Theses and Dissertations

Abdellatif, E.M. 1981. The effect of water-shortage on the reproduction and population growth of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, during summer. M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 29 p. Advisor: K.B. Armitage.

Abdellatif, E.M. 1985. The effect of aggression on dispersal and related parameters in microtine populations. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 64 p. Advisor: K.B. Armitage.

Alger, Y.R. 1996. Disturbance history and topography in a midwestern ravine forest: influences on community structure. M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 30 p. Advisor: P.M. Rich.

Altenhofen, C. 1979. Some effects of copper upon natural communities as determined by using long and short term bioassays. M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 45 p. Advisor: F. deNoyelles Jr.

Andersen, M.L. 1973. Thermal relations in Acris crepitans. M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 63 p. Advisor. H.S. Fitch.

Atyeo, W.T. 1959. A revision of the mite family Bdellidae in North and Central America (Acarina, Prostigmata). Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 236 p. Advisor: R.E. Beer.

Bancroft, W.L. 1966. Reproduction, development, and behavior of the western harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis. M.A. Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 80 p. Advisor: H.S. Fitch.

Blackburn, R.A. 1988. The effects of single and joint toxicity of atrazine and alachlor on three non-target aquatic organisms. M.S. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 163 p. Advisor: R. McKinney.

Blair, S.M. 1992. Assessing small mammal abundance data using capture-recapture data: performance of three commonly used estimators, CAPTURE, JOLLY, and the MINIMUM NUMBER KNOWN ALIVE. M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 74 p. Advisor: N.A. Slade.

Bohling, G.C. 1999. Evaluation of an induced gradient tracer test in an alluvial aquifer. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 100 p. Advisor: C.D. McElwee.

Brady, M.J. 2001. Long-term dynamics of an old-field rodent community. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 116 pp. Advisor: N.A. Slade.

Breed, M.D. 1975. The life cycle and behavior of a primitively social bee Lasioglossum rohweri (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). M.A. Thesis, Department of Entomology. University of Kansas, Lawrence. 41 p. Advisor: C.D. Michener.

Burkett, R.D. 1969. An ecological study of the cricket frog, Acris crepitans, in northeastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 111 p. Advisor: H.S. Fitch.

Campbell, J.A. 1996. A study of the invasion and establishment of native species into a partially restored tallgrass prairie in northeastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 141 p. Advisor: H.M. Alexander.

Campbell, M.T. 1993. The effect of mass on survivorship and reproduction in a northern population of the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus). M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 56 p. Advisor: N.A. Slade.

Carnes, B.A. 1980. Habitat selection in a prairie rodent community. Ph.D. Dissertation., Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 40 p. Advisor: N.A. Slade.

Carney, C.E. 1983. The effects of atrazine and grass carp on freshwater macrophyte communities. M.A. Thesis, Department of Botany, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 33 p. Advisor: F. deNoyelles Jr.

Chapin, B.R.K. 1998. Characterization of Cross Reservoir and its subepilimnetic photosynthetic bacterial community. M.A. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 165 p. Advisor: D.W. Graham.

Chou, R.Y.M. 1997. Influence of temporal variation in flow permanence on population dynamics and community structure of benthic insects in an intermittent stream of Eastern Kansas. M.A. Thesis, Department of Entomology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 80 p. Advisor: L. Ferrington.

Cink, C.L. 1977. Winter ecology and behavior of North American house sparrow populations. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 121 p. Advisor: R. Johnston.

Clark, D.R. Jr. 1968. An ecological study of the worm snake, Carphophis vermis (Kennicott). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 296 p.

Cook, W.M. 2003. Community and population responses to landscape change in Kansas grasslands. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Advisor: N.A. Slade.

Costa, N.J. 1997. Strategies for survival and persistence in a planktivore-structured community: a study of the pelagic zooplankton in Cross Reservoir. M.A.Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 61 p. Advisor: W.J. O'Brien.

Cross, E.A. 1962. The generic relationships of the family Pyemotidae (Acarina: Trombidiformes). Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 417 p. Advisor: R.E. Beer.

Crossley, D.A. Jr. 1957. Comparative external morphology and taxonomy of nymphs of the Trombiculidae (Acarina). Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 300 p. Advisor: R.E. Beer.

Cummings, C.L. 2000. Population genetic and population ecological consequences of crop-wild sunflower hybridization. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 103 p. Advisor: H.M. Alexander.

Danielson, B.J. 1986. The influences of conspecifics and heterospecifics on the colonization process of prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 93 p. Advisor. M.S. Gaines.

Davelos, A.L. 1993. Ecological genetic interactions of pathogenic rust fungi and their host plants. M.A. Thesis, Department of Botany, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 52 p. Advisor: H.M. Alexander.

Dewey, S.L. 1983. The effects of the herbicide, atrazine, on aquatic insect community structure and emergence. M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 105 p. Advisor: L. Ferrington.

deWit, C.A. 1981. Resistance of the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) to venom of the Osage copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster). M.A. Thesis, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 49 p. Advisor: H. B. Lillywhite.

Diffendorfer, J.E. 1995. The spatial ecology of small mammals in old fields: a study of movement, demography and community structure in a fragmented landscape. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 205 p. Advisor: R.D. Holt.

Doonan, T.J. 1993. Effects of an experimental increase in resource abundance on population dynamics and community structure in small mammals.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 96 p. Advisor: N.A. Slade.

Dunbar, M. 2005. Mapping, analyzing, and visualizing 60 years of forest cover change in northeast Kansas. M.A. Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Advisor: M.E. Jakubauskas.

Duncan, E.S. 1959. Ecology of Kansas prairie bryophytes. M.A. Thesis, Department of Botany, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 63 p. Advisor: R. McGregor.

Dunham, J.W. 1996. Comparison of seasonal nadir and off-nadir multispectral response patterns for six tallgrass prairie treatments in eastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geography. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 284 p. Advisor: K.P.Price.

Eifler, M.A. 1998. Mass-mediated growth in northern cotton rats, Sigmodon hispidus texianus: Constraints and tradeoffs. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 64 p. Advisor: N.A. Slade.

El-Wailly, A.J. 1960. Fleas of mammals in Douglas County, Kansas. M.A. Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 55 p. Advisor: H.S. Fitch.

Fashing, N.J. 1973. The systematics and ecology of Naiadacarus arboricola Fashing (Acarina: Acaridae). Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 109 p. Advisor: R.E. Beer.

Foster, J. 1989. The effects of a successional habitat mosaic on a small mammal community in northeastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology,University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 122 p. Advisor: M. Gaines.

Fredrickson, R.W. 1954. Myriapoda of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation. M.A. Thesis, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 101 p. Advisor: H.B. Hungerford.

Freiburg, R.E. 1951. An ecological study of the narrow-mouthed toad (Microhyla) in northeastern Kansas. M.A. Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 30 p. Advisor: H.S. Fitch.

Fromm, C.H. 1986. Effects of the herbicide atrazine on eutrophic plankton communities. M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 123 p. Advisor: F. deNoyelles Jr.

Fu, P. 2000. A geometric solar radiation model with applications in landscape ecology. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geography. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 150 p. Advisor: P.M. Rich.

Galbreath, J.B. 1970. Thoracic polymorphism in Mesovelia mulsanti (Hemiptera: Mesoveliidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 96 p. Advisor: C.D. Michener.

Gamboa, G.J. 1979. Behavioral ecology of the paper wasp, Polistes metricus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 160 p. Advisor: C.D. Michener.

Gelhaus, J.K. 1983. The larvae of the crane fly genus Tipula in North America. M.A. Thesis, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 193 p. Advisor: G.W. Byers.

Goble, C.R. 1949. The ecology of the Mollusca of the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation. M.A. Thesis, Department of Zoology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 70 p. Advisor: A.B. Leonard.

Gorman, W.L. 1983. Patterns of genic variation in the cricket frog, Acris crepitans, in Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 109 p.

Gorton, R.E. Jr. 1979. Behavior and ecology of the cockroaches of northeastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 80 p.

Grantham, R.L. 1990. Feasibility of using seismic reflection to detect gas trapped in alluvial materials. M.S. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 131 p.

Greenberg, B. 1951. A review of the new world Acomatacarus (Trombiculidae, Acarina). M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 53 p.

Gregg, K.D. 1994. A microtopographical approach to the study of hillsides utilizing field data from a small watershed in northeastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 363 p.

Griffin, R.B. 1992. Effects of paternal care in the early environment on the growth, development, survival, and subsequent paternal behavior in prairie voles, Microtus ochrogaster. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 61 p.

Griswold, G.B. 1985. Population biology of ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leuconthemum) in different habitats. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 180 p.

Gurri-Glass, G.E. 1979. Field and laboratory studies of Sigmodon hispidus--Microtus ochrogaster interactions: evidence for interspecific competition. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 90 p.

Hall, J.M. 1998. Nitrate in a confined alluvial aquifer, Douglas County, Kansas. M.A. Thesis, Department of Geology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 110 p.

Hall, R.J. 1969. Ecology of a population of the Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 139 p.

Hambright, K.D. 1985. Zooplankton community response to planktivorous bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and piscivorous largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). M.S. Thesis. Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. 33 p.

Hauk, W.D. 1990. A molecular analysis of evolutionary patterns and reproductive processes in the genus Botrychium. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 104 p.

Heisler, D.A. 1998. Population dynamics of clonal plants in fragmented landscapes: empirical analyses and simulation models. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 161 p.

Hiebert, R.D. 1974. The possible allelopathic effects of Solidago altissima in the tall grass prairie. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 68 p.

Holah, J.C. 1998. The potential role of soil fungal pathogens in tallgrass prairie communities. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 102 p.

Howard, W.B. 1985. A laboratory microcosm for evaluating the development of resistance to atrazine in natural phytoplankton communities. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 70 p.

Howick, G.L. 1981. The tactical feeding ecology of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 63 p.

Huettl, T.J. 1995. An evaluation of a borehole induction single-well tracer test to characterize the distribution of hydraulic properties in an alluvial aquifer. M.S. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 89 p.

Huggins, D.G. 1990. Ecotoxic effects of atrazine on aquatic macroinvertebrates and its impact on ecosystem structure. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 380 p.

Hung, L.-F. 1997. Interactions of Pythium species infecting roots of Korean Lespedeza, Kummerowia stipulacea. M.A. Thesis, Department of Plant Pathology. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. 65 p.

Hunt, J. 1995. Reproductive ecology of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides): effects of nest-site selection, habitat manipulation, and parental care. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 131 p.

Huss, M.J. 1988. Investigations on the dispersal of cellular slime molds (Eumycetozoa: Dictyostelia) by soil microfauna. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 71 p.

Iskjaer, C. 1987. Body mass as a measure of body size and its relation to litter size. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 52 p.

Janes, D.W. 1956. The home range and movements of the eastern cottontail in Kansas. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 63 p.

Jefferson, R.D. 1995. Effects of short-term variations in near-surface water content on shallow-seismic data. M.S. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 93 p.

Jiang, X. 1991. A field and laboratory study of the scale dependence of hydraulic conductivity. M.S. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 149 p.

Johnson, M.L. 1984. Selective basis for dispersal of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 122 p.

Kardos, E.H. 1953. Biological and systematic studies on the subgenus Neotrombicula (genus Trombicula) in the United States (Acarina, Trombiculidae). M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 97 p.

Kendall, C. 1999. Behavioral response of small mammals to Sherman XLKR and Stoddard live-capture traps. M.S. Thesis, Department of Biology. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. 101 p.

Kettle, W.D. 1982. Description and analysis of toxicant-induced responses of aquatic communities in replicated experimental ponds. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 146 p.

Kidwell, J.P. 1999. Nitrate distribution and reduction in a semi-confined alluvial aquifer: geohydrologic, experimental and monitoring site (GEMS), Douglas County, Kansas. M.S. Thesis, Department of Geology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 99 p.

Kindscher, K. 1991. Prairie plant guilds: an ordination of prairie plant species based on ecological and morphological traits. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 178 p.

Knapp, C.W. 1999. Diurnal phytoplankton migration in Cross Reservoir. M.A. Thesis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 115 p.

Kramer, C.L. 1953. Some studies of Taphrina ulmi (Fkl.) Johanson. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 75 p.

Kring, R.L. 1974. The effects of cell concentration, pH and dissolved oxygen on the filtering rate of Daphnia pulex deGeer. M.S. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 70 p.

Lan, C.L. 1984. Demographic genetic studies of Helianthus annuus L. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 131 p.

Lee, J.M. 1977. Demography and population dynamics of musk thistle, Carduus nutans L., in eastern KS. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 60 p.

Lee, K.E. 1995. Atrazine and alachor degradation in wetlands: The effects of hydrophyte community structure. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 145 p.

Legler, J.M. 1959. Life history and ecology of the ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 282 p.

Legler, W.K. 1969. Analysis of a radiotelemetry system for tracking small vertebrates. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 132 p.

Lei, C.H. 1979. Energetics of Daphnia ambigua Scourfield (Crustacea: Cladocera). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 358 p.

Lennon, J.T. 1999. Invasion success of the exotic Daphnia lumholtzi: species traits and community resistance. M.A. Thesis, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 77 p.

Loomis, R.B. 1955. The chigger mites of KS (Acarina, Trombiculidae). Volumes 1 and 2. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 449 p.

Magrath, L.K. 1973. The native orchids of the prairies and plains region of North America. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 284 p.

Martin, E.P. 1955. A population study of the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in northeastern KS. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 93 p.

Martinko, E.A. 1976. Seasonal changes in diversity of three adjacent insect communities. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 159 p.

Mathwig, J.E. 1971. Relationships between bruchid beetles (Amblycerus robiniae) and honey locust trees (Gleditsia triacanthos). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 169 p.

Maughan, O.E. 1968. Description and biology of Pholcus muralicola from eastern Kansas. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 67 p.

McCain, C. 2003. Ecological gradients in diversity and abundance: a search for patterns and processes in small mammal communities. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

McClenaghan, L.R. Jr. 1977. Genic variability, morphological variation and reproduction in central and marginal populations of Sigmodon hispidus. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 136 p.

McVay, S.L. 2000. Geomicrobial denitrifying and nitrifying characteristics of a nitrate-contaminated alluvial aquifer, northeastern Kansas. M.S. Thesis, Department of Geology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 116 p.

Mearns, S.L. 1989. Niche partitioning between two congeners bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) and green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus): avoidance of direct competition by switching foraging strategies. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 128 p.

Mehaffey, M.H. 1998. The impact of litter quality on tallgrass prairie soils of Northeastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 111 p.

Montoya, T.H. 1982. Atrazine herbicide sensitivity of algae isolated from experimental ponds treated with atrazine. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 86 p.

Morrow, W. 1985. Two species of atypid spiders (Araneae, Atypidae) in eastern Kansas: male emergence times and notes on natural history. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 47 p.

Norman, F.J. 1989. Plant ecophysiology and competition in old-field and prairie communities. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 158 p.

Ordway, E. 1965. The systematics of the genus Augochlorella (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) north of Mexico and the bionomics of A. striata and A. persimilis in eastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 347 p.

Packard, R.L. 1955. The tree squirrels of Kansas: their ecology and economic importance. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 134 p.

Palmeirim, J.M. 1986. Use of Landsat imagery and spatial modeling in wildlife habitat mapping and evaluation. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 121 p.

Pan, S. 2002. Sources and control of geosmin and MIB in Midwestern water supply reservoirs. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Parker, K. 1993. The effect of dispersal on within patch population dynamics in metapopulations with strong local density-dependence and environmental heterogeneity. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 64 p.

Peterson, V.L. 1998. Effects of nutrient enrichment on a successional tallgrass prairie. M.A. Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 77 p.

Pippitt, D.D. 1976. A radiotelemetric study of the winter energetics of the opossum Didelphis virginiana Kerr. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 109 p.

Rainey, D.G. 1955. The eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana: a study of its life history and ecology. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 254 p.

Rakestraw, J.L. 1982. Ecological relationships among woodland birds: a multivariate analysis. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 120 p.

Ratzlaff, W. 1972. Some aspects of the biology of Diaptomus siciloides. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 133 p.

Regan, G.T. 1972. Natural and man-made conditions determining the range of Acris crepitans in the Missouri River basin. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 130 p.

Reinke, D.C. 1980. The effects of cadmium on freshwater phytoplankton communities: a comparative algal assay study. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 223 p.

Rettenmeyer, C.W. 1962. Arthropods associated with neotropical army ants with a review of the behavior of these ants (Arthropoda; Formicidae: Dorylinae). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 644 p.

Roble, S.M. 1985. A study of the reproductive and population ecology of two hylid frogs in northeastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 295 p.

Rose, R.K. 1974. Reproductive, genetic and behavioral changes in populations of the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in eastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 130 p.

Ruedebusch, C.R. 1999. Annual and demographic comparisons of botfly parasitism of small mammals in Northeastern KS. M. A. Thesis, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 36 p.

Sagrillo, C.A. 1986. The effects of the reproductive plant compound 6-MBOA on the reproduction of the continuous breeder Microtus ochrogaster. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 30 p.

Sanders, T.B. 1975. Allozyme variation in Elymus canadensis populations from the tall grass prairie region of the Great Plains. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 67 p.

Sandidge, L.L. 1950. Ecology of the opossum (Didelphis virginiana) in northeastern KS. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 35 p.

Sauer, J.R. 1985. Growth rates and mass-based demography of small mammals. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 128 p.

Schnabel, A.F. 1988. Population genetic structure and gene flow in Gleditsia triacanthos L. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 151 p.

Schott, G.W. 1993. Characterization of a native prairie and old-field transition: Implications for plant species invasibility. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 41 p.

Schulmeister, M.K. 2000. Hydrology and geochemistry of an alluvial aquifer near a floodplain margin. Ph.D. Thesis, Geology. University of Kansas, Lawrence. 135 p.

Schweiger, E.W. 1998. The interaction of habitat fragmentation, plant, and small mammal succession in an old field: patterns and mechanisms. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 100 p.

Sellwood, S.M. 2001. A direct-push method of hydrostratigraphic characterization. M.S. Thesis (Honors), Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 87 pp.

Sera, W.E. 1992. A test of a kin-selection model for vole cycles: reproductive success, survival, and social interactions of female prairie voles. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 80 p.

Sinclair, J.A. 1998. Immunological associations with density and survival in wild populations of cotton rats and prairie voles. M.S. Thesis, Wildlife and Fisheries Ecology. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. 96 p.

Smith, A.K. 1973. Feeding strategies and population dynamics of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 177 p.

Smith, F.M. 1986. Physiological ecology of shade tolerance in the C4 grass genus Muhlenbergia. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 134 p.

Smyth, C.A. III. 1981. Measurement of gene flow via pollen in musk thistle, Carduus nutans L. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 42 p.

Sobti, A. 1977. Reproductive strategies and resource allocations in three species of Helianthus. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 134 p.

Stanislav, T. 1992. The hybrid origin and evolutionary relationships of Circium iowense (Pammel) Fern. (Asteraceae). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 161 p.

Stewart, P. L. 1959. Lung-flukes of Thamnophis and Coluber in Kansas. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 62 p.

Stokes, M.K. 1990. Nest site selection in sympatric populations of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus). M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 39 p.

Stokes, M.K. 1994. Effects of weather and climate on populations of small mammals: Implications for climatic change. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 143 p.

Sun, Y. 1994. Foraging behavior of a zooplanktivorous fish, Pomoxis annularis, at low prey densities. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 127 p.

Swihart, R.K. 1985. Statistical analysis of mammalian movements, with emphasis on the treatment of autocorrelated observations. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 112 p.

Taylor, S.B. 1984. Selective particle ingestion and phytoplankton community impact on a planktivorous cichlid. M.S. Thesis. Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX. 30 p.

Teale, C.K. 1986. Evidence of hybridization between two acaulescent blue violets: Viola pedatifida and V. pratincola. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 71 p.

Teeter, M.M. 1984. The role of slope orientation in nest-site selection by Sphodros spp. (Araneae, Atypidae): field and experimental observations. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 40 p.

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