This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Conservation of Pheasants in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Iftikhar uz Zaman
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
DO SAGEBRUSH DENSITY AND VEGETATION CONDITION AFFECT DEMOGRAPHY OF BREWER'S SPARROWS NESTING IN THE BLACKFOOT VALLEY?, Masanori Abe
Integrated Modeling of Long-Term Vegetation and Hydrologic Dynamics in Rocky Mountain Watersheds, Robert Steven Ahl
The Effects of Forest Fires on Runoff Rates: The Role of Duff Removal and Surface Sealing by Vegetative Ash, Western Montana, Victoria Balfour
MULTI-PARTNER MUTUALISMS: INTERACTIONS AMONG THE MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE AND TWO OPHIOSTOMATOID FUNGAL ASSOCIATES, Katherine Patricia Bleiker
ASSESSING FOREST RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESOLVING PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS ACROSS SPATIAL SCALES, Céline Boisvenue
Remote Sensing Applications to Support Sustainable Natural Resource Management, Charles Kenneth Brewer
Free living nitrogen-fixation in ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests in western Montana, Tricia Burgoyne
HIV/AIDS AND CONSERVATION AGENCY CAPACITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: PERCEPTIONS OF CRITICAL IMPACTS, BARRIERS, AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, Jennifer Ann Cash
Spatial and Temporal Relationships of Adult Male Black Bears to Roads in Northwest Montana, 2003-2004, Tonya Chilton-Radandt
PILOT STUDY ON THE PREDICTION OF HEART ROT IN APPARENTLY SOUND WESTERN LARCH, Angela Daenzer
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Place-based Conservation Education Program by Applying Utilization-focused Evaluation, Alice B. Flowers
DEVELOPMENT OF FECAL DNA SAMPLING METHODS TO ASSESS GENETIC POPULATION STRUCTURE OF GREATER YELLOWSTONE BISON, Florence Marie Gardipee
Responses of western toads (Bufo boreas) to changes in terrestrial habitat resulting from wildfire, C. Gregory Guscio
First-year growth and survival of habitat revegetation trials on the lower Colorado River, Mexico, Stephen Dwight Handler
ASSESSMENT OF WHITEBARK PINE SEEDLING SURVIVAL FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANTINGS, Deborah Kay Izlar
KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF NATIVE TREES BY LOCAL FOREST USERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR A PHILIPPINE PROTECTED AREA, Noah Jackson
Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing of Boreal-Arctic Land Surface State and Meteorology from AMSR-E, Lucas Alan Jones
Influence of Mycorrhizal Inoculation Treatments on Native Tree and Shrub Survival in a Floodplain, Flathead Indian Reservation, T. Rene Kittle
Conservation of leopards in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan, Asad Lodhi
Ecological Process and the Blister Rust Epidemic: Cone Production, Cone Predation, and Seed Dispersal in Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis), Shawn Thomas McKinney
INFLUENCE OF EMBRYONIC METABOLIC RATE AND INCUBATION TEMPERATURE ON INCUBATION LENGTH VARIATION IN NEOTROPICAL PASSERINES, Alina Maria Niklison
Forests and Farming: An analysis of rural livelihood programs for poverty reduction in eastern Zambia, Garrett Kenneth Olson
CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP LAMBS IN THE FRA CRISTOBAL MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, USA, Zachary David Parsons
Action-Oriented Sustainable Agriculture Education: Attitudes Towards Nutrition and Agricultural Practices in Guaimaca, Honduras, Sarah Lynne Potenza
Community Forestry Education in the Swan Valley, MT: Contributions of Northwest Connections' Field Program, Joanna Elizabeth Seibert
A cost effectiveness analysis of preventative mitigation options for wildland urban interface homes threatened by wildfire, Keith Douglas Stockmann
Modeling the Cumulative Effects of Forest Fire on Watershed Hydrology: A Post-fire Application of the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model (DHSVM), Crystal S. Stonesifer
Legitimacy and the Use of Natural Resources in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Randy Tanner
Assessment of potential agroforestry systems for Kafuta: A village in the Western Division of The Gambia, Justina Marie Toth
Estimating Site Productivity from Non-Site Trees: A Site Index Based Approach, Charles Edward Vopicka
BLM Land Use Planning in Western Oregon: A Case Study for Integrating Public Participation in Natural Resources Planning, Emily Ruth West
Monitoring Program and Assessment of Coyote Predation for Olympic Marmots, Julia Judyta Witczuk
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Symbiotic fungi and the mountain pine beetle: Beetle mycophagy and fungal interactions with parasitoids and microorganisms, Aaron S. Adams
Ecosystem engineering: beaver and the population structure of Columbia spotted frogs in western Montana, Stephen Joseph Amish
Spatial variability of soil hydrophobicity after wildfire, Anna Chapman Birkas
Biodiversity and conservation of Sierra Chinaja: A rapid assessment of biophysical socioeconomic and management factors in Alta Verapaz Guatemala, Curan A. Bonham
Sustainability of commercial woodcraft production in Mision Chaquena, Argentina| A preliminary assessment, Thaden E. Brient
Charcoal quantity and adsorptive activity in ponderosa pine ecosystems of western Montana, Rachel J. Brimmer
Demographic and behavioral responses of breeding birds to variation in food nest predation and habitat structure across multiple spatial scales, Anna D. Chalfoun
Applying ant colony optimization (ACO) metaheuristic to solve forest transportation planning problems with side constraints, Marco A. Contreras
Negotiating influence: The experience of three local NGOs in marine reserve co-management in southern Belize, Jocelyn Rae. Finch
Physiological life history and behavioral responses of a breeding bird community to experimentally reduced nest predation risk, Joseph J. Fontaine
Effectiveness of post-fire erosion control techniques in western Montana, Amy Heather Groen
MONITORING SURVIVAL OF YOUNG IN UNGULATES: A CASE STUDY WITH ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK, Nyeema Charmaine Harris
Application of MODIS for monitoring water quality of a large oligotrophic lake, Matthew Oushana Jones
The role of trust and ownership in community wildfire protection planning in west central Montana, Paul R. Lachapelle
Modeling interactions among climate landscape and emerging diseases: A hantavirus case study, Rachel Andrea Loehman
Learning to Change and Changing Learning in Environmental Management: A case study of the Kaw Nature Reserve in French Guiana, Kimberly Knowles Notin
Riparian grazing in the northern intermountain region: Impacts and strategies for management, Jon P. Oestreich
Temporal and spatial patterns of Populus angustifolia along the upper Yellowstone River and clonal recruitment: Extent and requirements, Mary Louise Polzin
Incorporating forest road erosion into a resource transportation planning model for the Mica Creek Watershed, Idaho, Jennifer E. Rackley
Early basal area growth response of reserved lodgepole pine to shelterwood harvesting in central Montana, P. Chris Roy
Snow accumulation and snowmelt in thinned and unthinned lodgepole pine stands, west central Montana, Jason Sappington
Role of selective foraging and cecal microflora in sage-grouse nutritional ecology, Heather S. Sauls
Post-fire management and public lands conflict: The Bitterroot National Forest and beyond, Alex Corbly Sienkiewicz
Development of an effective forest fire management strategy for Bhutan, Kinley Tshering
Using Place Attachment to Determine the Acceptability of Restoring Fire to Its Natural Role in Wilderness Ecosystems, Eric Paul Turbeville
Evaluation of the indicators and standards used for the limits of acceptable change process in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Sarah E. Wallace
A cultural ethic in tribal forest management and self-determination: The human dimension of silviculture, Victoria Lynn Yazzie
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Modeling wildland fire potential and live fuel moisture, Patricia L. Andrews
Land restitution and protected areas in KwaZulu Natal South Africa: Challenges to implementation, Laurie Ashley
Assessing the success of swift fox reintroductions on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation Montana, David E. Ausband
Modeling forest planning trade-offs on the Colorado Front Range, using MAGIS, an optimization, spatial decision support tool, Edward B. Butler
Analyzing implementation of the Natural Forest Protection Plan in China's Southwestern Forest Management Region, Henry Gordon Carey
Access tradeoffs vs. social preferences| Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, Hartwell H. Carson
Population dynamics of mountain bluebirds, John J. Citta
The NAAEC after ten years: A qualitative assessment of the North American agreement on environmental cooperation, Clifford T. Cosgrove
Linking spatial patterns to forest ecological processes by using spatial statistical methods, Alex Fajardo-YaÌñez
Emerging biodigester technology in Honduras : biophysical processes and operation, N. Stuart Green
Grassbanks: An evaluation of a conservation tool, Stephanie L. Gripne
Nitrogen cycling and spatial heterogeneity following fire and restoration treatments in the Ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir ecosystem, Michael J. Gundale
Effects of spotted knapweed invasion and restoration treatments on ground beetle diversity abundance and distribution in Rocky Mountain savannas in Montana, Allison K. Hansen
Characterizing thermal features from multi-spectral remote sensing data using dynamic calibration procedures, Colin C. Hardy
Vegetation recovery across wildland fire severity gradients in western Montana, LaWen T. Hollingsworth
Comprehensive evaluation of the Lower Musselshell River study monitoring plan and evaluation of the water quality of the Lower Musselshell River, O'Brien Hollow
Factors that contribute to cloud forest conservation in southern Ecuador, Pelah Niamie Hoyt
Evaluation of growth and yield model performance against remeasured permanent plots, Melissa A. Jafvert
Interactions between the invasive plant Centaurea maculosa and ant communities in savannas in western Montana, Joseph M. Jensen
Development and evaluation of successional pathways for SIMPPLLE: Simulating vegetation along the Colorado Front Range, Thad E. Jones
Applying the Prediction of Four-Year Height Growth of Douglas-fir and Ponderosa pine Saplings to an Existing Growth Simulator, Kathryn Arendt Keller
The effect of snowmobile trails on coyote movements within lynx home ranges, Jay A. Kolbe
Recreational trail conflict| Achieving equity through diversity, Clifton R. Koontz
Charcoal in ponderosa pine ecosystems of western Montana| decomposition, mineralization, and quantification, Valerie J. Kurth
Towards a more comprehensive understanding of trust: exploring the public's trust in natural resource management, Adam J. Liljeblad
Recreation on the upper Yellowstone River| A study of use and place, Megan K. McBride
Effects of transportation and development on black bear movement, mortality, and use of the Highway 93 corridor in NW Montana, Karin R. McCoy
Developing a disturbance index and extreme land surface temperature in the western United States, David J. Mildrexler
Corn/cattle/care| Farm tree and agroforestry practices in Saraguro, Ecuador, Mark Richard Olson
Sediment deposition below forest road drivable drain dips in Belt and glacial till parent materials of Western Montana, Brian Rawls Parker
Impact of calf survival on elk population dynamics in west-central Montana, Jarod Douglas Raithel
Fecal pellet deposition and disappearance rates for snowshoe hares near Seeley Lake Montana, Pilar T. Rivera
Patch characteristics of post fire landscapes in the Crown of the Continent ecosystem Montana USA, Joshua T. Rodriguez
Spatial population dynamics of Microtus in grazed and ungrazed grasslands, Jonathan Peter Runge
Organizational culture: An impetus to influence organizational behavior and decision making, Thomas M. Schultz