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Theses from 2023

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Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Genus Physaria in North America, Binoshi Hettihewa

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Disease Risk of Reintroducing Primates Confiscated from the Illegal Wildlife Trade, Ana Patricia Mendoza Becerra (Available for download on Friday, October 25, 2024)

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Assessing Threats to Plant Populations: Linking Pollinator Differences to Patterns of Plant Fitness and Population Genetics, Rieka Yu

Theses from 2022

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The Effects of Floral and Social Information on Bumblebee Forager Learning and Memory, Avery Hume Baker

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Bee Brains: Dissecting pollinator behavior and the importance of plasticity in the face of changing environments, Rachel Brant (Available for download on Saturday, July 26, 2025)

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The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Ant-Mediated Seed Dispersal in Missouri, Eva M. Colberg

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Effects of Forest Restoration on the Recovery of Dead Wood, Associated Arthropods, and Insect-mediated Wood Decomposition, Estefania Fernandez Barrancos

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The Effects of Overshadowing in Drosophila melanogaster with Experimentally Evolved Preference, Jill Lee

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Cell Size Control Mechanisms in the Multiple Fission Cell Cycle of Chlamydomonas, Dianyi Liu (Available for download on Friday, November 28, 2025)

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Interspecific Pollen Transfer, Gene Flow, and Speciation in Bat-Pollinated Burmeistera H. Karst. & Triana (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), Juan Moreira-Hernandez

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Genetic and Environmental Drivers of Microbial Colonization in Wild Birds, Sage Rohrer

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Critical Corridor: Survey of predator occurrence and habitat use in a threatened rainforest protected area: COMATSA-Sud and Marojejy National Park, Madagascar, Patrick H. Ross

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Regulation of Parkinson’s Disease-Associated Genes by Pumilio Proteins and MicroRNAs in the Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line SH-SY5Y, Lisa J. Snoderly-Foster (Available for download on Friday, December 05, 2025)

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Taxonomic Revision and Morphometric Analysis of Selected Anthurium (Araceae) Species From Bolivia and Peru, Daniel M. Tarazona Ocana

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The Ecology and Evolution of Species Rarity in Oaks (Quercus spp.), Yingtong Wu

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Roles of Phospholipase Dε in Arabidopsis and Soybean Response to Nitrogen Deficiency, Shuaibing Yao (Available for download on Friday, May 02, 2025)

Theses from 2021

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Zygomorphic Flowers May Reduce Extinction Rates by Allowing Angiosperms to Occur in Low Abundances, Maria Belen Alvestegui

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The Role of Zingiberales Shared Evolutionary History and Leaf Traits in Structuring Rolled-leaf Beetle Assemblages in a Tropical Forest, José Miguel Chaves Fallas (Available for download on Sunday, November 17, 2024)

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The Influence of Pollinator Behavior on Patterns of Pollen Dispersal and its Implications for Floral Evolution, Alex Lascher

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Cognitive Ecology of Color Vision in Orchid Bees, Andreia Queiroz Santos A Figueiredo

Dissertations from 2020

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The Role of Plasticity in Bumble Bee Responses to Environmental Variability, Matthew Austin

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Investigating Drivers of Genetic Structure in Plants: Global, Regional and Local Scales, Diana Gamba-Moreno

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Identification and Characterization of Novel Genes and Genetic Interactions that Influence IBA Metabolism, Vanessica Jawahir

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Trilepisium (Moraceae): Four New Species from Madagascar, Shawn Kelley

Dissertations from 2019

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Vines in the Neotropics: Phylogenomics, Biogeography and Systematics in Passion Flowers (Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba Section Decaloba), Serena Acha

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Taxonomy, Species Limits, and Phylogenetic Relationships of Anoura Gray 1838 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Camilo Andres Calderon Acevedo

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Phylogeographic Relationships of Coereba flaveola and Their Malaria Parasites, Meghann Humphries

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Peroxisomal Protein Defects Disrupt Coordinated Peroxisomal Processes and Affect Early Seedling Development Through Accumulating Toxic Catabolic Intermediates, Ying Li

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Regional and Historical Influences on the Spatial Distribution of Neotropical Trees, Maria Isabel Loza

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A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) in Ecuador, Brock Mashburn

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The Role of Multidrug Resistance Regulators MarA, SoxS, Rob and RamA in Regulating Virulence Traits in Salmonella enterica, Srinivas Thota

Theses from 2018

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Temporal Changes in the Diversity and Composition of Tropical Andean Forest Communities, Claudia Andrea Aparicio-Chavez

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The ecology and feeding behavior of mosquitoes in the Galapagos Islands, Samoa S. Asigau

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Systematics of Malesian-Pacific Piper (Piperaceae), Rani Asmarayani

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Puf Proteins: Regulation of Condition-Specific mRNA Decay and Contributions to Ribosome Biogenesis in Yeast, Anthony Fischer

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Investigation of the role of gene clusters in terpene biosynthesis in Sorghum bicolor, Rebecca Hay

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Haemosporidian Parasites and Host Immune Function of Galapagos Avifauna, Maricruz Jaramillo

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The Ecology of Nest Cavity Use by Arboreal Ants in the Brazilian Cerrado: Resource Availability, Nest Modification, and Trophic Interactions, Galen Priest

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Interactions and Pathogen Transmission Between Carnivores in Madagascar, Fidisoa Rasambainarivo

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Roles of Phospholipases and Ribosomal S6 Kinase in Lipid Remodeling and Growth in Arabidopsis Response to Phosphate Deprivation, Yuan Su

Dissertations from 2017

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The Diversity, Costs, and Benefits of Shelters Built by Lepidopteran Caterpillars in a Costa Rican Dry Forest, Christina Baer

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Parasitism of free-ranging Neotropical primates: examining parasite-host and parasite-parasite relationships, Gideon A. Erkenswick

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Achilles Is a Circadian Clock-controlled Gene That Regulates the Immune System and Its Rhythmicity in Drosophila, Jiajia Li

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In Vivo Characterization of the Drosophila mRNA 3’-end Processing Core Cleavage Complex: Poly(A) mRNA & Histone mRNA 3’-end Processing, Daniel Michalski

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The Evolution of Fear Ecology: A Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) Perspective, Itachi Mills

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Estimating the range shift and harvesting intensity of Junipers in Bhutan (Eastern Himalaya), Rinchen Namgay

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Systematics, Biogeography, and Species Delimitation of the Malagasy Psorospermum (Hypericaceae), Heritiana S. Ranarivelo

Theses from 2016

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Forgetting and the Value of Social Information, Benjamin James Abts

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Investigations of Storage Root Development in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), Yeetoh Chaweewan

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Historical Biogeography, Spatial Distribution, and Within-Host Interactions of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites (Apicomplexa, Haemosporida), Leticia De Souza Soares

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Anthropogenic disturbance modulates mammal community diversity, assembly, & abundance: Emerging infectious disease risk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Leticia Andrea Gutiérrez Jiménez

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Endogenous Small Interfering RNA: Insights into esiRNA biogenesis and their precursors, Andrew White Harrington

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Nectar bats and their flowers across cloud forests of Ecuador and the effect of artificial nectar feeders, Nora Rossana Maguina Conde

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Color-mediated foraging by pollinators: A comparative study of two passionflower butterflies at Lantana camara, Gyanpriya Maharaj

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A Review of Evolution, Behavior, and Vision with an Experimental Evolution Study on Color Vision in Drosophila melanogaster, Mellissa Ann Marcus

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Aggression Dynamics and Hormone Fluctuations in Black and White Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata), Alicia N. Marty

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Synthetic Ion Channels: A New Class of Membrane Disruptor and Efflux Pump Inhibitor for the Recovery of Antibiotic Potency, Mohit Bharatkumar Patel

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Predicting Choices in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): Learning Rules and The Two-Armed Bandit, Isabel Lucia Rojas-Ferrer

Theses from 2015

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Discovery and Metabolic Engineering of Steroid Alkaloid Biosynthetic Genes from (Veratrum californicum), Megan M. Augustin

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COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORIES OF WEST INDIAN BIRDS, Maria Wilhelmina Barbosa de Oliveira Pil

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RELATIONSHIPS OF HAEMOSPORIDIAN PARASITES TO POPULATIONS OF THEIR AVIAN HOSTS IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, Vincenzo Alexander Ellis

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Spatial Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Armenian Vipers, Montivipera raddei, in Two Different Landscapes, Jeffery Alan Ettling

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Climate-driven change in Himalayan Rhododendron phenology, Robert Evan Hart

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The role of abiotic and biotic factors in limiting Piper abundance and distribution in a lowland Costa Rican wet forest, Haydee Hernandez-Yanez

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Morphology and Characterization of Abscission Zone Development and its Role in Domestication in Setaria viridis and Setaria italica, John Gerard Hodge

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Leaf-cutter Ant (Atta cephalotes) Behavioral Ecology of Folivory in a Mixed-use Guyanan Lowland Rainforest, Elizabeth Brianne Karslake

Effects of Invasive Lonicera maackii on Bat Activity via Changes in Vegetation Structure and Food Resources, Iwona Kuczynska

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The Role of Arabidopsis Aminoalcoholphosphotransferase 1 and 2 in Plant Development and Oil Production and Transcriptional Regulation of Seed Oil Accumulation by GLABRA2, Yu Liu

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Evolution and ecology of two iconic Australian clades: the Meliphagidae (birds) and the Hakeinae (plants), Eliot Trimarchi Miller

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Factors Influencing Asiatic Oak Weevil Interactions with Native Ecosystem Engineers Over Time, Daniel Rothschild O'Brien

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Ecological strategies and disturbance response of tropical forest trees: insight from functional trait variation, Oyomoare Lolade Osazuwa-Peters

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The role of Philornis downsi in avian disease transmission in the Galápagos Islands, Courtney Lauren Pike

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Galapagos seabirds' lice community: host hetero-specific interactions and parasite evolution, Jose Luis Rivera

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Environmental and density-dependent modulation of type III secretion system genes in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, Jennifer Louise Stauber

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Oxidative Stress in Avian Embyros, Toshi Tsunekage

Theses from 2014

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Galapagos Mosquitoes as Avian Disease Vectors, Daniel Anthony Hartman

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Phylogenetic patterns of rarity in a regional species pool of tropical trees, MARIA ISABEL LOZA

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Mechanisms of Condition-Specific Regulation of mRNA Stability by Puf Proteins: From Yeast to Humans, Joseph Russo

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Elucidation of the role of auxin-input pathways in auxin homeostasis., Gretchen Spiess

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Community organization of avian malaria parasites in lowland Amazonia: Prevalence, diversity, and specialization in a local assemblage, Linda Maria Elenor Svensson

Dissertations from 2013

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Middle Mississippi River Islands: Historical Distribution, Restoration Planning, and Biological Importance, Teresa Cecilia Allen

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Effects of nest and nest site characteristics on Humboldt penguins’ breeding success at Punta San Juan, Peru: Implications for conservation, Alonso Joaquin Bussalleu

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Phospholipase D- and Phosphatidic Acid-Mediated Signaling in Plant Response to Abscisic Acid and Reactive Oxygen Species, Liang Guo

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Diversification and coexistence in the Madagascar olive (Noronhia, Oleaceae), Cynthia Hong-Wa

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Elucidating the Factors that Modulate the Distribution of Avian Haemosporida Parasites across a Community of Hosts, Matthew Christopher Ikaika Medeiros

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Exploring the local and regional effects of plant diversity on plant herbivore interactions, Diego Salazar

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Colonization History and Origin of the Galapagos Flycatcher (Myiarchus magnirostris) and its parasites, Eloisa Helena Reis Sari

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Floristics and above-ground biomass (AGB) in Peatlands in Peruvian Lowland Amazonia, Loreto – Peru, Elvis Valderrama

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The evolution of floral symmetry across the plant order Lamiales, Jinshun Zhong

Dissertations from 2012

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Coexistence of sympatric taxa of Chamaecrista section Xerocalyx: addressing the interplay between morphology and biotic interactions, Beatriz Baker-Méio

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The ‘slow-growth-high-mortality’ hypothesis: how plant species, leaf quality, and the third trophic level contribute to the mortality of two common leaf-tying microlepidopteran herbivores, Kirk Lee Barnett

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Evolution and biogeography of fire-eye antbirds (genus Pyriglena): Insights from molecules and songs, Marcos Maldonado Coelho

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The effect of photoperiod on regulation of key components of the life cycle in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)., Edgar Javier Hernandez

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Morphological, Phylogenetic, and Ecological Analyses of the New Model Grass Species Setaria viridis (Poaceae) and its Close Relative Setaria faberi, Daniel J. Layton

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Host-parasite interactions in Galapagos seabirds, Iris Ilena Levin

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Modeling the potential effects of Plasmodium infection on the Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus), Robert James Meile

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Analysis of the Condition-Specific Regulation of Puf3p Activity and Puf3p-Mediated Translational Repression of mRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Melanie A. Miller

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Urban development in Costa Rica: the direct and indirect impacts on local and regional avian assemblages, Jeff L. Norris

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Contribution of the Mnr2 Protein to Magnesium Homeostasis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Nilambari Prafulla Pisat

Dissertations from 2011

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Role of Pseudomonas Produced Hydrogen Cyanide in Biological Control of Plant-parasitic Nematodes, Haytham Aly