Dissertations
A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Effects of Wildlife Water Developments in the Western United States, Randy T. Larsen
A Multi-scale Evaluation of Pygmy Rabbit Space Use in a Managed Landscape, Tammy L. Wilson
A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Landscape Change within the Eastern Terai, India : Linking Grassland and Forest Loss to Change in River Course and Land Use, Tanushree Biswas
A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Landscape Change within the Eastern Terai, India : Linking Grassland and Forest Loss to Change in River Course and Land Use, Tanushree Biswas
Causes and Consequences of Plant Spatial Patterns in Natural and Experimental Great Basin (USA) Plant Communities, Andrew P. Rayburn
Cognitive Inference and Resulting Behaviors in Response to Ambiguous Threat in the Coyote, Canis latrans, Sarah Shawnee Dawson
Conservation Implications Of Winter-Feeding Policies For Mule Deer In Utah, Chris C. Peterson
Disturbance as Restoration in the Intermountain Sagebrush Steppe: Effects on Non Target Bird Species, Russell Edward Norvell
Disturbance Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics at Varying Spatial and Temporal Scales in Southern Rocky Mountain Engelmann Spruce Forests, R. Justin DeRose
Ecology and Management of a High Elevation Southern Range Greater Sage-Grouse Population: Vegetation Manipulation, Early Chick Survival, and Hunter Motivations, Michael R. Guttery
Effects of Olfactory and Visual Predators on Nest Success and Nest-Site Selection of Waterfowl in North Dakota., Jennifer Borgo
Effects of Targeted Grazing and Prescribed Burning on Fire Behavior and Community Dynamics of a Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Dominated Landscape, Joel M. Diamond
Evaluating Native Wheatgrasses for Restoration of Sagebrush Steppes, Jayanti Ray Mukherjee
Factors Affecting Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) Conservation in San Juan County, Utah, Phoebe R. Prather
Food Availability and Selective Utilization by Juvenile Mallards (Anas Platyrhynchos Platyrhynchos L.) on the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, Nicholas J. Chura
Forest Recovery, Nutrient Cycling and Carbon Sequestration in a Southern Appalachian Spruce-Fir Forest, Patrick T. Moore
Granivores and Restoration: Implications of Invasion and Considerations of Context-dependent Seed Removal, Steven M. Ostoja
Greater Sage-Grouse Ecology, Chick Survival, and Population Dynamics, Parker Mountain, Utah, David K. Dahlgren
Greater Sage-Grouse Seasonal Ecology and Responses to Habitat Manipulations in Northern, Utah, Eric T. Thacker
Identifying and Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Bobcat and Coyote Behavior, Ryan Radford Wilson
Predator-Prey Relationships and Spatial Ecology of Jaguars in the Southern Pantanal, Brazil: Implications for Conservation and Management., Sandra Maria Cintra Cavalcanti
Reproductive Biology of the Coyote (Canis latrans): Integration of Behavior and Physiology, Debra Anne Carlson
Simulated Browsing Impacts On Aspen Suckers' Density, Growth, and Nutritional Responses, Koketso Tshireletso
Spatiotemporal Modeling of Threats to Big Sagebrush Ecological Sites in Northern Utah, Alexander J. Hernandez
Sustaining the Allideghi Grassland of Ethiopia: Influence of Pastoralism and Vegetation Change, Almaz Tadesse Kebede
Terrestrial Ecosystem Classification in the Rocky Mountains, Northern Utah, Antonin Kusbach
The Effects of Social Status and Learning on Captive Coyote (Canis latrans) Behavior, Lynne Barbara Gilbert-Norton
The Impact of a Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic on Wildlife Habitat and Communities in Post-Epidemic Stands of a Lodgepole Pine Forest in Northern Utah, William E. Stone
Reports
Bear-Viewing Ecotourism in British Columbia: Ecological, Economic, and Social Perspectives Using a Case-Study Analysis of Knight Inlet Lodge, BC, Julian S. Smith
The 3 Creeks Grazing Allotment: A Study of Livestock Grazing Management Across Public and Privately Owned Land, Taylor M. Payne
The USU Tree Inventory Website: A Case Study Of An Interactive Online Woody Plant Education Resource, Benjamin W. Harris
Theses
A History of Timber Resource Use in the Development of Cache Valley, Utah, Douglas M. Bird
A Management Study of the Cache Elk Herd, Norman V. Hancock
A Managment Study of the Cache Elk Herd, Norman V. Hancock
An Ecological Study of the Utah Sculpin Cottus Bairdi Semiscaber in Logan River, Utah, William Merle Zarbock
An Evaluation of State-and-Transition Model Development fo Ecological Sites in Northern Utah, Jamin K. Johanson
An Investigation of Postzygotic Reproductive Isolation and Phenotypic Divergence in the Bark Beetle Dendroctonus Ponderosae, Ryan R. Bracewell
Application of Electrified Fladry to Decrease Risk of Livestock Depredations by Wolves (Canis lupus), Nathan J. Lance
A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Aspen Decline in Southern Utah’s Cedar Mountain, Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, David M. Evans
Assessing Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) Decline on Cedar Mountain in Southern Utah Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, Chad M. Oukrop
Avian Response to Post Wildland Fire Reseeding Treatments in Great Basin Shrubsteppe, Adam B. Brewerton
Bird Studies of the Bear River Marshes, Ernest W. Parkinson
Continental-scale characterization of molecular variation in quaking aspen, Colin M. Callahan
Cougar Predation Behavior in North-Central Utah, Dustin L. Mitchell
Cougar Resource Selection in Two Mountain Ranges in Utah: A Study on Scale and Behavior, Wendy R. Rieth
Coyote Diet and Movements in Relation to Winter Recreation in Northwestern Wyoming: Implications for Lynx Conservation, Jennifer L. Burghardt Dowd
Density and Feeding Habits of Elk and Deer in Relation to Livestock Disturbance, Kenneth Clegg
Density and Feeding Habits of Elk and Deer in Relation to Livestock Disturbance, Kenneth Clegg
Development of an Innovative Statewide Population Monitoring Program for Mule Deer, Heather H. Bernales
Diet, Density, and Distribution of the Introduced Greenhouse Frog, Eleutherodactylus planirostris, on the Island of Hawaii, Christina A. Olson
Drivers of Nest Success and Stochastic Population Dynamics of the Common Eider (Somateria mollissima), David Thomas Iles
Drivers of Plant Population Dynamics in Three Arid to Subhumid Ecosystems, Luke J. Zachmann
Ecology and Seasonal Habitat Use Patterns of Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse in Northern Utah, Ron D. Greer
Ecology of Isolated Greater Sage-Grouse Populations Inhabiting the Wildcat Knolls and Horn Mountain, Southcentral Utah, Christopher J. Perkins
Ecotypic Variation in Elymus Elymoides Subspecies Brevifolius Race C in the Northern Intermountain West, Matthew C. Parsons
Effectos of Coyote Removal on Pronghorn and Mule Deer Populations in Wyoming, Dylan Earl Brown
Effects of Habitat Manipulations on Utah Prairie Dogs (Cynomys Parvidens) and Their Habitats on the Awapa Plateau Recovery Area in South-Central Utah, Gretchen Elizabeth Caudill
Effects of Non-Surface-Disturbing Restoration Treatments on Native Grass Revegetation and Soil Seed Bank Composition in Cheatgrass-Invaded Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems, Alexandra D. Reinwald
Evaluation of Semiochemical Strategies for the Protection of Whitebark Pine Stands Against Mountain Pine Beetle Attack Within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Greta Katherine Schen-Langenheim
Evaluation of Stream Bottom Fauna Sampling Techniques as used in the Logan River, Donald C. Hales
Factors Affecting the Waterfowl Hunter Utilization and the Waterfowl Kill at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, 1960-61, Stephen V. Goddard
Factors Influencing Relocation Success of Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens), Rachel Curtis
Genetic diversity and genetic structuring at multiple spatial scales across the range of the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens, Ryan P. O'Donnell
Greater Sage-Grouse and Energy Development in Northeastern Utah: Implications for Management, Leah Suzanne Smith
Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Sagebrush Reduction Treatments in Rich County, Utah, Roger Blair Stringham
Habitat Characteristics and Occupancy Rates of Lewis's Woodpecker in Aspen, Amy M. Vande Voort
Individualistic Response of Piñon and Juniper Tree Species Distributions to Climate Change in North America's Arid Interior West, Jacob R. Gibson
Influence Of Fall Grazing By Sheep On Plant Productivity, Shrub Age Class Structure And Herbaceous Species Diversity In Sagebrush Steppe, Ryan Duncan Woodland
Influence of Supplemental Legumes that Contain Tannins and Saponins on Intake and Diet Digestibility in Sheep Fed Grasses that Contain Alkaloids, Jacob Michael Owens
Interclonal Variation of Primary and Secondary Chemistry in Western Quaking Aspen and its Influence on Ungulate Selection, Damon A. Winter
Invertebrate Community Changes Along Coqui Invasion Fronts in Hawaii, Ryan T. Choi
Legacy Effects of Habitat Degradation by Lesser Snow Geese on Ground-Nesting Savannah Sparrows along the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Stephen L. Peterson
Livestock Foraging Behavior in Response to Interactions among Alkaloids, Tannins, and Saponins, Tiffanny Lyman
Livestock Mortality at Beef Farms with Chronic Wolf (Canis lupus) Depredation in the Western Great Lakes Region (WGLR), Arion Vandergon
Maternal Effects in Transmission of Self-Medicative Behavior from Mother to Offspring in Sheep, Udita Sanga
Modeling Potential Native Plant Species Distributions in Rich County, Utah, Kathryn A. Peterson
Mountain Pine Beetle Fecundity and Offspring Size Differ Among Lodgepole Pine and Whitebark Pine Hosts, Donovan Gross
Mule Deer and Wildlife Crossings in Utah, USA, Megan Schwender
Muskrat and Waterfowl Production and Harvest on Dingle Swamp, Bear Lake County, Idaho, Henry M. Reeves
Mycorrhizae In Sagebrush-Steppe Community Restoration: Mycorrhizal Dependency Of Invasive And Native Grasses With Intraspecific And Interspecific Competition, Dara S. Scherpenisse
Native Bunchgrass and Invasive Weed Establishment in Low Nutrient Rangeland Soils with Nitrogen and Phosphorus Manipulation, Jeffrey S. Burnham
Occurrence and Distribution of Invertebrates in Lower Logan River, Nancy A. Erman
Overwinter Mortality of Trout in Temple Fork of the Logan River, Daniel Richard Cerven
Ponderosa Pine Mortality and Bark Beetle-Host Dynamics Following Prescribed and Wildland Fires in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA, Ryan Stephen Davis
Population Dynamics and Movements of Translocated and Resident Greater Sage-Grouse on Anthro Mountain, Utah, Natasha W. Gruber
Potential Effects of Altered Precipitation Regimes on Primary Production in Terrestrial Ecosystems, Joanna S. Hsu
Predation on Domestic Sheep on Summer Range Lands in Southwestern Utah, Brian C. Palmer
Quantifying Legacy Effects of Managed Disturbance on Sagebrush Steppe Resilience and Diversity, Julie Ripplinger
Relationships among Birds, Willows, and Native Ungulates in and around Northern Yellowstone National Park, Sally Graves Jackson
Riparian Bird-Habitat Association Models: A Framework for Informing Management and Developing Restoration Guidelines in Utah, Hillary M. White
Roads and the Reproductive Ecology of Hesperidanthus suffrutescens, an Endangered Shrub, Matthew B. Lewis
Seasonal Utilization of Sago Pondweed by Waterfowl at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, Michael R. Sterling
Seed Banks of Sagebrush Communities Seeded with Crested Wheatgrass, Kevin L. Gunnell
Seed Pool Dynamics of a Great Basin Sagebrush Community in the Context of Restoration, Kristen M. Pekas