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Habitat fragmentation
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Habitat fragmentation
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impacts on microarthropod communities of the Pinelands
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Smith
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Sarah Rose
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1985-
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Sarah Smith
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Dighton
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John
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chair
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Saidel
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William
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William Saidel
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internal member
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Gray
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Dennis
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Dennis Gray
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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theses
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2013
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2013-05
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eng
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Soil microarthropods were surveyed for one year in order to see if the theory of island biogeography held true for micro-communities. Soil fauna were collected on a bi-monthly basis at a previously disturbed site in the New Jersey Pine Plains on natural regrowth islands. In conjunction with the survey an experimental survey was also conducted using defaunated soil patches, which were examined on a bi-monthly basis from September 2011- May 2011. Soil fauna on natural regrowth islands responded positively to island area and litter depth, and there was clear separation of soil fauna communities between the main lands the regrowth islands. Defaunated islands displayed changes in community assemblage over time and there were clear differences between soil fauna types and the ability to colonize new island habitats. There was a change in community structure over time as early colonizers were able to prosper for a short amount of time, followed by a slower dispersing suite of microarthropods that were able to establish and flourish in the defaunated habitat for a longer period of time. Overall, the study showed that soil microarthropod communities follow the assumptions of Mac Arthur and Wilson’s theory of island biogeography and that certain species are limited by their dispersal capabilities.
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Biology
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x, 110 p. : ill.
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M.S.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Sarah Rose Smith
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Soil microbiology--New Jersey--Pine Barrens
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Arthropod populations--New Jersey--Pine Barrens
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Soil microbiology--Research
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.1/rucore10005600001.ETD.000068638
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Camden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T37S7MC7
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ETD graduate
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Smith
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Sarah
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2013-05-09 09:39:14
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2013-05-31
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2015-05-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after May 31st, 2015.
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