Theses from 2024
THE COMPETITIVE RESPONSE OF HEMP (CANNABIS SATIVA L.) WITH DIFFERENT AGRICULTURAL WEED SPECIES, Shahim Ahmed
AN EXPLORATION OF FACTORS DRIVING PATTERNS OF HYBRIDIZATION IN TRIODANIS, Keegan Sean McConnell
Theses from 2023
Inside the Exine and Perine: Understanding the Production and Evolution of Sporopollenin in Seed-Free Land Plants, William Barkley Browning
ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF LEPIDOPTERANS AS POLLINATORS IN A MIDWESTERN POLLINATION NETWORK, Carmen Burkett
An Intensive Survey of the Pollinators of the Genus Triodanis and the Efficacy of Pollination Biology for Citizen Scientists, Kate Tillotson
Theses from 2022
EFFECTS OF DISTURBANCES IN THE FACE OF SEA LEVEL RISE ON COASTAL WETLAND VEGETATION ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO, Camille L. Steenrod
Phylogenetic, Morphometric, and Biogeographic Investigations of Trema micrantha (Cannabaceae), Breanna Whitley
Theses from 2021
AN ASSESSMENT OF STREAM QUALITY IN RELATION TO POPULATION HEALTH OF PLANTAGO CORDATA, Faith Victoria Hudgens
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF SECONDARY METABOLITES IN HEMP-WEED INTERACTIONS, avery shikanai
Drivers of Bird-Dispersed Exotic Plant Species in the Southeastern United States, William Sipek
Theses from 2020
Ecosystem Functioning In Restored Grassland As Influenced By Ecotypic Variation, Precipitation, And Biodiversity, Kiersten Bergquist
HABITAT PREFERENCES OF GULF COAST FIDDLER CRABS AND RESPONSES OF PLANT AND SOIL CHARACTERISTICS TO THEIR BURROWING, Gwendolyn Ann Murphy
THE EFFECT OF DEER BROWSE ON ACHYRANTHES JAPONICA, Nicholas R. Seaton
Theses from 2019
THE EFFICACY OF COVER CROPS FOR POLLINATOR HABITAT PROVISION AND WEED SUPPRESSION IN A SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AGROECOSYSTEM, Casey J. Bryan
Movin' on Up: Mycorrhizal Mutualisms and Assisted Migration of Coastal Plant Species, Bradley Delfeld
Theses from 2018
Restored Prairie Response to Reduction in Ectophagous Insects, Sarah Black
SPOROGENESIS AND CALLOSE LOCALIZATION IN ANTHOCERATOPHYTA, Nicholas David Flowers
Comparison of populations of Achyranthes japonica in the Ohio River valley, Travis Jordan Neal
Theses from 2017
Resisting Invasion: Grassland Plant Responses to an Invasive Legume, Lespedeza cuneata, Erin Medvecz
EFFECT OF PPO-INHIBITING HERBICIDES ON MALE-TO-FEMALE SEX RATIO OF AMARANTHUS PALMERI, Mafia Mahabub Rumpa
Theses from 2016
UV-B Light Stimulates an Increase in Phenolic Content in the Model System Brachypodium distachyon After 2 Hours of Exposure., Cheavar Anthony Blair
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX) CULTIVARS ESSEX AND FORREST IN RESPONSE TO WATER-DEFICIT STRESS, Bhunesh Kothanur
Integrative Management of Lespedeza cuneata in Prairie Restorations, Lindsay Anne Shupert
THE EFFECTS OF INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION ON GENETIC EXPRESSION IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, Anthony Sparer
Theses from 2015
INFLUENCE OF TIO2 ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES ON PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY AND CONTAMINANT UPTAKE, Scott Jared Bradfield
Established Plant Physiological Responses and Species Assemblage Development during Early Fen Reclamation in the Alberta Oil Sands, Lilyan C. Glaeser
PRODUCTION OF INDIGOIDS BY ESCHERICHIA COLI EXPRESSING TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE-LIKE AND P450 GENES FROM ISATIS TINCTORIA L., Parminder Singh Multani
Axillary hair developmental ultrastructure and mucilage composition in the moss Physcomitrella patens: Microscopic and bioinformatic analyses, Bryan Piatkowski
RECOVERY OF WHOLE SOIL CONDITIONS THROUGH RESTORATION FROM AGRICULTURE AND ITS ROLE IN MEDIATING PLANT-PLANT COMPETITION, Drew Austin Scott
Theses from 2014
The Role of Deer Browsing on Plant Community Development and Ecosystem Functioning during Tallgrass Prairie Restoration, Patrick Thomas Harris
Drivers of Compositional Trajectories in Reference and Restored Pine Savanna Communities, Diane Harshbarger
C3 GRASS SEEDLING INVASIBILITY AND SECONDARY SUCCESSION TRENDS IN AN OLD FIELD IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kelsey Anne Martinez
Plant Responses to Increased Experimental Nitrogen Deposition in a Boreal Peatland, Meaghan Petix
PLANT COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO REGIONAL SOURCES OF DOMINANT GRASSES IN GRASSLANDS RESTORED ACROSS A LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT, Laurel Wilson
Theses from 2013
FORAGE QUALITY OF ANDROPOGON GERARDII ACROSS A PRECIPITATION GRADIENT, Juliette Donatelli
Regional-climate and Local-microbial Controls on Ecosystem Processes During Grassland Restoration, Meredith Lynne Mendola
Invasion and Management of Achyranthes japonica in a southern Illinois Wetland, Katie Mae Smith
Theses from 2012
EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL STORM SURGE AND SEDIMENTATION ON PITCHER PLANTS (SARRACENIA PURPUREA) AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLAGES IN A COASTAL PINE SAVANNA, Matthew John Abbott
DO LARGE, INFREQUENT DISTURBANCES RELEASE ESTUARINE WETLANDS FROM COASTAL SQUEEZING?, Jesse Fruchter
RESPONSE OF REGIONAL SOURCES OF TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SPECIES TO VARIATION IN CLIMATE AND SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES, Rachel Kathleen Goad
PATTERNS IN ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF WETLAND FUNCTIONING AND SPECIES COMPOSITION IN A COMPLEX PEATLAND, Jeremy A. Graham
INVASIVENESS AND INVASIBILITY IN THE DOLOMITE PRAIRIE PLANT COMMUNITY, Emily J. Stork
Theses from 2011
A Comparitive Study of Minimum Disturbance Oil Industry Sites and Burned Sites in Bogs in Northern Alberta, Melissa Kay House
ROADSIDES AS CORRIDORS OF EXOTIC PLANT SPECIES INVASION IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, USA, Jason Ross Inczauskis
The role of coastal plant community response to climate change: implications for restoring ecosystem resiliency, Hannah June Kalk
The competitive response of Panicum virgatum cultivars to non-native invasive species in southern Illinois, Lauren Michele Schwartz
Theses from 2010
Carex aquatilis as a pioneer species for boreal wetland reclamation in Northern Alberta, Sara Clark Koropchak
COMPETATIVE EVQUIVALENCY OF CULTIVAR AND NON-CULTIVAR DOMINANT GRASSES IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RESTORATION, Lewis Reed
Short-term response of coastal vegetation in northwestern Florida to experimental storm surge and wrack application, Anthony Scott Tate
Peatland Communities and Environmental Parameters in an Undisturbed Boreal Poor Fen and a Comparison with Haul Road Disturbances, James Lindley Wood
Theses from 2009
Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Soil Microbial Community Recovery and Ecosystem Change during Grassland Restoration, Elizabeth Marie Bach
Variation in Benefit from Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Colonization within Cultivars and Non-cultivars of Andropogon gerardii and Sorgastrum nutans, Ryan E. Campbell
Is Ecological Restoration Successful? An Assessment of a Prairie Restoration in Northern Illinois, USA, Michael Hansen
EVALUATING EXOTIC SPECIES ASSEMBLAGES ACROSS A CHRONOSEQUENCE OF RESTORED FLOODPLAIN FORESTS, Craig Russell McLane
NICHE VERSUS PROPAGULE LIMITATION IN A SOUTHERN ILLINOIS OLD-FIELD, Jared William Urban
Theses from 2008
EVALUATION OF METAL LEACHABILITY FROM GREEN ROOF SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS, Sarah Elizabeth Alsup
THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY OF MRNAS IN PLANTS USING MFOLD: ENHANCED STABILITY OF THE TORTULA RURALIS ADLH7B6 TRANSCRIPT, William Charles Phillips
EFFECT OF ABIOTIC STRESSES AND CYANIDE TREATMENT ON THE CYANIDE ASSIMILATORY PATHWAY IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA, Aissatou Sidibe