University of New Brunswick

Diamond Lab Graduate Theses:

 

PhD

Hudson (Trefry), S.A. (2015) Effect of wing tags and testing hypotheses of sexual size dimorphism in Frigatebirds. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Fraser, K.C. (2010) Seasonal migration and diet use in a neotropical community of birds and bats. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Allard, K.A. (2006) Foraging Ecology of an avian predator, the Herring Gull and its colonial eider duck prey. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Devlin, C.M. (2006) Birds crossing borders: A population study of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea). PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Simon, N.P.P. (2006) The effects of site productivity and heterogeneity on bird habitat quality and species richness. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Betts, M. (2005) Independent effects of habitat amount and fragmentation on songbirds in a forest mosaic. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Breton, A.R. (2005) Demographic parameter estimates and their biological implications for a seabird metapopulation.PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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McKinley, P.S. (2004) Tree species selection and use by foraging insectivorous passerines in a forest landscape. PhD Thesis. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Gunn, J.S. (2003) Local and landscape effects of industrial forestry on the reproductive activity of forest songbirds in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Huettmann, F. (2000) Environmental determination of seabird distribution patterns off eastern and arctic Canada. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Mawhinney, K. (1999) Factors affecting adult female crèche attendance and duckling survival of Common Eiders in the southern Bay of Fundy and northern Gulf of Maine. PhD Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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MSc

Baron, M.A. (2019) Overwinter movement of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) breeding in the Gulf of Maine. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

 

Mahabir, K. (2018) Influence of habitat on the occurrence of the endemic Barbuda Warbler (Setophaga subita) and resident Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia). MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Symons, S.C. (2018) Ecological segregation between two closely related species: exploring Atlantic Puffin and Razorbill foraging hotspots. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Shlepr, K. (2017) The geography of diet: Population and behavioural effects of food types available to a generalist species, the Herring Gull. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Whidden, S.E. (2016) Patterns of natal recruitment in the Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica). MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Kelly, K. (2015) Atlantic Puffin health and its effect on reproductive success and honest signalling in bills and feet. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Bowser, A.K. (2013) From Puffins to Plankton: A DNA-Based Analysis of a Seabird Food Chain in the Northern Gulf of Maine. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Askanas, H. W. (2012) Does mating system affect the physiological stress of provisioning birds? A comparative study of polygynandrous Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) and socially monogamous Swainson’s Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) breeding sympatrically. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Boadway, K.A. (2012) Finding the "Arctic" in the Arctic Tern: breeding biology and diet across the latitudinal range of an iconic seabird. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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MacDonald, M. (2012) Pre-translocation assessment of Laysan Island, north-western Hawaiian Islands, as suitable habitat for the Nihoa Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi). MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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McKinnon, E.A. (2009) Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli) in managed forests: nest-site selection, diet, and co-occurrence with Swainson’s Thrush (C. ustulatus). MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Clarke, T.C.R. (2008) Offshore movements and behaviour of the Razorbill (Alca torda) in Atlantic Canada. breeding on Machias Seal Island. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Zitske, B.P. (2008) Apparent survival and morphometrics of two forest bird species at a landscape scale. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Bond, A.L. (2007) Patterns of mercury burden in the seabird community of Machias Seal Island, New Brunswick.MSc. Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Jardine, L. (2007) Mercury cycling and finfish aquaculture.MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. (Co-supervised with Dr. M. Burt).

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Minich, L. (2007) Variation in the feeding behaviour of four species of seabird on Machias Seal Island. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Black, A.L. (2006) Foraging area characteristics of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) and Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) breeding on Machias Seal Island.MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Otorowski, C.I. (2006) Mercury cycling through gulls breeding in the Bay of Fundy. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Sprague, A.J. (2006) Factors affecting movement and habitat selection of Semipalmated Sandpipers (Calidris pusilla Linnaeus) migrating through the upper Bay of Fundy, Canada. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Blinn, B. (2005) Factors affecting habitat selection by Common Eiders during brood-rearing in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Charette, M. (2005) A comparison of Arctic and Common Tern biology on Machias Seal and Country Islands. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Grecian, V.D. (2005) The effect of physical and biological parameters on the breeding success of Razorbills (Alca torda L. 1758)on Machias Seal Island, NB in 2000 and 2001. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Dionne, M. (2004) Relationship between diving ducks and mussel aquaculture in Prince Edward Island, Canada. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Jamieson, S.E. (2003) Endogenous reserve dynamics of Northern Eiders (Somateria mollissima borealis) wintering in Greenland. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Warren, T.L. (2003) A multiple-scale investigation of cavity-nesting bird habitat in an industrial forest. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Young, L.A. (2003) Habitat use and behaviour of the Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca, in an Acadian forest. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Paquet, J. (2001) Time-budget flexibility of breeding Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea): an investigation of the behavioural buffer. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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McFarlane, D.M. (2000) Habitat use by post-fledging songbirds. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Stevens, C. (2000) An experimental study of faunal communities in small wetlands on Prince Edward Island. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Bernard, L.J. (1999) Habitat selection and breeding success of Black Terns (Chlidonias niger) in impounded wetlands in New Brunswick. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Dean, T. (1999) Second-growth habitat use and survival rates of migrant and resident land birds, North Andros Island, Bahamas. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Amey, K.D. (1998) Seabirds as indicators of change in marine food webs and recruitment to commercial fish stocks. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Simon, N.P.P (1998) Patterns of bird abundance in relation to western Labrador. MSc Thesis. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.

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Nikki Benjamin

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Robin Hunnewell

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Erin Nixon

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