Graduate Program: Recent Ph.D. Dissertation Titles

2007

Blanton-Johansen, Rebecca.Evolution of the Fantail Darter, Etheostoma Flaballare (Percidae: Catonotus): Systematics, Phylogeography, and Population History 2007 (PhD)

Fincher-Gentry, Rita Malia. Patterns of plant defense in the genus Piper. 2007 (PhD)

Sigel, Bryan. The Susceptibility of Tropical Forest Bird Communities to Habitat Fragmentation. 2007 (PhD)

2006

Brown, David R. Food Supply and the Dry-season Ecology of a Tropical Resident bird community and an Over-Wintering Migrant bird species. 2006 (PhD)

Coulson, Jennifer. Intraguild predation, low reproductive potential, and social behaviors that may be slowing the recovery of Northern Swallow-Tailed Kite Populations. 2006 (PhD)

Nolfo-Clements, Lauren. Seasonal Variations in Habitat availability, Habitat selection, and movement patterns of Myocastor Coypus on a subtropical freshwater floating marsh. 2006 (PhD)

2005

Boswell, Gantt C. Nitrogen economy of the purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia Purpurea L., in the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain. 2005 (Ph.D.)

Lailvaux, Simon P. Performance and Sexual Selection in Caribbean Anolis lizards. 2005 (PhD)

Valderamma, Carlos. Effect of bottomland hardwood forest fragmentation on spider communities in southeastern Louisiana. 2005 (Ph.D.)

Vincent, Shawn E. Functional Implications of Diet in Snakes. 2005 (PhD)

2004

Henry, Donata R. Reproductive success and Habitat selection of Swainson’s Warbler in Managed Pine versus Bottomland Hardwood forests. 2004 (PhD)

2003

Burse, Jeanine. Comparative reproductive physiology of Bluegill Sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, in a paper and pulpmill effluent — receiving stream and neighboring blackwater stream: A contemporary and historical study. July 2003 (Ph.D.)

Kunas, Myra. Spatial and temporal variation in feeding preferences of top predatory fishes in a contaminated wetlands ecosystem. July 2003 (M.S.)

Tercek, Michael. Origin and Adaptations of Agrostis (Bentgrass) in geotheral habitats of Yellowstone National Park. March 2003 (Ph.D.)

2002

Guill, Michael. Life-history variation in the darters (Pisces: percidae): relationships to body size, shape and phylogeny. June 2002 (Ph.D.)

Chen, Nianhong. Early diagenisis of cholorophyll in a river-dominated margin. April 2002 (Ph.D.)

2001

Piller, Kyle R. Systematics, ecomorphology and morphometrics of the Etheostoma blennioides complex (Teleostomi: Percidae). September 2001 (Ph.D.)

Wasilevich, Marcus. Effects of hydroperiod on seed and seedling banks in a bottomland hardwood forest of southeastern Louisiana. July 2001 (Ph.D.)

2000

Glasgow, Martha E. Influence of environmental variables on social behavior during pregnancy, birth outcome and infant development in captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri Boliviensis Boliviensis). April 2000 (Ph.D.)

Fry, Rebecca C. Isolation and characterization of novel mutations within the phytochrome a light signal transduction pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. April 2000 (Ph.D.)

Dong, Weijin. Impact of ethylene glycol on uptake, accumulation and metabolic processes in Lemna gibba. February 2000 (Ph.D.)

1999

Engelhaupt, Erika D. Cycling of colloidal organic carbon in Bayou Trepagnier, Louisiana: sources, composition and photochemical transformations. November 1999 (MS)

Strong, Allan M. Effects of food abundance on non-breeding habitat quality for two species of ground-foraging neotropical migrant warblers. April 1999 (Ph.D.)

Johnson, Matthew D. Habitat relationships of migratory birds wintering in Jamaica, West Indies. April 1999 (Ph.D.)

Zou, Enmin. Impact of estrogenic xenobiotics on molting of crustaceans. April, 1999 (Ph.D.)