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Natural Resource Management Theses and Dissertations

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 2020 2020

Winter Patch Grazing, Patch Burn Grazing, and Bird Communities in Western South Dakota, Jennifer Lutze

Investigating Links Between Soil Microbial Structure and Function in Three Major Plant Communities Across Temporal Scales of Arctic Alaska, Kaj Lynoe

Fishes of the Dakotas, Kathryn Schlafke

The Effect of Neonicotinoid Clothianidin on Ring-Necked Pheasant Survival and Reproduction, Michael Sundall

ETDS from 2019 2019

Diversifying Cornfields by Interseeding Cover Crops: Practical Implications and the Response of Invertebrate Communities, Michael Bredeson

Prairie Dogs and Livestock in Rangeland Systems: Balancing Biodiversity and Production in the Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie, Jameson Robert Brennan

Effects of Grazing and Fire on Soil Microbial Communities and Hydrological Processes in the Northern Great Plains Grassland, Jacob Comer

Effects of Energy Development on Movements, Home Ranges, and Resource Selection of White-Tailed Deer in the Western Dakotas, Bailey S. Gullikson

Stoichiometric Homeostasis in Two Native and Two Invasive South Dakotan Grasses, Joshua Thonas Harvey

Identifying an Optimal Bald Eagle Monitoring Program for Southwest Alaska National Parks, Rebecca Kolstrom

Effect of Water Velocity and Temperature on Energy Use, Behavior, and Mortality of Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus Larvae, Joseph Thomas Mrnak

Greater Sage-Grouse Survival, Breeding Ecology, Resource Selection, and West Nile Virus Prevalence on the Eastern Fringe of their Range, Lindsey Anne Parsons

Winter Snow Depth in Arctic Alaska Results in Complex Changes in Caribou Forage Quality, Jessica C. Richert

The Economic and Social Values Associated with Small South Dakota Lakes, Aaron Patrick Sundmark

Direct and Indirect Effects of Recent Gizzard Shad Introductions in Four South Dakota Small Impoundments, Brandon Vanderbush

Assessing Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) Assemblages and Effects of Eutrophication on Pyganodon grandis in Lakes of Eastern South Dakota, Katherine M. Wollman

The Tortoise (Wildfire) and the Hare (Heavy Winter Grazing) for Promoting Heterogeneity and Improving Ecosystem Services, Lucas W. Zilverberg

ETDS from 2018 2018

Impacts of Altered Precipitation Frequency, Clipping, and Competition on Perennial Grasses Mediated Through Belowground Bud Bank in Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie, Surendra Bam

Aspects of White-tailed Deer Ecology and Management: Effects of Imidacloprid and an Evaluation of Management at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Elise Hughes Berheim

Walleye Fishery Ecology in Lake Oahe of the Dakotas, Eli Felts

Evaluating Bighorn Sheep Herd Response After Selective Removal of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae Chronic Shedders, Tyler J. Garwood

Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) State-and-Transition Model for Loamy Ecological Sites in MLRA 62 in Custer State Park, South Dakota, Mark R. Hendrix

Western Prairie Stream Fisheries: An Assessment of Past and Present Fish Assemblage Structure, Biotic Homogenization, and Population Dynamics in Western South Dakota Streams, Stephen Jones

Nutritional Value of Modified Novel Oilseed Meals in Teleost Diets, Tom Kasiga

Mapping and Risk Assessment of Juniper Encroachment Into a Prairie Landscape, Kyle D. Kaskie