Former Students
Jaris Veneros, Ph.D. 2023
Projecting Vertebrate Habitat Suitability under Climate Change in South America
Alyson East, M.S. 2022
Applications of GEDI LiDAR in Tropical Forests
Kristen Emmett, PhD. 2020
Climate-Fire-Vegetation Dynamics in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Recent Trends
and Future Projections in a Changing Climate
Kathleen Carrol, PhD. 2019
Wolverine habitat suitability and connectivity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
David Laufenberg, M.S. 2019
Biophysical gradients and performance of whitebark pine plantings in the Greater Yellowstone
Ecosystem.
Tony Chang, PhD. 2017
A spatiotemporal analysis of climate change in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and
its effects on Pinus albicaulis.
Erica Garroutte, M.S. 2016
Spatiotemporal variation in grassland biomass and quality across the upper Yellowstone
River basin: variation across phenology and land use gradients and validation of remote
sensing vegetation indices.
Nathan Piekielek, PhD. 2012
Remote sensing grassland phenology in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem: biophysical
correlates, land use effects and patch dynamics.
Meredith Rainey, PhD. 2012
Validating alternative methods of modeling wildlife corridors using relocation data
from migrating elk and dispersing wolverines.
Cory Davis, PhD. 2011
Vulnerability of U.S. National Parks to current and future land use and climate change.
Lisa Baril, M.S. 2009
Change in decisuous woody vegetation, implications of increased willow (Salix spp.)
growth for bird species diversity, and willow species composition in and around Yellowstone
National Park's Northern range.
Danielle Jones, M.S. 2009
Patterns of distribution and factors influencing riparian breeding birds along the
Yellowstone River in Montana.
Scott Story, M.S. 2007
Nest-site selection and nest survival of two woodpecker species in ponderosa-pine
dominated forests.
Dave McWethy, PhD. 2007.
Bird response to landscape pattern and disturbance across productivity gradients in
forests of the Pacific Northwest
Jake Verschuyl, PhD. 2007
Biodiversity potential in the Pacific and Inland Northwest: the relative importance
of forest structure and available energy in driving species diversity.
Scott Powell, PhD. 2004
Conifer cover increase in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: rates, extent, and consequences
for carbon.
Patricia Gude, M.S. 2004
Rural residential development in the Greater Yellowstone: rates, drivers, and alternative
future scenarios.
Kathryn Brown, M.S. 2003
Understanding the role of biophysical setting in aspen persistence.
Lauren Oechsli, M.S. 2000
Ex-urban development in the Rocky Mountain West: consequences for native vegetation,
wildlife diversity, and land-use planning in Big Sky, Montana.
Bo Wilmer, M.S. 2000
Effects of fire and logging on landscape structure in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Steven Henderson, M.S. 1997
Effects of fire on avian distributions and patterns of abundance over two vegetation
types in southwest Montana: implications for managing fire for biodiversity.
Marc Kramer, M.S. 1997
Abiotic controls on windthrow and forest dynamics in a coastal temperate rainforest,
Kuiu Island, southeast Alaska.