Theses and dissertations produced by graduate students affiliated with Mississippi State University's College of Forest Resources.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Timing is everything: impacts of firing technique and season on plant communities in the southeastern United States, Luke Michael Resop
The response of bats and their insect prey to different coastal upland habitat management techniques, Amanda Nicole Sartain
Maximum size-density relationships in mixed-species and monospecific stands of the southeastern United States, Maxwell Robert Schrimpf
Surface modification of wood using nano-sized titania particles coated by liquid-precursor flame spray pyrolysis, Ganesh Sedhain
Developing a precision agriculture framework to assess financial viability of decisions in farming and conservation, Jennifer Sublett
Spatial conservation planning in the southeastern United States: alignments and opportunities, Bradly Stewart Thornton
Heirs' property disputes on forestlands, partition actions, and the determinants of court verdicts, Mahesh Prasad Tiwari
Marginal agricultural land identification in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Prakash Tiwari
Effects of fire seasonality on Bachman’s Sparrows in the longleaf pine forests of Southern Mississippi, Michael D. Warren
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Towards structured planning and learning at the state fisheries agency scale, Caleb A. Aldridge
The effects of short-term sea level rise on vegetation communities in coastal Mississippi, Brianna Michelle Andrews
Diversity-productivity relationships in forests of the southeastern United States: Leveraging national inventory data and tree functional traits, Elizabeth Baach
Photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminants by titania particles produced by flame spray pyrolysis, Noah Babik
Nondestructive assessment of flexural and tensile properties for southern pine structural lumber, Marly Gabriela Carmona Uzcategui
Effects of post-fire disturbance responses of Microstegium vimineum on native hardwood seedling growth and survival, Zachary A. Chandler
Effects of temperature on growth, metabolic rate, and lower dissolved oxygen tolerance of Speckled Peacock Bass Cichla temensis, Manuel E. Coffill-Rivera
Exploring the impact of end-user engagement on the diffusion and adoption of a climate resilience tool in the Gulf of Mexico, Renee C. Collini
Novel silviculture practices for non-industrial private forest landowners, Darcey Alyce Collins
Consumer attitudes and perceptions towards the use of reclaimed wood, Mia Craig
Improvement value of forest resources by use of cottonseed protein meal as a bio-based wood adhesive for hardwood plywood products, Edward David Entsminger
Assessing the legacy of erosion and flood control management efforts on the fish assemblages and physical conditions of Yazoo Basin bluff hill streams, Nicky M. Faucheux
Assessing wood failure in plywood by deep learning/semantic segmentation, Ramon Ferreira Oliveira
Evaluating soil health changes following cover crop and no-till integration into a soybean (Glycine max) cropping system in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Alexandra Gwin Firth
The effects of moderate and high temperatures on growth, metabolism, and blood-oxygen affinity in Ictalurus spp., Brandon Gerhart
Nesting ecology of Wood Ducks and other cavity-nesting ducks in Mississippi, Justin Taylor Gibson
Disease resistance and productivity in genetically improved loblolly pine: Results from a resistance screening trial and a midrotation comparison of genetic improvement levels, Stephen W. Goodfellow
Economic aspects of U.S. catfish farming: Technological progress, cost of regulations, and economic contribution, Shraddha Gurupad Hegde
Stress response and recovery of Atlantic Tarpon (Megalops Atlanticus) to catch-and-release angling, Laura B. Horowitz
Evaluating non-invasive environmental methods for detecting tropical African pangolin species to inform conservation actions, Ichu Godwill Ichu
Evaluation of flood damage on cross laminated timber wall configurations, Mustafa Nezih Kaya
Evaluating the role of area, isolation, and human behavior on meso-mammals in a small statistical demographic area, Brittney Palode
Animal husbandry in the 21st century: Application of ecological theory and precision technology to inform understanding of modern grazing systems, Ira Lloyd Parsons
Mapping forest structure in Mississippi using LiDAR remote sensing, Nitant Rai
Evaluating functional zoning based on site index to achieve competing objectives held by family forest owners on southern U.S. pine forest tracts, Bradley S. Resch
Vegetation and nutritional changes over 20 years of white-tailed deer exclusion, Gabrielle Nicole Ripa
Determination of flexural strength of structural red and white oak and hardwood composite lumber, Alan Sherrington
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) mechanical properties evaluation., Laurice Mara Spinelli Correa
Climate sensitive diameter growth models for major tree species in Mississippi, Sujan Subedi
Assessing priority bird response to open pine management in eastern Mississippi, Holly Marie Todaro
The invasion of bigheaded carps in the Tennessee River and Tennessee – Tombigbee Waterway, Spencer N. VanderBloemen
Understanding the relationship among cool temperatures, growth, metabolism, and energy use of Ictalurus spp., Abby Vaughn
Advancement of field-deployable, computer-vision wood identification technology, Adam Carter Wade
Quantifying the economic impact of conservation policy changes utilizing precision agriculture tools, Kyle Stanley Watkins
Enhancing the performance of dowel type fasteners and a case study of timber truss failure, Lon A. Yeary
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Modeling statistical distributions and evaluating properties of mill-run lumber, Guangmei Cao Anderson
Synthesis of microcapsules and inclusion complexes consisting of hydrophobic cores and polysaccharidic shells for thermal energy management and packaging, Gulbahar Bahsi-Kaya
Effects of bonding pressure and lamina thickness on mechanical properties of CLT composed of southern yellow pine, Cody S. Bates
Impact of economically targeted conservation delivery on agricultural revenue across a range of commodity prices, Emily Kranz Bedwell
Using precision agriculture to identify overlap in conservation and economic opportunities in agricultural landscapes, Makayla Brister
The ART of amphibian conservation: linking in-situ and ex-situ populations of endangered species through genome banking, Isabella JoAnn Burger
Development of cell cultures from the tissues of ictalurid catfish and investigation into the pathogenesis of blue catfish alloherpesvirus, Vandana Dharan
Evaluation of decay effect on tension perpendicular to grain properties of wood, Brianna Abigail Duquette
Estimation of wild pig damage to corn production in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, David H. Foster
Oak regeneration: Impacts of prescribed fire and invasive species, Caleb Desmond Goldsmith
Regeneration potential and habitat suitability modeling of three imperiled Southeastern U.S. woody plants, Clayton Warren Hale
Effects of reduced predator abundance on the predator-prey community of a tropical reservoir, Cynthia Holt
The effects of year-round supplemental feeding of white-tailed deer on sources of disease, Miranda Hsiang-Ning Jacobson Huang
Computational Simulation of Southern Pine Lumber Using Finite Element Analysis, Yali Li
Comparison of two planting stocks and two species for regenerating oak seedlings on Hurricane Katrina impacted sites, Michael Madden
Effects of year-round supplemental feeding of white-tailed deer on plant community dynamics, Beau Navarre
Linking remotely-sensed UAS imagery to forage quality in an experimental grazing system, Durham Alexander Norman
Investigating ecological links between floodplain forests and aquatic communities, Conner Owens
Patterns of carnivore competition, time-to-kill, and predation risk on white-tailed deer fawns in a multi-predator landscape, Tyler R. Petroelje
Bridging data gaps for strategic conservation of Gulf of Mexico coastal region landscapes, Andrew Challen Shamaskin
Assessing effects of habitat amount vs. configuration on avian diversity in managed pine landscapes, Craig Sklarczyk
A structured approach to water management of a multiuse reservoir, Victoria R. Starnes
Influence of boat activity on wave climate in Back Bay of Biloxi, MS, Matthew Virden
Impacts of season, single prescribed burn, and winged elm (Ulmus alata) encroachment on fuel dynamics in an upland oak stand in northern Mississippi, Shawn C. Woodard
Distribution of woodpecker activity relative to wooden utility structure usage in the southeastern United States, Hannah Chelsea Wright
Characterizing flooding regimes in the lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley over recent two decades, Xichun Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
An evaluation of environmental concerns and private land conservation programs, Ram Kumar Adhikari
Fine-scale movements and habitat selection of eastern wild turkeys in Mississippi, John Almond
Effects of fire on acorn removal and deer mediated community level indirect effects of mast seeding, Charles Moriah Boggess
Properties of four domestic hardwood species, Marly Gabriela Carmona Uzcategui
Mechanical properties of a layered wood-based composite panel with embedded cross-laminations, Bojan Cosovic
Range-wide growth and diet of Pallid Sturgeon and sympatric Shovelnose Sturgeon, Robert Jason DeVries
Effects of tree morphology on rainwater partitioning in an upland oak forest, Natasha Drotar
Meso-mammal predators and northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) occupancy of early successional patches in a managed ecosystem, Kelsey Fleming
The construction and use of an economic model for prospective forest products manufacturing facilities in Mississippi, John William Griffin
Effects of the trematode Bolbophorus damnificus on channel and hybrid catfish, Mackenzie Gunn
Short-term movements and seasonal habitat suitability of Shovelnose Sturgeon in the lower Mississippi River, Dylan Hann
Response of male white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to human activity on the landscape, Colby Henderson
Forestland ownership changes and the duration in Mississippi, Mahesha Kuluppuarachchi
Trends and Drivers of Conservation Easements in the United States, Sabhyata Lamichhane
Intraspecific Variability of Edwardsiella piscicida and Cross-Protective Efficacy of a Live-Attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri Vaccine in Channel and Channel × Blue Hybrid Catfi, Adrian Lopez Porras
