Completed Projects

Kelly A. Atchison, MS (2003)
Community Structure and Behavior of Wintering Birds in Riparian Forests: Relationships with Landscape Matrix, Microclimate, and Local Habitat

Katharine Batdorf, MS (2012)
Distributional Changes in Ohio's Breeding Bird Populations and the Importance of Climate and Land Cover Change

Ian Ausprey, MS (2010)
Post-fledgling Ecology of Two Songbirds Species Across a Rural-to-Urban Landscape Gradient

Marja H. Bakermans, MS (2003)
Hierarchical Habitat Selection by the Acadian Flycatcher: Implications for Conservation of Riparian Forests

Marja H. Bakermans, PhD (2008)
Demography of Cerulean Warblers on Wintering and Breeding Grounds

Tara E. Baranowski, MS (2007)
Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Associations of Fall- and Spring-migrating Shorebirds in the Southwest Lake Erie Marsh Region

Aaron Boone, MS (2006)
Seasonal Interactions between Migration and Winter in a Migratory Songbird, the Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia)

Kathi L. Borgmann, MS (2002)
Invasion of Riparian Forests by Exotic Shrubs: Effects of Landscape Matrix and Implications for Breeding Birds

Justin Brown, MS (2007)
Effect of Coyotes on Urban Canada Geese Nest Dynamics in the Chicago Metropolitan Area

Ashley Buchanan, MS (2008)
Habitat selection, Movement, and Stopover Duration of Migratory Landbirds in the Western Basin of Lake Erie in Northern Ohio

Erin Cashion, MS (2011)
Avian Use of Riparian Habitats and the Conservation Reserve Program: Migratory Stopover in Agri-ecosystems

Gabriel Colorado, PhD (2010)
Ecology and conservation of neotropical-nearctic migratory birds and mixed-species flocks in the Andes

Luke DeGroote, MS (2006)
Effects of Avian Hematozoa on Behavior and Energetic Condition of Migratory Landbirds

Joni Downs, MS (2004)
Population Status and Habitat Utilization of Greater Sandhill Cranes in Ohio

Jared Duquette, MS (2008)
Population Ecology of Badgers (Taxidea taxus) in Ohio

Richard Geboy, MS (2006)
Influence of Food Abundance and Cavity visibility on Wood duck Breeding Strategies in Natural Cavities

William Graser, MS (2008)
The Effects of Landscape Structure on Raccoon Demographics and Disease

Bret Graves, MS (2007)
Grassland Bird Conservation on Reclaimed Surface Mines: Evaluating the Influence of Vegetation Structure on Distribution, Nest Placement and Nesting Success

Stephanie Hauver, MS (2008)
The Role of Genetic Relatedness in Urban Raccoon Sociality

Ceciia Hennessy, MS (2007)
Mating Strategies and Pack Structure of Coyotes in an Urban Landscape: A Genetic Investigation

Melanie Houston, MS (2009)
A quantitative Content Analysis of Attitudes Toward Wolves in the US and Canadian Print News Media, 1999-2008

Adam Janke MS (2011)
Survival and Habitat Use of Non-breeding Northern Bobwhites on Private Lands in Ohio

Patrick L. Johnston MS (2012)
Community Structure and Behavior of Wintering Birds in Riparian Forests: Relationships with Landscape Matrix, Microclimate, and Local Habitat

Laura J. Kearns, PhD (2012)
Avian Responses to Predator Communities in Fragmented, Urbanizing Landscapes

Andrew B. Kniowski, MS (2011)
Summer Ecology of the Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis) in an Agriculural Landscape

Sarah Lehnen, PhD ( 2008)
Demographic Responses of Shrub-successional Birds to Patch Area and Edge

Lionel Leston, MS (2005)
Are Urban Forests Ecological Traps for Understory Birds? An Examination with Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Marjorie Liberati, MS (2013)
Spring Dispersal and Breeding Ecology of Northern Bobwhite in Southwest Ohio

Andrea Lindsay, MS (2008)
Seasonal Events and Associated Carry-over Effects in a Neotropical Migratory Songbird: The Yellow Warbler

Lauren MacDade, MS (2009)
Contribution of emergent aquatic insects to refueling performance in spring migrant landbirds

Stephen Matthews, PhD (2008)
Stopover Habitat Utilization by Migratory Landbirds within Human Modified Landscapes of Central Ohio

Desiree Lynn Narango, MS (2012)
Causes and Consequesnces of Urban-associated Song Variation: A Study of Vocal Behavior in the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Felicity Newell, MS (2010)
Avian Response to Forest Management for Oak Regeneration

Tara M. Olson, MS (2003)
Variation in Use of Managed Wetlands by Waterfowl, Wading Birds, and Shorebirds in Ohio

Benjamin J. Padilla, MS (2012)
Avian Metapopulation Dynamics in an Urbanizing Landscape

Paul C. Ramey, MS (2005)
Population Density and Prevalence of Rabies Virus-neutralizing Antibodies in a Northern Ohio Raccoon Population

Melissa J. Santiago, MS (2004)
Conservation of Red-headed Woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) on Midwestern Golf Courses: A Case Study in Ohio

Debra Scott, MS (2007)
The Effect of Habitat Restoration on Bats in a Metropolis

Daniel Shustack, PhD (2008)
Impacts of urbanization on forest bird communities

Alexander Silvis, MS (2011)
The response of bats to shelterwood harvest and prescribed fire

David Slager, MS (2011)
Spatial ecology and habitat exploration of neotropical migrants during spring migratory stopover

Jennifer Smith-Castro, MS (2008)
Impacts of recreational trails on the nesting success of passerines in a riparian forest system

Jason D. Steckel, MS (2003)
Food availability and waterfowl use on mid-migration habitats in central and northern Ohio

Jake Straub, MS (2008)
Contribution of wetland and crop plant foods to meet energy needs of spring-migrating waterfowl in the upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes region

Nancy Sundell-Turner, MS (2006)
A comparison of landscape based methods for conservation planning

Kevin A. Swanson, MS (2002)
Movements, survival, and habitat relationships of snowshoe hares following release in northeast Ohio

Jennifer Thieme, MS (2011)
Behavioral and reproductive consequences of mesopredator activity to grassland birds

Marne Avina Titchenell, MS (2007)
The effects of retention harvests on forest structure and bat populations in Ohio oak-hickory forests

Andrew C. Vitz, MS (2003)
Habitat use of regenerating clearcuts by mature-forest birds during the post-breeding period

Andrew C. Vitz, PhD (2008)
Survivorship and habitat use by juvenile forest birds

Karen Willard, MS (2011)
Local marsh bird habitat associations in the restored and managed wetlands of Ohio

Alison Willingham, MS (2008)
Distribution and relative abundance of gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in northeastern Illinois

Mark J. Wiley, MS (2012)
Usable space and mircohabitat characteristics for bobwhites on private lands in southwestern Ohio

Evan C. Wilson, MS (2012)
The Dynamics of Sarcoptic Mange in an Urban Coyote (Canis latrans) Population

Ryan M. Zajac, MS (2010)
Psychological and Geographic Components of Acceptance for Black Bears in Ohio

David A. Zuwerink, MS (2001)
Changes in the Derivation of Mallard Harvests from the Northern U.S. and Canada, 1966-1998