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Ali, Sajjad
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Dan PletscherThesis Topic: Wildlife Management in Pakistan
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Benson, Aubree
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Lisa EbyThesis Topic: Small dams: evaluating effects on the fish community and developing conceptual guidelines to assess removal.
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Biancucci, Atilio
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Tom MartinThesis Topic:
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Carson, Steve
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Kerry ForesmanThesis Topic: Evaluation of habitat models for small mammals in Montana at multiple scales.
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Cleveland, Shawn
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Mark HebblewhiteThesis Topic:
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Daenzer, Angela
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Jack Ward ThomasThesis Topic: Occurrence of heart rot pathogens in (Larix occidentalis) without obvious defects.
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Derbridge, Jonathan
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Paul R. KrausmanThesis Topic:
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Greene, Lacey
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Mark HebblewhiteThesis Topic: The effects of fire and pinyon pine encroachment on Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep. I'm working in collaboration with the California Department of Fish and Game.
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Greenwood, Leigh
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Ray CallawayThesis Topic: Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atracapillus), gall flies, and spotted knapweed.
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Hammond, Christopher
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Mike MitchellThesis Topic: The influence of demographic and population habitat analysis on landscape planning as a management strategy for the common loon in Montana.
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Jimenez, Benjamin
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Mike MitchellThesis Topic: Ecology, behavior, and movement patterns of black bears (Ursus americanus) in relation to the urban interface in the Rattlesnake valley of Missoula MT.
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Khan, Ayaz Mohammad
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Dan PletscherThesis Topic: Wildlife management in Pakistan.
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Mally, Katie
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Kerry ForesmanThesis Topic: Status and distribution of porcupines in western Montana.
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McCall, Barbara
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Mike MitchellThesis Topic: Population estimation techniques for black bears in Idaho.
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Merkle, Jerod
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Paul R. KrausmanThesis Topic:
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Newby, Jesse
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Scott MillsThesis Topic: Characteristics of cougar dispersal in the Greater Yellowstone area.
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Niaz, Mohammad
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Dan PletscherThesis Topic: Wildlife management in Pakistan.
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Niklison, Alina
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Tom MartinThesis Topic: Proximate mechanisms driving incubation period length and their consequences in passerine birds.
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Rich, Lindsey
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Mike MitchellThesis Topic:
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Schwartz, Brian
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Tom MartinThesis Topic: Relative parental investment of bi-parental incubation in tropical species.
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Sparklin, William
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Mike MitchellThesis Topic: Habitat selection, home range size, and movements of feral pigs on Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Stetz, Jeffrey
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Chris ServheenThesis Topic: Investigating the application of trail surveys in long-term monitoring of the Grizzly Bear (Ursula arctos) population in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.
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Tack, Jason
M.S. Candidate—Dr. David NaugleThesis Topic: Habitat use, movements, and survival of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Milk River Basin of northesarstern Montanan and southwestern Saskatchewan.
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Tucker, Jody
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Fred AllendorfThesis Topic: Genetic substructure in the Sierra Nevada population of the Pacific Fisher (Martes pennanti).
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Zaman, Iftikhar
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Dan PletscherThesis Topic: Wildlife management in Pakistan.
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Ph.D. Candidates |
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Beston, Julie
Ph.D. Candidate — Dr. Elizabeth CroneThesis Topic: Population regulation and harvest: what can we learn from black bears?
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Cheng, Yi-ru
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Tom MartinThesis Topic: Evolution of brooding behavior and development of endothermy in altricial birds.
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Cheng, Ellen
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Scott MillsThesis Topic: Comparison of natural and anthropogenic habitat fragmentation impacts on spatial genetic structure of snowshoe hares.
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Corsi, Matthew
M.S. Candidate—Dr. Paul SpruellThesis Topic: Population genetics and hybridization dynamics of trout (Oncorhynhus sp.) in the Jocko River Basin, Montana.
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Crider, Kimberly
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Elizabeth CroneThesis Topic: Predation, herbivory, and the biological control of tansy ragwort in northwest Montana.
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DeCesare, Nicholas
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Mark HebblewhiteThesis Topic: Wolf-Caribou Dynamics in the Canadian Rockies.
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Doherty, Kevin
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. David NaugleThesis Topic: Conservation planning for greater sage-grouse (Centrocerus urophasianus) in response to coal-bed natural gas development in the Powder River Basin: linking habitat and survival data in a GIS framework.
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Ellis, Martha
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Elizabeth CroneThesis Topic:
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Gardipee, Florence
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Fred AllendorfThesis Topic: Conservation genetics of the Greater Yellowstone area wild bison populations.
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Gilbert (Anderson), Cynthia
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Erick GreeneThesis Topic: Identifying climatic factors affecting the ecology of polar-nesting seabirds: an inter-specific comparison conducted in the Arctic and Antarctic.
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Johnson, Heather
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Scott MillsThesis Topic: Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Recovery.
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Marucco, Francesca
Ph.D Candidate—Dr. Dan PletscherThesis Topic: Wolf recolonization in the Western Alps: effects of habitat loss and fragmentation.
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Maxell, Bryce
Ph.D Candidate—Dr. Lisa EbyThesis Topic: Demography and landscape ecology of the Columbia spotted frog (rana luteiventris) in western Montana.
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McCaffery, Magnus
Ph.D Candidate—Dr. Lisa EbyThesis Topic: The impact of beaver recolonization on terrestrial/aquatic ecosystems.
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McCaffery, Rebecca
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Elizabeth Crone and Dr. Lisa EbyThesis Topic: Population dynamics and ecology of the Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris) in western Montana: inference from long-term demography.
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Mildenstein, Tammy
Ph.D Candidate—Dr. Scott MillsThesis Topic: Conservation of threatened Philippine flying-foxes through effective monitoring and prioritization.
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Parker, Margaret (Megan)
Ph.D Candidate—Dr. Erick GreeneThesis Topic: Chemical communication, behavioral ecology, and ranging behavior of African wild dogs in Botswana's Okavango Delta.
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Parsons, Elliott
Ph.D Candidate—Dr. John MaronThesis Topic: The indirect effects of large herbivores on populations and ecosystems. I am generally interested in food web ecology and indirect effects and specifically in the indirect effects of large herbivores on small mammal populations and ecosystem processes. I work in Coconino National Forest in Northern Arizona in aspen and maple dominated riparian snow-melt drainages.
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Silverstein, Robin
Ph.D Candidate—Dr. Vanessa EzenwaThesis Topic: West Nile virus dynamics in avian reservoirs (M-EID).
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Sprague, Rachel
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Creagh BreunerThesis Topic: Energetics and stress physiology during life history transitions in Laysan Albatross." I'm interested in the roles body condition and stress hormones play in regulating parental investment decisions (during incubation and chick provisioning) and in the transition to independence (fledging) in chicks.
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Walker, Brett
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Dave NaugleThesis Topic: Greater sage-grouse population responses to coal-bed natural gas development and West Nile virus in the Powder River Basin, U.S.A.
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Wangchuk, Tshewang
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Scott MillsThesis Topic: Developing a conservation radar for Bhutan: testing spatial distribution of biodiversity richness using predator-prey assemblages to build a monitoring system that addresses threats.
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Wong, Siew Te
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Chris ServheenThesis Topic: The Effects Of Selective Logging On Malayan Sun Bears (Helarctos malayanus) And Bearded Pigs (Sus barbatus) In Lowland Tropical Rainforests Of Borneo.
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Woolf, Jennifer
Ph.D. Candidate—Dr. Fred AllendorfThesis Topic: Population structure and dispersal of black-backed woodpeckers, a disturbance-dependent species.
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