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Fall 2021

MacDonald, Zachary G.

My Ph.D. thesis addresses three foundational questions in conservation biology: i) what is biodiversity and how is it best measured? ii) how does variation in habitat configuration, habitat composition, and environmental conditions affect emergent patterns of species diversity? and iii) how do...

Fall 2023

Barrett, Kimberley G

Anthropogenic activities have pressured and altered landscapes resulting in extinctions and extirpations. However, increased conservation efforts and changing management strategies in some large carnivores have resulted in population and range expansion. Population growth and range expansion are...

Spring 2019

Trevoy, Stephen Andrew Lane

Rapid advances in sequencing technologies and analysis methods have greatly increased our understanding of genomic architecture in non-model organisms. The mountain pine beetle (MPB; Dendroctonus ponderosae) is a non-model organism that has received intensive genomic study and is of great...

Fall 2020

Shegelski, Victor A

Dispersal by flight is a complex life history phase in many insects that is essential to gene flow and range expansion. Many elements contribute to realized dispersal, including biotic and abiotic environmental conditions, as well as intrinsic factors such as morphology, physiology and behavior....

Fall 2023

Deakin, Samuel

Genetic variation is a ubiquitous feature of natural populations and underpins much phenotypic variation. Genetic variance can be partitioned and examined at various hierarchical levels of organization to address fundamental questions in ecology and evolution. Patterns of genetic variance among...

Fall 2020

Warbington, Camille H

Effective wildlife management involves understanding the population status and habitat of the species in question, as well as human interests in management decisions. Human dimensions are complicated - African wildlife topics often spark international interest in addition to local concerns. Most...