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Winter bird densities and eastern wood-pewee breeding demography across a savanna-woodland-forest gradient in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Savanna and woodland habitats were historically prevalent in the midwestern United States, and efforts to restore these communities are growing. Better knowledge of the responses of breeding and non-breeding birds to ...
Remediating effects of human threats on lotic fish assemblages within the Missouri River basin : how effective are conservation practices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
To develop tools that can improve agricultural conservation, I: 1) assessed total watershed condition and where agricultural conservation practices (CPs) are likely to be effective (hereafter primary management capacity) ...
Demographic, behavioral and physiological responses of wildlife to reintroduction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
To improve the outlook for conserving species and strengthen natural resource management, for my dissertation I evaluated factors influencing wildlife reintroduction success. Success is often defined demographically, where ...
Factors affecting paddlefish reproductive success in the lower Osage River
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Large rivers and their associated fish communities have undergone major alterations over the last century. Habitat fragmentation caused by both large and small dams, channelization to promote river transportation, and ...
Survival, habitat use, and movement of resident and translocated greater prairie-chickens
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Few rigorous studies have evaluated translocation as a management tool, despite frequent use of the technique in conservation settings. We used radiotelemetry to compare survival, habitat use, and movements among 58 resident ...
Translocation of humpback chub (Gila cypha) and food-web dynamics in Grand Canyon National Park tributary streams
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Humpback chub Gila cypha, a morphologically unique large-bodied cyprinid, is adapted to exist in the Colorado River and it's major tributaries and is ...