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.

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Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Seasonal habitat use of river otters in northwestern Montana, Amy Johnston Waller

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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Ecology of Heracleum lanatum Michx. (cow parsnip) communities in northwestern Montana, Robert B. Campbell

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River otter population status and habitat use in northwestern Montana, Ana E. Dronkert-Egnew

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Preserving biological diversity| A description and analysis of the Nature Conservancy's program in Montana, Robert C. Ehrhart

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Bald eagles wintering along the Columbia River in southcentral Washington: Factors influencing distribution and characteristics of perch and roost trees, Sherry Anne Eisner

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Habitat use by dispersing and transplanted beavers in western Montana, Holly Tucker Harris

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Experimental manipulation of white-tailed deer habitat on a winter range in the Swan Valley Montana, Janet L. Johnson

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Duck nest success in Montana, Victoria L. Kurnat

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Distribution of damage by Armillaria root disease in the douglas-fir series of the Lolo National Forest, Montana, Catherine Cae Maynard

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Rates of regeneration establishment on stands harvested from 1980-1982 on the Missoula Ranger District, Lolo National Forest, Tina Naugle

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Characteristics of a striped skunk population in the Mission Valley Montana, Denise Madelaine Pengeroth

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Computerized development of fire prescriptions: An application of artificial intelligence to natural resource management, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt

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Ecology of reintroduced fishers in the Cabinet Mountains of northwest Montana, Kevin D. Roy

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A study of campsite impacts on the San Juan River Utah, Debra Jane Sholly

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Effects of cattle grazing on the regeneration of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) seedlings in western Montana, Margaret H. Smith

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Evaluation of techniques to monitor white-tailed deer populations in the North Fork of the Flathead River Valley, Montana, Patricia A. Tucker

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Dispersal patterns of juvenile beavers in western Montana, Timothy R. Van Deelen

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Vegetative productivity of grizzly bear habitat components in southeastern British Columbia, Anne M. Vandehey

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Management plan for wild ungulates in Balochistan Pakistan, Amjad Tahir Virk

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Defining old-growth Douglas-fir forests of central Montana and use of the northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) as a management indicator species, Thomas C. Whitford

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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Partnership assessment for the proposed Montana Yellowstone Information Center, Amy K. Ballard

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Winter habitat selection by elk in northwestern Montana, Milo Burcham

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Black bears in the North Fork of the Flathead River Valley Montana, Harry Carriles

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On-site assessment of best management practices| A component of cumulative watershed effects in the Flathead River Basin, William Ehinger

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Habitat use by white-tailed deer in relation to winter range silvicultural treatments in the Thompson River drainage northwestern Montana, Lorin Lee Hicks

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Beaver dispersal in western Montana, Michael D. Jackson

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Floodplain distribution of fishes of the Bitterroot River, with emphasis on introduced populations of northern pike, Thomas Stiles Jones

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Food habits and population characteristics of dorcas gazelles and distributions and statuses of wild ungulates in Morocco, Chris O. Loggers

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A GIS application for assessment of nonpoint source pollution risk on managed forest lands, Kenneth J. Lull

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Effects of prescribed burning on the Burdette Creek winter range, Paul D. Makela

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Development of a forest productivity map for Lubrecht Experimental Forest using Landsat Thematic Mapper data and GIS analysis techniques, Maria Manasi

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Plant community development in a minerotrophic peatland Teton County Montana, David Charles McAllister

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Application of the "Sequoia method" for cumulative watershed effects analysis in the Flathead Basin, Brian Brian McInerney

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Population trends of songbirds in western North America, L. Christine Paige

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The reproductive biology of the Formosan Reeves' muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi micrurus) in Jiou-Jeng-Yang area I-Lan Taiwan R.O.C., Chyi-Jai Pei

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The distribution abundance and habitat requirements of the Sierra mountain beaver in Yosemite National Park, Paul A. Todd

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Diet and growth of Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis Mitchill) after the introduction of Mysis relicta to Flathead Lake Montana, Joel Tohtz

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Comparing the time efficiency of several timber inventory designs, William L. Wood

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Development of a wildland crown fire initiation model, Gavriil Xanthopoulos

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Relationship of Japanese tourists' occupation income and education to their travel participation in the U.S. and Montana, Yang Xiao

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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Effects of normative and informational social influence on visitor behavior in occupied grizzly bear habitat, Amy M. Braithwaite

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Silvicultural prescription stand 827-01-066, Tally Lake Ranger District, Flathead National Forest, C. Kenneth Brewer

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Intramural-recreational sports program fiscal management: a comparative study of University of Montana peer institutions, Adrienne M. Corti

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Habitat use patterns and population trends among Shiras moose in a heavily logged region of northwest Montana, Brent Costain

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Smoldering duff: Limits heat evolved and burn rate, William H. Frandsen

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Study of spatial patterns of visitors using mechanical counters, GPS and GIS technology in the Slough Creek subregion of Yellowstone National Park, Meritxell Gracia-Longares

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Status and population dynamics of mountain goats in the Snake River Range Idaho, James A. Hayden

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Ecology of mule deer in the upper Missouri River breaks Montana, Susan K. Kraft

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Seasonal habitat relationships of white-tailed deer in northwestern Montana, Rodney W. Krahmer

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Elk habitat selection, distribution, and nutrition as influenced by cattle in east-central Idaho, Sandra Prater Kratville

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A description of the major plant communities on the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch, Russell James Offerdahl

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Airborne imaging spectrometry and ecological modeling of coniferous forests, George Anthony Riggs

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Use of remotely sensed data to predict biomass and grazing capacity in eastern Montana, Richard V. Ringleb

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Seasonal avifauna use of burned and unburned lodgepole pine forest ecotones, Nancy Gayle Skinner

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Evaluation of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seed tree mortality on the Clearwater National Forest, ID, Catherine A. Stewart

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Nesting of ring-necked pheasants in the Ninepipe area of western Montana, Kuenhi Tsai

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Bald eagle nesting ecology and habitat use: Lake McDonald Glacier National Park Montana, Richard E. Yates

Theses/Dissertations from 1988

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Predicting Pinus ponderosa site index from soil mineralization rates at Lubrecht Forest, Montana, Stephen Patrick Baker

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Beaver habitat along rivers and reservoirs in central Montana, Robin Bown

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Winter habitat selection by the sexes of white-tailed deer, Stephen Paul Brockmann

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Cellular anatomy of penetration and infection of containerized western larch seedlings by Botrytis cinerea, Frank Dugan

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Predicting prescribed fire managers' perceptions of their information sources' worth, William Kaage

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Application of the SIRO-PLAN methodology to decision making in wildland fuel management planning, Brian L. Lord

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Acceleration of point source fire to equilibrium spread, Robert Stanley McAlpine

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In search of the ideal document: A problem analysis of literature-based wilderness education efforts, John John Mercer

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Spatial and temporal variability of soil frost in clearcuts and adjacent forest stands at two elevations in western Montana, Lynda Adelaide Saul

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Application of the United States Army Corps of Engineers wetland delineation field indicators within subalpine zone wetlands of western Montana, John M. Soden

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Breeding ecology of Canada geese on an irrigation reservoir in northwestern Montana, Sally J. Sovey

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

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Silvicultural prescription, Stand 805-03-047, Tally Lake Ranger District, Flathead National Forest, David C. Cawrse

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Forage utilization habitat selection and population indices of beaver in northwestern Montana, Andrea L. Easter-Pilcher

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Elk and cattle relationships on summer range in southwestern Montana, Steve Gniadek

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Ecology of the black-tailed jack rabbit near a solid radioactive waste disposal site in southeastern Idaho, John C. Grant

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Grizzly bear habitat analysis southern Whitefish Range Montana, David A. Hadden

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Influence of specialization among anglers and hikers on information needs and site attribute preferences during site selection, Steven W. Mackay

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Management plan for wild artiodactyls in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Mohammad Mumtaz Malik

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EVALUATION OF SITE QUALITY MEASURES AND GROWTH CURVES FOR EVEN-AGED PONDEROSA PINE UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF STAND DENSITY AND SITE PRODUCTIVITY IN WESTERN MONTANA, Fred C. Martin

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Visitor perceptions of campsite impact acceptability, Steven R. Martin

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Yaks and grasses: Pastoralism in the Himalayan countries of Nepal and Bhutan and strategies for sustained development, Daniel John Miller

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF SITE SPECIFIC HEIGHT GROWTH CURVES FOR FOUR CONIFERS IN WESTERN MONTANA, Kelsey S. Milner

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Habitats trails and campground situations associated with grizzly-human confrontations in Glacier National Park Montana, M. Steven Nadeau

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Mapping forest evapotranspiration and photosynthesis by coupling satellite data with ecosystem simulation, Ramakrishna R. Nemani

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Survival of mallard broods on Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge in north-central Montana, Dennis L. Orthmeyer

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Root distribution and shoot| Root characteristics of six-year-old ponderosa pine established on reclaimed minesoils at Colstrip, Montana, Karen A. Thamarus

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Transpirational drying of limbed and unlimbed lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir with controlled precipitation, Fabian C. Uzoh

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WILDERNESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: A PHILOSOPHY OF WILDERNESS PRAXIS (NATIVE AMERICAN ROMANTICISM), Jay Hansford Vest

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THE STRUCTURE OF PRODUCTION IN THE U.S. WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND THE DERIVED DEMAND FOR SAWTIMBER (UNITED STATES), David Norman Wear

Theses/Dissertations from 1986

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Responses of three plant communities to herbicide spraying and burning of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) in western Montana, Jeffrey L. Carpenter

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BEHAVE wildland fine fuel moisture model| Field testing and sensitivity analysis, Elizabeth F. Easterling

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Electronic determination of rapidly induced high temperature mortality in Pinus ponderosa seedlings, Robert H. Ethridge

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Use and preference of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa ) by elk (Cervus elaphus) and mule deer ( Odocoileus hemionus) on two winter ranges in western Montana, Darlene Anne Lavelle

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Examination of optimal energy allocation patterns in lodgepole pine-mountain pine beetle systems through the use of dynamic programming and computer simulation, Kevin Scot McKelvey

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Comparison of ecological and mensurational indexes of site quality and forest productivity in Pinus ponderosa stands of western Montana, Scott D. McLeod

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Relationship of critical environmental factors to the success of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa L.) in western Montana, Gloria B. Mooers

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Comparison of the Forest Fire Danger Meter Mk.5 and the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction system in a dry eucalypt forest, Peter Francis Moore

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A Fuel Model for Fire Behavior Prediction in Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa L.) Grasslands in Western Montana, Gavriil Xanthopoulos

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Visitor Attitudes Toward Use Control Wilderness Regulations and Wilderness Policies in the Bob Marshall Wilderness complex, Wen-Tsann Yang

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Ecology and status of a wilderness fishery| Westslope cutthroat trout in the South Fork Flathead River, Michael Kenneth Young

Theses/Dissertations from 1985

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Research and management implications of the pursuit of black bears with trained bear dogs, R. Bradford Allen

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Suspended Sediment, Turbidity, and Organic Debris in a Belt Series Watershed of Western Montana, Bruce Konrad Muir Anderson

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Association of fire occurrence and past western spruce budworm activity in dry Douglas-fir habitat types of western Montana, Leslie L. Anderson