• Evaluation and development of black-footed ferret resource selection models 

    Eads, David Austin (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Resource selection function (RSF) and utilization function (RUF) models aid in evaluating habitat suitability and investigating hypothesized mechanisms of space use of wildlife. We monitored postbreeding resource selection ...
  • Occupancy modeling of ruffed grouse in the Black Hills National Forest 

    Hansen, Christopher Paul (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) are important game birds and the management indicator species for quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the Black Hills National Forest (BHNF). As a result, a robust monitoring protocol ...
  • Pronghorn migration and resource selection in southwestern North Dakota 

    Kolar, Jesse Lee (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Wildlife managers need pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) movement data in North Dakota because harvest quotas are based on a summer survey, which might not represent the distribution of pronghorn during the fall hunting ...