Biology Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Social plasticity within and across generations : testing the role of plasticity in rapid evolution in field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus
(2021-06-30) - ThesisThe field of evolutionary biology lacks a full understanding of how phenotypic plasticity influences adaptive evolution, despite over a century of research effort. One under-studied question within this topic is whether ... -
Rhythmically repeated patterns of pulsed vocalizations in wild narwhals (Monodon monoceros)
(2018-12-06) - ThesisSequences of vocalizations are indicative of communicative complexity. However, relative to birds and terrestrial mammals, the extent to which marine mammals use vocal sequences is not well understood. I provide the ... -
Factors influencing growth and spore germination of species of boletus
(1971) - ThesisStudies in the genus Boletus have been in progress in the Botany Department of St Andrews University for a considerable number of years. Several species can be found nearby at Tentsmuir, Fife, in an area bordering the ... -
Density estimation and time trend analysis of large herbivores in Nagarhole, India
(2005) - ThesisDensity estimates for six large herbivore species were obtained through analysis of line transect data from Nagarhole National Park, south-western India, collected between 1989 and 2000. These species were Chital (Axis ... -
Designing a shipboard line transect survey to estimate cetacean abundance off the Azores Archipelago, Portugal
(2008) - ThesisManagement schemes dedicated to the conservation of wildlife populations rely on the effective monitoring of population size, and this requires the accurate and precise estimation of abundance. The accuracy and precision ...