Theses and dissertations produced by graduate students affiliated with Mississippi State University's College of Forest Resources.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Characterization and Stability of Bio-Oils Upgraded by Esterification and Olefination, Jingming Tao
Mississippi Private Forest Owner Characteristics and Future Plans: Implications for Extension Forestry, Emily Fleming Vanderford
Waterbird and Seed Abundances in Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative and Non-Managed Wetlands in Mississippi and Louisiana, Matthew Moraco Weegman
Effect of Fishing Effort on the Catchability of Largemouth Bass, Matthew Glenn Wegener
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Growth and Swimming Endurance of Juvenile Channel Catfish in High Temperature Environments, Michael B. Arnold
Accelerated Composting of Hardwood Bark Amended with Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer, Hoda Bakhshizadeh
Patterns of Mammal Incidents with U.S. Civil Aircraft, Kristin Michele Biondi
Assessment of the Lactation Index for Managing White-Tailed Deer Populations, Kamen Lee Campbell
An Applied Investigation of Corn-Based Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles in the Production of Natural Fiber-Plastic Composites, Hugo Eudosio Castillo
Cellulosic Fiber-Derived Carbon Catalyzed by Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Wen Che
Crappie Population Characteristics Relative to Inundation of Floodplain Habitats in Reservoirs, Jonah Dennis Dagel
Static and Fatigue Performance of Oriented Strandboard as Upholstered Furniture Frame Stock, Samet Demirel
Rapid Non-Destructive Assessment of Southern Yellow Pine Lumber Properties by Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Ignacio Diaz
Multi-Scale Response of Upland Birds to Targeted Agricultural Conservation, Kristine Oswald Evans
Mechanisms and Patterns of Invasion in Macrophyte Communities, Jonathan Paul Fleming
Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Giant Miscanthus with Alcohol as Cosolvent, Islam Hassan Hafez
Varietal Loblolly (Pinus Taeda L.) Response to Various Management Schemes and Comparison among Genetic Improvement Levels, Billy Landis Herrin
Measurement of Catch-Related Attitudes and their Influence on Angler Preferences, Clifford Patton Hutt
Evaluating the Mechanism of Oxalate Synthesis of Fibroporia Radiculosa Isolates Adapting to Copper-Tolerance, Katie Marie Jenkins
Enhancing the Residual Efficacy of Wood Phytosanitation using a Silane, Todd Ellis Johnson
Efficacy and Biodegradability of Pentachlorophenol in Conventional and Biodiesel Amended Carriers, Saeed Keshani Langroodi
A Classification System for Large Reservoirs of the Conterminous U.S, Rebecca Misaye Krogman
Comparison of Properties of Pine Scrim Lumber Made from Modified Scrim, Weiqi Leng
Enhancing Levoglucosan Formation during Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass, Qi Li
The Effect of Variable Organic Matter On Site Productivity, Soil Nutrients, and Carbon on a Southern Loblolly Pine Plantation, Jason Craig Mack
Flux and Source of Dissolved Organic and Inorganic Constituents in Managed Headwaters of the Upper Gulf Coastal Plain, Mississippi, Clay Nicholas Mangum
Movement, Space Use, and Cause-Specific Mortality of Translocated Wild Turkeys in the Mississippi Delta, Kyle Marable
Populus Species and Hybrids for Use on Bottomland and Upland Sites in the Southern United States, Bryce D. May
Description of Spatial and Temporal Water Quality and Nitrogen Dynamics in a Split-Pond Aquaculture System, Andrew William McDonnell
Analysis of Lumber Price Transmission in the United States, Zhuo Ning
Bird, Plant, and Herpetofaunal Associations in Cove Forests and Pine Plantations in Mississippi, Aaron Weston Posner
Effects of Salinity on Growth, Oxygen Consumption Rate and Ion Regulation in Two Ages of Alligator Gar Atractosteus Spatula, Daniel Edwin Schwarz
Pond Management Approaches and Effects on Trophic Dynamics, Michael Scott Sherman
Fungal Communities on Flooded Building Materials, Frederick Skrobot III
Logging Cost and Productivity Associated with Labor and Mechanization in the Eastern United States, Dustin Wayne Smith
Estimating and Modeling Red Oak Acorn Yield and Abundance in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Jacob N (Jacob Nathaniel) Straub
Optimization of Hydrothermal Pretreatment and Membrane Filtration Processes of Various Feedstocks to Isolate Hemicelluloses for Biopolymer Applications, Badamkhand Sukhbaatar
Sediment and phosphorus dynamics behind weirs in agricultural drainage ditches, Elizabeth Louise Usborne
Multi-Scale Den-Site Selection by American Black Bears in Mississippi, Brittany Winchester Waller
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Agricultural conservation buffers for breeding grassland birds in eastern Mississippi, Heidi Lynn Adams
Centrarchid assemblages in oxbow lakes of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley with perspectives for fisheries management, Ted Joseph Alfermann
Artificial Regeneration of Bottomland Hardwoods in Southern Mississippi on Lands Damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Derek Kyle Alkire
Nestling Provisioning Of Dickcissels In Native Warm-Season Grass Field Buffers, Kristina Lynne Baker
Wildlife habitat quality in southern Mississippi 8 years after intensive pine plantation establishment, Tamara Nicole Campbell
Headwater hydrologic functions in the upper gulf coastal plain of Mississippi, Byoungkoo Choi
Consequences of GIS Classification Errors on Bias and Variance of Forest Inventory Estimates, Michael Keith Crosby
Fish Biodiversity in Floodplain Lakes of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Daniel Jay Dembkowski
Responses of Butterfly and Forb Communities to Management of Semi-natural Grassland Buffers, Jolie Goldenetz Dollar
Multi-scale roost site selection by Rafinesque's big-eared bats and southeastern myotis in Mississippi, Heather Lynne Fleming
Aquatic invertebrate biomass and community composition in greentree reservoirs and naturally flooded forests in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and interior flatwoods, Justyn Richard Foth
Geospatial relationships of tree species damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in south Mississippi, Mark William Garrigues
Assessment of non-industrial private forest landowner willingness to harvest woody biomass in support of bioenergy production in Mississippi, Steven Ray Gruchy
In-situ Catalytic Upgrading of Pyrolysis Vapor, Vamshi Krishna Guda
An Evaluation Of Laboratory Manufactured Fire Retardant Treated Flakeboard, Joseph M. Hill
Mapping current range with respect to abiotic site factors of selected southern oaks (Quercus spp) in Mississippi, Laura Kim Hobbs
Survival and growth of three oak planting stocks on Hurricane Katrina disturbed lands, Damon Hollis
Stand Level Compatible Diameter Distribution Models for Red Oak-sweetgum Complexes on Minor Stream Bottoms in the South, Wesley James Howard
Predicting the Spatial Distribution of Forest Harvests in Mississippi from Landsat TM Data: Accuracy and Characterization, Michael Bryan Jackson
Improving Segmented Taper Models through Generalization and Mixed Effects, Lewis Jordan
Red Oak Acorn Production, Mass, and Gross Energy Dynamics in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Alan Gregory Leach
Thermoregulation, Risk, And Den Stability Influence Grizzly Bear Den-Site Selection, Nathan Steven Libal
Human Predation Risk Effects On Adult, Male White-Tailed Deer Antipredator Behavior, Andrew Richard Little
Using precision agriculture technology to evaluate environmental and economic tradeoffs of alternative CP-33 enrollments, Mark Dewitt McConnell
Foraging behavior of Northern Bobwhites in relation to resource availability, Ryan Spencer Miller
Estimating wildlife viewing recreational demand and consumer surplus, James Cory Mingie
Evaluation of otter trawls and trotlines for catching pallid sturgeon in the freelowing lower Mississippi River, Patrick Peterson Mirick
Financial Feasibility of Increasing Carbon Sequestration in Mississippi Forests Sector, Prakash Nepal
Retained Woody Structure In 1-Year-Old Loblolly Pine Plantations In Mississippi, Louisiana, And Arkansas, Justin Neu
Regulation Of Selective Delignification In The White-Rot Decay Fungus Phanerochaete Chrysosporium, Leslie Anne Parker
Industrial timberland transactions in the United States: firm financial performance, timber supply, and welfare implications, Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman
Examining impact analysis for planning (IMPLAN) analysis of waterfowl hunting and the logging industry in Mississippi, Xiana Tamilu Santos
Kenaf bast for fiber reinforced polymer composites, Jinshu Shi
Initial Estimation of Forest Inventory Sizes for Timber Sales from Easily Observed Stand Attributes, Joshua Philip Skidmore
Biological Community Evaluations Of Potential Black Pine Snake (Pituophis Melanoleucus Lodingi) Habitat In Mississippi, Clinton Porter Smith
Effect Of Hunting Frequency On Duck Abundance, Harvest, And Hunt Quality In Mississippi, Elizabeth Anne St James
Effects of In-Situ Biosparging on Pentachlorophenol (Pcp) Degradation and Bacterial Communities in Pcp, Carrlet Elizabeth Stokes
Variability Of Sediment Nutrients And Benthic Macro-Invertebrates In Recreational Fishing Ponds, Tyler James Stubbs
A genomic and transcriptomic analysis of wood decay and copper tolerance in the brown rot fungus Fibroporia radiculosa, Juliet D. Tang
Evaluation of an urban environmental education program to assess attitudes and knowledge of high school students toward white-tailed deer, Jessica Lynn Tegt
Resource Analysis of Small-diameter Tree Above-ground Biomass in Mississippi, Mohan P. Tiruveedhula
Effects of driving torques on screw withdrawal resistance from wood-based composites, Onder Tor
Landsat-derived Stand Structure Estimation for Optimizing Stratified Forest Inventories, David Wade Wilkinson
Constructing Spatial Weight Matrix Using Local Spatial Statistics And Its Applications, Weiming Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Poplar interactions with zinc for use in bioremediation and monitoring, Joshua Pope Adams
Reaction Of Bio-Oil With Alcohols: Effect On Long Term Stability And Properties Of Bio-Oil For Use As Fuel, Priyanka Bhattacharya
Competition control in mid-rotation loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands, Nicholas Tristian Biasini
Influences Of Artificial Reefs On Juvenile Red Snapper Along The Mississippi Gulf Coast, Jason Robert Brandt
Decrescendo Vocalizations Of Female Mallards And Mimicry By Duck Callers, James Thomas Callicutt
Decay and environmental studies on southern pine, Joseph Martin Dahlen
Assessing effects of land use on streams along the Natchez Trace Parkway using rapid bioassessment protocol techniques, Bonnie Laine Earleywine
Macrophyte Re-establishment and Deductive GIS Modeling to Identify Planting Locations for Fish Habitat Enhancement Projects, Jonathan Paul Fleming
Effects of management and hydrology on vegetation, winter waterbird use, and water quality on wetlands reserve program lands, Mississippi, Kathryn Sarah Fleming
Factors affecting morphometrics and epiphyseal closure of white-tailed deer, Emily Brooke Flinn
Accuracy of estimating age and antler size of photographed deer, Jeremy J. Flinn
Production of Second Generation Biofuels from Woody Biomass, Sanjeev Kumar Gajjela
