This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Division of Biological Sciences. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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The evolution of nutritional co-endosymbionts in cicadas, James Theodore Van Leuven

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Factors Affecting Plant Responses to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Fungal Communities, Lauren Priestman Waller

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Non-coding RNAs of the Q fever agent, Coxiella burnetii, Indu Ramesh Warrier

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Patterns in static: noisy infochemical cues and their use by insect receivers, Jerome Keaton Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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CHARACTERIZATION OF NIPAH VIRUS PATHOGENICITY IN VITRO AND IN VIVO AND PROTECTION FROM DISEASE USING A SINGLE DOSE RECOMBINANT VACCINE, Blair Lynn DeBuysscher

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THE EFFECTS OF ESTROGEN IN ATRAZINE-MEDIATED FOXP3 INDUCTION AND INHIBITION OF CD4+ T EFFECTOR CELLS, Tiffany Emmons

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Consequences of color vision variation on performance and fitness in capuchin monkeys, Andrea Theresa Green

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THE IMPACTS OF REMOVING WILDFIRE ON PINUS PONDEROSA RESISTANCE AGAINST DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE, Sharon Metzger Hood

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IDENTIFICATION OF MASTIGOCLADUS LAMINOSUS GENES ASSOCIATED WITH ENHANCED NITROGEN FIXATION PERFORMANCE, Patrick R. Hutchins

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Assessing ecological condition of large landscapes with limited human impacts, William James Kleindl

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Cougar foraging ecology: new insights from intensive field monitoring and GPS collars, Blake Lowrey

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Elaboration and diversification of rhinoceros beetle horns, Erin Louisa McCullough

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Biological invasions: Insights into ecology and evolution, Jennifer Naomi Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Developmental stress in birds: phenotypic and fitness, Ondi L. Crino

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Effects of local and landscape processes on animal distribution and abundance, Aaron David Flesch

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Locomotor Ontogeny and the Evolution of Avian Flight, Ashley Margaret Heers

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The genetic basis of fitness: detecting inbreeding depression and selective sweeps in bighorn sheep, Martin Dennis Kardos

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Biological effects of trogocytosis on CD4+ T lymphocytes, Douglas Grant Osborne

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The influence of exotic plant invasion on native bee abundance and demography, and the pollination and abundance of native plants, Jennifer Palladini

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Causes and consequences of dominance and diversity in grasslands, Sarah Pinto

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Costs and benefits of an extended phenotype: Chambers made by Manduca sexta larvae, Jonathan Cooley Sprague

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Genetic structure and disease prevalence of boreal toads (Bufo boreas) in Glacier National Park, Brett Rebekah Addis

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Interplay between competition and evolution in invaded and native plant communities, Daniel Atwater

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Ecological Causes of Life History Variation Tested by Meta-analysis, Comparison, and Experimental Approaches, Daniel Croft Barton

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Spatial Drivers of Ecosystem Structure and Function in a Floodplain Riverscape: Springbrook Nutrient Dynamics, Samantha Kate Caldwell

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History, Ecology and Restoration Potential of Salmonid Fishes in the Umpqua River, Oregon, Kelly Crispen Coates

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THE ECOLOGY OF TICK-BORNE RELAPSING FEVER IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA, Tammi Lynne Johnson

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Effects of host stored resources on bark beetle-fungal-conifer interactions, Eleanor Carol Lahr

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Indirect interactions and plant community structure, Erik Aschehoug

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Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) alters human neutrophil viability and function, Shawna Graves

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The genetics of parallel evolution: a case study using thermal and non-thermal ecotypes of Mimulus guttatus from Yellowstone National Park, Margaret Frisbie Hendrick

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Corticosterone as a mediator of the tradeoff between survival and reproduction, Stephen Harold Patterson

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THE ROLE OF MICROBIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS IN SORGHUM HALEPENSE INVASIONS: EVIDENCE OF A NEW INVASION STRATEGY, MICROBIALLY ENHANCED COMPETITIVE ABILITY (MECA), Marnie Erin Rout

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Immune Suppression By The Herbicide Atrazine Involves Inhibition Of CD4+ T Cells And Expansion Of Foxp3+ Regulatory T cells, Lindsay Elizabeth Thueson

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MICROBIAL COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY AND DIVERSIFICATION OF THE GENUS CHLOROFLEXUS ALONG AN ALKALINE HOT SPRING GRADIENT, Michael Louis Weltzer

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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VIRUS-HOST INTERACTIONS ACROSS GEOGRAPHICALLY-DISTINCT SULFOLOBUS SPINDLE-SHAPED VIRUS SYSTEMS, Ruben Michael Ceballos

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FEMALE COMPETITION AND THE ROLE OF TESTOSTERONE IN A POLYGYNOUS SYSTEM, Lars Stefan Ekernas

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Causes and consequences of prolonged dormancy: Why stay belowground?, Jennifer R. Gremer

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Habitat influences on avian diversity and reproductive success in western aspen forests, Amy B. Johnson

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Using patchy plant invasions to understand how diffuse interactions modify facilitation and competition, Kerry Lee Metlen

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Lead exposure in large carnivores in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem, Thomas Alan Rogers

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The Importance of Multiple Study Areas in Landscape Genetics: The American Black Bear in the Rocky Mountains, Ruth Short Bull

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Elemental Stoichiometry of Freshwater Hyporheic Microorganisms, Alejandra Valenzuela

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Biogenesis, Assembly and Intracellular Trafficking of Junin Arenavirus Envelope Glycoprotein Complex, Sudhakar Srinivasarao Agnihothram

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The role of small mammals in the population dynamics of two native grassland forbs: Lupinus sericeus and Lithospermum ruderale, Mary Carolyn Bricker

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The allometry of bird flight performance, Brandon Edward Jackson

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Wildfire responses and tree longevity in old-growth ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests, Eric G. Keeling

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Adaptive Variation in Microbes: Insights from Wild and Experimental Populations of Escherichia coli, Margaret Ann Kinnersley

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Scale dependent genetic structure of Idaho Giant salamanders (Dicamptodon aterrimus) in stream networks, Lindy Beth Mullen

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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Factors Affecting Soil Organic Matter Storage, Carl Lee Rosier

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Characterization of CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS Virulence Factors: Plasticity Zone MACPDF Domain Family Protein CT153 and Polymorphic Membrane Protein D, Lacey Diane Taylor

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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL RESPONSES TO BIOCHARS IN SOILS - POTENTIAL MECHANISMS OF INTERACTION AND OBSERVED RESPONSES IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS, Daniel Warnock

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The Genesis of Ribosome Structure: A Tale of Two Proteins, Christopher James Woolstenhulme

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Study on Regional Responses of Pan-Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems to Recent Climate Variability Using Satellite Remote Sensing, Ke Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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The edge effect: lateral habitat ecology of an alluvial river flood plain, Michelle Louise Anderson

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Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung, Christine Bryanne Chandler

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Probing Structural Differences of Recombinant Prion Isoforms Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Jessica Louise Gilbert

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Cottonwood Establishment in a Gravel-Bed River, Claudio Ivan Meier

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The Contribution of Spawning Pacific-salmon to Nitrogen Fertility and Vegetation Nutrition during Riparian Primary Succession on an Expansive Floodplain of a Large River, Michael Roger Morris

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Changes in forest structure and composition associated with unique land use histories: Implications for restoration, Cameron Edwards Naficy

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Lessons to learn from all out invasion: life history of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in a Patagonian River, Sarah Louise O'Neal

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Mobile genetic elements in Coxiella burnetii: Friends, foes or just indifferent?, rahul raghavan

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PRE- AND POST-COPULATORY SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE TORTOISE BEETLE ACROMIS SPARSA (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE), Paula Alejandra Trillo

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An experimental demographic approach to exotic plant success: Cynoglossum officinale in its native and introduced ranges, Jennifer Lynn Williams

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Causes and consequences of the postfire increase in deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) abundance, Rafal Pawel Zwolak

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Effects of seed dispersal by gibbons, sambar, and muntjac on Choerospondias axillaris demography, and the disruption of this mutualism by wildlife poaching, Jedediah Farrell Brodie

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The Importance and Seasonal Variation of Terrestrial Invertebrates as Prey for Juvenile Salmonids on the Kol River Floodplain, Kamchatka, Russian Federation, Lorri Eberle

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Sedimentary legacy of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) and climate change in an ultra-oligotrophic, glacially-turbid British Columbia nursery lake, Aaron C. Hill

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Probing Isoforms of the Prion Protein through Tyrosine Nitration, Christopher William Lennon

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SEX AND DIVERSITY IN THE INVASIVE PLANT HIERACIUM AURANTIACUM, Eli Stuart Loomis

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MATERNAL EFFECTS AND SEXUAL SELECTION IN THE HELICONIA BUG, LEPTOSCELIS TRICOLOR (HEMIPTERA: COREIDAE), Christine Whitney Miller

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Energy Flow in a Floodplain Aquifer Ecosystem, Brian Reid

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NO SIMPLE TRADEOFFS: CENTAUREA PLANTS FROM AMERICA ARE BETTER COMPETITORS AND DEFENDERS THAN PLANTS FROM THE NATIVE RANGE, Wendy Margaree Ridenour

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Hormonal Mediation of a Unique Behavioral Polymorphism in the White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), Meredith Bettencourt Swett

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AMPHIPODS ARE STRONG INTERACTORS IN THE FOOD WEB OF A BROWN-WATER SALMON RIVER, Audrey Marie Thompson

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HABITAT USE AND THE EFFECTS OF DISTURBANCE ON WINTERING BIRDS USING RIPARIAN HABITATS IN SONORA, MEXICO, Jose Fernando Villasenor

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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Microbes Stoneflies and Fish: Tophic Interactions in Aquati Ecosystems, Sandra Adams

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Rainbow trout invasion and the spread of hybridization with native westslope cutthroat trout, Matthew C. Boyer

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Colonization and local adaptation of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of Lake Clark Alaska, Kristina Marie Ramstad

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THE ROLES OF FOOD AND PREDATION IN SHAPING ADAPTIVE AND MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS IN POSTFIRE BIRD SPECIES, Bruce Andrew Robertson

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A 3-Dimensional Evaluation of Wing Movement in Ground Birds During Flap-Running and Level Flight: An Otogenetic Study, Paolo Stefano Segre

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Biochemical effects of Centaurea maculosa on soil nutrient cycles and plant communities, Andrea S. Thorpe

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FIV-FCA and FIV-PCO Reverse Transcriptases: Expression, Purification and Activity Comparison, Jingjing Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Quantification of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIVpco) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells lymph nodes and plasma of naturally infected cougars, David B. Blake

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Muscle function and energy use during bird flight, Matthew W. Bundle

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Negotiating a three-dimensional environment : limb kinematics of terrestrial birds during sloped ascents, Heather D. Davis

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Long-term persistence of isolated fish populations in the Alexander Archipelago, Kim Hastings

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Time-resolved analysis of ribosomal RNA dynamics, Scott Patrick Hennelly

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A biogeographical approach to plant invasions: Ecology and evolution of an invasive ruderal in native and introduced ranges, José L. Hierro

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The ribosome builder: A software project to simulate the ribosome, William A. Knight

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The tradeoffs associated with leg regeneration in stick insects (Insecta: Phasmidae), Tara Lynne Maginnis

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Physiological ecology of male and female trees of Austrocedrus chilensis along a moisture gradient in Patagonia Argentina, Cecilia Inés Nuñez

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Nontarget effects of host-specific biological control agents, Dean E. Pearson

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Ecology of sulfate reducing bacteria in relation to the fate and stability of metal(loid)s in a mining-impacted freshwater sediment, Srividhya Ramamoorthy

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Polar filament discharge in the myxospores of Myxobolus cerebralis, Stephen TwoWolves

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Effect of bioactive particulates and lipopolysaccharide on immune regulation via class A scavenger receptor and Toll -like receptor 4, Rong Wang

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Effects of historical and contemporary factors on genetic diversity in the mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni), Andrew Robert Whiteley

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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The role of ribosomal protein L11 and the L11-binding rRNA in protein synthesis on the prokaryotic ribosome, William Sean Bowen

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Characterization and expression analysis of the Bartonella bacilliformis groES-EL operon, Julie A. Callison

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The ecology of parafluvial ponds on a Rocky Mountain flood plain, Samantha D. Chilcote