Selected Former Theses

The spatial distribution of tropical tree species Tabebuia guayacan on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. (Marguerite Kissel, Scripps, 2008)

Fluorine relative dating of Cayman Brac Capromys (Rodentia: Caviomorpha) bone by ion chromatography. (David Gilbert, 2005)

The effects of habitat type and disturbance on the species-richness of fruit feeding butterflies at the Firestone Center for restoration Ecology in Costa Rica (Emily Haber, Scripps, 2006)

Comparative analysis of mammoth (Mammuthus) extinction dates from the last Glacial period in North America and Eurasia (Katie Abele, Scripps, 2003)

Population densities of poison dart frogs in a regenerating tropical forest as measured by the Hayne estimator. (Jennifer Miller, CMC, 2007)

Preserving caves through education: teaching generations of Puerto Rican students the benefits of cave conservation - a curriculum in four lessons.  (Megan Ritchie, Scripps, 2002)

Heavy metal contaminants in bat guano used as a proxy for environmental contamination (Phillip Thompson, Pitzer, 2003)

Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from Somerville Cave, Jamaica ( Kisti Scheer, Scripps, 1997)

Social Organization and the Recognition Patterns Associated with Initiation of Food-Sharing Behavior in the Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus (Lisa Denault, Scipps, 1994)

Comparative Wing Morphology and Differences in Flight behavior in Bats. (Edrick Chua, 1995)

The Influence of 19th century German Cave Paleontology on Evolutionary Thinking. (Caron Bush, Scripps, 1999).

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microparasitic Diseases. (A. Nick Aschenbach, CMC, 2000)

Local Climate Reconstruction from Tree Core Analysis. (Everose Schluter, Scripps 1996).

The Physiological Ecology and Energetics of the Common Vampire bat. (Nikol Hallett, Pitzer, 1995)

The Dominance Hierarchy of a captive colony of Demodus rotundus, the Common Vampire Bat (Leslie Hemphill, CMC, 1995)

Characterization of molariform teeth from serial sections, to facilitate the identification of the Genus Brotomys, an extinct rodent from the West Indies. (Bernadette vargas, Pitzer, 2000)

Detection of magnetic Fields by the Atlantic Stingray, Dasyatis sabina. (Cedric Tisserand, Pitzer, 1998)

Diurnal activity patterns and habitat use by Spingbok, Antidorcas marsupialis, on pans in the Central Kalahari. (Cathy Colins, Pitzer, 1995)

An early Holocene vegetation record from the Salton basin, California. (Roberta Rinehart, Scripps, 1992)

The pathology of the Navicular Bone in extyant breeds and the Pleistocene Horse. (Alana Alpern, Pitzer, 2001)

Core ranges, foraging areas, and population densities of the Ctenosaur, Ctenosaura similis. (Akiva Clark. CMC, 1995)

Directional selection for DDT resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. (Ravia Bokhari, Scripps, 2000).

Trophic Assemblage of Fish across Lighthouse Reef, Republic of Palau. (Emadch beck, Scripps, 2001)

Heretofore-Undocumented variation of the Intrinsic hand musculature in a juvenile Baboon. (Ken Noriega, Pitzer, 2000)

Inter-annual Signatures of El Nino and la Nina from Oxygen Stable Isotopic Records in Pacific Corals. (Eric Rhee, CMC, 2001)