Browsing by Author "Light, Jessica E"
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Galan, Aleyda Patricia (2016-12-06)Texas is a large state comprised of 10 ecological regions that provide diverse habitats to a variety of organisms. Stewardship programs throughout the state maintain healthy habitats for organisms to occupy; yet often these ...
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Catanach, Therese Anne (2017-05-24)Recent molecular phylogenies have suggested that hawks (Accipitridae) and falcons (Falconidae) form 2 distantly related groups within birds. Avian feather lice have often been used as a model for comparing host and parasite ...
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Hamilton, Natalie Marie (2023-05-22)Species conservation requires broad, multidisciplinary knowledge over topics such as habitat and climate preferences, reproduction cycles, and factors that may put a species at risk such as anthropogenic disturbances. ...
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Hamilton, Natalie Marie (2023-05-22)Species conservation requires broad, multidisciplinary knowledge over topics such as habitat and climate preferences, reproduction cycles, and factors that may put a species at risk such as anthropogenic disturbances. ...
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Rodriguez Jr., Jaime Eleazar (2014-09-01)Rodent species worldwide are critical to the maintenance of tick-borne disease systems because they serve as hosts for ticks and reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens. To learn more about native fauna that may be involved in ...
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Pistone, John Paul (2016-12-07)The handheld point of care analyzer is a quick and feasible option to obtain hematology data from individuals. The iSTAT-1 was used to evaluate select venous blood analytes obtained via jugular venipuncture from 238 passerine ...
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Light, Jessica E; Smith, Vincent S; Allen, Julie M; Durden, Lance A; Reed, David L (BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010)
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Takano, Oona Mariko (2016-10-07)Parasitic chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) of birds are found everywhere their avian hosts are distributed, and their host relationships and taxonomy have been well studied in many regions. Lice have obligate parasitic ...
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Anderson, Andrew Patrick (2019-06-06)Intralocus conflict, the differential selection optima for a genomic region, between males and females created by sexual selection can be resolved with the presence of sex-biased hormone response elements (HREs) in the ...
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Voelker, Gary; Light, Jessica E (BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2011)
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Downs, Bridgett Benedict (2018-07-03)Heermann’s kangaroo rats (Dipodomys heermanni; Rodentia: Heteromyidae) are endemic to California and primarily found in the dry, gravelly grassland and open chaparral habitats of the San Joaquin Valley. Current taxonomy ...
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Nessner, Caitlin Elizabeth (2014-04-30)Geomydoecus ewingi is a relatively well-known chewing louse that parasitizes the pocket gopher Geomys breviceps in the rodent family Geomyidae. Pocket gophers have been documented to exhibit long-term associations with ...
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Population Genetics and Colony Breeding Structure of the Invasive Tawny Crazy Ant, Nylanderia fulva McDowell, Bryant Andrew (2019-04-12)Insects that have evolved to live socially are some of the most invasive species on the planet. Of these invaders, many are ant species whose overwhelming success in non-native habitats is possible due to several favorable ...
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Castellanos, Adrian Andrés (2019-09-25)My work examines the biodiversity and biogeographic patterns of Central American mammals at multiple scales to better understand potential drivers of diversity across this region. Central America is home to a diverse ...
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Kotze, Zanthe (2019-10-23)Insect succession on carrion is highly variable and can be affected by a multitude of biotic and abiotic factors, including, but not limited to, temperature, carcass type, species interactions, genetics, and scavenging. ...