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 2016
POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF CORDYCEPS IN THE GARHWAL HIMALAYA OF NORTHERN INDIA, Laura Bess Caplins
FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF BROWN BEARS ON KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA, William Welling Deacy
ECOLOGY OF THE ALLUVIAL AQUIFER OF THE NYACK FLOODPLAIN ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE FLATHEAD RIVER, MONTANA, Amanda Gay DelVecchia
CORE ZONES, LIVESTOCK AND POPULATION ECOLOGY OF ARGALI IN MONGOLIA’S GOBI STEPPE, Lars Stefan Ekernas
EXPLORING PARK SUPPORT: A STUDY OF PHILANTHROPY AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Geoffrey G. Havens
MULE DEER POPULATION DYNAMICS IN SPACE AND TIME: ECOLOGICAL MODELING TOOLS FOR MANAGING UNGULATES, Mark A. Hurley
PREDICTING CLIMATE-INDUCED IMPACTS ON SEASONAL STREAM TEMPERATURES IN THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENT ECOSYSTEM, Leslie Anne Jones
Synthesis of Satellite Microwave Observations for Monitoring Global Land-Atmosphere CO2 Exchange, Lucas Alan Jones
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY OF NATURE-BASED TOURISTS: FORMATION OF PLACE ATTACHMENT AND INFLUENCES ON VISITOR BEHAVIOR, Jacob Daniel Jorgenson
AGE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PARENTAL CARE AND OFFSPRING BEHAVIORS, Juan Carlos Oteyza
Human shields and redistribution of prey species complicate the utility of protected areas as ecological baselines, Wesley Sarmento
DENSITY MANAGEMENT IN YOUNG WESTERN LARCH STANDS: TREE GROWTH, STAND YIELD, AND CARBON STORAGE 54 YEARS AFTER THINNING, Michael S. Schaedel
LANDSCAPE TO LOCAL: A MULTI-SCALE EVALUATION OF VOLUNTARY EFFORTS TO REDUCE FRAGMENTATION AND ENHANCE MANAGEMENT OF RANGELANDS FOR SAGE-GROUSE, Joseph Tyler Smith
Assessing Household Drinking Water Needs: Reaching Many One Water Filter at a Time in Los Robles, Nicaragua, Erinkate E. Springer
LARGE-SCALE CAMERA TRAPPING AND LARGE-CARNIVORE MONITORING, OCCUPANCY-ABUNDANCE RELATIONSHIPS, AND FOOD-WEBS, Robin Willem Steenweg
EXPERIENCES OF AMERICAN INDIANS IN NATURAL RESOURCE DEGREE PROGRAMS, Ruth Ann Swaney
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Groups and Mortality: Their Effects on Cooperative Behavior and Population Growth in a Social Carnivore, David E. Ausband
A Critical Examination of Private Conservation Areas on Campesino Community Lands in Peru, Megan Barnhart
Spatiotemporal Controls On Hydrologic Exchange Between Hillslopes, Valley Bottoms, And Streams From The Reach To The Watershed Scale, Anna Bergstrom
DEVALUING FUTURE AIR QUALITY, RESPIRATORY HEALTH, AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES: A DELAY DISCOUNTING APPROACH, Meredith Steele Berry
Coevolution and cospeciation in a bark-beetle fungal symbiosis, Ryan Russell Bracewell
Vulnerable Populations' Perspectives on Climate Engineering, Wylie Allen Carr
Ecosystem succession in the earliest stages: Linking microbial community structure to ecological function, Sarah C. Castle
QUANTIFYING THE SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF SUBSURFACE FLOW ACROSS THREE HILLSLOPES IN A SEMI-ARID, ALPINE FOREST, Emily N. Clark
Tribal Water Rights Settlements and Instream Flow Protection, Dylan M. DesRosier
LINKING THE EFFECTS OF RISK FACTORS ON ANNUAL CALF SURVIVAL TO ELK POPULATION DYNAMICS IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY, MONTANA, Daniel R. Eacker
DECADAL SCALE RESPONSES OF SOIL AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES TO FOREST RESTORATION IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONIFER FORESTS, Peter Ganzlin
Estimation of historic salmon populations and its application to contemporary salmon conservation, Nick Joseph Gayeski
Assessing changes in avian communities, Jessie D. Golding
Perceptions of climate change and water governance vulnerability in the Aysén region of Chile, Michal I. Helman
Stewardship Contracting: Implementation of an Innovative Resource Management Tool by Units of the U.S. Forest Service, Cassandra J. Hemphill
Consequences of Biomass Harvesting on Forest Condition and Productivity in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Woongsoon Jang
An investigation of domestic tourists' loyalty to a nature-based tourist setting from a relational and transactional perspective at the Victoria Falls World Heritage site, Jane Musole Kwenye
Predation Risk and Vegetation Effects on Avian Diversity, Species Turnover, Reproduction, and Fitness, Joseph Anthony LaManna
Cows and Plows: Science-based Conservation for Grassland Songbirds in Agricultural Landscapes, Marisa K. Lipsey
An assessment of biochar amended soilless media for nursery propagation of northern Rocky Mountain native plants, Clarice P. Matt
Capturing the Benefits of Restoration: Local Business Utilization and Opportunities for Growth in Northwestern Montana, Chelsea P. McIver
The Effect of Mulch and Watering on Tomato Yields and Potential for Adoption During the Dry Season in Nanjara Village, Tanzania, Emily A. Okal
Spatiotemporal Variability of Topoclimatic Air Temperature across the Conterminous United States, Jared Wesley Oyler
Run to the Hills - Partial Migration in Large Herbivores, Wibke Peters
PUBLIC-PRIVATE WATER CONSERVATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF ATTITUDES IN THE DEER LODGE VALLEY, MONTANA, Elizabeth K. Rial
COMMUNITY PERTURBATION ASSOCIATED WITH NEW ZEALAND MUDSNAIL (POTAMAPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM) INVASION: DISCREPANCIES IN TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ASSESSMENT, Eric H. Richins
The influence of environmental heterogeneity on neutral and adaptive genetic structure in Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli dalli), Gretchen Roffler
THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL PATTERNS OF SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND DEPTH ON LOCAL AND HILLSLOPE SCALE SHALLOW WATER TABLE DYNAMICS, Casey E. Ryan
A GIS ASSESSMENT OF ECOREGION REPRESENTATION IN CHILE'S EXISTING AND PROPOSED INTEGRATED NETWORK OF PROTECTED AREAS, Jessica Schutz
TOWARD A REGIONAL MODIS EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (MOD16) PRODUCT: RE-EVALUATING MOD16 LOGIC TO INCLUDE PRECIPITATION, Jami J. Seirer
Does migration matter? Causes and consequences of migratory behavior in Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, Derek Benjamin Spitz
A Model For Determining Drivers of Phenology in Western United States Rangelands, Joseph R. St. Peter
BAMBOO HARVESTING FOR HOUSEHOLD INCOME GENERATION IN THE ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS: CURRENT CONDITIONS AND MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES, Bridget L. Tinsley
The Role of Funding Programs in Promotion of Best Management Practices for Effective Stream Restoration, Tracy R. Wendt
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENTS IN THE HOME IGNITION ZONE TO MITIGATE WILDFIRE RISK IN MONTANA, USA, Howard L. Williams
ABUNDANCE, DENSITY, AND OPINIONS ABOUT COLUMBIAN BLACK-TAILED DEER, WHIDBEY ISLAND, WASHINGTON, Robert P. Wingard
Forest Fire Risk Assessment Using Point Process Modeling & Monte Carlo Fire Simulation: A Case Study in Gyeongju, South Korea, Hyeyoung Woo
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
USING TERRESTRIAL LIDAR TO MODEL SHRUBS FOR FIRE BEHAVIOR SIMULATION, Theodore Adams
SPATIAL PATTERNS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS OF SMOKEJUMPER UTILIZATION SINCE 2004, Tyson A. Atkinson
Assessing the Determinants Facilitating Local Vulnerabilities and Adaptive Capacities to Climate Change Impacts in High Mountain Areas: A Case Study of Northern Ladakh, India, Kimiko Nygaard Barrett
Use of a forest reconstruction model to assess changes to Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest conditions during the fire suppression era, Molly Augusta Frederica Barth
YERBA MATE (ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS) PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL CHANGE, AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY IN SOUTHEASTERN PARAGUAY, Mason Robert Bradbury
Assessing Alternative Methods For Monitoring Populus tremuloides Following Restoration Treatments, Michael Fowler
Analyzing the error structure and simultaneous nature of multi-dimensional, density dependent growth models for ponderosa pine, James Furlaud
Causes of annual reproductive variation and anthropogenic disturbance in harlequin ducks breeding in glacier national park, montana, Warren Kevin Hansen
Habitat Quality Influences Migratory Strategy of Female White-Tailed Deer, Charles R. Henderson Jr.
EFFECTS OF ROAD-STREAM CROSSINGS ON POPULATIONS OF THE IDAHO GIANT SALAMANDER (Dicamptodon aterrimus), Richard K. Honeycutt
Stakeholder Perspectives Regarding the Ecosystem Services Produced by the Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness in Central Idaho, Benjamin Thomas Irey
Correlates of Canada Lynx Reproductive Success in Northwestern Montana, Megan K. Kosterman
The effects of seed source health on whitebark pine regeneration density after wildfire, Signe B. Leirfallom
SECURING FOOD AND LIVELIHOODS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS TO SUSTAINABLY ENHANCING HOUSEHOLD FOOD PRODUCTION IN SANTA FAMILIA VILLAGE, BELIZE, Siobhan B. Lozada
UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VISITORS AND MOUNTAIN GOATS (OREAMNOS AMERICANUS) ON THE HIDDEN LAKE TRAIL, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Sarah Ilene Markegard
The U.S. National Park Service: Organizational Adaptation in an Era of Complexity, Uncertainty, and Change, Anna Christina Mills
UNDERSTANDING TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF MEDICINAL PLANT USE IN CARHUAMAYO, JUNIN, PERU, Anastasia Orkwiszewski
Quantifying the influence of past wildfires on the severity and size of subsequent wildfires, Sean Aaron Parks
Use of Climatic Water Balance Metrics as Site Productivity Predictors, Matthew Dilsworth Perry
QUANTIFYING THE HYDROLOGIC IMPACT OF MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE DISTURBANCE IN A WESTERN MONTANA ECOSYSTEM, James A. Reilly
Addressing the challenges of monitoring a rare and elusive seabird, Anne Louise Schaefer
Proactive Management of Pneumonia Epizootics in Bighorn Sheep in Montana, Sarah N. Sells
Emerging Models in Environmental Volunteerism: The Domestic Volunteer Vacation, John Andrew Stegmaier
AN EMPRIRICAL TEST OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INDIRECT MANAGEMENT TOOL IN INCREASING OPTIONAL SHUTTLE USE AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Alex Benjamin Weinberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Effects of Disturbance on Tree Community Dynamics in Whitebark Pine Ecosystems, Jeremy Travis Amberson
A spatially-explicit decision support system for invasive weed species management, Pablo Aracena
Variations in wildfire ash properties and implications for post-fire hydrological response within Western North American ecosystems, Victoria Balfour
Escape probability: an alternative risk metric to support and evaluate wilderness fire management decisions, Kevin Matthew Barnett
Exploring Detracting Elements and Coping Mechanisms Reported in Four Trails along the Going-To-The-Sun Road Corridor in Glacier National Park, Diana Maritza Bedoya
Connectivity and Spatial Organization of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in Idaho, Nathan Jeffery Borg
Evaluating genetic status and management tradeoffs for conservation of cutthroat trout (oncorhynchus clarkii), Kellie Jahan Carim
IDENTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING GOLDEN EAGLE PRESENCE AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS, Ross H. Crandall
Understanding the dynamics of species distributions under climate change: linking empirical evidence, ecological theory, and statistical models, Shawn M. Crimmins
Shifts in Caribou Calving Habitat and Space-Use, Daniella Johanna Dekelaita
Changes in litter inputs and decomposition in headwater streams during a mountain pine beetle infestation of whitebark pine, Hilary Genevieve Eisen
Transient dynamics in plant population models, Martha Ellis
Characterizing Crown Struture of Three Interior Northwest Conifer Species Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Jena Ferrarese
ESTIMATION AND MODELING OF FOREST ATTRIBUTES ACROSS LARGE SPATIAL SCALES USING BIOMEBGC, HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGERY, LIDAR DATA, AND INVENTORY DATA, Jordan Seth Golinkoff