I studied the effects of forest fragmentation on population dynamics and community structure of small mammals within the Indian-Pine watershed of west-central Indiana. A comparison of survival, sex ratios, and other population attributes of white footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus…
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Because many natural wetlands function as ground water filters in the landscape, wetlands are now protected. Wetlands must have hydric soils, hydrophytic vegetation, and high water tables. We characterized the hydrology and morphology of a soil toposequence that developed on dun…
As the world population increases and resources become more coveted, water emerges as a key component to global food security. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is among the driest regions in the world: containing just one percent of the world's freshwater resources. An in…
The first objective of this thesis was to determine if differences existed in the composition of the small mammal community in oak savannas relative to the community found in adjacent oak woodland. Specifically, from June to August 2009, I estimated and compared abundance, densi…
This dissertation looks at the Americanization process of various immigrant groups who settled in Michigan City, Indiana, an ethnically diverse, midsize urban area outside of Chicago, between 1880 and 1940. Specifically, I look at how those groups—which included Scandinavians, G…
Vincennes, a historic city on the Indiana bank of the Wabash River that is surrounded by rolling farmland punctuated by old woods, forms the setting for this study about fricassee soup, church picnics, and how these traditions build community and express identity. Vincennes chur…