Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Degrees completed 1996-2008:
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Christopher D. Anderson (M.S., 2003) Recreational pressure at
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge: Potential impacts on avian use and
seasonal productivity along the Niobrara River
Jeremy Baumgardt (M.S., 2006) The effects of trapping
methods on estimation of population parameters for small mammals
Patrick J. Braaten (Ph.D., 2000) Growth of fishes in
the Missouri River and Lower Yellowstone River, and factors
influencing recruitment of freshwater drum in the lower channelized
Missouri River
Matthew N. Burlingame (M.S., 1997) 1995
Kansas licensed angler use and
preference survey and attitudes towards angling by secondary
education students
Jonathan M. Conard (M.S., 2003) Responses of small mammals
and their predators to military disturbance in tallgrass prairie
Jeffrey L. Eitzmann (M.S., 2008) Spatial habitat
variation in a Great Plains river: effects on the fish
assemblage and food web structure
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Jesse R. Fischer (M.S., 2007) Structural organization
of Great Plains stream fish assemblages: Implications for sampling and
conservation -- View
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Brian E. Flock (Ph.D., 2006) The effects of landscape
configuration on northern bobwhite in southeastern Kansas
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Greg A. Hoch (M.S., 1997) 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
David E. Hoover (M.S., 1997) Vegetation and
breeding bird assemblages in grazed and ungrazed riparian habitats in
southeastern Kansas
Travis B. Horton (M.S., 2000) Habitat use and
movement of spotted bass in Otter Creek, Kansas
William E. Jensen (Ph.D., 2003) Spatial variation in
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) abundance and brood
parasitism in Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie
Tammi L. Johnson (M.S., 2005) Spatial dynamics of
a bacterial pathogen: Sylvatic plague in Black-tailed prairie dogs
Tracey N. Johnson (M.S., 2006) Ecological
restoration of tallgrass prairie: grazing management benefits
plant and bird communities in upland and riparian habitats
Jan F. Kamler (M.S., 1998) Ecology and
interspecific relationships of mammalian predators on Fort Riley Military
Reservation, Kansas
Justin E. Kretzer (M.S., 1999) Herpetological and
coleopteran communities of black-tailed prairie dog colonies and
non-colonized areas in southwest Kansas
Troy R. Livingston (M.S., 2001) Coprophagy: An ecological investigation of the
consumption of mammalian carnivore feces
Andrew S. Makinster (M.S., 2006) Flathead catfish population dynamics in the Kansas
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Raymond S. Matlack (M.S., 1997) The swift fox in
rangeland and cropland in western Kansas: Relative abundance,
mortality, and body size
Heidi L. Michaels (M.S., 1997) Landscape and fine
scale habitat of the Loggerhead Shrike and Henslow's Sparrow on Fort Riley
Military Reservation, Kansas
Lorri A. Newby (M.S., 2005) Effects of experimental
manipulation of coterie size on demography of Black-tailed prairie dogs in
South Dakota
Stanley L. Proboszcz (M.S., 2003) Evaluation of habitat
enhancement structure use by spotted bass in natural and experimental
streams
Michael C. Quist (Ph.D., 2002) Abiotic
Factors and Species Interactions that Influence Recruitment of Walleyes in
Kansas Reservoirs
Michael C. Quist (M.S., 1999) Structure and
function of fish communities in streams on Fort Riley Military
Reservation
James W. Rivers (M.S., 1999) Seasonal avian
use patterns of farmed wetlands and nest predation dynamics in riparian
grasslands dominated by reed canary grass (Phalaris
arundinacea)
Amber D. Rucker (M.S., 2001) Conversion of
tall fescue pastures to tallgrass prairie in southeastern Kansas: Small
mammal responses
Sally J. Schrank (M.S., 2000) Population
characteristics of bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
larvae and adults in the Missouri River and interspecific dynamics
with paddlefish Polyodon spathula
William K. Smith (M.S., 1996) Responses of
ring-necked pheasants to Conservation Reserve Program fields during
courtship and brood rearing in the high plains
Patricia R. Snyder (M.S., 2000) Assessment of activity
transmitters based on behavioral observations of coyotes, bobcats,
and raccoons
Timothy R. Strakosh (Ph.D., 2006) Effects of water willow
establishment on littoral assemblages in Kansas reservoirs: Focus on Age-0
largemouth bass -- View
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Bala Thiagarajan (Ph.D., 2006) Community dynamics of
rodents, fleas and plague associated with black-tailed prairie dogs
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Jeff S. Tillma (M.S., 1997) Characteristics of
spotted bass in southeast Kansas streams
Jeffry A. Tripe (M.S., 2000) Density, growth,
mortality, food habits, and lipid content of age-0 largemouth bass
in El Dorado Reservoir, Kansas
Jennifer R. Wiens (M.S., 1996) Effects of tree
revetments on the abiotic and biotic components in two Kansas
streams
Stephen L. Winter (M.S., 1999) Plant and
breeding bird communities of black-tailed prairie dog colonies and
non-colonized areas in southwest Kansas and southeast Colorado
Mayee Wong (M.S., 2003) 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
Gerald L. Zuercher (Ph.D., 2001) The
ecological role of the Bush Dog, Speothos venaticus, as part of the
mammalian predator community in the Interior Atlantic Forest of
Paraguay