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The spread of urbanization leads to habitat fragmentation and deterioration and changes the composition of ecosystems for species all over the world. Different groups of organisms are impacted differently, and insects have experienced loss in diversity and abundance due to changing environmental factors. Here, I collected seed beetles across 12 urban and rural sites in Phoenix, Arizona, to analyze the effects of urbanization and habitat variation on beetle diversity and abundance. I found that urbanization, host tree origin, and environmental factors such as tree diversity and density had no impact on overall beetle diversity and abundance. Beetles were found to have higher density on hosts with a higher density of pods. In assessing individual beetle species, some beetles exhibited higher density in rural sites with native trees, and some were found more commonly on nonnative tree species. The observed differences in beetle density demonstrate the range of effects urbanization and environmental features can have on insect species. By studying ecosystem interactions alongside changing environments, we can better predict the role urbanization and human development can have on different organisms.
ContributorsPaduano, Gabrielle (Author) / Savalli, Udo (Thesis director) / Sweat, Ken (Committee member) / Division of Teacher Preparation (Contributor) / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2018-05
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Find My College is an app to help people who are interested in pursuing a collegiate degree; find a college/s that is right for them. This app is designed using the Ionic Framework, to allow access across all operating systems such as Android and MacOS. We wanted to create an app that people using Android or Apple can use, and this framework allows us to do that. The app is very user friendly and straightforward, which makes it usable to all types of people. It will be a free to use app that can be improved and adjusted if changes are needed/wanted.
ContributorsVadlamudi, Srisushanth (Author) / Solis, Jalen (Co-author) / Miller, Phillip (Thesis director) / De Luca, Gennaro (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Contributor) / Computer Science and Engineering Program (Contributor)
Created2022-05
ContributorsVadlamudi, Srisushanth (Author) / Solis, Jalen (Co-author) / Miller, Phillip (Thesis director) / De Luca, Gennaro (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Contributor)
Created2022-05
ContributorsVadlamudi, Srisushanth (Author) / Solis, Jalen (Co-author) / Miller, Phillip (Thesis director) / De Luca, Gennaro (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Contributor)
Created2022-05