Department of Wildland Resources (WILD). This department was previously known as Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences. The name was changed in Fall Semester 2006.
Dissertations
Soil Heterogeneity and its Exploitation by Plants, Robert B. Jackson
Some Morphological and Chemical Responses of Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) to Goat Browsing: Influences on Dietary Blackbrush Selection by Goats and Cattle, Frederick D. Provenza
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Plant Populations in Salt-Desert Shrub Vegetation Grazed by Sheep, Humberto Alzérreca-Angelo
Spatial Ecology of Coyotes and Cougars: Understanding the Influence of Multiple Prey on the Spatial Interactions of Two Predators, Peter J. Mahoney
Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease: Social and Environmental Drivers of Movement, Connectivity, and Disease Transmission in Bighorn Sheep, Lauren E. Ricci
Spatiotemporal Modeling of Threats to Big Sagebrush Ecological Sites in Northern Utah, Alexander J. Hernandez
Stability of Stream Communities Exposed to Underground Nuclear Tests on Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Richard Ames Valdez
Stream Insect Production as a Function of Alkalinity and Detritus Processing, Thomas G. Osborn
Structural and Compositional Patterns in Forest Communities in the Intermountain West Across Multiple Scales, Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione
Susceptibility of High-Elevation Forests to Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) Under Climate Change, David N. Soderberg
Sustaining the Allideghi Grassland of Ethiopia: Influences of Pastoralism and Vegetation Change, Almaz Tadesse Kebede
Telemetered Heart Rates of Free-Living Uinta Ground Squirrels in Response to Social Interactions, Robert L. Ruff
Terrestrial Ecosystem Classification in the Rocky Mountains, Northern Utah, Antonin Kusbach
The Acarau Valley in Northeast Brazil: Vegetation, Soils and Land Use., Joao Stacishin de Queiroz
The Basis of Browsing Tolerance in Shrubs of the Intermountain West: Growth Rates and Meristematic Potential, Jackson L. Wandera
The Carbon Cycle of a Semi-Arid Grass System, Bromus tectorum, May Christin Myklebust
The Development of the Endogenous Stages of Eimeria ninakohlyakimovae (Yakimoff and Rastegaieff, 1930) in Domestic Sheep, Richard S. Wacha
The Dynamics of Root Growth and the Partitioning of Photosynthates in Cool Desert Shrubs, Osvaldo Alberto Fernandez
The Ecology of the Black-Bellied Tree Duck in Southern Texas, Eric George Bolen
The Effect of Chromosomal Position on Dosage Compensation and Ontogenic Expression of the V+ Gene in D. Melanogaster, Jack E. Tobler
The Effect of Climate and Spittlebug (Aeneolamia albofasciata) on Buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) Productivity in the Sonoran Desert, Martha H. Martin-Rivera
The Effect of Exploitation on Some Parameters of Coyote Populations, Robert P. Davison
The Effects of Age and Induction on Cockroach Mixed Function Oxidase Activity and Cell Morphology, Richard L. Turnquist
The Effects of Policy Development and Organizational Structure on the Performance of Range Livestock Development Projects in Africa, Gregory Karl Perrier
The Effects of Recreation Specialization and Motivations on the Environmental Setting Preferences of Backcountry Hikers, Randy J. Virden
The Effects of Salmon Availability, Social Dynamics, and People on Black Bear (Ursus americanus) Fishing Behavior on an Alaskan Salmon Stream, Danielle K. Chi
The Effects of Social Status and Learning on Captive Coyote (Canis latrans) Behavior, Lynne Barbara Gilbert-Norton
The Effects of the Spatial Pattern of Defoliation on Regrowth of a Tussock Grass, Warren G. Gold
The Energy Expenditure of Heifers Grazing Crested Wheatgrass Rangeland in West-Central Utah, Kris M. Havstad
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
The Impacts of Increased Precipitation Intensity on Dryland Ecosystems in the Western United States, Martin C. Holdrege
The Incidence and Life Cycle of Eimeria utahensis Sp. N. From Kangaroo Rats of Northwestern Utah, John V. Ernst
The Influence of Aspen Chemistry and the Nutritional Context on Aspen Herbivory, Kristen Y. Heroy
The Influence of Forest Fragmentation and Landscape Pattern on American Martens and Their Prey, Christina D. Hargis
The Influence of Individual Strategies on Cougar Ecology: Insights From Predation, Space Use, and Reproduction, Kristin Nicole Engebretsen
The Influence of Predator Exclosures and Livestock Grazing on Duck Production at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, Benjamin C. West
The Influence of Winter Social Behavior on the Habitat Selection and Reproductive Success of the Black-Billed Magpie, Kerry P. Reese
The Initiation of Infection by DNA From Bacteriophage Lambda, Gerald D. Elseth
The Modeling and Measurement of Respiratory Carbon Use and Net Carbon Gain of Two Agropyron Bunchgrasses, Halldor Thorgeirsson
The Nitrogen Budget of Two Salt Desert Shrub Plant Communities of Western Utah, Richard S. Bjerregaard
The Redevelopment of Plant Community Diversity on a Surface Coal Mine in Southwestern Wyoming, Thomas Joseph Hatton
The Social Behavior of Brown Bears at McNeil River, Alaska, Allan L. Egbert
The Social Organization of Wild Turkeys on the Welder Wildlife Refuge, Texas, Charles Robert Watts
The Spatial Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions: A Case Study of Yellowstone Elk, Wolves, and Cougars, Michel T. Kohl
The "Starvation Effect" and Tryptophan Pyrrolase Activity in the Vermilion Mutant of Drosophila, Ernest E. Shelton Jr.
The Utah Prairie Dog: Abundance, Distribution, and Habitat Requirements, G. Donald Collier
The Value of a Trout Stream Fishery, Archie Allen Dyer
Ultraviolet-B Radiation: Effects on Pollen of 34 Taxa, and Inheritance Patterns and Carryover of Radiation Response in Arabidopsis, Javad Torabinejad
Understanding Plant Secondary Metabolites; Above and Below Ground, Andrea K. Clemensen
Utilization of Crested Wheatgrass Plants by Cattle Under Several Grazing Regimes, Patricia Selann Johnson
Utilization of Spatially Distributed Soil Resources by Several Species Common to the Great Basin, Sarah Duke
Utilizing Remote Sensing and Geospatial Techniques to Determine Detection Probabilities of Large Mammals, Patricia A. Terletzky-Gese
Waterfowl Production on a Spring-Fed Salt Marsh in Utah, Donald E. McKnight
Winter Ecological Energetics of Blue Grouse, Peter Jeffrey Pekins
Winter Ecology of Waterfowl on the Great Salt Lake, Utah, Josh L. Vest
Winter Habitat Selection by American Marten (Martes americana) in Newfoundland: Why Old Growth?, Gary S. Drew
Winter Waterbird Ecology on the Great Salt Lake, Utah, and Interactions with Commercial Harvest of Brine Shrimp Cysts, Anthony J. Roberts
Wood and Forage Production in Cleared and Thinned Dry Tropical Woodland: Implications to Goat Nutrition, Walter H. Schacht
Xenobiotic Detoxication Potential and Drug Induced Changes in Carbaryl Toxicity in the Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee, Megachile rotundata (Febricius), Richard M. Lee
Yellowstone's Northern Elk Herd: Critical Evaluation of the "Natural Regulation" Paradigm., Charles Edward Kay
Reports
A Linear Programming Decision Model for Elk and Deer Management on the Logan Peak Winter Range Area, Ronald P. Grove
A Survey of Plants and Animals of Hill and Wendover Bombing Ranges, Western Utah, Mary Sue Fisher
Bear-Viewing Ecotourism in British Columbia: Ecological, Economic, and Social Perspectives Using a Case-Study Analysis of Knight Inlet Lodge, BC, Julian S. Smith
Description of Range Lands of Iran Range Problems in Iran Vegetation of Nevada, Nasser Golesorkhi
Interactive Effects of Soil and Browsing on Big Sagebrush: Implications for Restoration Success, Kyle Nehring
Land Degradation and Desertification in Arid and Semiarid Regions, Youssef Bahddou
The 3 Creeks Grazing Allotment: A Study of Livestock Grazing Management Across Public and Privately Owned Land, Taylor M. Payne
The Impacts of Agriculture and Pastoralism on Wildlife in the Sudan, Fraser Tong Kuotwel
The USU Tree Inventory Website: A Case Study Of An Interactive Online Woody Plant Education Resource, Benjamin W. Harris
The Wetland Wonders Education Program: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Kristen Gilbert
Theses
A Comparison of Cock Pheasant Harvests Among Areas Having Different Hunting Pressures, Cache County, Utah, James C. Bartonek
A Comparison of Three Methods Used to Analyze Pronghorn Antelope Diets, Leonard J. Shandruk
A Description of Anglers and Angling Use in Two Areas of the Uinta Mountains, John F. Hoagland
A Description of the Planarian Phagocata crenophila, New Species, From Utah, Jerry H. Carpenter
A Descriptive Study of Range Livestock Operations in the Somali Central Rangelands, Abdinasir M. Abdulle
A Discriminant Function Model of Gray-Headed Junco Habitat, Andrew R. Grainger
Adoption of Range Management Innovations by Utah Livestock Producers, Elizabeth Anne Didier
Aerial Photography in Estimating Waterfowl Populations in Northern Utah, Timothy H. Provan
Age and Growth of the Brown Trout Salmo trutta fario Linnaeus in Logan River, Utah, William Sigler
A Geographic Information System Assessment Method for Fire Management: Identifying Fire Danger Areas, Richard D. Stratton
A History of Timber Resource Use in the Development of Cache Valley, Utah, Douglas M. Bird
A Hydrology Temperature Model for a Small Mountain Watershed, Charles Wilson Pettee
A Management Study of the Cache Elk Herd, Norman V. Hancock
A Management Study of the Idaho-Utah Interstate Deer Herd With Special Reference to the Sublett, Black Pine, and East Raft River Mountain Unit, Kenneth L. Diem
A Market Analysis for Adult Outdoor Education in Five Western States, Karla Joy VanderZanden
A Mechanistic Examination of Interspecific Competition Between Wild and Domestic Herbivores, Courtney Check
Analysis of Hunter Characteristics and Attitudes Relating to Utah Shooting Preserves, John T. Ratti
Analysis of Rocky Mountain Mule Deer Kill Records of Five-Year Deer Removal from the Logan River Drainage of Northern Utah, Wilmur Bartels
An Analysis of a Measure of Productivity in Mule Deer Populations, Ronald J. Ryel
An Analysis of Stock Densities and Harvest of the Cutthroat Trout of the Snake River, Teton County, Wyoming, John W. Kiefling
An Analysis of the Outdoor Recreation Resource and Its Development in the Canyon Country of San Juan and Grand Counties, Utah, Lawrence E. Royer
An Autecological Study of Dyers Woad (Isatis tinctoria L.) on Utah Rangeland, Ann T. Fuller
An Ecological Study of the Utah Sculpin Cottus bairdi semiscaber in Logan River, Utah, William Merle Zarbock
An Ecological Survey of the Muskrat at Locomotive Springs, Box Elder County, Utah, 1950-51, Robert A. McCullough
An Economic Analysis of Contour Furrows and Gully Checks on the Frail Lands of Southeastern Utah, Karl A. Simonson
An Economic Analysis of Management Alternatives for Utah Cattle Ranches and Potential Effects on Beef Production, David B. Hewlett
An Economic Analysis of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization on Several Utah Range and Meadow Sites, Thomas M. Quigley