Department of Wildland Resources (WILD). This department was previously known as Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences. The name was changed in Fall Semester 2006.

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Engelmann Spruce Survival and Regeneration After an Epidemic Spruce Beetle Outbreak on the Markagunt Plateau in Southern Utah, Jessika M. Pettit

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Enteric Methane and Nitrogen Emissions in Beef Cattle Grazing a Tannin-Containing Legume Relative to Feedlot and Traditional Pasture-Based Production Systems, Raúl David Guevara Ballesteros

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Environmental Factors Associated With Triploid Aspen Occurrence in Intermountain West Landscapes, James A. Walton

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Estimating Baseline Population Parameters of Urban and Wildland Black Bear Populations Using a DNA-Based Capture-Mark-Recapture Approach in Mono County, California, Jonathan L. Fusaro

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Evaluating Aspen Seedling Outplanting Success Following High Severity Wildfire in the Southwest, Sarah M. Kapel

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Evaluating Beaver Translocation Methods for Desert River Restoration, Christine E. Sandbach

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Evaluating Bluebunch Wheatgrass Plant Materials for the Central Great Basin and Range, McKenna Delton

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Evaluating Methods for Pathogen Spillover Detection and Forecasting in Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni), Grete E. Wilson-Henjum

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Evaluating Quaking Aspen's Influence on Fire Behavior, Kristin A. Nesbit

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Evaluation of Molting Areas of Great Basin Canada Geese, Paul D. Arneson

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Evaluation of Physical and Behavioral Traits of Llamas (Lama glama) Associated with Aggressiveness Toward Sheep-Threatening Canids, Sandra M. C. Cavalcanti

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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

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Evaluation of Six Strains of Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) Stocked as Fingerlings in Porcupine Reservoir, Utah, Mark Hudy

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Evaluation of Stream Bottom Fauna Sampling Techniques as Used in the Logan River, Donald C. Hales

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Evaluation of Survey Methods and Development of Species Distribution Models for Kit Foxes in the Great Basin Desert, Stephen J. Dempsey

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Evaluation of the Delta Waterfowl Foundation's Adopt-A-Pothole Project, Daniel S. Vice

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Evaluation of the Early Establishment Phase of Agropyron desertorum, Medicago sativa and Atriplex canescens in Monocultures and Mixtures, Oscar Luis Prado Escobar

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Evaluation of the Effects of Reduced Transpiration Upon Soil Moisture Retention in an Aspen Stand Throughout the Growing Season in Northern Utah, Michael Zan

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Evaluation of Translocation Criteria for Trumpeter Swans Reintroduced to Northern Utah: Habitat Quality and Interactions with Tundra Swans, Katharina A. M. Engelhardt

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Evaluation of Wildlife Depredation at Fish Hatcheries in the Intermountain West, William C. Pitt

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Existing and Potential Outdoor Recreation Resources in Bear Lake Valley, Utah and Idaho, Dennis H. Black

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Exploratory Sensitivity Analysis of a Stream Ecosystem Model, Joseph H. Wlosinski

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Exploring and Describing the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Medusahead in the Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington Using Remote Sensing Techniques, Timothy M. Bateman

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Exploring A Stable Aspen Niche Within Aspen-Conifer Forests of Utah, Cody M. Mittanck

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Factors Affecting Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Survival and Movement in South-Central Utah, Danny Caudill

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Factors Affecting Mourning Dove Use of Water in Artificial Catchment Basins in a Dryland Farming Area of Utah, Norman A. Slade

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Factors Affecting the California Quail Populations in Uintah County, Utah, R. Lynn Nielson

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Factors Affecting the Harvest Vulnerability of Trumpeter Swans, Heidi L. Tangermann

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Factors Affecting the Waterfowl Hunter Utilization and the Waterfowl Kill at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, 1960-61, Stephen V. Goddard

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Factors Associated with the Highway Mortality of Mule Deer at Jordanelle Reservoir, Utah, Laura A. Romin

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Factors Contributing to the Conservation of Phacelia submutica (Boraginaceae), a Threatened Species in Western Colorado: Reproductive Biology and Seed Ecology, Alicia M. Langton

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Factors Influencing Germination and Seedling Survival of Several Varieties of Astragalus lentiginosus Dougl., Paul Ziemkiewicz

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Factors Influencing Relocation Success of Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens), Rachel Curtis

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Factors Influencing the Ecology of Greater Sage-Grouse Inhabiting the Bear Lake Plateau and Valley, Idaho and Utah, Casey J. Cardinal

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Factors Influencing the Successful Regeneration of Aspen in Southern Utah, USA, Justin M. Britton

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Factors Influencing the Validity of Pheasant Census Methods, Sevier County, Utah, Eldon H. Smith

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Factors in the Development and Restoration of Waterfowl Habitat at Ogden Bay Refuge Weber County, Utah, Noland F. Nelson

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Farmers' Reactions Toward Upland Bird Hunting in Two Utah Counties, 1957, Frank J. Calkins

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Field Measurements of Photosynthesis and Leaf Growth Rates of Three Alpine Plant Species, Douglas A. Johnson

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Fire Environment Analysis at Army Garrison Camp Williams in Relation to Fire Behavior Potential for Gauging Fuel Modification Needs, Scott M. Frost

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Fire Frequency and the Vegetal Mosaic of the Utah State University Experimental Forest, Linda L. Wadleigh-Anhold

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Fire Occurrence, Behavior and the Effect of Fire on Deer Mouse Density in Oakbrush at Camp Williams National Guard Base, Utah, Joel E. Godfrey

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Food Interactions Between Utah Prairie Dogs and Cattle, Dennis Crocker-Bedford

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Forage Inventory and Modeling in Uintah and Ouray Reservation Rangelands, Scott N. Zimmer

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Forage Preferences of Mule Deer in the Lodgepole Pine Ecosystem, Ashley National Forest, Utah, Joseph A. Deschamp

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Forage Quality Comparison of Burned and Nonburned Aspen Communities, Deborah L. Blank

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Forage Selection and Nutrition of Sheep And Goats Grazing in the Tunisian Pre-Sahara, Rudolfo Ricardo Griego

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Foraging Behavior and Habitat Use Patterns of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) in Relation to Human Activity and Salmon Abundance on a Coastal Alaskan Salmon Stream, Anthony P. Crupi Jr.

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Foraging Ecology of Cougars in the Pryor Mountains of Wyoming and Montana, Linsey Blake

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Foraging Ecology of Mountain Lions in the Sierra National Forest, California, Bradley C. Nichols

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Forecasting Fine Fuels in the Intermountain West Rangelands, Mira Ensley-Field

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Forest Grouse Ecology and Management in the Bear River Range Northern Utah, Skyler Y. Farnsworth

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Freshwater Food Habits of Salvelinus malma (Walbaum) on Amchitka Island, Alaska, John F. Palmisano

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From Flames to Forage: How Wildfire Affects Elk Behavior and Abundance, Megan M. Whetzel

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Fuel Load and Plant Community Dynamics of Bryce Canyon National Park, Doug W. Wight

Fuels Inventory and Appraisal in Intermountain Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) Communities, Janet A. Beales

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Fuels Inventory and Appraisal in Intermountain Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) Communities, Janet A. Beales

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Gambel Oak for Spanish Goats: A Digestion-Balance Evaluation of Nutrient Availability, Brian L. Dick

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Gas Exchange and Water Relations of Two Alpine and Two Arctic Tundra Plant Species, Douglas Allan Johnson

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Grassroots of the Desert: An Analysis of the Roles of the Utah Wilderness Association and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance in the Debate over Wilderness Designation of Bureau of Land Management Lands in Southern Utah, Amy E. Brennan

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Grass-Shrub Spatial Associations Over Precipitation and Grazing Gradients in the Great Basin, USA, Maike F. Holthuijzen

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Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Resistance to Mountain Pine Beetle: An Evaluation of Dendroctonus ponderosae Host Selection Behavior and Reproductive Success in Pinus longaeva, Erika L. Eidson

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Greater Sage-Grouse and Energy Development in Northeastern Utah: Implications for Management, Leah Suzanne Smith

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Greater Sage-Grouse Brood Responses to Livestock Grazing in Sagebrush Rangelands, Hailey Peatross Wayment

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Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Selection and Use Patterns in Response to Vegetation Management Practices in Northwestern Utah, Stephanie E. Graham

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Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Sagebrush Reduction Treatments in Rich County, Utah, Roger Blair Stringham

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Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Tree Canopy Removal: Habitat Vegetation Composition and Sage-Grouse Use 10–15 Years Post Treatment in the Southern Periphery of the Species Range, Benjamen Donnelly

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Greater Sage-Grouse Seasonal Habitat Models, Response to Juniper Reduction and Effects of Capture Behavior on Vital Rates, in Northwest Utah, Avery Cook

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Greater Sage-Grouse Vital Rate and Habitat Use Response to Landscape Scale Habitat Manipulations and Vegetation Micro-Sites in Northwestern Utah, Charles P. Sandford

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Greenstrip Establishment and Management in the Intermountain West, Brenda Kristine Younkin-Kury

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Growth and Water Relations of Native Wheatgrass Populations, Brian P. Bell

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Habitat Characteristics and Occupancy Rates of Lewis's Woodpecker in Aspen, Amy M. Vande Voort

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Habitat Characteristics of Mexican Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) in the Canyonlands of Southern Utah, Leah R. Lewis

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Habitat Manipulation for the Reestablishment of the Utah Prairie Dog in Capitol Reef National Park, Rodney L. Player

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Habitat Selection by Desert Carnivores: How Water, Intraguild Predation, and Prey Impact Animal Space Use, Nadine A. Pershyn

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Habitat Use by Breeding Waterfowl of Several Utah Marshes, Paul M. Suchanek

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Habitat Used by Ruffed Grouse in Northern Utah, Judith L. Landry

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Happy or SAD? Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) on Cedar Mountain, Southern Utah, Jaycee Cappaert

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Harvest Efficiency of Forage Grazed by Cattle and The Effect of Pinyon and Juniper Treatments on Vegetation Cover on the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Ruger P. Carter

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Hazard Perception and Preparation by Cross-Country Skiers in Utah, Kevin J. Kobe

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Herbivore Effects on Litter Quality and Quantity and Influences on Carbon Cycling, Taylor Saunders

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Highway Effects on Small Mammal Communities and Effectiveness of a Deer-Vehicle Collision Mitigation Strategy, Silvia A. S. Rosa

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Human-Bear Interactions in the Backcountry of Yosemite National Park, Bruce Charles Hastings

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Human-Wildlife Interactions in Bryce Canyon National Park, Chad H. Wildermuth

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Impact of Root Competition on Survival and Growth of Seedlings of Important Great Basin Species, Günther Reichenberger

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Importance of Grass-Legume Choices on Cattle Grazing Behavior and Performance, Brody Todd Maughan

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Incorporating Vegetative Diversity Measures in Forest-Level Planning: A Case Study on the Utah State University School Forest, David N. Holland

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Increased Calf Production and Returns From Improved Range and Livestock Management on a Northern Utah Ranch, Michael H. Ralphs

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Individualistic Response of Piñon and Juniper Tree Species Distributions to Climate Change in North America's Arid Interior West, Jacob R. Gibson

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Induction and Initial Characterization of Male-Sterile Mutants on the Second Chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster, Susan M. Graves

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Influence of Disturbance on Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Selection in Southern Utah, Erica P. Hansen

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Influence of Environmental Variables on Survival Rates of Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) Neonates Across Idaho, Brett R. Panting

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Influence of Fall Grazing by Sheep on Plant Productivity, Shrub Age Class Structure and Herbaceous Species Diversity in Sagebrush Steppe, Ryan Duncan Woodland

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Influence of Mountain Pine Beetle on Fuels, Foliar Fuel Moisture Content, and Litter and Volatile Terpenes in Whitebark Pine, Chelsea Toone

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Influence of Photosynthetic Photon Flux Density on UV-BInduced Photoinhibition in Soybean Leaves: Comparison of Preconditioning and Concomitant Light Treatments, Charles W. Warner

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Influence of Supplemental Legumes that Contain Tannins and Saponins on Intake and Diet Digestibility in Sheep Fed Grasses that Contain Alkaloids, Jacob Michael Owens

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Influence of the Ruminant Digestive Process on the Germinability of Range Forage Species, Mohammed S. Al-Mashikhi

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Influences of Forest Edges on the Growth and Health of Old-Growth Coast Redwood Forests, Cody R. Dangerfield

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Information Transfer and Regulation in a Model Ecosystem with Environmental Stochasticity, M. McKee

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Infrared Imagery Scanning Systems For Censusing Big Game, Peter S. Goldberg