FORMER GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISEES
1. Paul D. Hampton—“The wintering and nesting behavior of the Trumpeter Swan,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, December 1981. [retired; Ashland, Oregon]
2. Nedra Klein—“Song variability in the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla),” M.S. in Zoology, June 1982. [Professor of Biology, Truman State University; deceased]
3. J. Michael Reed—“Habitat selection and territory size regulation in the Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus),” M.S. in Zoology, June 1984. [Professor of Biology, Tufts University]
4. Nathaniel Shambaugh—“Nesting ecology of the Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi),” M.S. in Zoology, June 1986. [Pesticide specialist, VT Department of Agricultural, Food & Markets]
5. D. Paul Hendricks—“Foraging ecology of alpine-nesting Water Pipits,” M.S. in Zoology, March 1987. [Senior Scientist, Montana Bird Advocacy]
6. P. Hunt—“The relationship between western spruce budworm abundance and bird community structure,” M.S. in Zoology, August 1989. [Senior Biologist, New Hampshire Audubon]
7. Amy L. Leider—“Factors influencing courtship success in male Calliope Hummingbirds (Stellula calliope),” M.S. in Zoology, September 1990. [State Public Health Veterinarian, Louisville, Kentucky]
8. L. Christine Paige—“Population trends of songbirds in western North America,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, December 1990. [independent wildlife biologist and a science writer, Jackson, WY]
9. Bret Tobalske—“Bird populations, logging, and habitat suitability based on fledging success of Red-naped Sapsuckers,” M.S. in Zoology, May 1991. [Professor of Biology, University of Montana]
10. Rebecca S. Burton—“Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) cache sites and cache pattern in Pattee Canyon, Montana,” M.S. in Zoology, May 1991. [Professor of Biology, Alverno College, WI]
11. Patricia McClelland—“Ecology of Bald Eagles at Hungry Horse Reservoir, Montana,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, June 1992. [Retired biologist, West Glacier, MT; deceased]
12. José Fernando Villaseñor—“The importance of agricultural border strips in the conservation of North American migratory landbirds in western Mexico,” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, June 1993. [Professor of Biology, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo]
13. Andrew Bosma—“Foraging site selection by insectivorous forest birds in western Montana,” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 1993. [Instructor, Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh]
14. Michael A. Munts—“A comparison of bird communities between an untreated control and two timber harvest treatments in western Montana,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, June 1994. [Biologist, Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID]
15. Jeffrey S. Marks—“Ecology of Bristle-thighed Curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands,” Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, May 1995. [Executive Director, Montana Bird Advocacy]
16. John R. Hoffland—“A comparison of bird abundance among selectively logged, old-growth, and mature second-growth ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir stands,” M.S. in Environmental Studies, May 1995. [retired, Medicaid program officer, State of Montana]
17. Elaine L. Caton—“Effects of fire and salvage logging on the cavity-nesting bird community in northwestern Montana,” Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 1996. [independent biologist, Ovando, MT]
18. Susan M. Hitchcox—“Abundance and nesting success of cavity-nesting birds in unlogged and salvage-logged burned forest in northwestern Montana,” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 1996. [Executive Director, Maine Lakes]
19. Jock S. Young—“Nonlinear bird-habitat relationships in managed forests of the Swan Valley, Montana,” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 1996. [Wildlife Statistician and Research Biologist, Lynnwood, WA]
20. Vita Wright—“Multi-scale analysis of Flammulated Owl habitat use: owl distribution, habitat management, and conservation,” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 1996. [Science delivery specialist, USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station]
21. Sophie A. H. Osborn—“Factors affecting the distribution and productivity of the American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus) in western Montana: does streamside development play a role?” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, May 1999. [award-winning natural history author]
22. Hugh Powell—“The influence of prey density on post-fire habitat use of the Black-backed Woodpecker,” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, April 2000. [Science Editor, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, NY]
23. Amy Cilimburg—“Survival and dispersal of Yellow Warblers in Montana,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, March 2001. [Director, Climate Smart Missoula]
24. Charles Eldermire—“A rank-specific, cost-benefit analysis of single- and mixed-species flocking in the Black-capped Chickadee,” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 2001. [Bird Cams Project Leader, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, NY]
25. Crow White—“The influence of elk management on the Common Raven population in Jackson Hole, Wyoming,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, December 2002. [Associate Professor, Center for Coastal Marine Sciences, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo]
26. Karen Short—“Complexity and variation in the effects of low-severity fires on forest biota: a call for novel approaches to the study of prescribed fires,” Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, May 2003. [Research Ecologist, USDA, Rocky Mountain Research Station]
27. Kristina Smucker—“Changes in bird abundance and species composition in a coniferous forest following a mixed-severity wildfire,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, December 2003. [Nongame/T&E Bureau Chief, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks]
28. Fernando Villaseñor—“Habitat use and the effects of disturbance on wintering birds using riparian habitats in Sonora, Mexico,” Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 2006. [Professor of Biology, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo]
29. Bruce Robertson—“The roles of food and predation in shaping adaptive and maladaptive behaviors in postfire bird species,” Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 2006. [Associate Professor of Biology, Bard College, NY]
30. Ty Smucker—“Patterns of avian nest success and migratory refueling performance in relation to cottonwood riparian habitat structure,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, December 2007. [Wolf Management Specialist, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks]
31. Aaron Flesch—Effects of local and landscape processes on animal distribution and abundance,” Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 2013 [Research Scientist, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona]
32. Marisa Lipsey—“Cows and plows: science-based conservation for grassland songbirds in agricultural landscapes,” Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology, May 2015 [USFWS biologist, Glasgow, MT]
FORMER UNDERGRADUATE SENIOR THESIS ADVISEES
Paul Hampton–“Causative factors in the timing of spring migration of ducks in western Montana,” Senior Thesis, 1978.
Jim Hasbrouck–“Comparison of small mammal populations in a burned and unburned Douglas-fir forest in Pattee Canyon, Montana,” Senior Thesis, Watkins Scholar, 1979.
Dale Becker–“Reproductive ecology and habitat utilization by Prairie Falcons in southeastern Montana,” Senior Thesis, 1980.
John Marzluff–“Forest bird habitat characteristics in western Montana,” Senior Thesis, 1980.
Sharon Gaughan–“Cooperation between male and female captive Golden Eagles during incubation and care of young,” Senior Thesis, 1981.
Kevin Cooper–“Food habits of four passerines in southcentral Alaska,” Senior Thesis, 1982.
Christine Hass–“The relationship between fox squirrels and native pine squirrels in western Montana,” Watkin's Scholar, 1983.
Jeff Birdsley–“Comparative giving-up behavior of hawking and gleaning tyrant flycatchers,” Senior Thesis, Watkins Scholar, 1986.
Vita Wright–“A preliminary study of snag attrition in clearcuts,” Senior Thesis, 1993
Lonnie Quinlan– “Effects of grazing on riparian songbirds at the Bandy Ranch, Montana,” Senior Thesis, 1994.
Suzanne Cox–“Factors determining habitat use by Timberline Sparrows (Spizella (breweri) traverneri) at the southern end of their range,” Senior Thesis, Watkins Scholar, 2000.
Ryan Stutzman–“The use of autonomous recording units to conduct bird surveys,” Undergraduate Research Awardee, fall 2007.
Rachel Fife–“The effects of rest-rotation grazing on avian and floral community composition,” Senior Thesis, 2011.
Matt Morgan-Henderson–“The effects of perch site additions on nest box use by cavity-nesting birds,” senior Thesis, 2012.