A collection of Biology Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Evaluation of the three-dimensional patterns and ecological impacts of the invasive Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum), Alexis Maldonado
Character Evolution and Microbial Community Structure in a Host-associated Grasshopper, Tyler Raszick
Movements, fishery interactions, and unusual mortalities of bottlenose dolphins, Steven Shippee
Integral Projection Models Reveal Interactive Effects of Biotic Factors and Disturbance on Plant Demography, Matthew Tye
The effects of non-native species on two life-stages of the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, Wei Yuan
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Habitat Use And Feeding Ecology Of Delphinids Inferred From Stable Isotopes And Fatty Acid Signatures, Nicole Browning
Estimated Diets, Diet Overlap, And Winter Habitat Associations Of Four Grassland Sparrows In Florida Dry Prairie, Marianne Korosy
Testing For Indirect Benefits Of Polyandry In The Florida Green Turtle, Christopher Long
Assessing The Effectiveness Of Living Shoreline Restoration And Quantifying Wave Attenuation In Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Jennifer Manis
Disturbance-based Management And Plant Species Change In Massachusetts Sandplain Heathlands Over The Past Two Decades, Kirsten Martin
Florida Local Government Conservation Planning: Variability, Drivers, And Policy Implications, Pamela Pannozzo
Sex Ratios Of Juvenile Green Turtles (chelonia Mydas) In Three Developmental Habitats Along The Coast Of Florida, Cheryl Sanchez
Relating Climate Change To The Nesting Phenology And Nest Environment Of Marine Turtles, Monette Schwoerer
Population Dynamics And Environmental Factors Influencing Herbs In Intact And Degraded Florida Rosemary Scrub, Elizabeth Stephens
Biogeography And Systematics Of The Nerodia Clarkii/nerodia Fasciata Clade In Florida, Gregory Territo
Juvenile Ornamentation: Its Evolution, Genetic Basis, And Variation Across Habitats, Angela Tringali
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Species And Habitat Interactions Of The Gopher Tortoise: A Keystone Species?, Christopher Catano
Life History Response To Infection And The Potential For Dishonest Signals In The Ground Cricket, Allonemobius Socius, Emily Copeland
Livelihoods Support Programs, Conservation Attitudes, And Tropical Biodiversity: An Evaluation Of Biocomplexity In Southeastern Ghana, Edem Kodzo Ekpe
Beyond Building A Tree: Phylogeny Of Pitvipers And Exploration Of Evolutionary Patterns, Allyson Fenwick
Quantifying The Impacts Of Oyster Reef Restoration On Oyster Coverage, Wave Attenuation And Seagrass Fragment Retention In Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Stephanie Garvis
Determining The Impacts Of Beach Restoration On Loggerhead (caretta Caretta) And Green Turtle (chelonia Mydas) Nesting Patterns And Reproductive Success Along Florida's Atlantic Coast, Allison Whitney Hays
Relating Ancient Maya Land Use Legacies To The Contemporary Forest Of Caracol, Belize, Jessica N. Hightower
Conservation And Population Biology: Genetics, Demography And Habitat Requirements Of The Atlantic Coast Beach Mice, Haakon Myklevoll Kalkvik
Phylogenetic Community Structure Of Aquatic Beetle Assemblages In A Multi-wetland Experiment, Sandor Lawrence Kelly
Dispersal, Gene Flow, and Adaptive Evolution During Invasion: Testing Range-Limit Theory with the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Kimberly Medley
Effect of predation risk and food availability on parental care and nest survival in suburban and wildland Florida Scrub-Jays, Joseph M. Niederhauser
Fine-scale geographic variation of stable isotope and fatty acid signatures of three fish species in the Indian River Lagoon, FL, Jennifer Fletcher Odom
Biochemical Studies Of Abce1, Lynn Sims
Landscaping Perceptions And Behaviors: Socio-ecological Drivers Of Nitrogen In The Residential Landscape, Leesa Souto
Factors Limiting Native Species Establishment On Former Agricultural Lands, Annalisa M. Weiler-Lazarz
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Impact of Land Management on House Mice and Red Imported Fire Ants, Jesse R. Abelson
Variability of Carbon Stock in Florida Flatwoods Ecosystems Undergoing Restoration and Management, Kathryn Elizabeth Becker
The Effects Of Age On Reproduction In A Citrus Root Weevil Diaprepes Abbreviatus, Heather R. Chasez
Identification Of Fabrics Likely To Collect And Disperse Fel D 1, Mary Janice Jones
Applications of Airborne and Portable LiDAR in the Structural Determination, Management, and Conservation of Southeastern U.S. Pine Forests, Claudia de Mendonca Costa Synek Listopad
Indirect Estimates Of Gene Flow And Its Conservation Implications In The Striped Newt (notophthalmus Perstriatus), Sarah Elizabeth May
The Effects Of Urbanization On Cypress (taxodium Distichum) In Central Florida, Lisa A. McCauley
Understanding The Invasion Of Florida's Intertidal Crassostrea Virginica Reefs By Non-native Marine Invertebrate Species, Ethan Fletcher Nash
Adaptive Responses of Branchial Morphology to Hypoxia in the Neotropical Electric Fish Genus Brachyhypopomus, Leilani B. Pathak
Modeling Carbon Allocation, Growth And Recovery In Scrub Oaks Experiencing Aboveground Disturbance, Troy J. Seiler
The Sheddase Activity of ADAM10/ADAM17 on CXCL16 Increases Proliferation and Survival of Colorectal Cancer Cells, Tamu C. Talton
Biology, Ecology And Control Of The Invasive Channeled Apple Snail, Pomacea Canaliculata, Christina M. Trexler
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Characterizing The Vertical Structure And Structural Diversity Of Florida Oak Scrub Vegetation Using Discrete-return Lidar, James J. Angelo
Abiotic Differences Between Green Turtle (chelonia Mydas) Nests In Natural Beach And Engineered Dunes: Effects On Hatching Success, Martha Balfour
The Role Of The Feral Pig (sus Scrofa) As A Disturbance Agent And Seed Disperser In Central Florida's Natural Lands, Camille Rose Brescacin
Biogeography And Diversification In The Neotropics: Testing Macroevolutionary Hypotheses Using Molecular Phylogenetic Data, Juan Manuel Daza Rojas
Estimating Diet And Food Selectivity Of The Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit Using Stable Isotope Analysis, Matthew James Gordon
An Assessment Of Sea Turtle Nesting Behavior In Relation To Hurricane- And Restoration-induced Beach Morphodynamics, Tonya Michele Long
Clonality And Genetic Diversity In Polygonella Myriophylla, A Lake Wales Ridge Endemic Plant, Genevieve Metzger
Species Composition And Spatiotemporal Pattern Of The Seed Bank And Vegetation In Native And Degraded Florida Rosemary Scrub, Jennifer J. Navarra
Geographic Variation In Post-mating Immune Gene Expression In Drosophila Melanogaster, Cheryl Ann Pinzone
Taxonomy Versus Phylogeny Phylogeography Of Marsh Rabbits Without Hopping To Conclusions, Rosanna M. Tursi
Treefrog (hyla Squirella) Responses To Rangeland And Management In Semi-tropical Florida, Usa, Kathryn Windes
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Factors Affecting Breeding Territory Size And Placement Of The Florida Grasshoper Sparrow (ammodramus Savannarum Floridanus), Jill Aldredge
Understanding Plant Community Composition In Agricultural Welands: Context Dependent Effects And Plant Interactions, Elizabeth Boughton
Landcover Change And Population Dynamics Of Florida Scrub-jays And Florida Grasshopper Sparrows, David Breininger
Factors Affecting Predation Of Marine Turtle Eggs By Raccoons And Ghost Crabs On Canaveral National Seashore, Fl, Justin Brown
Native Fire Regime As A Reference For Establishing Management Practices, Brean Duncan
The Effects Of Urbanization On The Structure, Quality, And Diversity Of Cypress Plant Communities In Central Florida, Courtney Knickerbocker
Habitat Use By The Southeastern Beach Mouse (peromyscus Polionotus Niveiventris) At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Kathryn Simmons
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Hatching Asynchrony Occurs As A Byproduct Of Maintaining Egg Viability, Robert Aldredge
Growth And Survival Of Bacteria In Simulated Martian Conditions, Bonnie Berry
Social Grouping Behaviors Of Captive Female Hippopotamus Amphibius, Tracy Blowers
Prevalence And Severity Of Fibropapillomatosis In Juvenile Green Turtles (chelonia Mydas) In Three Habitats On Florida's Eas, Kelly Borrowman
Tmdl Bioassessment Sampling Of Benthic Macroinvertebrates For Lake Jesup And Lake Seminary, Gloria Eby
Recovery And Restoration Of The Seagrass Halodule Wrightii After Boat Propeller Scar Damage In A Pole-troll Zone In Mosquito Lag, Katherine Grablow
Modeling Canopy Photosynthesis Of A Scrub-oak Ecosystem Under Elevated Co2, Lori Jones
Assessing And Modeling Mangrove Forest Dynamics Along The Temperate-subtropical Ecotone In Eastern Florida, Susan Leitholf
Structure-function Analysis Of The Drosophila Stubble Type Ii Transmembrane Serine Protease, Rachel Morgan
The Distribution, Abundance, And Habitat Use Of The Big Cypress Fox Squirrel, (sciurus Niger Avicennia)., Danielle Munim
Control Of Stomatal Formation In Arabidopsis Thaliana Inflorescence Stem, Nalini Odapalli
Cis-regulatory Analysis Of The Pigment Cell Differentiation Gene Polyketide Synthase, David Rogers
Using Stable Isotopes To Assess Population Structure And Feeding Ecology Of North Pacific Humpback Whales (megaptera Novaeangliae), Briana Witteveen
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Individual Identification Of Polar Bears By Whisker Spot Patterns, Carlos Anderson
Restoration Of Intertidal Oyster Reefs Affected By Intense Recreational Boating Activity In Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Andrea Barber
Effects Of Isolation On Metapopulation Dynamics In Small-world Networks, Alaina Brooke Bernard
Sex-biased Parasitism And The Reproductive Costs Of Parasites In A Social African Ground Squirrel, Melissa Ann Hillegass
Does Habitat Affect Clonal Demography? An Experiment With Polygonella Myriophylla In Roadside And Florida Scrub, Kristina Dianne Horn
Trophic Status Of A Small Mammal Assemblage On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station With An Emphasis On Peromyscus Polionotus Niveiv, Megan Keserauskis
Life History And Reproductive Biology Of Clitoria Fragrans Relative To Fire History On The Avon Park Air Force Range, Michelle Nicole Lewis
Spatiotemporal Variation Of Avian Populations Within Geographically Isolated Freshwater Marshes, Brian Rodenbeck
Seasonal And Diel Patterns Of Manatee Habitat Use, Monica Ann Ross
Characterization Of Pigment Cell Specific Genes In The Sea Urchin Embryo (strongylocentrotus Purpuratus), Tricia Stephens