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Grad Students
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Research
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Major Professor
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Abelleira, Oscar
Ph.D. IGERT
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Ecohydrology—the effect of teak plantations on watershed hydrology and opportunities for the provisioning of ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes
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Dr. Alex Fremier
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Barenberg, Amber
M.S. Fishery Science
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Aquatic invasive invertebrate control strategies
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Dr. Christine Moffitt
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Blodgett, David
M.S. Wildlife Science
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Sage-grouse reintroduction into the Yakima Indian Reservation
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Dr. Kerry Reese
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Buxton, Todd
Ph.D. Water Resources
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Critical boundary shear stress of salmon spawned gravels in alluvial streams
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Dr. Alex Fremier
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Caisman, Jeffery
M.S. Fishery Science
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Drivers influencing outmigration of juvenile steelhead in Lapwai Creek, Idaho
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Dr. Brain Kennedy |
Cajas de Gliniewicz, Lubia
Ph.D. Env. Sci.
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Aspects of sustainable fish culture development to reduce the negative environmental footprints.
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Dr. Christine Moffitt
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Kate Cleary
Ph.D. IGERT
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Bat/plant interactions in the San Juan/La Selva biological corridor of Costa Rica
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Dr. Lisette Waits
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Mary Coyle
M.S. Fishery Sciences
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Determining management strategies for nuisance blooms of Didymosphenia geminata in the Kootenai River through flume studies
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Dr. Frank Wilhelm
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Stephanie DeMay
M.S. Env. Sci.
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Non-invasive genetic monitoring of pygmy rabbits
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Dr. Lisette Waits and
Dr. Janet Rachlow
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Dekker, Chris
M.S. Env. Sci. |
Snapping turtle ecology and statewide survey in North Dakota
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Dr. Dennis Scarnecchia
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Dillon, Kristen
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Ecological causes of elevational variation in avian life history traits; avian habitat selection
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Dr. Courtney Conway |
Dobos, Marika
M.S. Fishery Sciences
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Movement patterns and habitat availability of westslope cutthroat trout on the South Fork Clearwater River
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Dr. Michael Quist
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Estrada, Natalia
Ph.D. CATIE
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Landscape biodiversity and ecosystem function of Meso-American landscapes
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Dr. Alex Fremier
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Fehringer, Tyson
M.S. Fishery Science |
The effects of fish nutrition on immunity
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Dr. Ken Cain
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Gillette, Gifford
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Columbian sharp-tailed grouse ecology
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Dr. Kerry Reese |
Goldberg, Amanda
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Effectiveness of forest restoration treatments on demography of the northern Idaho ground squirrel |
Dr. Courtney Conway |
Grassel, Shaun
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Factors that influence territoriality, productivity, and survival of black-footed ferrets in South Dakota
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Dr. Janet Rachlow
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Hegg, Jensen
Ph.D. Water Resources |
Investigating recent changes in the migration timing and life history strategy of juvenile Snake River Fall Chinook using otolith microchemistry
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Dr. Brian Kennedy
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Hemingway,
R. J.
M.S. Env. Sci. |
Lipid reserves in relation to paddlefish life history
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Dr. Dennis Scarnecchia
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Helsley, Jess
M.S. Env. Sci. |
Exploring the post-spawn behavioral impacts of whitewater recreation on fall Chinook Salmon in the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. Looking at the interaction between whitewater recreation activity and hydrologic change based upon predictions from down-scaled climate models.
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Dr. Brian Kennedy |
Hill, Matthew
M.S. Fishery Science |
I am studying the life history and inducible defenses of the Alkali Tadpole Shrimp. I plan to elucidate the signals involved in their inducible defenses, as well as the costs the induction of these defenses incur. I also plan to gain information on the life history of the animal, so that predictions on its responses to climate change can be made.
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Dr. Frank Wilhelm |
Holbrook, Joseph
Ph.D. IGERT |
Ecosystem engineers in the sagebrush-steppe: understanding ecological networks and habitat associations. Main goals: 1) better understand the role of burrowing mammals, and 2) determine what habitat features positively or negatively influence these animals.
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Dr. Janet Rachlow and
Dr. Kerri Vierling |
Jageman, Harry
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Habitat selection of pygmy owls in fragmented forests
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Dr. E. O. Garton |
Kirk, Mark
M.S. Fish Science |
Exploring the migration ecology and behavior of Pacific lamprey and the effects of Columbia River dams on their upstream migrations
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Dr. Chris Caudill |
Klein, Zach
M.S. Fishery Science |
Population Ecology of Burbot in the Green River Drainage |
Dr. Michael Quist |
Lankford, Amber
M.S. Wildlife Science |
Developing index to identify the vulnerability of species of greatest conservation need to climate change in Idaho; identifying vulnerability hotspots within the state.
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Dr. Kerri Vierling |
Leacock, William
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Geographic structure of genetic patterns and habitat selection by the brown bears of Kamchatka, Russia
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Dr. Lisette Waits |
Lonsinger, Robert
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Utilizing non-invasive genetic sampling within a mark-recapture framework to assess the population status of both kit foxes and coyotes
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Dr. Lisette Waits |
Lorenz, Teresa
Ph.D. Wildlife Science
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Space use and nest site selection by white-headed woodpeckers |
Dr. Kerri Vierling |
Lundblad, Carl
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Avian life history evolution. Avian migration dynamics, the evolution of, and proximate control of migratory behavior |
Dr. Courtney Conway
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Martinez, Alejandra
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
The role of birds in ecosystem service provisioning in Costa Rica
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Dr. Kerri Vierling
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Mejia, Francine
Ph.D. Fishery Science |
Understanding physical and biological processes interactions at different spatial and temporal scales as it relates to food productivity, fish growth and ultimately survival in the Methow River in the Upper Columbia River Basin, Washington
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Dr. Alex Fremier
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Mitchell, Liza
M.S. Water Resources
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Researching the impact that returning Chinook Salmon have on ecosystem dynamics and nutrient cycling throughout a watershed in the Frank Church River-of-No-Return Wilderness
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Dr. Alex Fremier and
Dr. Brian Kennedy |
Mumma, Matthew
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Monitoring the predators of Newfoundland caribou using non-invasive genetic techniques
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Dr. Lisette Waits |
Myrvold, Marius
Ph.D. Water Resources |
Hydrologic alterations and steelhead bioenergetics in Lapwai Creek, Idaho
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Dr. Brian Kennedy |
Ng, Elizabeth
M.S. Fishery Science |
Population dynamics and trophic ecology of non-native lake trout in Priest Lake, Idaho |
Dr. Michael Quist |
Oldemeyer, Bryce
M.S. Fishery Science
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My thesis is focused on using a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate spring Chinook salmon and steelhead trout smolt abundances with data-poor mark-recapture efficiencies for rotary screw traps in Idaho. My field work consists of operating the IDFG screw trap on Big Creek, but my analysis will look at data from several screw traps throughout Idaho.
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Dr. Brian Kennedy
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Ortega, Aline
Ph.D. Water Resources
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The impacts of agriculture on tropical stream metabolism and organic matter dynamics. |
Dr. Alex Fremier |
Penney, Zachary
Ph.D. Fishery Science |
Developing strategies to improve survival and return recruitment of steelhead kelts from Snake River stocks
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Dr. Christine Moffitt |
Prisciandaro, Anthony
Fishery Science |
Deadwood Reservoir, Idaho: a model for interactions between operations and bull trout ecology
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Dr. Dennis Scarnecchia |
Rajkovich, Hallie
M.S. Water Resources |
Determining sediment and phosphorous loads from sub-watersheds to Willow Creek Reservoir (WCR) in Heppner, Oregon. In addition, I will evaluate designs for a constructed wetland at the inlet of WCR to reduce the sediment and phosphorus load before it enters the reservoir.
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Dr. Frank Wilhelm |
Reams, Elliott
Ph.D. Fishery Science |
Mysid shrimp zooplankton interactions in Lake Pend Oreille
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Dr. Frank Wilhelm |
Sanfiorenzo, Andre
Ph.D. IGERT |
Influences of forest fragmentation on the reproductive ecology of bat-pollinated and bat-dispersed mid canopy tree species in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica
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Dr. Lisette Waits |
Sauder, Joel
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Habitat ecology of fishers in managed forests in northern Idaho
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Dr. Janet Rachlow |
Severson, John
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Response of sage-grouse to removal of encroaching junipers
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Dr. Kerry Reese |
Smith, Chris
M.S. Fishery Science |
Developing techniques for sampling juvenile burbot in the Kootenai River system
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Dr. Michael Quist |
Swearingen, Zachary
M.S. Wildlife Science
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Investigating forest bird diversity patterns and habitat relationships with LiDAR remote sensing
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Dr. Courtney Conway |
Swift, Charles
M.S. Env. Sci.
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I am using spectral and LiDAR remote sensing to map Aspen stands in the Long Valley of central Idaho as well as using LiDAR-derived stand-level metrics to investigate woodpecker diversity in mapped stands. Aspens are declining across large portions of western North America and are important drivers of biodiversity in mixed forest settings as are woodpeckers which provide cavities for a variety of avian and other secondary cavity users.
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Dr. Kerri Vierling |
Tebbenkamp, Joel
M.S. Wildlife Science |
Sage grouse spatial genetics
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Dr. Kerry Reese |
Terrazas, Marc
M.S. Wildlife Science
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Dr. Ken Cain
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Uber, Jacob
M.S. Fishery Sciences |
Migration ecology of adult steelhead in the Willamette Basin
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Dr. Chris Caudill
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Viteri, Paulina
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Conservation of protected areas combining biological and social sciences, focused on tropical highland ecosystems with Andean bear presence
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Dr. Lisette Waits |
Walrath, John
M.S. Fishery Science |
Evaluating the effect of northern pike and smallmouth bass on adfluvial cutthroat trout in Lake Coeur d’Alene
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Dr. Michael Quist
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Watkins, Carson
M.S. Fish Science |
Evaluating the effects of large-scale habitat restoration on fish assemblages and populations in side channels of the Kootenai River, Idaho. Determining community-and population-level structure, function, and variation among side channels and evaluating sampling designs for monitoring the effects of habitat restoration
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Dr. Michael Quist |
Watson, Trevor
M.S. Env. Sci. |
Water withdrawals and native fishes on the Yellowstone River, Montana
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Dr. Dennis Scarnecchia |
Whitlock, Steve
M.S. Fishery Science
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Kokanee spawning ecology and recruitment response to water level management in Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho
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Dr. Michael Quist
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Catherine Wiechmann
M.S. Env. Sci. |
I am studying the habitat requirements for the federally threatened riparian plant Howellia aquatilis (water howellia). The small aquatic plant is found in ephemeral pools in the Pacific Northwest, and has very specific hydrologic needs. My job will be to study more about these ecological needs and apply my findings to future management.
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Dr. Alex Fremier
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Wilson, Charlotte
Ph.D. Wildlife Science |
Modeling trade-offs and synergies in resource selection that influence habitat use by a specialist (pygmy rabbit) and generalist (mountain cottontail) herbivore
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Dr. Janet Rachlow
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Woodruff, Susannah
Ph.D. Wildlife Science
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Non-invasive genetic sampling and capture-recapture of Sonoran Pronghorn to obtain estimates of key population parameters and hopefully develop a protocol for long-term monitoring in the future.
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Dr. Lisette Waits |
Zuckerman, Adrianne
M.S. Water Resources |
I am researching the role of riparian vegetation interactions on stream metabolism, nutrient cycling, and salmonid recovery success at reach and basin scales. My study area is the Upper Columbia River Basin, The Methow River Watershed. |
Dr. Alex Fremier |