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Habitat Relationships of Avian and Bat Species Assemblages within Managed Pine Forests of the Great Lakes
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2011-06)Intensive forest management, resulting in plantations, has been criticized for potential reductions in biological diversity when compared to natural forests. Commercial forestry is an important contributor to the economy ... -
Habitat Relationships of Bird Communities in Wisconsin Peatlands
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2008-08)Effective conservation of biological diversity requires understanding of the influences of habitat composition and structure on species and community composition. Although patterns of bird richness and abundance in ... -
Habitat Relationships of Red-Backed Salamanders (Plethodon Cinereus) in Appalachian Grazing Systems
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2006-05)Woodland salamanders (Plethodon spp.) are important contributors to biodiversity and trophic processes within Appalachian forests. However, altered microclimates and vegetation structure after timber harvest, such as ... -
Habitat Selection by Meadow Voles (Microtus Pennsylvanicus) and Schrews (Sorex spp.) in Sedge Meadows and Use of Remote Cameras to Analyze Behavior in Meadow Voles and Meadow Jumping Mice (Zapus hudsonius)
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2016-01)Small mammals play a variety of important roles in Wisconsin ecosystems. Small mammals act as seed dispersers and seed predators, as well as a valuable food source for a variety of predators. An abundance and rich diversity ... -
Habitat Use and Movement of Sub-Adult Lake Sturgeon in the Lower Wolf River, Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2016-01)Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens populations have experienced precipitous declines over their native range due to high exploitation and habitat fragmentation. Because of these declines, harvest on many Lake Sturgeon ... -
Habitat Use and Movement Patterns of the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake in Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 1997-05)The eastern massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) has been listed as endangered in Wisconsin since 1975. The current status of the massasauga in Wisconsin is uncertain. A recent statewide survey located ... -
Habitat Use and Movements of a Blanding's Turtle Population in Central Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 1985-12)Eight radio-tagged Blanding's turtles, monitored from June 1983 to January 1984 showed high use of a cattail marsh (101 turtle-days) and a sparsely vegetated pond (88 turtle-days). Most inhabited wetlands were less ... -
Habitat Use, Availability, and Preference for Johnny Darter, White Sucker, Northern Hog Sucker, Common Shiner, and Creek Chub in Streams in Central Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 1989-10)I determined habitat use, availability, and preference for johnny darters (Etheostoma nigrum), white suckers (Catostomus commersoni), hog suckers (HyPentelium nigricans), common shiners (Notropis cornutus), and creek ... -
Habitat use, Movements, and Population Characteristics of Urban Striped Skunks
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Habitat, Mobility, and Social Patterns of Sharp-Tailed Grouse in Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 1983-01)Habitat selection, mobility, and social patterns of sharp-tailed grouse (Pedioecetes phasianellus campestris) were investigated in northwestern Wisconsin from 1977 through 1979 by radio-tracking 26 males and 13 females. ... -
Harrier Radio-tagging Techniques and Local and Migratory Movements of Radio-tagged Juvenile Harriers
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 1978-12)The purpose of this study was to determine post-fledging movements of juvenile Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus hudsonius) hatched on the Buena Vista Marsh in central Wisconsin. This necessitated radio-tagging of both ... -
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity at Residential Summer Camps: An In-Depth Examination of Programming
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2016-05)Residential summer camps are often thought of as settings for school-aged children to have fun in the outdoors, while participating in a variety of different activities. Research on summer break for school-aged children ... -
Helminth Parasites of Wisconsin Muskrats and Literature Review of North American Muskrat Parasites and Zoonotic Diseases
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2013-09)This paper seeks to develop a comprehensive review of internal helminth parasites and zoonotic diseases of muskrats in the United States in addition to a survey of current internal helminth parasites of muskrat trapped in ... -
Herbaceous Understory Response to Prescribed Burning and Oak Wilt in a Degraded Oak Savanna
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 1996-06)This study was part of a Nature Conservancy oak savanna restoration project in the Quincy Bluff and Wetland Preserve, Adams County, Wisconsin. I examined the response of the herbaceous understory of a degraded oak savanna ... -
Higher Education in Vietnam: United States Agency for International Development Contract in Education, Wisconsin State University – Stevens Point and Republic of Vietnam
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Letters and Science, 2003-05)This thesis explores an important but little known facet of America’s war in Vietnam: the U.S. effort to reform the South Vietnamese system of higher education as part of the broader “nation-building” process in the fledgling ... -
Higher Education in Vietnam: United States Agency for International Development Contract in Education, Wisconsin State University-Stevens Point and Republic of Vietnam
(Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2003-05)This thesis explores an important but little known facet of America's war in Vietnam: the U.S. effort to reform the South Vietnamese system of higher education as part of the broader “nation-building” process in the fledgling ... -
A Histopathological Study of Leyogonimus Polyoon in Shawano Lake, WI Coots
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2008-05)Leyogonimus polyoon (Plagiorchiformes: Lecithodendriidae) is a flatworm digenean trematode parasite that causes the death of thousands of American coots (Fulica americana) in Wisconsin each fall. As adults, L. polyoon ... -
Historic and Modern Lake Trout Abundance, Effects of Fishing on Lake Trout, and Dynamics of the Commercial Lake Trout Fishery in Michigan Waters of Lake Superior
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources, 2000-08)For more than one hundred years Lake Superior supported one of the largest lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) fisheries in the world. Lake trout populations in Lake Superior collapsed in the late 1950s due to the combined ... -
The History and Primary Canoe Routes of the Six Chippewa Bands from the Lac Du Flambeau District
(Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1987-05) -
A History of Kohler Company Labor-Management Relations: 1873-1941
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1975)