The accurate assessment of forest persistence under environmental change is dependent on the fundamental understanding of the genetic consequences of human intervention and its comparison to that of natural processes, as declines in genetic diversity and changes in its structuri…
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Larval dispersal in marine species allows gene flow across broad expanses of pelagic ocean, and can potentially provide genetic cohesion within widespread species. However, genetic connectivity across discontinuous ranges spanning thousands of kilometers must also rely on the av…
Indonesia is a center of marine biodiversity and its coral reef ecosystems are some of the most threatened worldwide. To help address questions related to the ecology and conservation of these important reefs, I applied a population genetic approach to understand the connectivit…
Advances in molecular genetics have given us tools to address questions in wildlife species at levels of biological organization directly relevant to managers. Thus, the development of genetic markers for use in wildlife species such as the wild turkey is a high priority for the…
In this dissertation, I present five chapters. The first chapter stems from a rotation project. In it, we explore a clustered ranking method for small area health outcomes in several applied data sets. By applying clustering to these rankings, we hope to improve rankings' effect…
The evolution of resistance in response to herbicides is a striking example of repeated, human-induced evolution. While much is known about the effects of particular point mutations that confer resistance, the extent to which they arise repeatedly de novo, draw from standing var…
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the principal vector of the viruses that cause dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever. There have been recent outbreaks of all these diseases, and the number of dengue cases has increased 30-fold in the past 50 years. Of the diseases Ae. aegypt…