Theses and dissertations produced by graduate students affiliated with Mississippi State University's College of Forest Resources.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
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
Population estimation and landscape ecology of the Puerto Rican Nightjar, Rafael Gonzalez
Rapid non-destructive assessment of wood decay by near infrared spectroscopy, Benny Green
Business clusters in Mississippi's forest products industry, Todd Andrew Hagadone
Winter food and waterfowl dynamics in managed moist-soil wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Heath Michael Hagy
Fire ant response to management of native grass field buffers, Sarah Lucinda Hale
Influence of Turbidity on Fish Distribution, Diet and Foraging Success of Largemouth Bass, Thad William Huenemann
Effects of prescribed fire and selective herbicide (Imazapyr) on biodiversity in intensively managed pine stands of Mississippi, Raymond Bruce Iglay
Novel type engineered structural beams from pine lumber, Maisaa Kakeh
Protein network of FT1 and FT2 in poplar reproduction, Hyejin Kim
Evaluation of Parameters Specified in AWPA standard E1-97: Standard Method for Laboratory Evaluation to Determine Resistance to Subterranean Termites, Gary Brian Lindsey
Physical and mechanical properties evaluations of a new engineered wood product, Jonathan Michael Linton
Laboratory and Field Studies on Subterranean Termites Native to the Eastern United States, Nathan Shook Little
The suitability of LiDar-derived forest attributes for use in individual-tree distance-dependent growth-and-yield modeling, Hilary Alexis Londo
Effects of repeated prescribed fires on upland oak forest ecosystem in the Missouri Ozarks, Zhongqiu Ma
Utilization of extracted hardwood flakes for manufacturing oriented strand lumber, Thomas Eric McConnell
Effect of gender on Mississippi hunter motivations and substitutability of hunting, Vanessa Carina Oquendo
Influence of latitudinal and climatic variation, and field observations, on spring gobbling phenology of wild turkey in Mississippi, Matthew David Palumbo
Modeling moisture absorption and thickness swelling for oriented strand board (OSB), Robert Aaron Slay
Fire in the southern U.S: administrative laws and regulations in the Southeast and wildfire distribution in Mississippi, Branden Tolver
Effects of timber harvesting on upland oak forests in the Missouri Ozarks, Qi Yao
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Testing the accuracy of LiDAR forest measurement replications in operational settings, Theresa Faye Arnold
Catch-related attitudes of anglers and implications for fisheries management, Susan F. Baker
Log Grade Volume Distribution Model for Tree Species in Red Oak-Sweetgum Forests in Southern Bottomlands, George Maynard Banzhaf
Flathead catfish stock characteristics in the Pascagoula River following Hurricane Katrina, Russell M. Barabe
Use of multi-spectral imagery and LiDar data to quantify compositional and structural characteristics of vegetation in red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) habitat in North Carolina, Joelle Marie Carney
Faunal communities of temporary wetlands of upland and floodplain public forested lands in north Mississippi, Katherine E. Edwards
