Abstract: The purpose of this study is to compare species richness among French Creek Valley Conservancy properties to help assess conservation value. Specifically, we compare property size and number of mammal species detected in a property. The French Creek Valley...
WITHDRAWN Abstract: This project investigates the connection between public perception of tick-borne disease and preventive behavior in the endemic area of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Ticks are the leading vector for disease in the United States and Pennsylvania is the...
Abstract: Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) were collected from 21 counties in Pennsylvania and from three counties in West Virginia during the last eight hunting seasons. Necropsies were performed and two species of nematodes were identified (not all specimens were...
Abstract: The objective of this project was to compare pharyngeal morphology of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus; RG) and tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris; TG) from Presque Isle Bay. Both species are native to the Ponto-Caspian region of Eurasia and have...
Abstract: The round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) is a non-native fish from the Ponto-Caspian region of Eurasia that has successfully colonized the North American Great Lakes. It has received considerable attention in terms of its ecological role and impacts to the...
Abstract: Behavior can be influenced by any number of factors and their interactions. One such factor is the infection of a host animal by a pathogen. For instance, the Gasterosteus aculeatus or Three-spined Stickleback, when infected with a parasite, Glugea anomala,...
