This community contains the theses and dissertations of the South Dakota State University, Department of Natural Resource Management. Formerly known as Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences.
Due to copyright restrictions, the collection contains both open access and university access theses and dissertations. University access items are only available to SDSU users, and on-campus visitors. Non-SDSU users wishing to access restricted materials may request items through their institution’s interlibrary loan services.
ETDS from 2011
Relationships Among Aquatic Macroinvertebrates, Endangered Waterbirds, and Macrophytes in Taro Lo'I At Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii, Jennifer Leigh Gutscher-Chutz
Below-Ground Food Production in Habitats Utilized by the Rocky Mountain Populations of Greater Sandhill Cranes, Diana P. Iriarte
The Influence of Didymosphenia geminata On Fisheries in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Daniel A. James
Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Mountain Lions in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Brian D. Jansen
Evaluation of Facilities Design and Methods of Handling Bison, Duane J. Lammers
Developing Sustainable Harvest Strategies for Cellulose-Based Biofuels: The Effect of Intensity of Harvest on Migratory Grassland Songbirds, Alisha J. Maves
Multiscale Resource Selection of Ruffed Grouse in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota and Wyoming, Cassandra L. Mehls
Influence of Diet and Environmental Variation on Physiological Responses of Juvenile Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), Hilary A. Meyer
Habitat Selection and Population Ecology of Bobcats (Lynx Rufus) in South Dakota, USA, Cory E. Mosby
Evaluation of Mineral Use in Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis), Jacquelyn Murray
Development of An Elk Sightability Model for the Black Hills of South Dakota, Evan C. Phillips
Phenologic Assessment of Western South Dakota Rangelands, Matthew B. Rigge
Movement Patterns, Survival, and Sightability of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Eastern South Dakota, Kevin A. Robling
Population Viability Analysis of Swift fox (Vulpes velox) at the Badlands National Park, Indrani Sasmal
Environmental Factors Associated With Long-Term Trends of Mountain Sucker Populations in the Black Hills, and and Assessment of Their Thermal Tolerance, Luke D. Schultz
Influence of Gizzard Shad on Fish Community Ecology in Northeastern South Dakota Glacial Lakes, Justin Allen VanDeHey
Influence of Resource Pulses Following Stochastic Disturbances on Aquatic Food Webs, Michael John Weber
ETDS from 2010
Survival of Male Merriam's Wild Turkeys in the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota, Thomas C. Berdan
Fish Community Assembly in the Forest River, North Dakota, and Resolution of Campostoma Species Presence, Lucas J. Borgstrom
Predation Vulnerability and Trophic Interactions of Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus, William E. French
Understanding White-Tailed Deer Productivity: Population Ecology of Neonates, Troy W. Grovenburg
Seasonal Movements and Spatial Distributions of Common Carp in an Interconnected Glacial Lake System in Eastern South Dakota, Matthew J. Hennen
Population Estimation Procedures For Elk and Deer in the Black Hills, South Dakota: Development of a Sightability Model and Spotlight Survey, Angela R. Jarding