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Barrows’ Homepage

Master's and Ph.D. Theses for which Edward M. Barrows was or is the main adviser

Laboratory M.S. Theses

Hillary Boyle (Cressy). 1976. Oviposition and host feeding behavior of Aphelinus asychis (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) on Schizaphis graminum (Homoptera: Aphididae) and some reactions of aphids to the parasite. M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Mary R. Cicero. 1995. Milesiine flower flies in a central Appalachian broadleaf forest (Diptera: Syrphidae): Species richness, species abundance, flight periods, trap sites, and diflubenzuron. M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Mary is an M.D.

Nancy Y. Cohen. 1983. The Greenhouse Whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) in urban yards: Its relationship to tomato yield and its entrapment by sticky yellow boards. M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Nancy is a retired biologist.

Mary E. Hooker. 1980. Pediobius foveolatus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) control of Mexican Bean Beetles, Epilachna varivestis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in urban community vegetable gardens. M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Kathyrn Delahay Kalhorn. 1997. Bee diversity in a Central Appalachian Shale-Barrens Community (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apoidiformes). M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Kay is an administrator.

Elizabeth Ketterer. 1983. Behavior of inseminated and uninseminated Pediobius foveolatus (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Peter K. LaGoy. 1988. Last-instar pupal case-attachment sites in the Evergreen Bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth)(Lepidoptera: Psychidae), and a review of selected topics of its biology. M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Peter is an environmental biologist and book author.

Caroline LaPlaca Reese. 1979. Claytonia virginica (Portulacaceae) and its oligolectic pollinator Andrena erigeniae (Andrenidae). M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Benyoucef Lazri. 1983. Flower visiting and pollen transport by the Imported Cabbage Butterfly, Pieris rapae L., in a highly disturbed habitat. M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Catherine E. B. McCall. 2005. Diversity of the large noctuoid moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Noctuidae) in a U.S. mid-Atlantic national park. M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Cathy works as biologist for a private company.

Sven-Thomas Munte. 1982. Larval behavior of the Bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth)(Lepidoptera: Psychidae). M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Tom is a retired biologist and family property manager in Germany.

B. Adrienne Venables. 1984. Flower visiting and pollen transport by two common skippers Epargyreus clarus and Atalopedes campestris (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in an urban garden. M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Adrienne is a deceased biologist.

James E. Zenel. 1984. The fine structure of the Dufour's gland of Osmia cornifrons L. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Jim is an M.D.

Library M.S. thesis

Ken M. Tashiro. 1977. The predatory, defensive, and reproductive behavior of mantids (Orthoptera: Mantidae). M.S. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Ken is an M.D.

Laboratory Ph.D. Theses

Ilka C. Feller. 1993. Effects of nutrient enrichment on growth and herbivory of dwarf Red Mangrove. Ph.D. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Candy is a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD.

Mary E. Hooker. 1987. Progeny production, sex-ratio allocation, and host discrimination in the parasitic wasp Pediobius foveolatus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Ph.D. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Mary is a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, MA, after having two postdoctoral positions.

Aaron F. Howard. 2011. Fitness, pollen dispersal, and floral-display size evolution in animal-pollinated plants. Ph.D. thesis. Aaron is an adjunct professor at two colleges in Chicago, Illinois.

Daniel S. Kjar. 2005. Studies on the ants, alien and native plants, and ant sampling methods in a U.S. National Park. Ph.D. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Dan is a professor at Elmira College, New York.

P. Juliette S. Weinstein. 1984. Reproductive behavior of Pediobius fovelatus (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). Ph.D. thesis. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Juliette is a retired biology professor.

(updated May 2012)


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