ABSTRACT NATAL ORIGIN OF JUVENILE LOGGERHEAD TURTLES FROM FORAGING GROUND IN NICARAGUA AND PANAMA ESTIMATED USING MITOCHONDRIA DNA by © Akiko Masuda 2010 Master of Science in Biology California State University, Chico Summer 2010 The loggerhead turtle . . .

ABSTRACT MICROSATELLITE DEVELOPMENT IN PLATANUS FOR DOCUMENTING GENE FLOW AMONG SPECIES by Kylene R. Lang Master of Science in Biological Sciences California State University, Chico Fall 2010 Hybridization is a primary source of invasive genotypes and . . .

ABSTRACT HABITAT, SEED DORMANCY, AND ALLOZYME VARIATION OF THE RARE ENDEMIC Phacelia cookei (BORAGINACEAE) by Melissa E. Patterson Master of Science in Botany California State University, Chico Fall 2010 Experimental studies of rare species are the mo . . .

ABSTRACT TARGETED GRAZING AS AN EFFECTIVE CONTROL FOR NON-NATIVE LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM AMONG THE RARE SPECIES CORDYLANTHUS PALMATUS IN ALKALI MEADOW HABITATS by Sheli M. Wingo Master of Science in Biological Sciences California State University, Chico Sp . . .

ABSTRACT ESTABLISHING UNDERSTORY PLANTS INTO RESTORED RIPARIAN FOREST ON THE MIDDLE SACRAMENTO RIVER by Prairie L. Johnston Master of Science in Botany California State University, Chico Spring 2009 Restorationists commonly plant overstory and underst . . .

ABSTRACT BILATERAL ASYMMETRY IN TWO SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN THE WESTERN FENCE LIZARD (SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS): IMPLICATIONS FOR A CORRELATION WITH LATERALIZED AGGRESSION by Jackson D. Shedd Master of Science in Biological Sciences California S . . .

ABSTRACT HABITAT USE OF JUVENILE CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWLS (STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS) DURING THE POST-FLEDGING DEPENDENCY PERIOD IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA by Master of Science in Biological Sciences California State University, Chico Spring 2009 . . .

P has long been considered a biologically inert yet essential element to all living organisms. However, our understanding of how P compounds are converted and made available for growth in the environment is greatly lacking. This deficit in our knowled . . .

ABSTRACT BEETLE RESPONSE TO SEASONAL PRESCRIBED FIRE IN BLUE OAK (Quercus douglasii) WOODLANDS OF BIG CHICO CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE by Mark Louis Lynch Master of Science in Biological Sciences California State University, Chico Spring 2011 Fire is an . . .