Browsing 2015 MU theses - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Fisheries and wildlife sciences (MU)"
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Broad-scale resource selection and food habits of a recently reintroduced elk population in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Since being extirpated from eastern North America, elk (Cervus elaphus) have been reintroduced in 10 eastern states and 1 Canadian province. However, little is known about the habitat needs of eastern elk populations. Our ... -
Linking wetland management decisions to secretive marsh bird habitat use during spring migration and summer breeding on public wetlands in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Dynamic occupancy modeling was used to determine how SMB occupancy and colonization and extinction probabilities were influenced by wetland management practices, including the duration and initiation date of spring water-level ... -
Multi-scale resource selection of Niangua darters in the Osage River Basin, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Understanding temporal and spatial habitat relationships is important to the recovery of the federally threatened Niangua darter Etheostoma nianguae, and other imperiled freshwater fishes. We evaluated resource selection ...