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 1980
Confirmation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae by reversed passive hemagglutination and by pyrolysis-gas-liquid chromatography, Judith R. Kelly
Functions and regulations of cellular proteinases during growth and differentiation of the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, Ignatius K. Lee
Behavioral and physiological characteristics of grizzly and polar bears and their relation to bear repellents, Gary D. Miller
MODULATION OF T CELL RESPONSES BY BACTERIAL LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES, Eric Charles Milner
Inheritance of isozyme variation and heterozygosity in Pinus ponderosa, David M. O'Malley
The genetic population structure of the kokanee Oncorhynchus nerka in Flathead Lake Montana, Stevan R. Phelps
Isolation of a new paramyxovirus, Howard G. Taylor
Effects of thymectomy on the immune response of Syrian hamsters, William T. Tino
THE INFLUENCE OF LOGGING AND WILDFIRE ON GRIZZLY BEAR HABITAT IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, Peter Edward Zager
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Fatty acid composition and lipid phase transition of Yersinia entercolitica, Chaouki Abbas
Eggshell conductance and respiration during development in a burrowing and non-burrowing bird, Geoffrey French Birchard
Characterization of the effector cell from Mycobacterium tuberculosis-sensitized mice that inhibits encephalomyocarditis virus replication, Robert R. Cent
Host-parasite interaction during tularemia in the mouse, Todd Allen Damrow
POPULATION ECOLOGY AND GENETICS OF ASCAPHUS TRUEI: AN EXAMINATION OF GENE FLOW AND NATURAL SELECTION, Charles H. Daugherty
Study of conjugal gene transfer in Yersinia enterocolitica strain W277 harboring the F'lac plasmid of Escherichia coli, Richard L. Hodinka
The Extrapulmonary pathogenic potential of Chrysosporium parvum and Chrysosporium parvum var. crescens, J. Michael Jensen
PHYSICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MYCOBACTERIAL RIBOSOMES, Ralph Cutler Judd
Temperature regulation in skunks (Mephitis mephitis and Spilogale putorius): Re-examination of metabolism and body size in mustelids, Kathy L. Knudsen
Comparative ecology of structural groups : compositional patterns in the Swan Valley forests Montana, Bruce P. McCune
THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATED ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS ON NITROGEN FIXATION IN ALFALFA, John Richard Porter
MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE TO TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI IN MICE, Steven Gregory Reed
Chemical and biological characterization of phenol-water extracts from Yersinia enterocolitica, Steven J. Wells
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
FLUORIDE INDUCED IMPACT ON A CONIFEROUS FOREST NEAR THE ANACONDA ALUMINUM PLANT IN NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, Clinton E. Carlson
ESCAPE OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM L. FROM AN INSECT HERBIVORE AT CLEARWATER JUNCTION MONTANA, Bruce D. Clayton
Immune responses in rabbits to Sporothrix schenckii, R. B. Ferguson
Assessment of immune parameters of the weak calf and the effect of thymosin treatment on those parameters, David Charles Flyer
A quantitative analysis of prey killing and its ontogeny in the ermine Mustela erminea, Bruce J. Gillingham
Heavy metal accumulation and its effects on the biota of an industrial settling pond, Michael A. Neher
THE ZOOPLANKTON OF FLATHEAD LAKE: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTINUING LAKE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, David S. Potter
The impact of SO2 on mycorrhizal populations of Agropyron smithii RydB. in southeastern Montana, Laurel Hilarie Pye
FACTORS AFFECTING PLASMA ALDOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN A TELEOST FISH (CATOSTOMUS MACROCHEILUS), Larry Norman Reinking
Ultrastructural studies of micro- and macrogametogenesis and oocyst wall formation in Eimeria nieschulzi a coccidian parasite of the rat, Gary Jay Sibert
ANALYSIS OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, Michael Rodney Skeels
Cytogentic studies of tissues derived from cattle exhibiting the weak calf syndrome, Richard R. Spaete
ROOT PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS AND NODULATION OF ZAMIA FLORIDANA, David Thomas Webb
A STUDY OF THYMOSIN THERAPY DURING ACUTE REOVIRUS TYPE 3 INFECTION IN NEONATAL MICE, Dru E. Willey
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Aspects of the ecology of two sympatric species of Thamnophis and heavy metal accumulation within the species, Mary Anderson
Grand fir (Abies grandis (Dougl.) Forbes) forests of the Swan Valley, Montana, Joseph Avery Antos
A comparative study of lake outlet ecosystems, Sue Ann Appert
Characterization of the immune response in mice treated with materials toxic for macrophages, Larry J. Becker
THE FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIATION IN THE VOCAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF JAPANESE QUAIL, Elizabeth Lynn Daugherty
Cell-mediated immune responses to Neisserria gonorrhoeae infection measured with gonococcal ribosomes, Larry Frederick Hanne
Influence of some environmental factors on initial establishment and growth of ponderosa pine seedlings, Michael G. Harrington
Immunoserologic studies of Sporothrix schenckii, Norman R. Kufner
Genetic variation in populations of Peromyscus maniculatus in northwestern Montana, Nora J. Mitchell
Trypanosoma cruzi in mice | studies on resistance and effects of acute infection on the immune response, Steven Gregory Reed
Morphology of the pronghorn ovary, Kristine Kay Roseland
Effects of a forest fire upon the benthic community of a mountain stream in northeast Idaho, Deborah Cynthia Stefan
Aspects of the breeding ecology of the pygmy nuthatch ( Sitta pygmaea) and the foraging ecology of wintering mixed-species flocks in western Montana, Barry E. Storer
Pinus buchananii a new species of petrified seed cone from the Oligocene of the Olympic Peninsula Washington, James Craig Underwood
RESPONSES OF ELYMUS CINEREUS TO COPPER, Anne D. Webb
Changes in a Douglas-fir (Pseudostuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco) forest as a result of fluoride fumigation, Cynthia A. Williams
Larval growth in Rana pretiosa: ecological and genetic factors, Lisa Wishard
An investigation of putative hybridization between Calochortus selwayensis and Calochortus apiculatus (Liliaceae), George Henry Wittler
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA AND RING-BILLED GULLS (LARUS CALIFORNICUS AND L. DELAWARENSIS), Patricia A. Baird
Organization in the shoot apex of Vicia faba L., Margaret Theresa Boylan
Factors affecting the trout fishery of Big Sky Lake, Montana, James E. Darling
Competition and Hostile Behaviors of Blue-Winged and Cinnamon Teal in Western Montana, Gerald L. Dwyer
In-stream flow requirements of benthic macroinvertebrates in a prairie river, James A. Gore
The taxonomy and ecology of the fleshy fungi of Mount Rainier National Park, Robert Patrick Harrison
FUNGAL FLORA OF THE SOIL AS CONDITIONED BY VARYING CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY METALS, Laird Max Hartman
Characterization of the immune response of mice to LPS administered per os and per nares, Ellen Elizabeth Johnson
Immune response to malignant melanoma in mice treated with phytohemagglutinin, Marc Evan Key
Tissue culture of Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii, Jeffrey Lee Koons
The autecology and reproductive biology of Marsilea vestita Hook. et. Grev., Jane Louise Kotenko
Effects of hormones, pH, and fluoride on ponderosa pine hypocotyl elongation, Jeanne Marie Lang
Characterization of an antigen of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Eric Charles Milner
STUDIES ON THE BIOLOGY OF TRYPANOSOMA (H.) PEROMYSCI WATSON 1912 (PROTOZOA: KINETOPLASTIDA : TRYPANOSOMATIDAE), John Alexander Mitchell
The effects of volatile and other secondary metabolites from Artemisia tridentata on soil microfungi: An ecological approach, Donald Owen Natvig
ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF A LAKE OUTLET, Mark W. Oswood
THE ECOLOGY OF THE TRUMPETER SWAN ON RED ROCK LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE MONTANA, Roger David Page
Ecology and floristics of Ohio Slide and other avalanche tracks in Lost Horse Canyon Bitterroot Mountains Montana, James Moyer Stauffer
Aspects of the diving physiology of muskrats (Ondatra zibethica) : post-dive oxygen consumption and lactic acid levels, Eleanor Stetson
Temporal effects of various immunosuppressive drugs on the immune response, Priscilla Ann Swanson
ADAPTATION OF CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM TO VARIATION IN LIGHT INTENSITY AND CARBON-DIOXIDE STRESS, Thomas Matthew Ulik
Thymosin therapy and the weak syndrome calf, Dru E. Willey
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
A preliminary study of the flora and taxonomy of the order Lycoperdales (Gasteromycetes) of Alberta and northwest Montana, William Blain Askew
A taxonomic study of Oreohelix haydeni in western Montana, Harold Lee Fairbanks
SITE INFLUENCE ON THE POST-FIRE COMPOSITION OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOREST, Warren Louis Forsythe
Some aspects of renal function temperature regulation and body weight changes in dehydrated black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), James Dennis Hamilton
Differentiation of enteric bacteria by pyrolysis-gas-liquid chromatography, Douglas J. Hanson
THE EFFECT OF BCG PROPHYLAXIS ON THE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO SYNGENEIC MURINE TUMORS, John Andrew Hare
Relative susceptibility of resident and transient Peromyscus subjected to weasel predation, Van Courtney Jamison
PHOSPHOLIPID COMPOSITION AND METABOLISM OF RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM, Steven Grant Meyers
The taxonomy and distribution of the phylum Tardigrada in Montana west of the Continental Divide, William Randolph Miller
Detection of herpes simplex virus in cell culture stomatitis and labial lesions by the immunoperoxidase technique, Soontaree Nitayamekin
Effects of membrane association and membrane phospholipid composition on ATPase activity in Bacillus stearothermophilus, Paul Edwin Orndorff
A study of the effector cell responsible for immunity in mice to Francisella tularensis strain Schu, Stephen D. Peckinpaugh
Detection of salmonellae in whole egg, Barbara Jean Pincomb
PINACEOUS DWARF SHOOTS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS MAGOTHY FORMATION OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD ISLAND MASSACHUSETTS, Coleman Ralph Robison
A comparative study of the breeding biology of Hammond's ( Empidonax hammondii) and Dusky (Empidonax oberholseri) flycatchers, James Andrew Sedgwick
AN ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A HOST-PARASITE ASSOCIATION: CUTEREBRA APPROXIMATA (DIPTERA: CUTEREBRIDAE) IN PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS (RODENTIA: CRICETIDAE)., Donald Henry Smith
Unmasking of latent herpesvirus infection, Surang Tantivanich
FUNCTIONAL SEPARATION OF IMMUNOLOGICAL SIGNALS, Kenneth Brooks Von Eschen
A NUMERICAL TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE ERAGROSTIS INTERMEDIA COMPLEX (POACEAE), John Thomas Witherspoon
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
HOST RESPONSES IN EXPERIMENTAL ADIASPIROMYCOSIS, RauÌl J. Cano
THE EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION AND GROWTH REGULATORS UPON ABSCISSION IN EXPLANTS OF PHASEOLUS AND IMPATIENS, Robert Bruce Dwelle
EFFECTS OF SIMULATED ACID RAIN ON VEGETATION, Roger Willis Ferenbaugh