
Poston, Joseph 1995
Ph.D.
Male competition for mates and mechanisms of mate choice by females in the boat-tailed grackle (Quiscalus major).
Rowland, Kathryn 1995
Ph.D.
An experimental study of the effects of phosphorus level and nitrogen:phosphorus ratio on zooplankton community structure
Nekola, Jeffrey 1994
Ph.D.
Ecology and Biogeography of Isolated Habitats: Fens and Algific Talus Slopes in Northeastern Iowa
Wohlenberg, Margaret 1994
Ph.D.
Ecology of a temperate coral
Boal, Jean 1993
Ph.D.
An assessment of complex learning on octopuses
Ehinger, William 1992
Ph.D.
Experimental studies of the effects of nutrients and Daphnia grazing on phytoplankton biomass and growth in a eutrophic lake (Agency Lake, Oregon)
Anderson, Molly 1989
Ph.D.
Practices and values of North Carolina alternative farmers
Foster, Bradley 1988
Ph.D.
The significance of body size variation in populations of the land snail Mesodon normalis
Read, Barry 1988
Ph.D.
Bright leaf and red clay: family farming and soil conservation in Piedmont, North Carolina
Stevens, Ernest 1988
Ph.D.
Kin selection and cooperative breeding in the stripe-backed wren (Campylorhynchus nuchalis)
Diamond, Jerome 1984
Ph.D.
History, disturbance and colonization: effects on lotic macroinvertebrate assemblages
Mercado-Escobar, Mérida 1983
Ph.D.
Natural resource conservation and small-scale farming in the eastern highlands of Puerto Rico: social and historical perspectives
Brown, Timothy 1982
Ph.D.
Feeding habits, habitat distribution, and coexistence in two species of Chaoborus larvae
Kneidel, Kenneth 1982
Ph.D.
Disturbance and diversity in communities of carrion-breeding diptera
Ganter, Philip 1981
Ph.D.
The effect of population structure on growth rate, survivorship, reproduction, and aggregation behavior of Armadillidium nasatum and Armadillidium vulgare
Carlson, Paul 1980
Ph.D.
Oxygen diffusion from the roots of Spartina alterniflora and the role of Spartina in the sulfur cycle of salt marsh sediments
Kneib, Paul 1980
Ph.D.
The sesponses of a soft-sediment intertidal community to experimental manipulations of the population size structure and density of a predator, Fundulus heteroclitus
Schroeder, Janet 1980
Ph.D.
Whistled song as communication in the tufted titmouse (Parus bicolor)
Plotecia, Raymond 1979
Experimental analysis of chemically mediated interactions in populations of tree-hole mosquito larvae
Yarbro, Laura 1979
Ph.D.
Phosphorus cycling in the Creeping Swamp floodplain ecosystem and exports from the Creeping Swamp watershed
Box, Elgene 1978
Ph.D.
Ecoclimatic determination of terrestrial vegetation physiognomy
Alho, Cleber 1977
Ph.D.
Spatial distribution of Peromyscus leucopus in different habitats
Reader, Richard 1973
Ph.D.
Leaf emergence, leaf coloration, and photosynthetic period-productivity models for the eastern Deciduous forest biome
Jenkins, Molly 2018
M.S.
Core species prevalence driven by scale, environmental heterogeneity
Alexander, Genevieve 2018
M.S.
The effects of invasive earthworms on understory plant community composition in sugar maple-basswood forests of the Chippewa National Forest, MN over two decades
Mayer, Anthony 2017
M.S.
Sustaining Garden Stewardship: Environmental Education in Rural Youth Development Programs
Gold, Adam 2017
M.S.
Impacts of coastal stormwater pond nitrogen cycling on downstream water quality
Palko, Hanna 2017
M.S.
Exploring Potential Sites for Salinity Gradient Renewable Energy on the North Carolina Coast and Predicting the Effects of Local Salinity Regime Variation on SAV Communities due to Reverse Electrodialysis Effluent
Holloman, Diamond 2017
M.A.
Critical Urban Ecology: Links to Social Vulnerability and Environmental Justice in the Aftermath of Hurricanes
Becraft, Katie 2013
M.S.
Foraging Niches And Resource Partitioning Between Three Co-Occurring Songbirds In The Southern Appalachians
Adams, Nicholas 2012
M.S.
A synthesis of rights-of-way native plant communities: identifying their relevance to historical and contemporary Piedmont savannas
Faestel, Megan 2012
M.S.
Classification and description of alluvial plant communities of the North Carolina Coastal Plain
Breckeimer, Ian 2012
M.S.
Mapping habitat quality in conservation’s neglected geography
Schwartz, Naomi 2012
M.S.
Fire ecology and fire management in the Southern Appalachians: rationale for and effects of prescribed fire
Bidgood, Emily 2011
M.S.
Reaching a million : land conservation patterns and process in North Carolina, 1999-2009
Seymour, Stephanie 2011
M.S.
Vegetation of non-alluvial wetlands of the southeastern Piedmont
Savvas, Catherine 2010
M.S.
Hydroclimate variability and landuse effects on nutrient export from watersheds in the mid-Atlantic United States
Vandusen, Beth 2010
M.S.
bitat complexity and patch choice : spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats
Schwartz, Rebecca 2010
M.S.
Land use affects the timing and magnitude of material delivery to headwater streams in coastal North Carolina
Kristie, Wendelberger 2010
M.S.
Assessing microsite and regeneration niche preferences when introducing endangered species
Winters, Dahl 2009
M.S.
Arctic plant migration by 2100 : comparing predictions with observations
Savvas, Katerina 2008
M.S.
Apple, Carly 2007
M.S.
How we learn about climate change: Environmental education in North Carolina
Handel, Neville 2007
M.A.
Habitat Loss and Fragmentation in the Landscape
Jones Gramling, Andrea 2006
M.S.
A conservation assessment of Packera millefolium, a southern Appalachian endemic
Marcinko, Sarah 2006
M.S.
Pattern and process in rare plant conservation: an assessment of the southeastern U.S.
George, Andrew 2006
M.A.
Conservation management and public participation: addressing democratic decision-making for U.S. National Forests
Kaplan, Jessica 2005
M.A.
The relation of understory grasses in longleaf pine ecosystems to fire and geography
Ensign, Scott 2004
M.S.
Nutrient dynamics in coastal North Carolina streams: spatial/temporal variation and processes influencing nitrogen and phosphorus uptake
Taverna, Kristin 2004
M.S.
Mature hardwood forests of the central Piedmont of North Carolina: landscape distribution and understory change
Trufant, Jill 2003
M.A.
Holly Springs, N.C.: one place, two times, two questions of enviornmental justice: landfill siting and demographic change.
Geraci, Christy 2002
M.A.
The influence of land cover on the benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in the Little Creek and Morgan Creek watersheds
Batchelder, Miriam 2002
M.A.
Assessing the effects of landscape conditions on fish community structure at multiple scales: the impact of urbanization on North Carolina Piedmont streams
Knott, Mark 2001
M.A.
Prescribed burning activity in remnant longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystems of North and South Carolina: patterns,uinfluencing factors, and policy recommendations
White, Chris 2001
M.S.
Harvesting as Healing: The significance of a land-based economy in Northern Canadian Aboriginal Communities
James, Mary 2000
M.A.
Legumes in loamy soil communities of the Carolina sandhills: their natural distributions and performance of seeds and seedlings along complex ecological gradients
Vidra, Rebecca 2000
M.S.
Developing a landscape approach to ecological restoration
Crist, Rebecca 1999
M.S.
Man in the Forest: A critique of National Park Service forest management policy in Glacier National Park, Montana
Lambiase, Seth 1999
M.A.
Interspecific life history variation in the land snail genus Mesodon
White, Rickie 1999
M.A.
The impacts of Hurricane Fran on a North Carolina Piedmont woodland
D’Arconte, Patricia 1998
M.A.
The effect of different suburban housing densities on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages
Rollins, Sarah 1997
M.A.
Calcareous Glade Communities in the Central Basin of Tennessee: the effects of scale on community classification
Smith, Adam 1996
M.A.
Local versus regional processes in lotic macroinvertebrate communities: the control of species diversity across scales
Wilds, Stephanie 1996
M.A.
Gradient analysis of the distribution of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.) and dogwood anthracnose (Discula destructiva Redlin.) in western Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Thunhorst, Gwen 1995
M.A.
The Seed Bank as a Buffer to Change in Population Size, Distribution, and Genetic Composition in the Rare Plant Rhexia aristosa at Antioch Church Bay with Implications to Conservation
Taulbee, Keith 1994
M.S.
Incorporation of farm-level survey data into a GIS: preliminary analysis in the Pacayacu region, northeast Ecuador
Hart White, Merri 1994
M.A.
Patterns of movement of benthic macroinvertebrates: potential upstream effects of pollution
Clayton, 1992
M.S.
The question of Antarctica: environmental protection and international policy-making
Krolikowski, Suzanne 1992
M.A.
Interactions between bacteria, carbon, and chlorophyll a in an experimental freshwater ecosystem
Lovell, Jim 1992
M.A.
Fish Predation and Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in Two Third-Order Blackwater Streams, South Carolina
Carberry, Alice 1991
Ph.D.
Green-tree Impoundment and municipal sewage effects on abiotic phosphorus retention in a Piedmont bottomland wetland
Liu, Kwang-Cheng 1991
M.A.
Effects of ammonium:nitrate supply ratios on the outcome of phytoplankton resource competition
Palmer, Brian 1991
M.A.
Effects of ammonium:nitrate supply ratios on the outcome of phytoplankton resource competition
Margolis, Thomas 1990
M.A.
A history of land use changes in Sao Paulo, Brazil: the patterns and forces behind environmental degradation
Martinez, Martin 1990
M.A.
Municipal solid waste management in developing countries
Prescott, Christopher 1988
M.A.
Sources of predatory mortality in the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians: interactions with seagrass and epibiotic coverage
Edwards, 1985
M.S.
The distribution and abundance of epilithon in small woodland streams
Goldsmith, Abby 1985
M.A.
Ecological implications in biomonitoring water quality
Govert, 1983
M.S.
Biological diversity: its meaning, preservation and management
Kleer, Nancy 1983
M.S.
Terrestrial effects of acid deposition: a review of the evidence and policy considerations
Conlin, David 1976
M.A.
Distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates in a Mid-Atlantic Piedmont reservoir with localized effects due to sodium chloride and eutrophication
Kneib, Ronald 1976
M.A.
Feeding, reproduction, growth and movements of killifishes on a North Carolina salt marsh
McCurdy, Yolande 1975
M.A.
An ecosystematic analysis of the vegetation of Hanging Rock State Park, Danbury, North Carolina