Former Students:

Mitchell, N. J. 1977. M.A. Genetic variation in populations of Peromyscus maniculatus in northwestern Montana. 

Wishard (now Seeb), L. N. 1977. M.A. Larval growth in Rana pretiosa: Ecological and genetic factors.  (co-director)

O'Malley, D. M.1977. M.A. Botany. Inheritance of isozyme variation and heterozygosity in Pinus ponderosa. (co-director) 

Daugherty, C.H. 1979. Ph.D. Population ecology and genetics of Ascaphus truei:  An examination of gene flow and natural selection. (co‑director).

Phelps, S.R. 1980. M.A. Genetic population structure of the kokanee, Oncorhynchus nerka, in Flathead Lake, Montana.

Woods, J.H. 1982. M.S. Forestry. Amount and distribution of isozyme variation in ponderosa pine from eastern Montana. (co‑director).

Aronson, M.E. 1985. M.A. Effect of the Pgm1-t regulatory gene on liver metabolism in rainbow trout. 

Danzmann, R.G. 1986. Ph.D. Biochemical genetics of developmental rates of rainbow trout. 

Ferguson, M.M. 1986. Ph.D. Gene regulation and developmental divergence in salmonid fishes. 

Leary, R.F. 1986. Ph.D. Genetic control of meristic variation in salmonid fishes. 

Everett, R.J. 1986. M.A. The population genetics of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) of Montana. 

Forbes, S.H. 1990. Ph.D. Mitochondrial and nuclear genotypes in trout hybrid swarms: tests for gametic equilibrium and effects on phenotypes. 

Gellman, W.A. 1991. M.A. Sex linkage of two isozyme loci in rainbow trout. 

Sage, G.K. 1993. M.A.  Allozymic and parasitic examination of interspecific introgression in Oncorhynchus from the South Fork of the Flathead River drainage.

Chadde, S. 1994. M.A. Environmental Studies. Hatchery supplementation of declining populations: Fitness and role in conservation. 

Newman, D. 1996. Ph.D. Importance of genetic factors on fecundity and survival of small populations. 

Luikart, G. 1992. M.A. Conservation genetics and mtDNA variation in bighorn sheep. 

          1997. Ph.D. Usefulness of molecular markers for detecting population bottlenecks and monitoring genetic change.  

Kanda, N. 1998. Ph.D. Genetic population structure and conservation of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus).

Pilgrim, K. 1999. M.S. Search for sex-linked markers in pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha).

Thelen, G. 1999. M.S. Heterozygosity and fitness in rainbow trout: Marker loci or chromosomal segments? 

Smithwick, J.W.P.  2000. M.S. Development of nuclear DNA markers to detect hybridization and assess phylogenetic relationships among subspecies of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki ).

Tallmon, D. A. 1995. M.S. Genetic effects of local extinction.

          2001. Ph.D. Genetic demographic and ecological effects of habitat fragmentation. (co-director)

Anderson, L.P. 2002. M.S. Population genetics and conservation of the freshwater mussel Margaritifera falcate from the northwestern United States.

Hitt, N. 2002. M.S.  Hybridization between westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus  lewisi) and rainbow trout (O. mykiss): Distribution and factors.  (co-director)

Funk, W.C. 2004. Ph.D. Patterns and consequences of dispersal in Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris). (co-director).

Whiteley, A.R. 2005. Ph.D. Genetic and morphological diversity in the mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsoni. (co-director)

Hastings, K. Ph.D. 2005. Long-term persistence of isolated fish populations in the Alexander Archipelago. (co-director)

Ramstad, K. 2006. Ph.D. Colonization and local adaptation of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Lake Clark, Alaska.

Boyer, M. M.S. 2006. Rainbow trout invasion and the spread of hybridization with native westslope cutthroat trout.

Gardipee, F. M. M.S. 2007. Development of fecal DNA sampling methods to assess genetic population structure of Greater Yellowstone bison. (co-director)

Pierson, J. C. Ph.D. 2009.  Genetic population structure and dispersal of two North American woodpeckers in ephemeral habitats. (co-director)

Short Bull, R. M.S. 2010. The importance of multiple study areas in landscape genetics: the American black bear in the Rocky Mountains.   (co-director)

Bingham, D. M. M.S. 2011. Conservation genetics of sauger in the Upper Missouri River drainage.

O’Brien, M. P. M.S. 2012. Brucellosis transmission between wildlife and livestock in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Inferences from DNA genotyping. (co-director)

Tucker, J.M. Ph.D. 2013. Assessing change in connectivity and abundance through time for fisher in the southern Sierra Neveda. (co-director)

Kardos, M.D. Ph.D. 2013. The genetic basis of fitness: detecting inbreeding depression and selective sweeps in bighorn sheep. (co-director).

Taylor, H.R. Ph.D. 2014. Victoria University of Wellington. Ecology and genomics in a recovering species: a study of little spotted kiwi (Apteryx owenii). (co-director)

Addis, B.R. M.S. 2013. Genetic structure and disease prevalence among boreal toads (Bufo boreas boreas) in Glacier National Park. (co-director)

         Ph.D. 2019. Causes of variation in dispersal distance in the stream salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus.   (co-director)