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 2012
Effects of Lithology, Structure and Stratigraphy on Surface Water Specific Electrical Conductance; South Fork of the Flathead River, Montana, Melissa A. Brickl
Effects of Biotic Interactions on Climate-Growth Relationships of Douglas-Fir and Ponderosa Pine, Gunnar Carnwath
Resource selection, predation risk, and population dynamics of woodland caribou, Nicholas James DeCesare
Mountain pine beetle outbreaks in high elevation whitebark pine forests: the effects of tree host species and blister rust infection severity on beetle productivity, Edith Mary Dooley
AN INQUIRY INTO ECO-LABELING: THE PROMISE OF PREDATOR FRIENDLY CERTIFICATION (PFC), Melissa Ellen Katherine Early
Migratory Behavior and Survival of Adult Female Elk in a Partially Migratory Population, Scott Eggeman
Modeling the potential impacts of climate change on streamflow variability in the North Fork of Elk Creek Experimental Watershed, West-Central, Montana, Katie Marie Jorgensen
Impacts of mountain pine beetle outbreak on biogeochemical cycling in a high elevation whitebark pine ecosystem, Megan Keville
Women's Views on Conservation-Based Income Generation and Women's Empowerment in Kwandu Conservancy in Caprivi, Namibia, Kathryn Elizabeth Khumalo
Bison Conservation in the Northern Great Plains, Michel Thomas Kohl
Private Property Owner Regard of Hazard Fuel Mitigation in the Wildland Urban Interface, Jennifer Ann Martynuik
AMUR TIGER PREDATION AND ENERGETIC REQUIREMENTS IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST: NEW INSIGHTS FROM GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM COLLARS, Clayton Steele Miller
Upper South Fork of the Flathead Users: What Social Setting Attributes are the Most Important?, Forest Waters Moulton
NORTHERN RIVER OTTER POPULATION ASSESSMENT AND CONNECTIVITY IN WESTERN MONTANA, Darin Edward Newton
Exploring visitor experiences along the Going-to-the-Sun corridor of Glacier National Park, Elena Nikolaeva
BRUCELLOSIS TRANSMISSION BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK IN THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM: INFERENCES FROM DNA GENOTYPING, Michael Patrick O'Brien
Core Selection by Wolf Packs in a Human-Dominated Landscape: A Case Study in the Mountains of Southern Poland, Nathan Alan Owens
Spectral Identification of Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) Using Indigenous Knowledge and Landsat Multispectral Data, Michael Wassegijig Price
Strategic Analysis Identifying Opportunities for Exporting Montana's Wood Products to China, Micah Scudder
Conserving Montana's sagebrush highway: long distance migration in sage-grouse, Rebecca Elizabeth Smith
Spatial regression methods capture prediction uncertainty in species distribution model projections through time, Alan Swanson
Fire-on-Fire Interactions in Three Large Wilderness Areas, Casey Teske
Assessment of Prediction Bias in Crown Biomass Equations for Important Conifer Species of the Inland Northwest, Brian Robert Turnquist
Composition, Distribution, and Conservation of the Herpetofauna of Santa Barbara Mountain, Honduras, Alicia Marie Ward
WHAT PREDICTS TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATE SUBSIDY USE BY BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) IN HEADWATER STREAMS?, Matthew Kestrel Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Assessing Efficacy of Restoration Treatments in Juniper Savannas using Spatial Wavelets and Dot Grids on Aerial Photography, Erik James Apland
Whitebarkpine Forest Restoration: Cultural Perspectives from Blackfoot Confederacy Members, Kodi Jae Augare-Estey
Modeling risk of hunting pressure on large mammals in northwestern Argentina, Loretta Kathleen Baker
Conservation genetics of sauger in the upper Missouri River drainage, Daniel Michael Bingham
Assessing the effects of field plot size and stand structure on forest inventory estimates derived from laser altimetry data, Jody Paul Bramel
Wolves and Livestock: A review of tools to deter livestock predation and a case study of a proactive wolf conflict mitigation program developed in the Blackfoot Valley, Montana, Peter Douglas Brown
Variation in tree mortality and regeneration affect forest carbon recovery following fuel treatments and wildfire, Christopher Hale Carlson
MANAGEMENT AND LIFE HISTORY CONSEQUENCES OF HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN WESTSLOPE CUTTHROAT TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI) AND RAINBOW TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS), Matthew Philip Corsi
Opposition and Barriers to Conservation Easements: Insights from Montana Landowners, Alayna S. DuPont
Assessing the Potential of Scenario Planning as a Public Participation Tool for Public Land Managers, Matthew K. Ehrman
From Crop to Cup; The Plight of Coffee, Dana Lynn Foster
Interactive effects of wildfire and disturbance history on amphibians and their parasites, Blake Roger Hossack
MULTISCALE EFFECTS OF FOREST ROADS ON BLACK BEARS (URSUS AMERICANUS), Benjamin S. Jimenez
Effects of different canopy tree species on belowground biogeochemistry in a wet lowland tropical forest, Adrienne Blair Keller
Experimental litterfall manipulation effects on soil bacterial community structure and soil carbon cycling in a wet tropical forest, Jonathan Winston Leff
CAN SHEEP CONTROL LEAFY SPURGE WITHOUT COMPROMISING EFFORTS TO RESTORE NATIVE PLANTS?, Eva S. Masin
Essential Elements of Ecological Literacy and the Pathways to Achieve It: Perspectives of Ecologists, Brooke Baldauf McBride
Incentives and disincentives of adolescent girls participation in outdoor activities and recommendations for practitioners, Sarah Anne Megyesi
Future potential net primary production trends of contiguous United States rangelands, Adam LaSalle Moreno
Governance of Community-Based Ecotourism in Bhutan: A Case Study of Nabji Trail in Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Ugyen Namgyel
Puma Dispersal Ecology in the Central Rocky Mountains, Jesse R. Newby
GENETIC POPULATION STRUCTURE AND CONSERVATION OF BULL TROUT IN THE EAST FORK BITTERROOT RIVER DRAINAGE, MONTANA, Leslie Grace Nyce
THE EFFECTS OF LARGE HERBIVORES ON SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES, PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA, Elliott Wentworth Reed Parsons
Factors influencing the distribution of late-seral woody species along the upper Missouri River in central Montana, Kali Grace Pennick
A CENTURY OF CHANGE IN FOREST STRUCTURE AND FIRE REGIME CONDITION CLASS IN A WESTERN MONTANA PONDEROSA PINE DOUGLAS-FIR FOREST, Robert Michael Rich
Evaluating Community Forestry in Huai Lu Luang, Thailand, Kimberly Beth Roberts
Application of Randomized Branch Sampling to Conifer Trees: Estimating Crown Biomass, Ryan Michael Schlecht
A Case Study of Problems and Possibilities in the Establishment of a Guide Training Institute in Uttarakhand, India, Benjamin Schwartz
Winter habitat use by mule deer in Idaho and Montana, Sonja M. Smith
TRIBAL RESERVED RIGHTS ON REGION ONE NATIONAL FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS, Robin Mark Stewart
Heterogeneity of Stand Structure, Fuels, and Wildfire Hazard in Dry and Moist Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine Forests: Case Studies from Western Montana, Kyle Crosby Stover
Efficacy of Riparian Revegetation Projects in the Inland Pacific Northwest, Susan Wall
Distribution, Use and Cultural Meanings of Ciprés de Las Guaitecas in the Vicinity of Caleta Tortel, Chile, Kyla Sara Zaret
A Comparative Analysis between Knowledge and Bear Safety Information Utilization by Day Hikers in Glacier National Park, Phillip Wayne Zumstein
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Evaluating population estimates of mountain goats based on citizen science, Jami J. Belt
Are black bears declining in Montana? Inference from multiple data sources in the face of uncertainty, Julie Ann Beston
Evaluating and Comparing Montana's Geotravelers, Dylan Michael Boyle
The Missoula Poplar Project: Utilizing Poplars to Enhance Wastewater Treatment, Heath Nicolas Carey
The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change, Wylie Allen Carr
Climate Change, Gene Flow, and the Legendary Synchrony of Snowshoe Hares, Ellen Cheng
HUMAN PREDATION RISK AND ELK BEHAVIOR IN HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES, Shawn M. Cleveland
Spatio-temporal optimization of tree removal to efficiently minimize crown fire potential, Marco A. Contreras
DOUBLE SAMPLING FOR COARSE WOODY DEBRIS ESTIMATIONS FOLLOWING LINE INTERSECT SAMPLING, Allissa Corrow
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: EFFECTS OF TYRIA JACOBAEAE ON THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SENECIO JACOBAEA IN NORTHWEST MONTANA, Kimberly Kay Crider
Summer wolf diet in northwestern Montana, Jonathan Derbridge
Ruffled Feathers: Shared narratives in the sage-grouse management conflict in Sublette County, Wyoming, Maureen A. Essen
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSTREAM FLOW RIGHTS ON NATIONAL FOREST LANDS IN MONTANA, ANDREW MARIAS FISCHER
Factors that influence ponderosa pine duff mound consumption, Emily Claire Garlough
Short-term effects of wildfire on Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep habitat ecology, Lacey Greene
Quantifying Trends In our National Parks: A Landscape Level Analysis of Climate Change and Ecosystem Productivity, Jessica R. Haas
FUELS MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, Erik K. Hakanson
Escaping the extinction vortex: identifying factors affecting population performance and recovery in endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, Heather Elizabeth Johnson
AUGUST STREAM DISCHARGE TRENDS PORTEND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, Jason Christopher Leppi
IMPORTANCE OF SLOW EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT IN OFFSPRING AND ADULT IMMUNE FUNCTION, Ania Aleksandra Majewska
Population dynamics of the Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris): inference from long-term demography, Rebecca Marie Wahl McCaffery
Human-black bear interactions in Missoula Montana, Jerod A. Merkle
Gender, Body, and Wilderness: searching for refuge, connection, and ecological belonging, Angela Marie Meyer
MOVEMENTS, ACTIVITY RANGE, HABITAT USE, AND CONSERVATION OF THE JAMAICAN (YELLOW) BOA, EPICRATES SUBFLAVUS, Erika Elise Miersma
Territoriality and Scent Marking Behavior of African Wild Dogs in Northern Botswana, Margaret Parker
Resource selection and abundance estimation of moose: Implications for caribou recovery in a human altered landscape, Wibke Peters
Assessing cumulative human impacts on northern woodland caribou with traditional ecological knowledge and resource selection functions, Jean Lieppert Polfus
An assessment of factors influencing territory size and the use of hunter surveys for monitoring wolves in Montana, Lindsey Noel Rich
Social Acceptance of Woody Biomass Energy: Expectations, Risks, and Uncertainties in Montana, John Phillip Todd
Using Airborne Laser Altimetry to Characterize Surface Fuels in Western Montana, Tim E. Wallace
Maintaining the Ninth Circuit's Clarified Arbitrary and Capricious Standard of Review after Lands Council v. McNair, Ryan George Weldon
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF SAMPLING DESIGNS FOR MEASURING ABUNDANCE OF UNDERSTORY PLANTS AFTER FOREST RESTORATION, Ilana Abrahamson
RECREATION ALLOCATIONS ON NATIONAL FORESTS: THE CLAIMS AND FRAMES OF RECREATIONISTS, John C. Adams
Does nest size constrain clutch size? A tropical-temperate test, Atilio Luis Biancucci
Geotourism in the Crown of the Continent: Developing and Testing the Geotourism Survey Instrument, Bertram Bynum Boley