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- The causes and consequences of sexual habitat segregation in a migrant bird during the non-breeding season.
- Wood warblers -- Habitat. ; Wood warblers -- Behavior. ; Wood warblers -- Jamaica. ; Wood warblers -- Honduras. ; Wood warblers -- United States. ; Corticosterone.
- This dissertation research examined the causes and consequences of Neotropical migrant songbird distribution during the stationary portion of the non-breeding period. American redstarts (Setophaga ruticilla) are one of several species that exhibit...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Habitat for Humanity
- 2002-08-14_habitat
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- Li Jun Xian, Class of 2004, and other Dartmouth s...
- 2002-08-14_habitat
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- Habitat partitioning by notonectids: temporal patterns and the role of spatial complexity.
- Backswimmers (Insects) -- Ecology. ; Habitat partitioning (Ecology). ; Spatial behavior in animals. ; Aquatic insects -- Ecology.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- How littoral macrophyte growth form influences foraging ecology of pumpkinseed sunfish.
- Pumpkinseed (Fish) -- Feeding and feeds. ; Pumpkinseed (Fish) -- Ecology. ; Lake plants. ; Scirpus. ; Potamogeton.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Demography of a fragmentation-sensitive songbird: edge and ENSO effects.
- Rufous-crowned sparrow -- Effect of habitat modification on. ; Rufous-crowned sparrow -- California Southern. ; Fragmented landscapes -- California.
- The Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps ; RCSP) is a non-migratory, ground-nesting songbird that resides in southern California coastal sage scrub, which has been highly fragmented by urban development. RCSP's spatial pattern of abundance...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Intraspecific spatial variation in bird abundance: patterns and processes.
- Songbirds -- Ecology -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. ; Songbirds -- Habitat -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. ; Songbirds -- Behavior -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. ; Songbirds --...
- Within a species, the abundance of individuals varies in time and space. This dissertation research examines processes giving rise to patterns of spatial and temporal variation in the abundance of multiple species of forest-breeding migratory...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Linking behavioral, population, and community ecology: consequences of oviposition-site selection in tree hole metacommunities.
- Mosquitoes -- Ecology. ; Mosquitoes -- Behavior. ; Insect communities. ; Habitat selection
- Though researchers have advocated a more direct link between individual, population, and community processes, translating the behavior of individuals to the dynamics of natural populations and communities has remained a major challenge in ecology....
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Tucker Foundation: September 1998; First-year stud...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- Tucker Foundation: May 1999; Dartmouth Hall; Milla...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- Scott Sylvester; Lebanon; Dartmouth student Scott ...
- Dartmouth College Photographic Records
- Habitat selection in the American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla): the importance of early successional habitat and the role of landscape change in population declines.
- Wood warblers -- Habitat. Wood warblers -- Effect of habitat modification on. Forest ecology -- New Hampshire. Animal populations -- Mathematical models.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Habitat selection by breeding black-throated blue warblers: different patterns at two spatial scales and the use of habitat for foraging and nesting.
- Black-throated blue warbler -- Habitat. Black-throated blue warbler -- Behavior. Black-throated blue warbler -- Food. Black-throated blue warbler -- Nests.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The flight behavior and dispersal ecology of the red milkweed beetle, Tetraopes tetraopthalmus
- Red milkweed beetle. Insects -- Flight. Insects -- Dispersal.
- Most detailed studies of insect flight and dispersal have used long flying species as subjects. Little is known of the flight ecology of comparatively short flying species. This thesis reports the findings of a 4 year study of the flight behavior...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Fish foraging and learning in complex environments.
- Sunfishes -- Food. Sunfishes -- Effect of habitat modification on
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Host-epibiont population dynamics.
- Daphnia pulex -- Ecology. ; Epibiosis. Host-parasite relationships. ; Euglenoids -- Ecology.
- Regulatory linkage between epibiotic organisms and their host zooplankton populations is one of the least understood topics in zooplankton biology, despite the likely importance of epibionts to pelagic communities. These laboratory studies with...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The effects of endocrine disruptors on the development of Xenopus embryos.
- Xenopus laevis -- Embryology. Xenopus laevis -- Endocrinology. ; Estrogen -- Physiological effect. ; Estrogen -- Toxicology. ; Nonylphenol -- Physiological effect. Endocrine toxicology.
- Many environmental toxicants found in pesticides, herbicides, and industrial solvents are believed to have deleterious effects on development by disrupting hormone-sensitive processes. Xenopus embryos were exposed to commonly encountered endocrine...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Demography and movement of migratory wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in northern Tanzania
- Gnus -- Tanzania -- Geographical distribution. ; Gnus -- Migration -- Tanzania.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The population dynamics, bioenergetics, and nutrient cycling of three species of mice in the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, U.S.A
- Mice; Forest ecology -- New Hampshire. ; Animal ecology -- New Hampshire
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Direct and indirect effects on planktonic ciliate assemblages.
- Ciliata -- Effect of sediments on. ; Ciliata -- Effect of habitat modification on. ; Plankton -- Effect of sediments on. ; Plankton -- Effect of habitat modification on.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Ecological, behavioral and morphological adaptions of a shorebird (the Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus) to its different migratory environments.
- Whimbrel.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Climate and vegetation change in the Himalayan foreland from oxygen and carbon isotope ratios of fossils and paleosol clays and calcite.
- Paleoecology -- Himalaya Mountains Region. ; Paleoclimatology -- Himalaya Mountains Region. ; Fossils -- Himalaya Mountains Region. ; Paleopedology -- Himalaya Mountains Region. ; Calcite -- Himalaya Mountains Region. ; Stable isotope tracers.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The relationship between habitat and performance of age-0 Atlantic salmon.
- Atlantic salmon -- Habitat. ; Atlantic salmon -- Food. ; Atlantic salmon -- Growth. ; Atlantic salmon -- Development.
- In this study, I examined the interactive effects of prey and physical habitat on foraging, habitat selection, growth, and survival of age-0 Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. I combined field observations of salmon behavior, surveys of habitat and prey...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Linking community and ecosystem dynamics in invasion biology: An experimental approach in coastal sage scrub.
- Invasive plants -- Ecology -- California, Southern. Shrubland ecology -- California, Southern. Chaparral ecology -- California, Southern. Coastal plants -- California, Southern. Grasses -- Ecology -- California, Southern. Plant litter --...
- Though the science of invasion biology has over a 50-year history it still struggles with clearly documenting the mechanisms and impacts of plant invasions. Numerous observational studies find associations between plant invasions and largescale...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Mobility and communication in sensor networks.
- Sensor networks. Robots -- Control systems. Detectors. Synchronization. Computer network protocols.
- This thesis considers the two special sensor networks for future sensor network design: mobile sensor networks and hybrid network of sensors and robots. To investigate two types of networks, we abstract two most important aspects that are ingrained...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Effects of suburbanization on plant-pollinator interactions / by Adrian L. Carper.
- Urban and suburban development is a dominant factor driving ecological processes at local and regional scales and its impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services are alarming. Pollinators, especially bees, and the ecosystem services they...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- MicroRNA-10b promotes pancreatic cancer cell invasion by suppressing TIP30 and enhancing EGF and TGF-[beta] actions / by Haoxu Ouyang
- MicroRNA-10b (miR-10b) is considered a marker of disease aggressiveness in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), in view of the fact that lower levels of miR-10b are associated with better response to neoadjuvant therapy, likelihood of surgical...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The evolution of mate recognition in Oecanthus tree crickets / by Laurel Symes.
- Many organisms recognize and respond to categories: predator, prey, rival, or juvenile. Organisms recognize these ecologically-important categories by assessing diverse sensory stimuli. A primary focus of my research has been understanding how...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The ecology and bioenergetics of the northern black-throated blue warbler.
- Wood warblers.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Group-aware stream filtering.
- Streaming technology (Telecommunications). Computer networks -- Monitoring. Multicasting (Computer networks). Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing.
- Recent years have witnessed a new class of monitoring applications that need to continuously collect information from remote data sources. Those data sources, such as web click-streams, stock quotes, and sensor data, are often characterized as...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Microbial mediation of plant-pollinator interactions / by Robert N. Schaeffer II.
- Floral nectar of many plant species is prone to colonization by microorganisms. Their presence and metabolism have the potential to modify a suite of traits important for pollinator attraction, including nectar quality and scent. However, studies...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Temperature effects on food web interactions : from lakes to landscapes / by Samuel Butler Fey.
- Temperature has powerful effects on all scales of biological organization from biochemical reactions to ecosystem processes. Despite the well-appreciated influence and thorough understanding of the physiological and population consequences of...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Sexual selection and sexual conflict in Anolis lizards : from molecules to populations / by M. Catherine Duryea.
- Sexual selection is a driver of biodiversity and creates spectacular forms of variation. However, only recently have we begun to understand how this variation operates on the postcopulatory level and how cryptic mechanisms affect male-male...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Importance of nest predation to avian population regulation and community structure in a northern hardwoods fores
- Bird populations -- New Hampshire; Predation (Biology); Birds -- Nests; Black-throated blue warbler; Chipmunks; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Age-specific predation and predation risk of Chaoborus punctipennis.
- Chaoborus. Predation (Biology). Freshwater ecology.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Distribution of sessile rotifers in a bog pond : with particular emphasis on substrate selection by Ptycura Beauchampi larvae
- Rotifera. Ptychura Beauchampi.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Causes of tree mortality in wave-regenerated balsam fir forests
- Balsam fir. Trees -- Physiology.
- Fir waves are spatially and temporally repeating patterns of stand development and destruction in subalpine, balsam fir-dominated forests of the northeastern United States, perpetuated by downwind migration of strips of dying trees, "dieback...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions.
- Meadow ecology -- Colorado. Angiosperms -- Nutrition. Angiosperms -- Pollination. Plants -- Effect of nitrogen on. Insect pollinators -- Ecology -- Colorado. Mountain plants -- Ecology -- Colorado. Bees -- Ecology -- Colorado. Bees -- Nutrition --...
- Nutrients play fundamental roles in biological systems, affecting plant growth and quality, community structure, and species interactions. Although the effects of nutrients on primary and secondary production have been well documented, their...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Characterization of factors critical for initial stages of Vibrio cholerae intestinal colonization.
- Vibrio cholerae -- Molecular genetics. ; Bacteria -- Adhesion. ; Virulence (Microbiology) -- Molecular aspects. ; Pili (Microbiology). ; DNA-binding proteins. ; Cholera -- Pathogenesis.
- Vibrio cholerae is the etiologic agent of cholera in humans. Intestinal colonization occurs via ingestion of contaminated food and water and results in symptoms that include the production of the characteristic rice water stool, vomiting, and...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Aging minds and twisting attitudes: effects of age-related decline in executive function on older adults' attitudes toward stigmatized individuals.
- Stigma (Social psychology). Aging -- Psychological aspects. Cognition -- Age factors. Older people -- Attitudes.
- Extensive research on aging has demonstrated that normal aging debilitates executive function, a system that is critical for regulating stereotypes. However, there is a paucity of research on whether age-related declines to executive function...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Evolutionary implications of phenotypic and genetic variation in cladoceran populations
- Daphnia
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Effects of foliage structure on the foraging behavior of insectivorous forest birds.
- Wood warblers -- Food. ; Wood warblers -- Behavior. Leaves. ; Forest ecology.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The ecology of Vibrio cholerae: intra- and interspecific interactions.
- Vibrio cholerae -- Ecology. Vibrio cholerae -- Growth. Cyanobacteria -- Ecology.
- In this dissertation, I present an examination of the role of two biotic interactions in the population dynamics of Vibrio cholerae. Traits with a genetic basis such as size, physiological processes, stress tolerance, and even behavior, are key...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The Plio-Pleistocene structural and stratigraphic evolution of the Eastern Potwar Plateau, Pakistan
- Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pliocene. ; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pleistocene. ; Geology -- Pakistan -- Eastern Potwar Plateau
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Primate origins through the lens of functional and degenerate cone opsins / by Gillian L. Moritz
- A nocturnal activity pattern is central to almost all hypotheses on the adaptive origins of primates but this view has been challenged recently on the basis of variation in the cone opsin genes of nocturnal primates. The diversity among primates in...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Soil biogeochemistry in temperate and arctic ecosystems : human disturbances to a critical carbon pool / by Chelsea L. Petrenko
- I investigated the effects of two contemporary disturbances to soil systems: forest clearing in the northeastern U.S. and climate-driven plant succession in the Arctic. To test the effects of clear-cutting forests on mineral soil carbon (C)...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- microRNA in Porifera : evolution of a molecular mechanism in sponges / by Jeffrey Robinson
- Sponges are a historically ambiguous taxon, often considered primitively simple representatives of early Metazoa, living fossils from the era before the complex morphological features of the bilaterian phyla appeared in the Cambrian. Yet recent...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism.
- Mutualism (Biology). Insect-plant relationships. Insect population density. Bumblebees -- Ecology. Delphinium -- Ecology.
- Mutualisms may facilitate coupled population expansion or decline if changes in either partner species lead to similar changes in the other species. However, few studies have measured how both species in a mutualism respond to changes in each...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The consequences of land-use on subsidies of stream insects to terrestrial consumers / by Ramsa Chaves-Ulloa
- The image of a child standing at the side of a creek and skipping stones across it exemplifies how we tend to mentally separate aquatic habitats from dry land. But there is a constant exchange of materials from land to streams, and vice-versa....
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Landscape and environmental effects on organic carbon in tundra soil, west Greenland / by Julia I. Bradley-Cook
- Arctic soils in the permafrost region store substantially more carbon than is contained in the atmosphere, and are undergoing rapid change associated with anthropogenic climate change. Soil decomposition is an important component of ecosystem...
- Dartmouth Dissertations

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