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  • On Morality, Psychology, and Conservation: An Interdisciplinary Appraisal of Ethics in Context

    Creator:
    Batavia, Chelsea K.
    Abstract:
    Conservation is, among other things, the expression of a relationship between humans and nonhuman nature. This relationship can be described empirically using the methods of social science, but it can also be prescribed in the form of philosophical arguments. Scholars in the field of environmental ethics have discussed and debated...
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    academic committee: Jeremy Bruskotter, for your good humor and invaluable research guidance; John

  • Crimes Against Rhinoceros: Exploring Attitudes and Perceptions of Stakeholders in South Africa

    Creator:
    Kuchy, Andréa L.
    Abstract:
    African rhinoceros, once abundant across Africa, face threats to their long-term survival primarily due to the syndicated poaching of their horns for Traditional Asian Medicine and as status symbols in Asia. Most studies focusing on the human dimensions of rhinoceros poaching have been limited to examining a few aspects of...
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    Dissertation
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    . Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Mark D. Needham African

  • The Schultz Fire: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on its History, Management, and Ecological Effects

    Creator:
    Ranseen, Susanne N.
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    This thesis examines the Schultz Fire as a case study to explain the complex history of fire suppression management in America’s forests, and to gain further understanding of how management practices have affected the increase in fire severity levels and how forests respond to such a disturbance. The thesis objectives...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ..................................................................... - 84 - APPENDIX D: PLOT PAPERWORK

  • Assessing Post-fire Tree and Understory Vegetation Response to a Mixed-severity Fire Gradient in the Klamath Mts., Oregon, USA

    Creator:
    Terzioglu, Cihat
    Abstract:
    Severe wildfires are increasing in the western United States, impacting vegetation structure, and in turn, forest regeneration conditions. These wildfires are also raising a substantial amount of scientific and management concern regarding the resilience of forested ecosystems, or the ability of the ecosystem to return to a pre-fire condition. This...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ....................................................................................................... 91 D. Species List

  • Experiencing Restoration-Focused Forestry

    Creator:
    Dwyer, Michael
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    The practice of modern silviculture on U.S. public lands has been stymied by a legacy of litigation and policy changes since the late 20th century. Forestry in the 1980s was focused on physical science strategies and failed to consider the social complexities of multi-use forest management. Emblematic of the challenges...
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    Capstone Project

  • Can Pollination Networks Withstand Species Loss? An Examination of Plant–Hummingbird Interactions and Their Responses to Experimental Removal of a Flowering Plant Species

    Creator:
    Leimberger, Kara G.
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    Global environmental change is causing local extinctions of species. When species depend on one another, as in the mutualistic relationship between plants and pollinators, loss of one interaction partner may cause cascading effects within the community – such as additional extinctions and reduced pollination services. Network theory provides a way...
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    , Elena Hart, Billy Hilgert, Zachary Kendall, Jeremy Lee, Ana Medina Roman, Briley Mullin, Amber Newell

  • Fish out of Water: Virgin Spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis) in the Santa Clara River, Utah

    Creator:
    Siefken, Sarah N.
    Abstract:
    River ecosystems throughout the arid southwestern U.S. are imperiled. Water management infrastructure, climate change, unsustainable water use, and political conflict harm the region's aquatic and riparian ecosystems. This case study surveys one such desert river, an endemic fish species, and conservation efforts in southwestern Utah. The analysis focuses on the...
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    Capstone Project

  • California Conservation Banking: Motivations, Values, and Climate Change Considerations

    Creator:
    Molton, Kathryn
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    Conservation banking is a market-based instrument and conservation tool designed to provide compensatory mitigation for impacts to endangered species. These banks provide both ecological and economic benefits, however their ability to continue providing these benefits is threatened by climate change. The motivational factors behind the decisions to establish a conservation...
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    Hartman 2005; Burgin 2010; D. A. Bunn, Moyle, and Johnson 2014; Theis and Poesch 2022). The practice

  • Predator Conservation and Trophic Ecology

    Creator:
    Wolf, Christopher
    Abstract:
    Many of Earth’s terrestrial large carnivore species are threatened with extinction. As a result, some of the ecological effects associated with these species may be lost. With the goal of furthering large carnivore conservation research, I conduct three global scale analyses involving these species. First, I explore prey depletion as...
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    Dissertation
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    ..........................................................................................242 D Supplementary Material for: Bayesian Characterization of Uncertainty in Species

  • Ecological Forestry : A Critical Analysis

    Creator:
    Batavia, Chelsea
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    Although science is widely accepted as a fundamental source of information underlying decisions about forest management and conservation, considerably less attention has been paid to the inevitable role that normative values and beliefs play in such decisions. This thesis highlights the normative dimensions of "ecological forestry," a strategy of forest...
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      stages  of this  project I would also  like to thank Matt Betts,  Jeremy Bruskotter, Cheryl