Browsing by Subject "ecology"
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(2023-11-15)Department: Biological SciencesCircadian clocks are intrinsic biological timers with a period of about 24 hours that can be synchronized to the environmental daily cycle and allow for prediction and anticipation of important cyclic events. These clocks ...
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(2023-07-23)Department: English and Comparative Media AnalysisThis dissertation names a conceptual framework that reads black queer and trans aesthetics, politics, and modes of affiliation for their contributions to ecological inquiry and Anthropocene criticism. Through an analysis ...
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(2012-12-04)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesDietary studies of xenarthrans are challenging as geochemical or microscopic examinations utilize enamel, which xenarthrans lack. The relative softness of dentin makes it potentially more prone to taphonomic alteration; ...
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(2010-12-10)Department: Community Research and ActionEmpirical investigations that examine mortgage default tend to frame studies with theory that emphasizes individual financial factors and minimizes ecological factors, which may influence defaulters' opinions of their homes ...
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(2016-05-25)Department: Earth and Environmental SciencesRiparian vegetation has been recognized as a controlling factor of stream channel morphology, but specific influences on bed topography and planform geometry are yet to be fully clarified. This project explores the influence ...
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(2013-07-29)Department: Learning, Teaching and DiversityScience education is increasingly organized around engaging students in scientific practices, positioning them as makers of knowledge. However, there is significant uncertainty both about how to initiate students into these ...
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(2016-07-28)Department: Learning, Teaching and DiversityFor the past decade science education has increasingly advocated for student participation in the practice of science. However, current representations of scientific practice often under-represent and under-theorize the ...
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(2019-05-15)Department: Biological SciencesHerbivorous insects are among the most numerous and diverse group of eukaryotes described, and their intimate relationships with host plants provide unique and powerful models for understanding the molecular mechanisms ...
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(2013-07-23)Department: EnglishThis dissertation examines the relationship between literature and zoology in early twentieth-century Britain, arguing that modernist literature’s representations of animals drew on and revised zoological understandings ...