Theses from 2011
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