Former Students

Former Graduate Student Advisees

  1. Paul D. Hampton—“The wintering and nesting behavior of the Trumpeter Swan,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, December 1981.
  2. Nedra Klein—“Song variability in the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla),” M.S. in Zoology, June 1982.
  3. J. Michael Reed—“Habitat selection and territory size regulation in the Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus),” M.S. in Zoology, June 1984.
  4. Nathaniel Shambaugh—“Nesting ecology of the Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi),” M.S. in Zoology, June 1986.
  5. D. Paul Hendricks—“Foraging ecology of alpine-nesting Water Pipits,” M.S. in Zoology, March 1987.
  6. Peter Hunt—“The relationship between western spruce budworm abundance and bird community structure,” M.S. in Zoology, August 1989.
  7. Amy L. Leider—“Factors influencing courtship success in male Calliope Hummingbirds (Stellula calliope),” M.S. in Zoology, September 1990.
  8. L. Christine Paige—“Population trends of songbirds in western North America,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, December 1990.
  9. Bret Tobalske—“Bird populations, logging, and habitat suitability based on fledging success of Red-naped Sapsuckers,” M.S. in Zoology, May 1991.
  10. Rebecca S. Burton—“Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) cache sites and cache pattern in Pattee Canyon, Montana,” M.S. in Zoology, May 1991.
  11. Patricia McClelland—“Ecology of Bald Eagles at Hungry Horse Reservoir, Montana,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, June 1992.
  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.
  13. Andrew Bosma—“Foraging site selection by insectivorous forest birds in western Montana,” M.S. in Organismal Biology and Ecology, December 1993.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  23. Amy Cilimburg—“Survival and dispersal of Yellow Warblers in Montana,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, March 2001.
  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.
  25. Crow White—“The influence of elk management on the Common Raven population in Jackson Hole, Wyoming,” M.S. in Wildlife Biology, December 2002.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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.

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.