Alumni (1996-2012) |
2012
Jason Fischer, M.S.
Influence of sand dredging on habitat and fish communities of the Kansas River
Advisors: Craig Paukert and Kieth Gido
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Position: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona
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Amanda Goldberg, M.S.
Apparent survival, dispersal, and abundance of black-tailed prairie dogs
Advisor: Jack Cully
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Position: Accepted to Ph.D. program at University of Idaho |
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Derek Moon, M.S.
Small mammals in disturbed tallgrass prairie landscapes
Advisor: Jack Cully
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Position: Fort Riley |
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2011
No degrees granted |
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2010
Andrea Severson, M.S.
Effects of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
invasion on the aquatic community of a great plains reservoir
Advisor: Craig Paukert
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Position: Bureau of Reclamation as a Natural Resource Specialist in McCook, Nebraska
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2009
Jonathan M. Conard, Ph.D.
Genetic variability, demography, and habitat selection in a
reintroduced elk (Cervus elaphus) population
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, Sterling College
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Mackenzie R. (Shardlow) Jeffress, M.S.
Factors affecting the detectability and distribution of the North American river otter
Advisor: Craig Paukert
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Position: Research Associate / Ecologist at National Park Service. Lives in Elko, Nevada. |
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Ron E. VanNimwegen, Ph.D. (Posthumous)
Behavioral Ecology of Grasshopper Mice and Deer Mice
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract |
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2008
Wesley W. Bouska, M.S.
Road crossing designs and their impact on fish assemblages and geomorphology of Great Plains streams
Advisor: Craig Paukert
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Employer: Fisheries Researcher, Southern
Illinois University-Carbondale
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Jeffrey L. Eitzmann, M.S.
Spatial habitat variation in a Great Plains river: effects on the fish assemblage and food web structure
Advisor: Craig Paukert
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Employer: Dade Co, FL
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Kristen Pitts, M.S.
Assessing threats to native fishes of the Lower Colorado River Basin
Advisor: Craig Paukert
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Employer: American Rivers |
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Joshua Schloesser, M.S.
Large river fish community sampling strategies and fish associations to engineered and natural river channel structures
Advisor: Craig Paukert
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Employer: US Fish and Wildlife Service
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2007
Jesse R. Fischer, M.S.
Structural organization of Great Plains stream fish assemblages: Implications for sampling and conservation
Advisor: Craig Paukert
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Currently Ph.D. Student at Iowa State
Past Employer: NE Game and Parks |
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2006
Jeremy Baumgardt, M.S.
The effects of trapping methods on estimation of population parameters for small mammals
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Currently Ph.D. Student at the University of Idaho |
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Brian E. Flock, Ph.D.
The effects of landscape configuration on northern bobwhite in southeastern Kansas
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
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Tracey N. Johnson, M.S.
Ecological restoration of tallgrass prairie: grazing management benefits plant and bird communities inupland and riparian habitats
Advisor: Brett K. Sandercock
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Currently Ph.D. Student at Oregon State
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Andrew S. Makinster, M.S.
Flathead catfish population dynamics in the Kansas River
Advisor: Craig Paukert
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Employer: AZ Game and Fish Department |
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Timothy R. Strakosh, Ph.D.
Effects of water willow establishment on littoral assemblages in Kansas reservoirs: Focus on Age-0 largemouth bass
Advisor: Keith Gido
Publications: Abstract, Thesis
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, SUNY-Fredonia
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Bala Thiagarajan, Ph.D.
Community dynamics of rodents, fleas and plague associated with black-tailed prairie dogs
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract, Thesis |
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2005
Tammi L. Johnson, M.S.
Spatial dynamics of a bacterial pathogen: Sylvatic plague in Black-tailed prairie dogs
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract
Currently Ph.D. Student at the University of Montana |
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Lorri A. Newby, M.S.
Effects of experimental manipulation of coterie size on demography of Black-tailed prairie dogs in South Dakota
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract |
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2004
No degrees granted
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2003
Christopher D. Anderson, M.S.
Recreational pressure at Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge: Potential impacts on avian use and seasonal productivity along the Niobrara River
Advisor: Dusty Becker
Publications: Abstract
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Jonathan M. Conard, M.S.
Responses of small mammals and their predators to military disturbance in tallgrass prairie
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, Sterling College
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William E. Jensen, Ph.D.
Spatial variation in Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) abundance and brood parasitism in Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, Emporia State
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Mayee Wong, M.S.
High spatial homogeneity in a sex-biased mating system: The genetic population structure of greater prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: Hawaii Department of Health
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Stanley L. Proboszcz, M.S.
Evaluation of habitat enhancement structure use by spotted bass in natural and experimental streams
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Past Employer: Montana State University
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2002
Michael C. Quist, Ph.D.
Abiotic factors and species interactions that influence recruitment of walleyes in Kansas reservoirs
Advisor: Guy
Publications: Abstract
Current Occupation: Assistant Unit
Leader-Fisheries, Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research
Unit
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2001
Troy R. Livingston, M.S.
Coprophagy: An ecological investigation of the consumption of mammalian carnivore feces
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: US Army
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Amber D. Rucker, M.S.
Conversion of tall fescue pastures to tallgrass prairie in southeastern Kansas: Small mammal responses
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract
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Gerald L. Zuercher, Ph.D.
The ecological role of the Bush Dog, Speothos venaticus,
as
part of the mammalian predator community in the Interior Atlantic Forest of Paraguay
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, University of Dubuque
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2000
Patrick J. Braaten, Ph.D.
Growth of fishes in the Missouri River and Lower Yellowstone River, and factors influencing recruitment of freshwater drum in the lower channelized Missouri River
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: US Geological Survey
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Travis B. Horton, M.S.
Habitat use and movement of spotted bass in Otter Creek, Kansas
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
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Sally J. Schrank, M.S.
Population characteristics of bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys
nobilis larvae and adults in the Missouri River and interspecific
dynamics with paddlefish Polyodon spathula
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract
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Patricia R. Snyder, M.S.
Assessment of activity transmitters based on behavioral observations of coyotes, bobcats, and raccoons
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
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Jeffry A. Tripe, M.S.
Density, growth, mortality, food habits, and lipid content of age-0 largemouth bass in El Dorado Reservoir, Kansas
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract
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1999
Justin E. Kretzer, M.S.
Herpetological and coleopteran communities of black-tailed prairie dog colonies and non-colonized areas in southwest Kansas
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: Fort Sill, OK
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Michael C. Quist, M.S.
Structure and function of fish communities in streams on Fort Riley Military Reservation
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract
Current Occupation: Assistant Unit Leader-Fisheries,
Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit |
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James W. Rivers, M.S.
Seasonal avian
use patterns of farmed wetlands and nest predation dynamics in riparian grasslands dominated by reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
Advisors: Ted. T. Cable & Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Obtained Ph.D. from the University of California-Santa Barbara
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Stephen L. Winter, M.S.
Plant and breeding bird communities of black-tailed prairie dog colonies and non-colonized areas in southwest Kansas and southeast Colorado
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract
Past Employer: US Fish and Wildlife Service
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1998
Jan F. Kamler, M.S.
Ecology and interspecific relationships of mammalian predators on Fort Riley Military Reservation, Kansas
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford
Obtained Ph.D. from Texas Tech
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1997
Matthew N. Burlingame, M.S.
1995 Kansas licensed angler use and preference survey and attitudes towards angling by secondary education students
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: US Army Corps of Engineers
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Greg A. Hoch, M.S.
Mapping and monitoring of disturbance from military training at Fort Riley, Kansas and an investigations into the stability of grassland ecotones using satellite remote sensing
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: Concordia College
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David E. Hoover, M.S.
Vegetation and breeding bird assemblages in grazed and ungrazed riparian habitats in southeastern Kansas
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Current Occupation: Wildlife Biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation
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Raymond S. Matlack, M.S.
The swift fox in rangeland and cropland in western Kansas: Relative abundance, mortality, and body size
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
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Heidi L. Michaels, M.S.
Landscape and fine scale habitat of the Loggerhead Shrike and Henslow's Sparrow on Fort Riley Military Reservation, Kansas
Advisor: Jack F. Cully, Jr.
Publications: Abstract
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Jeff S. Tillma, M.S.
Characteristics of spotted bass in southeast Kansas streams
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract
Current Employer: Minnesota DNR
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1996
William K. Smith, M.S.
Responses of Ring-necked Pheasants to Conservation Reserve Program fields during courtship and brood rearing in the high plains
Advisor: Philip S. Gipson
Publications: Abstract
Current Occupation: Wildlife Ecologist, Coordinator of Private Lands Program, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks
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Jennifer A. Wiens, M.S.
Effects of tree revetments on the abiotic and biotic components in two Kansas streams
Advisor: Christopher Guy
Publications: Abstract |
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