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 2009
A Methodology for Planning Road Best Management Practices Combining WEPP: Road Erosion Modeling and Simulated Annealing Optimization, James Anderson Efta
Barriers to E-Learning Job Training: Government Employee Experiences in an Online Wilderness Management Course, Lisa Ayrdrie Kathleen Eidson
RESTORATION OF NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES AFTER ROAD DECOMMISSIONING: EFFECT OF SEED MIX AND SOIL PROPERTIES ON VEGETATIVE ESTABLISHMENT, Ashley Stevenson Grant
CHANGES IN FIRE SEASON PRECIPITATION IN IDAHO AND MONTANA FROM 1982-2006 , Ann Marie Hadlow
The use of roll-off bins and a hook-lift equipped harwarder and truck for forest biomass utilization, Aaron Elliott Kash
Assessing Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Resources to Develop a Sustainable Management Plan for the Lokaro Reserve in Southeast, Madagascar, Ashley Davis Lehman
Spatial population dynamics of recolonizing wolves in the Western Alps, Francesca Marucco
State-wide assessment of status, predicted distribution, and landscape-level habitat suitability of amphibians and reptiles in Montana, Bryce Alan Maxell
The influence of an ecosystem engineer on nutrient subsidies and fish invasions in southwestern Montana, Magnus McCaffery
NONINVASIVE GENETIC SAMPLING REVELAS BLACK BEAR POPULATION DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY CHANGES IN FOOD PRODUCTIVITY, Barbara McCall
Effects of Overstory Retention and Understory Vegetation on Small Tree Height Growth in the Inland Northwest, Ryan Partrick McHugh
SOCIAL VALUES FOR ATTRIBUTES AT RISK FROM WILDFIRE IN NORTHWEST MONTANA, Derek Timothy O'Donnell
The Development and Testing of a Relational Model of Competence in the Context of Nature-Based Tourism, Christine Marie Oschell
Forest Habitat Improvement Planning on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife Management Area: A Case Study in Multiple Criteria Decision-Analysis, Christine Ann Paulu
KNOWING THE NATURAL WORLD: THE CONSTRUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EVOLUTION IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM, Alison Emily Havard Perkins
Genetic population structure and dispersal of two North American woodpeckers in ephemeral habitats, Jennifer Christy Pierson
The House That Smokey Built: The Forest Service Management of Historic Structures in Wilderness, Molly Michelle Ryan
Cumulative Effects Analysis in U.S. Forest Service Decision-Making, Courtney Allison Schultz
A REVIEW OF APPEALS AND LITIGATION OVER TIMBER SALES BETWEEN 1999 AND 2008 ON THE LOLO NATIONAL FOREST, Matthew Shaffer
Territoriality and habitat selection of feral pigs on Fort Benning, Georgia, USA, William DeRoche Sparklin
Glucocorticoid physiology and behavior during life history transitions in Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), Rachel Seabury Sprague
Identification of Tree Species in Mixed Conifer Forests Using Laser Altimetry, Agus Suratno
SAGE-GROUSE AND THE HUMAN FOOTPRINT: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION OF SMALL AND DECLINING POPULATIONS, Jason Duane Tack
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
An Evaluation of Visitor Decisions Regarding Alternative Transportation in Glacier National Park, Melissa Lynn Baker
Carbon Storage in Old-Growth Western Larch (Larix occidentalis) Forests of Western Montana, Sarah M. Bisbing
Fire in My Backyard: Place Meanings and Landowner Views on Fire and Fuels Management on the Kootenai National Forest, MT, Michael Anthony Cacciapaglia
Differential growth of body components among coexisting passerines in response to nest predation risk, Yi-Ru Cheng
Human Bonds with Public Wildland Places: Segmenting Communities to Inform Natural Resource Management, Neal A. Christensen
Social Capital and Vanua: Challenges to Governance Development in a Community-Based Natural Resource Management Project in Cuvu Tikina, Fiji Islands, Paul David Clark
"Blackfeet Belong to the Mountains": Blackfeet Relationships with the Glacier National Park Landscape and Institution, David R. Craig
MALLARD NESTING ECOLOGY IN THE GREAT LAKES, Jonas Ian Davis
Causes and Consequences of Displacement Decision-making in Banhine National Park, Mozambique, Chad Edward Dear
SAGE-GROUSE AND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: INTEGRATING SCIENCE WITH CONSERVATION PLANNING TO REDUCE IMPACTS, Kevin Eric Doherty
Dynamic human relationships with wilderness: Developing a relationship model, Bob G. Dvorak
Spatial population dynamics of western painted turtles in a wetland ecosystem in northwestern Montana, Kathleen Ann Griffin
Demography and ecology of a declining endemic: The Olympic marmot, Suzanne Cox Griffin
A Demographic and Landscape Analysis for Common Loons in Northwest Montana, Christopher Allan Moanikeala Hammond
The Methane Range: Coalbed Methane Development, Sage-Grouse protection, and The Ranching Way of Life, Jonathan George Hayes
Relationships between flood frequency and riparian plant community structure in mountain streams of western Montana, Motoshi Honda
Hierarchical summer habitat selection by the North American porcupine in western Montana, Katie Ann Mally
Evaluating the Design and Management of Community-Based Ecotourism Projects in Guatemala, Kassandra Lynne Miller
SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN FOREST FUELS: SIMULATION MODELING AND EFFECTS ON FIRE BEHAVIOR, Russell Andrew Parsons
A Landscape Approach to Grassland Bird Conservation in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Northern Great Plains, Frank Royce Quamen
Interpretive Technology in Parks: A study of visitor experience with portable multimedia devices, Lee Gregory Rademaker
Park Visitors and the Natural Soundscape: Winter Experience Dimensions in Yellowstone National Park, Shelley Walker Saxen
Sex-specific investment in incubation and the reproductive biology of two tropical antbird species, Brian A. Schwartz
AGRICULTURAL CERTIFICATIONS AND BEEKEEPING: LESSONS FROM AN APICULTURAL COOPERATIVE IN NORTHEASTERN EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA, Jason Andrew Seagle
Capitalization of Environmental Amenities and Wildfire in Private Home Values of the Wildland Urban Interface of Northwest Montana, USA, Kyle Matthew Stetler
Using Noninvasive Genetic Sampling to Assess and Monitor Grizzly Bear Population Status in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, Jeffrey Brian Stetz
GRIZZLY BEAR REINTRODUCTION: UNDERSTANDING STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS IN THE SELWAY-BITTERROOT ECOSYSTEM SOUTH OF THE SALMON RIVER, Colleen Elizabeth Teevin
TEACHING WILDLIFE BIOLOGY IN BHUTAN: DEVELOPMENT OF WILDLIFE BIOLOGY CURRICULUM AND TEACHING MODULES, Tshering Tempa
Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Coal-Bed Natural Gas Development and West Nile Virus in the Powder River Basin, Montana and Wyoming, USA, Brett Lincoln Walker
Conservation of Pheasants in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan, Iftikhar uz Zaman
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
DO SAGEBRUSH DENSITY AND VEGETATION CONDITION AFFECT DEMOGRAPHY OF BREWER'S SPARROWS NESTING IN THE BLACKFOOT VALLEY?, Masanori Abe
Integrated Modeling of Long-Term Vegetation and Hydrologic Dynamics in Rocky Mountain Watersheds, Robert Steven Ahl
The Effects of Forest Fires on Runoff Rates: The Role of Duff Removal and Surface Sealing by Vegetative Ash, Western Montana, Victoria Balfour
MULTI-PARTNER MUTUALISMS: INTERACTIONS AMONG THE MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE AND TWO OPHIOSTOMATOID FUNGAL ASSOCIATES, Katherine Patricia Bleiker
ASSESSING FOREST RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESOLVING PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS ACROSS SPATIAL SCALES, Céline Boisvenue
Remote Sensing Applications to Support Sustainable Natural Resource Management, Charles Kenneth Brewer
Free living nitrogen-fixation in ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests in western Montana, Tricia Burgoyne
HIV/AIDS AND CONSERVATION AGENCY CAPACITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: PERCEPTIONS OF CRITICAL IMPACTS, BARRIERS, AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, Jennifer Ann Cash
Spatial and Temporal Relationships of Adult Male Black Bears to Roads in Northwest Montana, 2003-2004, Tonya Chilton-Radandt
PILOT STUDY ON THE PREDICTION OF HEART ROT IN APPARENTLY SOUND WESTERN LARCH, Angela Daenzer
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Place-based Conservation Education Program by Applying Utilization-focused Evaluation, Alice B. Flowers
DEVELOPMENT OF FECAL DNA SAMPLING METHODS TO ASSESS GENETIC POPULATION STRUCTURE OF GREATER YELLOWSTONE BISON, Florence Marie Gardipee
Responses of western toads (Bufo boreas) to changes in terrestrial habitat resulting from wildfire, C. Gregory Guscio
First-year growth and survival of habitat revegetation trials on the lower Colorado River, Mexico, Stephen Dwight Handler
ASSESSMENT OF WHITEBARK PINE SEEDLING SURVIVAL FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANTINGS, Deborah Kay Izlar
KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF NATIVE TREES BY LOCAL FOREST USERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR A PHILIPPINE PROTECTED AREA, Noah Jackson
Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing of Boreal-Arctic Land Surface State and Meteorology from AMSR-E, Lucas Alan Jones
Influence of Mycorrhizal Inoculation Treatments on Native Tree and Shrub Survival in a Floodplain, Flathead Indian Reservation, T. Rene Kittle
Conservation of leopards in Ayubia National Park, Pakistan, Asad Lodhi
Ecological Process and the Blister Rust Epidemic: Cone Production, Cone Predation, and Seed Dispersal in Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis), Shawn Thomas McKinney
INFLUENCE OF EMBRYONIC METABOLIC RATE AND INCUBATION TEMPERATURE ON INCUBATION LENGTH VARIATION IN NEOTROPICAL PASSERINES, Alina Maria Niklison
Forests and Farming: An analysis of rural livelihood programs for poverty reduction in eastern Zambia, Garrett Kenneth Olson
CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP LAMBS IN THE FRA CRISTOBAL MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, USA, Zachary David Parsons
Action-Oriented Sustainable Agriculture Education: Attitudes Towards Nutrition and Agricultural Practices in Guaimaca, Honduras, Sarah Lynne Potenza
Community Forestry Education in the Swan Valley, MT: Contributions of Northwest Connections' Field Program, Joanna Elizabeth Seibert
A cost effectiveness analysis of preventative mitigation options for wildland urban interface homes threatened by wildfire, Keith Douglas Stockmann
Modeling the Cumulative Effects of Forest Fire on Watershed Hydrology: A Post-fire Application of the Distributed Hydrology-Soil-Vegetation Model (DHSVM), Crystal S. Stonesifer
Legitimacy and the Use of Natural Resources in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Randy Tanner
Assessment of potential agroforestry systems for Kafuta: A village in the Western Division of The Gambia, Justina Marie Toth
Estimating Site Productivity from Non-Site Trees: A Site Index Based Approach, Charles Edward Vopicka
BLM Land Use Planning in Western Oregon: A Case Study for Integrating Public Participation in Natural Resources Planning, Emily Ruth West
Monitoring Program and Assessment of Coyote Predation for Olympic Marmots, Julia Judyta Witczuk
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Symbiotic fungi and the mountain pine beetle: Beetle mycophagy and fungal interactions with parasitoids and microorganisms, Aaron S. Adams
Ecosystem engineering: beaver and the population structure of Columbia spotted frogs in western Montana, Stephen Joseph Amish
Spatial variability of soil hydrophobicity after wildfire, Anna Chapman Birkas
Biodiversity and conservation of Sierra Chinaja: A rapid assessment of biophysical socioeconomic and management factors in Alta Verapaz Guatemala, Curan A. Bonham
Sustainability of commercial woodcraft production in Mision Chaquena, Argentina| A preliminary assessment, Thaden E. Brient
Charcoal quantity and adsorptive activity in ponderosa pine ecosystems of western Montana, Rachel J. Brimmer
Demographic and behavioral responses of breeding birds to variation in food nest predation and habitat structure across multiple spatial scales, Anna D. Chalfoun
Applying ant colony optimization (ACO) metaheuristic to solve forest transportation planning problems with side constraints, Marco A. Contreras
Negotiating influence: The experience of three local NGOs in marine reserve co-management in southern Belize, Jocelyn Rae. Finch
Physiological life history and behavioral responses of a breeding bird community to experimentally reduced nest predation risk, Joseph J. Fontaine
Effectiveness of post-fire erosion control techniques in western Montana, Amy Heather Groen
MONITORING SURVIVAL OF YOUNG IN UNGULATES: A CASE STUDY WITH ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK, Nyeema Charmaine Harris
Application of MODIS for monitoring water quality of a large oligotrophic lake, Matthew Oushana Jones