Sewanee Senior Honors Theses 2007

Evolution in the dark: A study of cave crickets in Southern Appalachia

Harrison, Mary (2007-05-02)

In 1978 Hubbell and Norton described nine species of crickets in the Tribe Hadenoecini found in caves or forest litter in the Southern Appalachians. According to the model proposed by these authors new species formed during ...
Probing the Changes of Microbial Diversity with Land Use Changes on the Cumberland Plateau

Huynh, Thy (2007-05-02)

Although there has been a great deal of interest in cataloging and studying the biodiversity of life on the planet, bacterial biodiversity has largely been underestimated until recently because over 99% of all bacteria ...
Effect of an Introduced Ambrosia Beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) on Red Bay (Persea borbonia) Mortality in Maritime Forest Communities of St. Catherine's Island, GA

Hess, Matthew (2007-05-02)

Over the past three years, red bay (Persea borbonia, Lauraceae) populations along the Georgia coast have experienced high levels of mortality due to an introduced fungal pathogen (Ophiostoma sp.) being spread by outbreaks ...
Habitat Suitability Analysis for Mountain lions (Puma concolor) on the Southern Cumberland Plateau

Moye, Valerie (2007-05-02)

Since the 1940’s mountain lions (Puma concolor) have been extirpated from the eastern United States due to exhaustive hunting, habitat loss, and declining prey populations. Recently, however, evidence suggests that existing ...