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 1987
Ecology of the black-tailed jack rabbit near a solid radioactive waste disposal site in southeastern Idaho, John C. Grant
Grizzly bear habitat analysis southern Whitefish Range Montana, David A. Hadden
Influence of specialization among anglers and hikers on information needs and site attribute preferences during site selection, Steven W. Mackay
Management plan for wild artiodactyls in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Mohammad Mumtaz Malik
Visitor perceptions of campsite impact acceptability, Steven R. Martin
Yaks and grasses: Pastoralism in the Himalayan countries of Nepal and Bhutan and strategies for sustained development, Daniel John Miller
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SITE SPECIFIC HEIGHT GROWTH CURVES FOR FOUR CONIFERS IN WESTERN MONTANA, Kelsey S. Milner
Habitats trails and campground situations associated with grizzly-human confrontations in Glacier National Park Montana, M. Steven Nadeau
Mapping forest evapotranspiration and photosynthesis by coupling satellite data with ecosystem simulation, Ramakrishna R. Nemani
Survival of mallard broods on Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge in north-central Montana, Dennis L. Orthmeyer
Root distribution and shoot| Root characteristics of six-year-old ponderosa pine established on reclaimed minesoils at Colstrip, Montana, Karen A. Thamarus
Transpirational drying of limbed and unlimbed lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir with controlled precipitation, Fabian C. Uzoh
WILDERNESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: A PHILOSOPHY OF WILDERNESS PRAXIS (NATIVE AMERICAN ROMANTICISM), Jay Hansford Vest
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
Responses of three plant communities to herbicide spraying and burning of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) in western Montana, Jeffrey L. Carpenter
BEHAVE wildland fine fuel moisture model| Field testing and sensitivity analysis, Elizabeth F. Easterling
Electronic determination of rapidly induced high temperature mortality in Pinus ponderosa seedlings, Robert H. Ethridge
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
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
Comparison of ecological and mensurational indexes of site quality and forest productivity in Pinus ponderosa stands of western Montana, Scott D. McLeod
Relationship of critical environmental factors to the success of spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa L.) in western Montana, Gloria B. Mooers
Comparison of the Forest Fire Danger Meter Mk.5 and the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction system in a dry eucalypt forest, Peter Francis Moore
A Fuel Model for Fire Behavior Prediction in Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa L.) Grasslands in Western Montana, Gavriil Xanthopoulos
Visitor Attitudes Toward Use Control Wilderness Regulations and Wilderness Policies in the Bob Marshall Wilderness complex, Wen-Tsann Yang
Ecology and status of a wilderness fishery| Westslope cutthroat trout in the South Fork Flathead River, Michael Kenneth Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Research and management implications of the pursuit of black bears with trained bear dogs, R. Bradford Allen
Suspended Sediment, Turbidity, and Organic Debris in a Belt Series Watershed of Western Montana, Bruce Konrad Muir Anderson
Association of fire occurrence and past western spruce budworm activity in dry Douglas-fir habitat types of western Montana, Leslie L. Anderson
Blackfeet Agreement of 1895 and Glacier National Park| A case history, Christopher S. Ashby
Recreation management in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex: An application of the limits of acceptable change concept and transactive planning theory, Joseph L. Ashor
Winter and spring habitat selection by white-tailed deer in a western Montana second-growth forest, Kevin L. Berner
Nesting activity time budgets of bald eagles in southeast Alaska, Steven L. Cain
Multiple bud formation in vitro on Larix occidentalis and Pinus ponderosa buds stems and needles, Emily E. Chesick
Characteristics of bald eagle communal roosts in Glacier National Park Montana, Jay Crenshaw
ECOLOGY OF THE HOG DEER IN ROYAL CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK NEPAL (MORPHOLOGY ACTIVITY POPULATION DYNAMICS MOVEMENTS HOME RANGES), Sanat K. Dhungel
Evaluation of a wilderness education program based on cognitive and affective changes, Debi L. Dowell
HABITAT USE AND FOOD HABITS OF ELK IN WESTERN MONTANA: A MULTIVARIATE APPROACH (SELECTION ROADS CERVUS ELAPHUS DISTURBANCE FOREST MANAGEMENT), W. Daniel Edge
Conflict between hikers and horse-users in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Elvin D. Fitzhugh
Visitor perceptions of management restrictions during Glacier Park's bald eagle concentration, Jeffrey E. Frost
Activity and food habits of barren-ground grizzly bears in arctic Alaska, John L. Hechtel
Radial growth recovery of Douglas-fir in different site and stand conditions after western spruce budworm defoliation, David A. Hull
Analysis of Forest Service stumpage prices in western Montana| Prices related to sale location and the marketplace, Candace Johnson-True
Prescribed fire and cattle grazing influences on the vegetation and elk use of a rough fescue community, Craig S. Jourdonnais
Uses and effects of prescribed burning in uneven-aged stand management of ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests in western Montana, Konstadinos D. Kalabokidis
Carbohydrate reserves and phenology of four western Montana understory forage species, Janice K. Krueger
Moose-habitat relationships in the Yaak River drainage northwestern Montana, Marc R. Matchett
Lower stumpage costs by using probabilistic and skewed bidding methods| A case study of timber sales on the Lolo National Forest, Eldon L. Rash
Precision of volume estimates from point sampling for different sampling intensities and procedures, Douglas R. Schnare
ESTABLISHMENT OF CONIFERS FOLLOWING BROADCAST BURNING ON CLEARCUTS IN WESTERN MONTANA (LARIX OCCIDENTALIS PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII SEED DISPERSAL GERMINATION SEEDLING HEIGHT), Raymond C. Shearer
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Effects of patch size on bird communities of remnant old-growth pine stands in western Montana, William C. Aney
Effect of season, growth regulators and simultaneous grafting on the rootability of Juniperus scopulorum and Juniperus horizontalis stem cuttings, David A. Baumbauer
Reproductive ecology and habitat utilization of Richardson's merlins in southeastern Montana, Dale M. Becker
Water stress response after thinning Pinus contorta stands in Montana, Bryan L. Donner
Topographic influence of microclimate and tree physiological activity in early spring, Daron Lee Duncan
Harvest age-structure as an indicator of grizzly bear population status, Richard B. Harris
Nest success and cover relationships of upland-nesting ducks in northcentral Montana, Jeff W. Holm
Predicting successional plant composition on a Pseudotsuga menziesii/Physocarpus malvaceus habitat type in western Montana, Robert E. Keane
Examination of National Park Service decision making| A case study of Grant Village, Yellowstone National Park, Brian C. Kenner
Evaluating elk habitat in terms of cover in west-central Idaho, Nancy K. Lee
Identification and evaluation of grizzly bear habitat in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area Montana, Richard D. Mace
Nest site characteristics reproductive success and food habits of long-eared owls in southwestern Idaho, Jeffrey S. Marks
Silvicultural prescription for Stand 25-4-01, Diane L. Myers
Density and distribution nest site selection and activity of the mountain plover on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Sally L. Olson
Prehistoric fire activity and vegetation near Flathead Lake Montana, Todd L. Onken
Wilderness education : Evaluation of a sixth grade approach, Garry A. Oye
Spectacled bear habitat use in the historical sanctuary of Machu Picchu and adjacent areas, Bernard Peyton
Effects of burning on the mortality and vigor of shrubby cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa) in central Montana, Samuel Peter Redfern
The heritability of drought resistance in ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa) outplanted in Colstrip Montana, Lee E. Riley
Habitat use home range and movements of bobcats in western Montana, Drew S. Smith
Suspended sediment yields in an undisturbed western Montana watershed, P. Dennis Smith
Who uses our parks?| An evaluation of the application of standards-based recreation planning methods for assessing neighborhood park needs in urban Missoula, Montana, Barbara K. Ten Broeck
Use of cover by mule deer on a western Montana winter range, Robert T. Yeager
Black bear habitat use at Priest Lake Idaho, Donald D. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Genesis of Mollisols under Douglas-fir, Mark E. Bakeman
Vegetal recovery on mining-related disturbances in the alpine zone Stillwater Mining District Montana, Cheryl R. Beyer
Prediction of residual merchantable volume of four conifer species in western Montana, Foday N. Bojang
Fire protection in the wildland/urban interface : a Montana viewpoint, Michael R. Dannenberg
Distribution status and feeding ecology of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia, Rodney W. Flynn
Environmental assessment : philosophy and method, Robert A. Fronk
Characterization study of ash-influenced soils in western Montana, O. Lee Gorby
Seasonal and species comparisons of leaf conductance controls for western Montana conifers, Jeffrey S. Graham
Strategy for improving the efficiency of duff moisture content and duff structure estimates, Margaret I. Hillhouse
FORESTS FOR THE PEOPLE: CASE STUDY OF THE RARE II DECISION, Raymond W. Karr
Postharvest height growth response of Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa understory, Ward W. McCaughey
Relationships between a mountain lion population and hunting pressure in western Montana, Kerry M. Murphy
Pre-Disturbance Characterization of a Forested Mountain Drainage Basin in the Belt Series of Western Montana, David Findlay Scott
Aerial photographic interpretation of forest stands on Lubrecht Experimental Forest, Montana, Kurt B. Teuber
Light reduction and moisture stress effects on growth and water relations of western larch seedlings, Nan C. Vance
Impacts of cattle grazing and subdivisions on Grant Creek ungulates, Darrel L. Weybright
Movements of bald eagles associated with autumn concentrations in Glacier National Park, Leonard S. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Food habits and spatial relations of coyotes and a lone wolf in the Rocky Mountains, Diane Boyd
Distribution Habitat Use and Movements of Elk in Relation to Roads and Human Disturbances in Western Montana, W. Daniel Edge
Seven year heritability estimates for ponderosa pine in the northern Rocky Mountains, Virginia K. Graham
Habitat Use Among Woodpeckers in Forest Burns, Mary A. Harris
BLACK BEAR ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT IN THE NORTHERN CONIFER-DECIDUOUS FORESTS OF MAINE, Roy D. Hugie
Summer range ecology of white-tailed deer in the coniferous forests of northwestern Montana, Rosemary Harger Leach