Current Students
Graduated Students
2022
- Brandon Barlow (December) , M.S., Fisheries , Demographic Groups Differ In Urban Recreational Behavior
- Dillon Fogarty , Ph.D., Wildlife , A Biome in Transition: CO-Produced Science for Grassland Conservation
2021
- Derek Kane (May) , M.S., Fisheries , Conceptual Framework Linking Resource Size and Recreational Use
2020
- Olivia DaRugna (May) , M.S., Fisheries , Recreational Activity Dynamics at Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
- Hugh Ellerman (December) , M.S., Wildlife , Vegetation and Large Carnivore Responses in an Encroached Landscape
- Christopher Fill (August) , M.S., Wildlife , Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Bat Activity in a Southeast Nebraska Agricultural Landscape
- Sarah Gaughan (May) , Ph.D., Fisheries , Using Genetic Markers to Enhance Conservation Efforts
- Chad Smith (December) , Ph.D., Wildlife , A Conceptual Model Evaluation Framework for Adaptive Governance and Adaptive Management in Large-Scale Governance and Adaptive Management in Large-Scale Restoration Programs Restoration Programs
- Bethany Teeters (August) , Ph.D., Wildlife , The Role of Resource Availability and Habitat Quality in Structuring Prairie Bee Communities
2019
- Jessica Burnett (August) , Ph.D., Wildlife , Regime Detection Measures for the Practical Ecologist
- Caleb Roberts (May) , Ph.D., Wildlife , Managing for Ecosystem Resilience in a Non-Stationary World
- Baxter Seguin (May) , M.S., Wildlife , Implementing the North American Bat Monitoring Program in Nebraska: An Assessment of Nebraska Bats with an Emphasis on Citizen Science
- Nick Smeenk (August) , Ph.D., Wildlife , Assessing the Ecological Condition of Nebraska’s Wetland Resources and Amphibian Communities: An Intensification of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment
2018
- Nicholas Cole (December) , Ph.D., Fisheries , Values of Consumptive Outdoor-Recreation Participants
- Lucia Corral (December) , Ph.D., Wildlife , Spatial and Temporal Structure of a Canid Community in Nebraska
- Cody Dreier (August) , M.S., Wildlife , Nebraska Wetland Condition Assessment: Intensification of the National Wetland Condition Assessment Throughout Nebraska
- Nadya Mirochnitchenko (December) , M.S., Wildlife , Relationships Among Biodiversity Dimensions of Birds in Nebraska
- Christine Ruskamp (December) , M.S., Fisheries , Landscape Structure and Dynamics of Recreational Fisheries
- Vicki Simonsen (December) , M.S., Wildlife , Examining Patterns in Nest Predation Using Artificial Nests
- Bruce Stephen (December) , Ph.D., Wildlife , The Freshwater Gastropods of Nebraska and South Dakota: A review of Historical Records, Current Geographical Distribution and Conservation Status
- Shana Sundstrom (May) , Ph.D., Wildlife , Complex Adaptive Systems: Cross-Scale Structure and Resilience
- Zac Warren (December) , M.S., Wildlife , Distribution and Habitat Association of the Northern Long-eared Bat.
2017
- Becca Bevans (May) , M.S., Wildlife , Plant Diversity Influences the Structure and Function of a Restored Prairie and its Responses to Added Disturbances
- Hannah Birge (August) , Ph.D., Wildlife , Soil Ecosystem Service Tradeoffs and Social-Ecological Resilience in the North Central Great Plains
- Alexis Fedele (May) , M.S., Fisheries , Influences of Catch-and-Release Angling on Fish Avoidance Behavior
- Brian Harmon (August) , M.S., Fisheries , Recreational Angler Site Choice and Behavior Within Midwestern Reservoirs
- Alexis Park (December) , M.S. Fisheries , Assessing Relationships Between Angling Effort and Larval Trematodes in Small Bluegill
- Dan Uden (May) , Ph.D., Wildlife , Social-Ecological Causes and Consequences of Landcover Change in Landscapes of Nebraska, U.S.A.
- Lyndsie Wszola (August) , M.S., Wildlife , Mapping the Ecology of Information: Hierarchical Habitat Selection by Nebraska Pheasant Hunters
2016
- Nathan Bieber (December) , M.S. Wildlife , River Otter (Lontra Canadensis) Distribution and Habitat Suitability in Nebraska
- Emma Brinley Buckley (July) , M.S., Wildlife , Applications of Time- Lapse Imagery to Capture and Communicate Ecological Dynamics of a Water-Stressed System.
2015
- Caitlyn Gillespie (May), M.S., Wildlife, Shorebird Migratory Stopover Responses to Local and Regional Change: Habitat Decisions in a Vanishing Landscape
- Danielle Haak (May), Ph.D., Fisheries, Bioenergetics and Habitat Suitability Models for the Chinese Mystery Snail (Bellamya chinensis)
- Noelle Hart (August), Ph.D.,Wildlife, Resilience Thinking & Structural Decision Making in Social- Ecological Systems
- Lindsey Messinger (May), M.S., Wildlife, Habitat and Site Selection of Pheasants and their Hunters During the Hunting Season
- Nathan Stewart (May), M.S., Fisheries, Ecology and Management of Superabundant Fish Populations
2014
- Jason DeBoer (May), M.S., Fisheries, Walleye and White Bass Recruitment in Southwest Nebraska Irrigation Reservoirs
- Lucas Kowalewski (May), M.S., Fisheries, Accuracy or Precision: Implications of Sample Design and Methodology on Abundance Estimation
- Jessica Laskowski (May), M.S., Wildlife, Fear Effects on Pheasant Reproductive Ecology and a Curriculum to Teach Wildlife Habitat Selection
- Kelly Turek (May), M.S., Fisheries, Influence of Non-native Trout on Native Non-game Fish in Nebraska Headwater Streams
- Ashley VanderHam (August) M.S., Wildlife, Informing Flood Plain Wetland Restoration Using Amphibian Monitoring
- Justin Williams (May) , M.S., Wildlife, Predicting Invasion Risk of Non-native Plants using a Modified I-Rank Assessment
2013
- Robert Kill (December), M.S., Fisheries, A Population Model for Walleye in Nebraska Irrigation Reservoirs
- Dustin Martin (December), Ph.D., Fisheries, Spatial and Temporal Participation in Recreational Fishing
- Michelle Hellman (May), M.S., Wildlife, Amphibian Occupancy and Functional Connectivity of Restored Wetlands in the Missouri River Floodplain
- Chris Wiley (August) M.S., Fisheries, Exploitation of Channel Catfish in Nebraska Flood-Control Reservoirs
2012
- Lindsey Chizinski (May), M.S., Fisheries, An Evaluation of Stocking & Habitat Influences on Channel Catfish in Lentic Ecosystems of the Great Plains
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Christopher Jorgensen (December), M.S., Wildlife,Assessing Local and Landscape
Constraints on Habitat Management for Grassland & Upland Birds
- Kristine Nemec (December), Ph.D., Wildlife, The Relationship Between Diversity, Seeding Density, and Ecological Functions in Tallgrass Prairie Restorations
- Peter Spirk (December), M.S., Fisheries, Effects of Length Limits on Sexually Size Dimorphic Fishes
- Ryan Stutzman(December), M.S, Wildlife, Stopover Decisions of Migratory Shorebirds: An Assessment of Habitat Use, Food, Availability, Behavior & Phenology
- Dan Uden (August), M.S., Wildlife, Agricultural Landuse Change Impacts on Bioenergy Production, Aifauna, and Water Use in Nebraska's Rainwater Basin
- Kody Unstad (August), M.S., Wildlife, Predictors of Insect Diversity and Abundance in a Fragmented Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem
- Sam Wilson (August), M.S., Wildlife, River Otter( lontra canadensis) Home Range; Habitat Use, Overnight Movement, and Survival in the Platter River of Nebraska
2011
- Aaron Lotz (August), Ph.D., Wildlife, Discontinuities: Predicting Invasions and
Extinctions
- Ryan Lueckenhoff (May), M.S., Fisheries, Morphological Variation Between Juvenile White Bass and Juvenile Hybrid Striped Bass
- Amy Williams (May), M.S., Wildlife, River otter (Lontra canadensis) use of Phragmites australis and density estimation using genetic techniques
2010
- Aaron Alai (August), M.S., Wildlife, The Textural Discontinuity Hypothesis and its relation to nomadism, migration, decline, and competition
- Sarah Rehme (August), M.S., Wildlife, Ecology, Stable Isotopes, and Management of Grassland Songbirds at National Park Service Properties on the Great Plains
2009
- Thaddeus Miller (May), M.S., Wildlife, Risk Assessment: An Approach to Prioritizing the Conservation of Rare Species and Plant Communities
2008
- Nathan Gosch (August) , M.S., Fisheries, Predation as a Mechanism for Control of White Perch: an Investigation of Food Habitats in Two Nebraska Reservoirs
- Dustin Martin (December) , M.S., Fisheries, Habitat Selection by Spawning Walleye and White Bass in Irrigation Reservoirs of the Republican River Basin, Nebraska
2007
- Elizabeth Forbus (December), M.S., Wildlife, Avian Response to Invasive Tree Removal on Remnant Prairie Pastures in Southeast Nebraska
2006
- Donald Wardwell (December), M.S., Wildlife, Resilience, Discontinuity and Function in Animal Communities
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