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.
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Transition model of pentose phosphate metabolism during the differentiation of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, Janet R. Sullivan
Influence of cell differentiation on arachidonic acid metabolism in stimulated and unstimulated HL-60 cells, Karyn L. Taylor
Serum leukotriene metabolism and Type I hypersensitivity reactions in different animal species, Thulasi Sarojam Unnitan
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Degradation of aflatoxin B1 by Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Brenda G. Breeding
Adrenocorticotropin-induced increase in P-450b17a protein levels corresponding to stimulation of 17a-hydroxylase activity, Michael L. Chouinard
In situ oligodeoxyribonucleotide probing of a conserved region on the 3' end of Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA, Matthew Amadeo Firpo
Effects of tree invasion on the structure and composition of a western Montana grassland, Karen Marie Haagenson
Probing the peptidyltransferase center of the Escherichia coli ribosome with complementary-DNA oligomers: Evidence for the interaction of transfer-RNA chloramphenicol and puromycin with 23S ribosomal-RNA, Richard Thomas Marconi
Effects of grazing on the habitat of Astragalus ceramicus var. apus in the sandhills of the Centennial Valley, Montana, Lisa A. Schassberger
A biosystematic study of the tall species of the genus Mertensia Roth nom. conserv. (Boraginaceae), Jeffrey Lynn Strachan
Resource allocation to prey capture tissue in the aquatic carnivorous plant Utricularia vulgaris in northwestern Montana waters, Susan J. Trull
Longitudinal dynamics of seston concentration and composition in a western Montana lake outlet, Yvonne Marie Vadeboncoeur
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
THE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE IN DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM: THE INTEGRATION OF IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDIES WITH A KINETIC MODEL ANALYSIS, Margaret Husta Butler
The early Campanian flora of the Two Medicine Formation northcentral Montana, David Crabtree
CHARACTERIZATION OF NATURALLY-ELABORATED OUTER MEMBRANE BLEBS OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, David W. Dorward
PROTEINASE 1 OF DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM: STUDIES OF ITS SECRETION ANTIGENIC STRUCTURE AND ENDOGENOUS INHIBITOR, Donald James Finn
Characterization of intercellular wash fluid from tobacco mosaic virus infected pinto bean primary leaves, Susan M. Geske
Foraging ecology of alpine-nesting water pipits Anthus spinoletta, David Paul Hendricks
STRUCTURAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF PEPTIDOGLYCAN-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS IN NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, Stuart A. Hill
Ecology of bobcats in southeastern Idaho, Steven Thomas Knick
Habitat preferences and interspecific competition: Red-eyed and warbling vireos, Sandra M. Pletschet
The nesting ecology of the Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi), Nathaniel Shambaugh
New species of fossil pinaceous cone from the Miocene Calvert Formation Chesapeake Bay Maryland, Dixie Sue Stark
Effects of pH and osmolarity on the composition and distribution of membrane phospholipid of Bacillus stearothermophilus, Jonathan K. Trautman
The isolation and characterization of an endogenous antiviral protein from Datura stramonium L., Allan Edward Zipf
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
The compartmentation of cellular proteinases and inhibitors in vegetative cells of the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, Garrett P. Byrne
BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS OF DEVELOPMENT RATES OF RAINBOW TROUT (GENE REGULATION METABOLIC EFFICIENCY GROWTH HETEROZYGOSITY), Roy Guenter Danzmann
Nesting and foraging behavior of American avocets, Deborah Arianne Dole
THE COMPETENCY OF PINUS PONDEROSA LAWS. COTYLEDONS TO RESPOND TO BENZYLADENINE IN TISSUE CULTURE, David D. Ellis
The population genetics of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) of Montana, Rebecca Jane Everett
GENE REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DIVERGENCE IN SALMONID FISHES, Moira M. Ferguson
Reproductive biology of Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh varieties grandiflorum and candidum (Piper) Abrams (Liliaceae), Jane K. Fritz-Sheridan
Habitat selection and behavioral interactions of two sympatric voles Microtus montanus and Microtus pennsylvanicus, David Leon Genter
Limnology of Whitefish Lake northwest Montana, Thomas Frederick Golnar
Play behavior and dominance relationships of bighorn sheep on the National Bison Range, Christine C. Hass
Effects of CO2 pH and temperature on Hb-O 2 affinity of muskrat blood, Daniel K. Henwood
COOPERATIVE BREEDING BEHAVIOR OF PURPLE GALLINULES (ANIMAL RALLIDAE COSTA RICA), Laurie A. Hunter
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI PLASMIDS, Theresa Joseph
Proteins of oocysts sporozoites and merozoites of Eimeria falciformis, Jean E. Kyle
GLUTATHIONE OXIDASE: A NOVEL DEVELOPMENTALLY - REGULATED ENZYME OF THE CELLULAR SLIME MOLD DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM, Raymond Anthony Larsen
GENETIC CONTROL OF MERISTIC VARIATION IN SALMONID FISHES, Robb F. Leary
ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF LEWISIA REDIVIVA PURSH (PORTULACACEAE): A COOL STEPPE GEOPHYTE (CARTON BALANCE DROUGHT AVOIDANCE), Stephen C. Marvel
Functional morphology and feeding ecology of the northern squawfish Ptychocheilus oregonensis, Amy E. Noffsinger
IDENTIFICATION AND IMMUNOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEINS OF PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI MEROZOITES WHICH MEDIATE ERYTHROCYTE BINDING (SURFACE RADIOIODINATION IMMUNOBLOT RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION), Tobili Y. Sam-Yellowe
CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE COMPLEX OF PHASE I COXIELLA BURNETII (RICKETTSIA), David Mark Waag
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Phenology of Equisetum, Martha Elizabeth Apple
Effect of the Pgm1-t regulatory gene on liver metabolism in rainbow trout, Mark E. Aronson
Cloning cDNA probes to selected regions of ribosomal RNA in E. coli, Patrick A. Juneau
ROLE OF ANTIVIRAL SUBSTANCES IN INDUCED RESISTANCE IN TOBACCO MESOPHYLL PROTOPLASTS (NATURAL), Amitava Mitra
Reproductive ecology of ospreys (Pandion haliaetus ) in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana, Patrick D. Mullen
COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN PEROMYSCUS POPULATIONS (ANIMAL BEHAVIOR), Martin L. Prather
Effects of heavy metal enrichments on a riparian plant community in the upper Clark Fork River basin, Gary J. Ray
UPTAKE OF AUXINS INTO MEMBRANE VESICLES ISOLATED FROM PEA STEMS: AN IN VITRO AUXIN TRANSPORT SYSTEM (HORMONE TRANSPORT CHEMIOSMOTIC THEORY), J. Henry Slone
Phospholipid associated with the ATPase complex in Bacillus stearothermophilus, Joan C. Szuba
Food quality and Hydropsychid caddisfly density in a lake-outlet stream in Glacier National Park Montana, Herbert Maurice Valett
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Systematic studies of Salvia subgenus Calosphace section Erythrostachys (Lamiaceae), Kathleen E. Ahlenslager
Systematics of six species of Erigeron L. section Erigeron (Asteraceae), Katherine M. Ake
Rhizome morphology, soil distribution, and the potential fire survival of eight woody understory species in western Montana, Anne F. Bradley
Characterization of the rapid phosphatidylglycerol metabolism in Bacillus stearothermophilus, Rongsuey Chyr
Electron microscopical studies of the life cycle of Ichthyophthirius multifiliis Fouquet, Mark Geisslinger
Membrane filtration procedures for the quantification of Candida albicans and Giardia lamblia from water, Tresa Len Goins
Effect of inhibitors of cell wall synthesis on phospholipid composition and metabolism in Bacillus stearothermophilus, Stuart A. Hill
MATING BEHAVIOR IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP; MALE AND FEMALE STRATEGIES IN REPRODUCTION, John T. Hogg
SULFUR TO NITROGEN RATIOS IN PONDEROSA PINE AS BIOINDICATORS OF FOLIAR SULFUR LOADING FROM AIR POLLUTION, Carolyn Johns
THE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF LONG-BILLED CURLEWS (NUMENIUS AMERICANUS) BREEDING IN WESTERN IDAHO, Roland L. Redmond
Habitat selection and territory size regulation in the Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes Gramineus), J. Michael Reed
Thermogravimetric analysis of plant tissues, Janice M. Rogers
THE SYNECOLOGY OF THE EPIPHYTIC LICHEN XANTHORIA FALLAX (HEPP) ARN. OCCURRING ON THE THREE SUBSPECIES OF ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA NUTT. (ALLELOPATHIC PARASITISM), Roger Rosentreter
Heat balance and energetics in the resting and running guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), Paul Shepherd
Effects and ultrastructural localization of IgG and IgA antibodies on Eimeria falciformis, William Michael Whitmire
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Behavioral physiological and morphological effects of testosterone and gonadotrophin in the male starling (Sturnus vulgaris), Lynne Brenner
THE EFFECT OF T-2 TOXIN AND DIACETOXYSCIRPENOL ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF THE MOUSE, Richard S. Buller
Brain cooling and the rete mirabile ophthalmicum in the Calliope hummingbird (Stellula calliope), Deborah A. Burgoon
BIOLOGIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC PROPERTIES OF INVESTIGATIONAL Q FEVER VACCINES IN MICE (COXIELLA BURNETII), Todd Allen Damrow
INNATE AND ACQUIRED RESISTANCE TO EIMERIA FALCIFORMIS IN MICE, Thomas G. Douglass
THE HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRE AND PLANT SUCCESSION WITHIN THE SWAN VALLEY WHITE-TAILED DEER WINTER RANGE WESTERN MONTANA, June D. Freedman
Squaw Rock a proposed Montana State Natural Area, Janet L. Illgner
INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION DISTURBANCE AND THE STRUCTURE OF STREAM INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES (MONTANA LEUCOTRICHIA GLOSSOSOMA CADDISFLY), Joseph R. McAuliffe
THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATED ACID RAIN ON THE CYANOBACTERIAL DIAZOTROPH TOLYPOTHRIX SP. (NITROGEN FIXATION), Earl William Olsen
An ecological study of the regional endemic Penstemon lemhiensis (Keck) Keck & Cronq. (Scrophulariaceae), Jennifer Ramstetter
A MONOGRAPHIC REVISION OF THE GENERA SYNTHYRIS AND BESSEYA (SCROPHULARIACEAE) (SYSTEMATICS TAXONOMY)., Clark G. Schaack
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
DOMINANCE AGGRESSION AND SOCIAL POWER IN WINTER FLOCKS OF THE DARK-EYED JUNCO (JUNCO HYEMALIS), Patricia M. Dolan
Song variability in the American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), Nedra K. Klein
HABITAT AFFINITY POPULATIONS AND CONTROL OF BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOGS ON THE CHARLES M. RUSSELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE (MONTANA), Craig J. Knowles
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE LOWER CRETACEOUS KOOTENAI FORMATION FLORA IN THE GREAT FALLS AREA MONTANA, C. A. LaPasha
Investigation of the antigenic mimicry between murine macrophages and LPS from Esherichia coli 0113, Jude Onyeso Nwosu
Investigation of the mechanism of priming for a pseudo-secondary antibody response to LPS, Pamela M. Obey
Endogenous development of two Coccidian parasites : Isospora arctopitheci and Sarcocystis hemionilatrantis, Andrew T. Olcott
A floristic study of the Big Hole National Battlefield, John R. Pierce
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Studies of the interaction of Yersinia enterocolitica strain WA with reticuloendothelial cells of Swiss-Webster mice, David B. Bauer
Spatial behavioral and genetic attributes of individuals in a Peromyscus population, Jonathan E. Björklund
Influence of moonlight on predator/prey interactions between short-eared owls Asio flammeus and deermice Peromyscus maniculatus, Jennifer A. Clarke
Isolation and characterization of cardiolipin synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus, Peter E. Coderre
MECHANISMS OF IMMUNITY TO PLASMODIUM BERGHEI IN NUDE MICE AND DRUG-CURED MICE, JoseÌ J. Ferraroni