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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Variation in physiological responses of forest trees to disturbance: implications for future forest carbon and management
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Rapid environmental change in recent decades has challenged Ecologists to focus on understanding ecosystem response and physiological functioning in the face of increased disturbances. Understanding physiological responses ... -
Unraveling the Systematics of Palaeoniscoid Fishes--Lower Actinopterygians in Need of a Complete Phylogenetic Revision
(University of Kansas, 2012-05-31)Actinopterygian fishes are the most diverse and speciose vertebrates on the planet. Lower actinopterygians, or fishes basal to teleosts, are critical to our understanding of the early evolution of this group, but extant ... -
PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS, TAXONOMY, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF JELLYFISH (CNIDARIA: MEDUSOZOA)
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)The coastal shelf inhabiting box jellyfish (Cubozoa) represent the smallest class within Cnidaria with some 50 described species. A robust phylogenetic framework had been missing for Cubozoa. Herein, a molecular phylogeny ... -
MATING SYSTEM EVOLUTION, PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS, AND FLORAL ULTRAVIOLET PATTERNING IN MIMULUS GUTTATUS
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)The evolution and maintenance of plant mating systems has been a topic of great interest throughout the history of evolutionary biology. Despite a large body of literature describing mating system variation, critical ... -
A gang of thieves -- evolution of cooperative kleptoparasitism in the subfamily Argyrodinae (Araneae: Theridiidae)
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This is the first comprehensive study of group-living behavior in kleptoparasitic Argyrodinae, and the first species level molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Argyrodinae (Araneae: Theridiidae). I included four research ... -
Paleophysiology of Permian and Triassic Seed Plants
(University of Kansas, 2012-08-31)This study utilized both anatomically and morphologically preserved fossil plants to investigate plant paleophysiology using known form/function relationships. The fossils examined in this project come from fossil localities ... -
Elucidating the relationships within the <italic>Limnonectes kuhlii</italic> species complex (Amphibia: Anura: Dicroglossidae)
(University of Kansas, 2010-05-31)In a period where all life on Earth faces considerable threats and pressures, it is especially significant that many recent studies have demonstrated that complexes of multiple, unidentified, cryptic species often reside ... -
The Morphology, Cytology and Life History of Urococcus Insignis (Hass.) Kutz.
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Snakes of Kansas
(The University of Kansas, 1903) -
The Annual Growth In Plants
(The University of Kansas, 1903) -
Population genetics, phylogeography, and morphology of Notropis stramineus
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Notropis stramineus, also known as the Sand Shiner, is a widespread, common minnow species in eastern North America that inhabits low-gradient streams and lake margins with sand or cobble substrate. The morphology of N. ... -
DECIPHERING THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE MONTANE NEW GUINEA AVIFAUNA: COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND INSIGHTS FROM PALEODISTRIBUTIONAL MODELING IN A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE
(University of Kansas, 2011-12-31)Integrating comparative phylogeographic methods with taxon-specific paleodistributional modeling provides a powerful approach for assessing historical environmental factors that have contributed to patterns of population ... -
The Anatomy and Morphology of Simulium Vittatum
(University of Kansas, 1913-06) -
Histogegesis of the Female Germ Cell in Orthoptera with Special Reference to Mermiria Bivitata
(University of Kansas, 1913-05-15) -
Notes of the Life-Cycle of Herpetomonas Drosophilae, sp.
(University of Kansas, 1913-06-05) -
Crithidia Leptocoris
(University of Kansas, 1913-06) -
The Biology of Some Kansas Eumenidae
(University of Kansas, 1913)This paper is based on field observations and collections made by the author while connected with the Biological Survey of the University of Kansas, in Northwestern Kansas, during the summer of 1912. Specimens of fully ... -
Comparative Genital Morphology, Phylogeny, and Classification of the Orchid Bee Genus Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with Distributional Modeling of Adventive Euglossines
(University of Kansas, 2010-11-22)Orchid bees (tribe Euglossini) are conspicuous members of the corbiculate bees owing to their metallic coloration, long labiomaxillary complex, and the fragrance-collecting behavior of the males, more prominently (but not ... -
Morphology and Biology of Simulium Vittatum and Its Distribution in Kansas
(University of Kansas, 1913)The following paper was written from the data and material collected as a result of a request from Governor Stubbs of Kansas, 1911, through the State Board of Health and Dr. S.J.Crumbine, Dean of the school of Medicine, ... -
Additional Peculiarities in the Spermatogenesis of Phrynotettix Magnus
(University of Kansas, 1912)