Completed M.S. Thesis Titles
Herr, Andrea Michelle. 1992
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Assessing Spatial Patterns of Greater Sandhill Crane Nesting Habitat Using GIS and Remote Sensing.
Merrill, Samuel B. 1995 Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Reserve Timber Management in Northern Minnesota Aspen Clearcuts: An Evaluation Based on Forest Bird Diversity.
Chubb, Alison L. 1995
Advisor: Zink, Robert Martin
Title: Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Hawaiian Freshwater Fishes and Their Implications for Conservation Biology and the Speciation Process.
Faust, Thomas McCullough. 1995
Advisor: Tilson, Ronald Lewis and Seal, Ulysses S
Title: Geographical Analysis of the Sumatran Tiger and Sumatran Orangutan.
Wires, Linda R. 1995
Advisor: Siniff, Donald B
Title: Patterns in Den Site Selection of the San Joaquin Kit Fox (Vulpes Macrotis Mutica) on the Carrizo Plain Natural Area, Ca.
Manolis, James C. 1996
Advisor: Andersen, David Eric and Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Minimizing Subjectivity in Nesting Success Estimation: A Prototype Decision Support System and Modeling Results.
Hanson, Eric William. 1996
Advisor: Siniff, Donald B
Title: Monitoring the Common Loon Population in Minnesota: Assessment of the 1994 and 1995 Survey Results, the Accuracy of Volunteers and Aerial Surveys, and the Power of Detecting Trends.
Larsen, Bjorn Erik. 1996
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: The Avifauna of a Restored Wetland: Tram Chim National Reserve, Dong Thap, Viet Nam.
Conforti, Kathleen. 1996
Advisor: Smith, James L David
Title: The Status and Distribution of Small Carnivores in Huai Kha Khaeng/Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuaries, Central West Thailand.
Staus, Nancy Lynn. 1997
Advisor: Mc Kinney, D Frank
Title: Ecology and Conservation of the West Indian Whistling-Duck in the Bahamas.
Lehtinen, Richard M. 1997
Advisor: Galatowitsch, Susan M and Tester, John R
Title: Factors Affecting the Distribution of Amphibians in Depressional Wetlands. Stone, Elizabeth Gordon. 1997
Advisor: El Halawani PhD, Mohamed E and Phillips, Richard E
Title: Reproductive Behavior and Endocrinology of the Cockatiel (Nymphicus Hollandicus): Insights for Captive Breeding of Parrots.
Mensing, Douglas M. 1997
Advisor: Galatowitsch, Susan M and Tester, John R
Title: Anthropogenic Effects on the Biodiversity of Riparian Wetlands of Central Minnesota Streams.
Li, Shibin. 1998
Advisor: Naeem, Shahid and Tester, John R
Title: The Interaction Among Thermal Heterogeneity, Community Structure and Biodiversity: Experimental Studies Using Microbial Microcosms.
Climo, Lisa A. 1998
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: A Landscape-Level Analysis of Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Winter Habitat.
Schik, Karen. 1998
Advisor: Tester, John R and Galatowitsch, Susan M
Title: The Impact of Agricultural Land Uses Impacts on Wetland Avian Communities: The Usefulness of Avian Guilds and Evaluation of Inpacts of Different Landscape Scales.
Drake, James Franklin. 1998
Advisor: Smith, James L David and Kimmel, Richard O
Title: The Effect of Conservation Reverse Program Grasslands on Ring-Necked Pheasent and Meadowlark Abundance.
Adams, Thomas S. 1999
Advisor: Sterner, Robert Warner
Title: Dietary Nitrogen and Variation in Organismal Stable Nitrogen Isotope Content.
Szymanski, Jennifer A. 1999
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean and Oberhauser, Karen S
Title: Population and Spatial Ecology of the Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly Neonympha m. mitchelli French in Southwestern Michigan.
Joshi, Sharada. 1999
Advisor: Smith, James L David and Bengston, David
Title: A Socio-Economic Analysis of Residents in the Buffer Zone of Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Carr, Carolyn E. 2000
Advisor: Kapuscinski, Anne R and Andow, David
Title: Patents Agricultural Biotechnology, And The Public Interest At The University Of Minnesota.
Blann, Kristen L. 2000
Advisor: Vondracek, Bruce
Title: Catchment And Riparian Scale Influences On Coldwater Streams And Stream Fish In Southeastern Minnesota.
Green, Emily Kay. 2000
Advisor: Galatowitsch, Susan M
Title: Effects of Nitrate-N Addition on Wetland Plant Community Establishment and Competition with Invasive Species.
Biederman, Lori Ann. 2000
Advisor: Cushing, Edward J
Title: Response of Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis) to Euro-American Land-use in Southeast Minnesota.
Hammer, Mary Ann. 2000
Advisor: Niemi, Gerald John
Title: A Test of Artificial Nests Using Natural Nests of Passerine Birds.
Sun, Hean. 2000
Advisor: Smith, James L David
Title: Status of the Tiger and Its Conversation in Cambodia.
Counard, Cory Jo. 2001
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Mercury Exposure and Effects on Common Loon (Gavia immer) Behavior in the Upper Midwestern United States.
Frost Nerbonne, Julia A. 2001
Advisor: Vondracek, Bruce
Title: Macroinvertebrate Monitoring: Potential For Volunteers.
Mason, Kim Renee. 2001
Advisor: Oberhauser, Karen S and Larson, Diane
Title: Comparisons of Prairie Sites and Classification of Their Habitat Attributes in Relation to Abundance of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly (Speyeria idalia).
Roberson, Aimee Michelle. 2001
Advisor: Andersen, David Eric
Title: Evaluating and Developing Survey Techniques Using Broadcast Conspecific Calls for Northern Goshawks in Minnesota.
Carlson, Daren J. 2001
Advisor: Reich, Peter Bernard
Title: Causes and Consequences of the Hetrogeneity of Wildfire in the Southern Boreal Forest of Minnesota, USA.
Currie, Leigh Kathleen. 2001
Advisor: Fulton, David C and Cunningham, William Patrick
Title: Managing Minnesota's Fishing: A Relationship Between Angler Motivations and Attitudes Towards Management Practices and Ethical Angling Behavior.
Wilsey, David Scott. 2002
Advisor: Nelson, Kristen C
Title: Business or Pleasure: Factors Motivating Nothern Minnesota Non-Timber Forest Product Harvesters.
Eaton, Mitchell J. 2002
Advisor: Jordan, Peter A
Title: Subsistence Wildlife Hunting in a Multi-Use Forest of the Republic of Congo: Monitoring and Management for Sustainable Harvest.
Myers, Mark C. 2002
Advisor: Jordan, Peter A
Title: Baird's Tapir (Tapirus Bairdii) Conservation in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica: Lessons from the Natural and Policymaking Environments.
Ranganathan, Jai Vembar. 2002
Advisor: Smith, James L David
Title: Beyond Pugmarks and Tiger Conservation Units: Where Can Tigers Survive in the Indian Subcontinent? Consequences of the Distribution of Forest and Protected Areas Across the Landscape.
Vatovec, Christine Marie. 2002
Advisor: Perry, Jim A and Jordan, Nicholas Royal
Title: Restoration of Agroecosystems Through the Incorporation of Weeds as Beneficial Flora.
Price, Elizabeth Weaver. 2002
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Recolonization Potential in the Great Lakes: Assessment of Historic Habitat and Dispersal Events.
Sewall, Brent James. 2002
Advisor: Starfield, Anthony Michael and Larson, Diane
Title: Fruit Bat Ecology and Conservation in the Comoros Islands.
Gurung, Bhim Bahadur. 2003
Advisor: Smith, James L David
Title: Mapping the Meta-Population Structure of Tigers Throughout Nepal By Establishing a Tiger Monitoring Network of "Village Rangers."
Johnson, Kris A. 2003
Advisor: Nelson, Kristen C
Title: Conservation Through Co-Management: Evaluation of a Local Common Property Regime Within a National Park in Mexico.
Trexel, Dale Richard. 2003
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Double-Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Breeding Population Trends and Colony Site Selection in Northern Lakes Michigan and Huron During Recovery From Extirpation (1970-2001).
Hammer, Wade Jarett. 2003
Advisor: Bell, Jay
Title: A Decade of Tallgrass Prairie Restoration at the Arden Hills Army Training Site: Has Management Made a Difference?
Mehta, Smita Ramesh. 2003
Advisor: Frelich, Lee E and Starfield, Anthony Michael
Title: A Sensitivity Analysis and Application of LANDIS On the Nashwauk Uplands.
Gamble, Anthony Blake. 2003
Advisor: Simons, Andrew M. and Lang, Jeffrey W.
Title: Commercial Harvest of Painted Turtles in Minnesota.
Barlow, Adam Conor Daniel. 2004
Advisor: Smith, James L David
Title: Monitoring Wild Tiger (Panthera Tigris) Populations: Lessons From a Long-Term Camera Trapping Study in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Bacigalupi, Jacquelyn Noel. 2004
Advisor: Adelman, Ira R
Title: Effects of Estrogenic Compounds on Walleye, Sander Vitreus, Near the Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Jacobson, Kari Ann. 2004
Advisor: Larson, Diane and Jordan, Nicholas Royal
Title: Smooth Brome (Bromus inermis) Invasions in Restored Prairies: Effects of Native Functional Group Composition and Richness, and Soil Disturbance.
Steinmetz, Robert George. 2004
Advisor: Garshelis, David L and Smith, James L David
Title: The Ecology of Gaur (Bos gaurus) and Banteng (B. javanicus) in Xe Pian Protected Area, Lao PDR and Collaborative Conservation and Monitoring of Wildlife in Protected Areas of Lao PDR.
Driscoll, Melissa Anne. 2004
Advisor: Cardwell, Vernon Bruce and Loegering, John P
Title: Reproductive Success of Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus Sandwichensis) and Other Grassland Birds Nesiting in Rotationally- and Continuously-Grazed Cattle Pastures in Southeast Minnesota.
Pompei, Vanessa Duong. 2004
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Migration Stopover Sites Used by Great Lakes Piping Plovers.
Holman, Heidi Lynne. 2005
Advisor: Simons, Andrew M.
Title: Habitat use by juvenile and adult wood turtles in an agricultural landscape in Southeastern Minnesota.
Sisler, Sean Patrick. 2005
Advisor: Sorensen, Peter William
Title: Behavioral Evidence for Aggregation Pheromones in Goldfish (Carassius auratus) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio).
Tanner, Dawn Renee. 2005
Advisor: Perry, Jim A
Title: The Impact of Traffic Fatalities on Lava Lizards, Microlophus albermarlensis, on Santa Cruz, Galapagos.
Guiney, Margaret Savanick. 2005
Advisor: Andow, David
Title: Population Dynamics and Nectar Preference of the Karner Blue Butterfly, Lycaeides Melissa Samuelis (Nabokov) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Slaght, Jonathan Cornelius. 2005
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Influence of Selective Logging on Avian Density, Abundance, and Diversity in Korean Pine Forests of the Russian Far East.
Haffner, Catherine D. 2005
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Breeding Season Spatial Requirements of Great Lakes Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) in Northern Lower Michigan.
Ledee, Olivia Erin. 2005
Advisor: Cuthbert, Francesca Jean
Title: Winter Distribution of Piping Plovers on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico: An Analysis of Habitat Characteristics at Major Wintering Sites.
Spickelmier, Grant D. 2005
Advisor: Fulton, David C
Title: The New Zoo? : Construction and Validation of a Scale Measuring Zoo Visitor Beliefs about the Function of Zoos.
Refsnider, Jeanine M. 2005
Advisor: Simons, Andrew M.
Title: Reproductive Ecology of Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in East-Central Minnesota.
Perez Gonzalez, Maria Fernanda. 2005
Advisor: Cohen, Yosef
Title: Preventing Illegal Trade of Hawksbill Sea Turtle Products: A Survey of Public Awareness Programs in the Wider Caribbean Region.
Benjamin, Nicole. 2006
Advisor: Perry, Jim A
Title: Peri-Urban Development Affects Anuran Diversity in Eastern Minnesota.
Caroffino, David C. 2006
Advisor: Kapuscinski, Anne R
Title: One Year of Parental Hatchery Experience Reduces Success of Steelhead Fry Stocked Into Their Naturalized Environment.
Koehle, Jessica J. 2006
Advisor: Adelman, Ira R
Title: The Effects of High Temperature, Low Dissolved Oxygen, and Asian Tapeworm Infection on Growth and Survival of the Topeka shiner, Notropis topeka.
Dhakal, Narayan P. 2006
Adisor(s): Nelson, Kristen C and Smith, James L David
Title: Assessment of Resident Wellbeing and Perceived Biodiversity Impacts in the Padampur Resettlement, Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Lynch, Diane L. F. 2006
Advisor(s): Fiutak, Thomas R and Perry, Jim A
Title: The Impact of Spiritual Beliefs on the Protection of the Amazon River Dolphin (Inia Geoffrensis) in Peru and a Prognosis for the Future.
Abbott, Katherine K. H. 2006
Advisor(s): Polasky, A. Stephen
Title: Tools for Riparian Buffer Decision-Making: A Framework and Expert System.
Sharpe, Leah M. 2006
Advisor(s): Kapuscinski, Anne R
Title: The Production of Bile Acids by Goldfish (Carassius auratus) and Common Carp (Cyprinus Carpio) and the Effects of These Bile Acids on Behavior.
Simmers,Sara M. 2006
Advisor(s): Galatowitsch,Susan M
Titlw: Recovery of Semi-arid Grassland on Recontoured and Revegetated Oil Access Roads.
Schlesser, Nicholas J. 2007
Advisor(s): Newman, Raymond M and Vondracek, Bruce
Title: Effects of Riparian Forest Harvest on Instream Habitat and Fish Assemblages in Northern Minnesota.
Roche, Erin A. 2007
Advisor(s): Cuthbert,Francesca J
Title: Great Lakes Piping Plover Persistence Despite Projected Declines: Can Predictive Inaccuracy Inform Management?
Sample, Bonita A. 2008
Advisor(s): Blair,Robert B.
Title: Restored Urban Prairies as Habitat for Grassland Birds: If You Build it, Who Will Come?
Worland, Michael L. 2008
Advisor(s): Cuthbert, Francesca J,
Title: Conservation Priorities for Riparian Forest Birds in the St. Croix River Corridor, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Bronk, Rebecca J. 2008
Advisor(s): Vondracek, Bruce
Title: Macroinvertebrate Composition, Habitat, and Diet in Relation to the Reintroduction of Slimy Sculpin in Southeast Minnesota.
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