Theses from 2013
Landscape Permeability and Home Range Composition of the Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Southern Illinois, Scott Andrew Cooney
MICROHABITAT USE BY GOLDEN MICE (OCHROTOMYS NUTTALLI) AND WHITE-FOOTED MICE (PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS) IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Amy Suzanne Cross
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SEQUENCE VARIATION IN THE AFRICAN ARMYWORM SPODOPTERA EXEMPTA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE), Amna Eltayeb Elguzouli
ASSESSMENT AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF BOBCAT PARASITES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Shelby Jane Hiestand
Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure reduces reproductive performance of male bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus), Jeffrey Jackson Hillis
Influence of Patch-Burn Grazing and Riparian Protection on the Ecological Integrity of Tallgrass Prairie Headwater Streams, Karen Jackson
TENAX AS A MEASURE OF BIOAVAILABILITY AND REMEDIATION SUCCESS ON THE OTTAWA RIVER., Elizabeth M. Mackenbach
Ontogenetic diet shifts and prey selection among age-0 and age-1 paddlefish, Nicolle MacVey
Implementation of Standard and Modified Soy Oils as Substitutes for Fish Oil in Feeds for Nile Tilapia, Bonnie Lynn Mulligan
IDENTIFYING ENVIRONMENT OF ORIGIN OF ILLINOIS RIVER ASIAN CARP VIA OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSES, Jacob Dylan Norman
HERMIT CRAB POPULATION STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATION WITH GASTROPOD SHELLS IN THE NORTHERN BERING SEA, Jennifer Frances Peura
Metapopulation viability of swamp rabbits (Sylvilagus aquaticus) in southern Illinois, Christopher Robinson
THE SYSTEMATICS OF MARSUPIAL PARASITES IN VIANNAIIDAE (NEMATODA): A NEW SPECIES AND A RECONSTRUCTION OF CHARACTERS USEFUL IN THEIR CLASSIFICATION, Raymond Philip Scheibel
Recolonization of the Midwestern United States by Large Carnivores: Habitat Suitability and Human Dimensions, Julia Blanche Smith
An examination of Asian carp spawning in pool 26 of the Mississippi River, Brittany Christine Szynkowski
Theses from 2012
Use of Alternative Lipids and Finishing Feeds to Improve Nutritional Value and Food Safety of Hybrid Striped Bass, Curtis Crouse
POPULATION GENETICS OF GOLDEN MICE (OCHROTOMYS NUTTALLI) AND WHITE-FOOTED MICE (PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS), Jill Christine Devine
Trophic basis of production in a neotropical headwater stream, Therese Clara Frauendorf
Microsatellite, mitochondrial, and major histocompatibility complex analyses of genetic structure in the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, in the western Atlantic Ocean, Jeffrey Walter Gersch
Nesting Ecology of Ducks in Dense Nesting Cover and Restored Native Plantings in Northeastern North Dakota, Ryan D. Haffele
RESPONSES OF HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS TO SUBLETHAL METAL MIXTURES UNDER INCREASING TEMPERATURES: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AMPHIBIANS, Tyler Andrew Hallman
INFLUENCE OF PRESCRIBED BURNING ON THE HERPETOFAUNAL AND SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES IN GRASSLAND AREAS OF BIG OAKS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Cydney DuPree' Meadows
Effects of heavy metals on two small mammal species, Sara Marlene Ressing
TRACING ENERGY FLOW PATHWAYS TO FISH USING FATTY ACIDS AND STABLE ISOTOPES OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN, Neil Rude
LATE SPRING SURVEY AND RICHNESS ESTIMATION OF THE AQUATIC BENTHIC INSECT COMMUNITY IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE LUSK CREEK WATERSHED, Jacqueline Turner
MACROINVERTEBRATE RESPONSES TO REMOVAL OF RIPARIAN WOODY VEGETATION ALONG TALLGRASS PRAIRIE STREAMS, Jodi Marie Vandermyde
Spatial and demographic ecology of Texas horned lizards within a conservation framework, Alexander J. Wolf
FATTY ACIDS AS INDICATORS OF NUTRITIONAL HISTORY OF CHANNEL CATFISH (ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS) AND AQUATIC FOOD WEBS IN THE KASKASKIA RIVER SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS, Matthew Parham Young
Theses from 2011
PREVALENCE OF BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF EASTERN WOODRAT (NEOTOMA FLORIDANA) POPULATIONS, Simon Richard Bade
ALTERNATIVE FEEDING STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE MARINE FEEDSTUFF REPLACEMENT IN LARGEMOUTH BASS Micropterus salmoides CULTURE WHILE MAINTAINING PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE, Andrew Richard Coursey
Nesting Ecology, Survival, and Home Range of Wild Turkeys in an Agricultural Landscape, Kenneth Scott Delahunt
Habitat Associations of Grassland and Shrubland Bird Communities at Reclaimed Surface-Mines in Southern Illinois, Shawn Duncan
Relationships among tree-species composition, vegetation structure, and forest breeding birds in southern Illinois, Alison Edmund
Effects of forest composition on trophic relationships among mast production and mammals in southern Illinois, Carolyn Ann Gillen
THE EFFECT OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ON THE SPATIAL POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE OF SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE (DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS), Solomon Ghebremeskel Hailu
INSECT EMERGENCE AND RIPARIAN BIRD RESPONSES TO ROCK WEIR CONSTRUCTION IN THE CACHE RIVER BASIN OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Kaleb Heinrich
INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION AND MICROHABITAT SELECTION IN THE GOLDEN MOUSE (OCHROTOMYS NUTTALLI), Jay Bradley Hubert
DETERMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF USING TELEMETRY TO EVALUATE HABITAT USE OF AGE-0 SCAPHIRHYNCHUS STURGEONS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, Jennifer Leigh Johnson
Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Markers for Rapid, Inexpensive, and Standardized Identification of Pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus) and Shovelnose (S. platorynchus) Sturgeon Larvae, Matthew Stephen Krampe
Quantifying and manipulating spatiotemporal trends in rodent space use and consumption rates on incidentally encountered prey, Tyler Evan Schartel
Enclosed Elk and Bison in Land Between The Lakes, Kentucky: Dietary Overlap, Clare C. Weickert Whittaker
Theses from 2010
Relative species abundance and microhabitat preferences of larval Scaphirhynchus sturgeon in the middle Mississippi River, Ryan Michael Boley
Linking Silver Carp Habitat Selection to Phytoplankton Consumption in the Mississippi River, Heather Ann Calkins
MITOCHONDRIAL CONTROL REGION VARIATION AMONG THE SUBSPECIES OF SARUS CRANE (GRUS ANTIGONE), Ranajit Das
UPLAND-NESTING DUCKS IN THE PARKLANDS OF SASKATCHEWAN: THE EFFECT OF PREDATOR REDUCTION ON NEST SUCCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT, John Allen Dassow
STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE STATE-THREATENED MARSH RICE RAT (ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS) IN ILLINOIS, Bryan Wayne Eubanks
MACROINVERTEBRATE AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS IN A REHABILITATED ILLINOIS RIVER FLOODPLAIN: SWAN LAKE, ILLINOIS, Darin Grulkowski
FEMALE REACTION TO MALE URINE SCENTS AS POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF MATE CHOICE IN CAPTIVE CHEETAHS (ACINONYX JUBATUS), Regina Helen Mossotti
OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN INVERTEBRATES: IMPLICATIONS FOR DISPERSAL AND FOOD WEB ANALYSIS, David John Myers
An Evaluation of Chemical, Biological, and Combined Chemical-Biological Approaches for Controlling Snails in Aquaculture Ponds, Matthew R. Noatch
MUTE SWAN IMPACTS ON NATIVE WATERBIRDS AND SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION IN ILLINOIS, Adam C. Phillips
Bioavailability of slower desorbing fractions of sediment-associated permethrin, Amanda Kay Rothert
Home-range fidelity and the effect of supplemental feeding on contact rates between white-tailed deer in southern Illinois, Matthew Clifton Rustand
EFFECTS OF ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS ON DIET COMPOSITION OF AGE-0 STURGEON (
Evaluation of fin ray and fin spine chemistry as indicators of environmental history for five fish species, Kurt Thomas Smith
UTILITY OF OTOLITH MICROCHEMISTRY AND STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION FOR DETERMINING FISH ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY IN THE MISSISSIPPI AND ILLINOIS RIVERS, John Matthew Zeigler
Theses from 2009
Hanging out with the cool frogs: Do operative and body temperatures explain population response to disease?, Sarah Nthabiseng Becker
TOXICITY OF SEDIMENTS CONTAINING COAL-TAR PAVEMENT SEALANTS TO NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS AND AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM, SURROGATE SPECIES FOR EURYCEA SOSORUM, Thomas Bommarito
LAND SNAIL ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY WITH ASSOCIATED ECOLOGICAL VARIABLES IN SIX SOUTHERN ILLINOIS COUNTIES, Marla Lee Coppolino
ASSESSING THE STABILITY AND LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF ABANDONED MINES FOR USE BY BATS, Jeffrey C. Corcoran
Current and Projected Nest Site Availability for Cavity-nesting Waterfowl in the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region, John Curtis Denton
The Role of Previous Experience with Piscovory and Exposure to Fish Predators on Survival of Walleye (Sander vitreus) fingerlings, Richard Franklin Echols
ENZOOTIC PATTERNS OF INFECTION BY BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS IN POND BREEDING ANURANS IN CENTRAL AMERICA, Sandra Patricia Galeano
Ecology and Conservation of Declining Forb Populations in Lower Michigan, Cyrus Matthew Hester
Diets of Spring-Migrating Waterfowl in the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region, Arthur Neil Hitchcock, Jr.
The Effect of Urbanization on Flight Initiation Distance and Alert Behaviors in Woodchucks, Kiersten Elizabeth Lippmann
Identification of the sediment-associated contaminants in the Illinois River Complex using a toxicity identifcation evaluation (TIE), Wesley Tyler Mehler
The Voluntary Lead Shot Ingestion Rate of Mourning Doves (Zenaida Macroura) on a Disked Field, Stephanie Plautz
Genetic Management Plan for the Endangered Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirynchus albus) Captive Broodstock Maintained at Gavin's Point National Fish Hatchery, Melody Saltzgiver
Effects of Urbanization on Relative Abundance and Recruitment of Mourning Doves, Daniel Stoelb
Population Demographics and Space Use of White-tailed Deer in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Janice Kay Stroud
Mercury concentrations in wetlands associated with coal-fired power plants in Illinois, Scott Weir
MACROINVERTEBRATE PRODUCTION, TROPHIC STRUCTURE, AND ENERGY FLOW ALONG A TALLGRASS PRAIRIE STREAM CONTINUUM, Daniel Philip Whiting
METAL ACCUMULATION AND ABUNDANCE OF TURTLES ON THE WEST KENTUCKY WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA/DOE PADUCAH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT COMPLEX, Shuangying Yu
Theses from 2008
Systematics of Anguispira (Pulmonata: Discidae) based on molecular and morphometric data, Stephanie A. Clutts
IMPACTS OF ILLINOIS OUTFITTERS ON WHITE-TAILED DEER AND WILD TURKEY POPULATIONS, Marion F. Conlee
EXAMINING COST EFFECTIVENESS OF ACTIVELY AND PASSIVELY MANAGED WETLANDS FOR MIGRATING AND WINTERING WATERFOWL IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, Amanda Killian Pankau