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Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Modeling Tree Species Distribution and Dynamics Under a Changing Climate, Natural Disturbances, and Harvest Alternatives in the Southern United States, Zhen Sui

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Allelopathy in the Non-Native Macrophyte, Myriophyllum Spicatum and its Influence on Trophic Dynamics in Aquatic Systems, Daniel J. Sullivan

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Prediction of Driving Torque and Direct Withdrawal Capacity of Screws in Particleboard, Onder Tor

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Lateral Resistance Capacities of Particleboard-To-Metal Screwed Connections, Yan Wang

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Effects of Intercropping Switchgrass in Managed Pine Stands on Plant Communities and White-Tailed Deer Forage Production, Bradley Robert Wheat

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2013 Mississippi Consulting Forester Survey, William Cody Wright

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Development of Southern Pine Lumber Based Engineered Products and Evaluation Technology, Zhuo Yang

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Ecosystem Services of Moist-Soil Wetlands: Water Quality Benefits and Crayfish Harvest, Economics and Consumer Acceptance, Amy Brooke Alford

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Feasibility of Consistently Estimating Timber Volume through Landsat-based Remote Sensing Applications, Renaldo Josue Salazar Arroyo

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Linking Individual Biological Outcomes to Resource Use, Christopher Ryan Ayers

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The Effect of Groundwater Withdrawals from the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer on Water Quantity and Quality in the Mississippi Delta, Jeannie R B Barlow

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Natural Regeneration Dynamics of Red Oak Seedlings in Mississippi Bottomland Forests, Ellen Marie Boerger

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Inspection of Timber Bridge Longitudinal Decks with Ground Penetrating Radar, Brian K. Brashaw

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The Contribution of Outdoor Recreation on Rural Property Sales in Mississippi, Jerry Brashier

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Efficacy of an Experiential, In-School Educational Program for Improving Elementary School Students' Attitudes and Knowledge about the Environment, Leslie M. Burger

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Economic Contributions of Forest-Based Industries in the South, Ram Prasad Dahal

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White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) population dynamics in a multi-predator landscape, Jared Fitzgerald Duquette

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Plant community response to reduced mowing regimens along highway right-of-ways in northeastern Mississippi., Edward D. Entsminger

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Winter Waterbird Use and Food Resources of Aquaculture Lands in Mississippi, James Stephen Feaga

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Expression of Facultative Den Behavior in Ursidae, Nicholas Lee Fowler

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Occurrence of Invasive Mammals and Native Carnivores in Northern Patagonia, Mariela Gisele Gantchoff

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Long-Term Stand Dynamics in a Pyrophytic Longleaf Pine Ecosystem, Darcy Helen Hammond

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Livelihood Strategies and Lifestyle Choices of Fishers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Sarah A. Harrison

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Individual Tree Growth and Yield Models for Red Oak - Sweetgum Stands on Mid-South Minor Stream Bottoms Producing Volume by Log Grade, Jonathan Paul Jeffreys

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Improvement of Upholstery Furniture Manufacturing through Efficient Material Utilization for CNC Layout, Arif Caglar Konukcu

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Habitat Use of Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Platorynchus in the Lower Mississippi River, Patrick Thomas Kroboth

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Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Young-Of-Year Fish in Carite Reservoir, Puerto Rico, Michael Clinton Lloyd

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Effects of Intercropping Switchgrass in Loblolly Pine Plantations on Bird Communities, Zachary G. Loman

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Ecological and Economic Implications of Plant Diversity and Grazing in Pasture Systems, Adrian Pierre-Frederic Monroe

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Survival and Habitat Selection of American Black Ducks in Tennessee, Kira Cristina Newcomb

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Spectral Separability of Longleaf and Loblolly Pines in High-Resolution Satellite Data, Mary Frances Nieminen

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Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Hatch Success, Growth, Development and Survival of Bigmouth Sleeper Gobiomorus Dormitor Larvae, Karina Michelle Olivieri-Velázquez

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Upgrading Bio-Oil and Pretreated Bio-Oil by Hydroprocessing in a Continuous Packed-Bed Reactor, Divya Reddy Parapati

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An In-Plant Assessment of Heartwood/Sapwood Content in Southern Yellow Pine for Residential Lumber and Industrial Poles and Pilings, Marlon Rayborn Penick

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Wintering Waterfowl Use of Delta National Forest, Mississippi, Thomas Gilbert Peterson

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Economic Impacts of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation Expenditures across the U.S. South, Jagdish Poudel

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Aspects of the Ecology and Management of Mottled Ducks in Coastal South Carolina, James Claybourne Shipes

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Upper Range Thermal Stress Tolerance in Channel and Hybrid Catfish Strains, Heather Ann Stewart

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Biomass and Decomposition Dynamics of Invasive Chinese Tallow (Triadica Sebifera) in the Southeastern United States, Allison M. Stoklosa

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Finite Element Analysis of Adhesive Bonding Performances of Wooden Dowel Pin Joints in Furniture, Xin Sun

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Novel Pretreatment Methods to Improve the Properties of Pyrolysis Oil Followed by Production of Biofuels, Sathish Kumar Tanneru

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Growth Models and Profile Equations for Exotic Tallow Tree (Triadica Sebifera) in Coastal Mississippi, Nana Tian

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American black bear distribution and density in Missouri, Clay Michael Wilton

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Analysis of Import Demand for Lightweight Thermal Paper in the United States, Fan Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Genetic Variation in the Ft1 Locus Involved in Reproductive Onset in Populus Deltoides, Ali Akgul

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Tree Profile Equations for Black Walnut (Juglans nigra L.) and Green Ash (Fraxinus Pennsylvanica) in Mississippi, Jacob R. Beard

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Economic impacts of USDA Forest Service Activities for Mississippi's National Forests and Research Units, Katherine McGriff Brown

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Modeling Hurricane Katrina's Merchantable Timber and Wood Damage in South Mississippi using Remotely Sensed and Field-measured Data, Curtis Andrew Collins

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Early Survival and Growth Performance of Two Oak Species and Three Planting Stocks on Hurricane Katrina Disturbed Lands, John Alec Conrad

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Characterization of Bottomland Hardwood Forests Managed for Desired Forest Conditions, Trent Danley

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Mitigating Aquaculture Effluent through Use of Low-Grade Weirs, Corrin Lee Flora

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Seasonal effects of first commercial thinning on Ips activity in north Mississippi loblolly pine stands, James Daniel Floyd

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Measuring Tree Growth by Modeling Multi-Temporal LiDAR, Michael S. Frew

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Relationships between Fish Assemblages and Water Quality in Oxbow Lakes of the Yazoo River Basin, Daniel Blaine Goetz

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Limnological Influence of Dams Placed in Series along the Perak River, Malaysia, Zarul Hazrin Hashim

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Opportunities, Issues, and Economic Potential of Wood-Based Bioenergy in Mississippi, Omkar Joshi

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Comparison of Indigenous and Bio-Augmented Pentachlorophenol (PCP) Degrading Bacteria for Remediation of PCP in Contaminated Groundwater, Vaibhav V. Joshi

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Enhancing our Understanding of Age-0 Crappies in Northwest Mississippi Flood Control Reservoirs: A Study on Distribution and Size, Levi Joseph Kaczka

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Survival, Habitat Use, and Spatiotemporal Use of Wildlife Management Areas by Female Mallards in Mississippi's Alluvial Valley, Joseph David Lancaster

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Environmental impacts of formaldehyde released from and structural changes of medium density fiberboard disposed in a simulated landfill, Min Lee

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Nutrient Mitigation Capacity of Low-Grade Weirs in Agricultural Drainage Ditches, Kent Alexander Littlejohn

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Effects of Melamine and Ether Contents on the Curing and Performance Properties of Ureaformaldehyde (Uf) Resins as Binders for Particleboard, An Mao

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Seed and Waterbird Abundances in Ricelands in the Gulf Coast Prairies of Louisiana and Texas, Joseph Roy Marty

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Beaver Movements On Managed Land In The Southeastern United States, Lance Forest McClintic

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Microhabitat Use by Translocated Wild Turkeys in the Mississippi Delta, Matthew Ryan McKinney

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Effect of Dominance in Captive Female White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus), Eric S. Michel

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Effect of Plant-Based Filtration and Bio-Treatment on Toxicity of Bio-Oil Process Water, Toktam Moghbeli

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Tools for Water Level Management in Flood Control Reservoirs, Ethan B. Mower

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Factors Affecting Elicitation of Vocal Response from Coyotes and Population-Level Response to a Pulsed Resource Event, Tyler Robert Petroelje

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Response of Oxidation-Reduction Potential to Changes in Hydrology and Vegetation in an Agricultural Drainage Ditch with Weirs, Cory Shoemaker

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Relationships of Hydrological and Soil Conditions to Red Oak Acorn Yield in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley and Mississippi Interior Flatwoods Regions, Jonathan E. Sloan

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Floodplain Lake Assessment and Fish Assemblage Dynamics in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Caroline Noelle Steiner Andrews

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Characterization and Stability of Bio-Oils Upgraded by Esterification and Olefination, Jingming Tao

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Mississippi Private Forest Owner Characteristics and Future Plans: Implications for Extension Forestry, Emily Fleming Vanderford

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Waterbird and Seed Abundances in Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative and Non-Managed Wetlands in Mississippi and Louisiana, Matthew Moraco Weegman

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Effect of Fishing Effort on the Catchability of Largemouth Bass, Matthew Glenn Wegener

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Growth and Swimming Endurance of Juvenile Channel Catfish in High Temperature Environments, Michael B. Arnold

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Accelerated Composting of Hardwood Bark Amended with Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer, Hoda Bakhshizadeh

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Patterns of Mammal Incidents with U.S. Civil Aircraft, Kristin Michele Biondi

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Assessment of the Lactation Index for Managing White-Tailed Deer Populations, Kamen Lee Campbell

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An Applied Investigation of Corn-Based Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles in the Production of Natural Fiber-Plastic Composites, Hugo Eudosio Castillo

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Cellulosic Fiber-Derived Carbon Catalyzed by Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Wen Che

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Crappie Population Characteristics Relative to Inundation of Floodplain Habitats in Reservoirs, Jonah Dennis Dagel

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Static and Fatigue Performance of Oriented Strandboard as Upholstered Furniture Frame Stock, Samet Demirel

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Rapid Non-Destructive Assessment of Southern Yellow Pine Lumber Properties by Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Ignacio Diaz

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Multi-Scale Response of Upland Birds to Targeted Agricultural Conservation, Kristine Oswald Evans

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Mechanisms and Patterns of Invasion in Macrophyte Communities, Jonathan Paul Fleming

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Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Giant Miscanthus with Alcohol as Cosolvent, Islam Hassan Hafez

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Varietal Loblolly (Pinus Taeda L.) Response to Various Management Schemes and Comparison among Genetic Improvement Levels, Billy Landis Herrin

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Measurement of Catch-Related Attitudes and their Influence on Angler Preferences, Clifford Patton Hutt

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Evaluating the Mechanism of Oxalate Synthesis of Fibroporia Radiculosa Isolates Adapting to Copper-Tolerance, Katie Marie Jenkins

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Enhancing the Residual Efficacy of Wood Phytosanitation using a Silane, Todd Ellis Johnson

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Efficacy and Biodegradability of Pentachlorophenol in Conventional and Biodiesel Amended Carriers, Saeed Keshani Langroodi

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A Classification System for Large Reservoirs of the Conterminous U.S, Rebecca Misaye Krogman

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Comparison of Properties of Pine Scrim Lumber Made from Modified Scrim, Weiqi Leng

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Enhancing Levoglucosan Formation during Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Qi Li

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The Effect of Variable Organic Matter On Site Productivity, Soil Nutrients, and Carbon on a Southern Loblolly Pine Plantation, Jason Craig Mack

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Flux and Source of Dissolved Organic and Inorganic Constituents in Managed Headwaters of the Upper Gulf Coastal Plain, Mississippi, Clay Nicholas Mangum

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Movement, Space Use, and Cause-Specific Mortality of Translocated Wild Turkeys in the Mississippi Delta, Kyle Marable

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Populus Species and Hybrids for Use on Bottomland and Upland Sites in the Southern United States, Bryce D. May