Biological Sciences Master's Theses
Theses from 1986
Erioneuron Pilosum (Buckl.) Nash (Gramineae): Distribution in Kansas, Habitat Characteristics, Epidermal Features of Leaf and Lemma and Leaf Anatomy, Charlene R. Hillgren
Control Methods and Management for Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys Ludovicianus) in Northwestern Kansas, Michael G. Karl
Small Mammal Ecology in a Relict Grassland in West-Central Kansas, James Carey Stroh
Distribution of Pocket Gophers in Southeastern Colorado, William Whitworth
Theses from 1985
Flowering Dynamics and Biomass Allocation in Yucca Glauca Nutt, Colleen M. Hampton
Movements of Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis) Tracked in Wilson Reservoir, Kansas, Kent Hampton
The Effects of Defoliation, Density, and Light Intensity on the Regrowth, Biomass, and Tiller Production of Japanese Brome (Bromus Japonicus Thunb.), Theresa Ann Pfeifer
Natural History and Taxonomy of the Plains Pocket Mouse, Kent M. Reed
The Annual Lipid Cycle of Peromyscus Leucopus in Eastern Nebraska, Nancy H. Short
Taxonomy of Chromosomal Races of Geomys Bursarius Lutescens Merrimam, Philip D. Sudman
Small Mammals of a Dry-Land Cropland in Western Kansas, Shirley J. Valek
Theses from 1984
Effect of Nest Box Refugia on Population Sizes of Small Mammals in Fallow Cropland, Cris Cristoffer
Nesting Distributions in Kansas of Selected Colonial Nesting Herons in 01/01/1982 and 01/01/1983, Guy W. Ernsting
Fall Migrational Patterns of Selected Wood Warblers in West-Central Kansas, Marshelle L. Ernsting
Small Mammals in Field Borders of Cereal Cropfields in an Agricultural Mosaic in West-Central Kansas, Ron Scott Mellot
Systematics and Biogeography of Northern Grasshopper Mice Inhabiting the Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, Columbia Plateau, and Wyoming Basin, Brett R. Riddle
Natural History and Geographic Relationships of the Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, Peggy L. Svoboda
Dynamics of the Woody Vegetation Along the Arkansas River in Western Kansas, 1870-01/01/1983, Joseph R. Tomelleri
Natural History of Foxes in Kansas, David M. Zumbaugh
Theses from 1983
Interlaboratory Performance on Differential Leukocyte Counts from Replicate Blood Smears, Leonard F., Bunselmeyer Jr.
Systematic Relationships of Pocket Gophers (Genus Geomys) in Northern Kansas, Jay C. Burns
Survey of Diatoms from Three Streams in Ellis County, Kansas, Mark E. Eberle
A Consideration of the Ethical Relationship Between Humans and Animals, Janis Thielen Jeffers
Nongeographic Variation and Covariation of Electrophoretic and Morphometric Patterns in Peromyscus Leucopus, Deanna Tolliver
Effect of Mowing on Movement and Home Range of Three Species of Rodents in a Mixed Grass Pasture, Sherry Rogers Watts
Theses from 1982
Paleontology and Systematic Relationships of Short-Tailed Shrews (Genus Blarina), Cheri A. Jones
A Comparison of the Reproductive Efficiency of Second-Year and After-Second-Year Male Northern Orioles (Icterus Galbula) near Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, Thomas E. Labedz
Succession of Mammals, and Associations of Small Mammals, in Disturbed Habitats at Barr Lake State Park, Adams County, Colorado, David C. Lovell
Behavior and Some Vegetative and Edaphic Influences of Steers Grazing Under Intensive Early and Season Long Stocking, Maynard Lugenja
Small Mammals of Winter Wheat and Grain Sorghum Croplands in West-Central Kansas, Kirk W. Navo
Vegetational and Edaphic Traits of Patch-Grazed Rangeland in West-Central Kansas, Charles B. Ring
Herpetofauna of a Sandsage Prairie near Holcomb, Kansas, Steven M. Royal
Effect of Freeze-Drying on the Viability Of Selected Anaerobic Microorganisms, Joyce Ann Staab
Theses from 1981
Effect on Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) of Water from a Feedlot Lagoon, Nadine L. Bishop
Factors Affecting Litter Decomposition on Grazed and Ungrazed Limy Upland Range Sites in the Mixed Prairie of Kansas, John G. Mai
Morphometric and Geographic relationships of Short-Tailed Shrews (Genus Blarina) in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri, Nancy D. Moncrief
The Effectiveness of Seven Trapping Techniques for Amphibians, Reptiles, and Incidental Mammals in the Sandsage Prairie, Michael Rush
Theses from 1980
Avifauna of Six Different Habitats in North-Central Russell County, Kansas, Steven Paul Anschutz
Taxonomic Status of Blarina Hylophaga Elliot, Sarah B. George
Biogeographic Relationship of Pocket Gophers (Rodentia: Geomyidae) in Southeastern Colorado, Michael P. Moulton
A Nesting Study of the Pine Siskin (Spinus Pinus) at Hays, Kansas, Arthur G. Nonhof
Theses from 1979
Avian Communities of Some Grazed and Ungrazed Riparian Habitats in Ellis County, Kansas, Thomas L. Flowers
Foraging Activity, Local Dispersal, and Roosting Behavior in Two Local Populations of Wintering Sparrows, Mark A. Ports
Ecogeographic Relations of the Pronghorn (Antilocapra Americana) in Kansas, Mark L. Sexson
The Mammals of Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge, Bennett County, South Dakota, Robert Wilhelm
Theses from 1978
Systematics of the Northern Grasshopper Mouse (Onychomys Leucogaster) on the Central Great Plains, Mark D. Engstrom
Community Structure and Insular Analysis of the Towns of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus) in Western Kansas, Patricia J. Latas
Selected Aspects of the Life History of Slimflower Scurfpea (Psoralea Tenuiflora Pursh), David L. Price
Non-Geographic and Interspecific Variation in Four Species of Hylomyscus (Rodentia: Muridae) in Southern Cameroon, Lynn Robbins
Isolation and Identification of Anaerobic Bacteria from Human Gallbladders and Miscellaneous Specimens, Carla Ruder
Theses from 1977
Edaphic Variables Affecting Vegetation Pattern, David K. Bray
Selected Aspects of the Ecophysiology of Slimflower Scurfpea (Psoralea Tenuiflora Pursh), Greg L. Dunn
Movements of Rodents Across Roads, Ronald M. Kozel
Comparative Nesting Ecology of Solitary and Colonial Nesting Barn Swallows in West-Central Kansas, Renne R. Lohoefener
The Effects of a Late Spring Burn on Three Mixed Prairie Range Sites, Michael L. Pellant
A Model of the Daily Energy Budget of the Adult Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel, Spermophilus Tridecemlineatus, Stephen Scheck
Some Characteristics of Largemouth Bass Populations in Two Ellis County, Kansas Farm Ponds, Troy A. Schroeder
The Distribution and Related Studies of Ceratoides Lanata (Pursh) Howell in Northwestern Kansas, Michael Warren Stearns
Effect of Sodium Treated Wheat on Cotton Rats, Lawrence R. Williams
Food Utilization in Selected Tropical Trees by Frugivorous and Nectarivorous Birds, Craig D. Winter
Theses from 1976
Length-Weight Relationships and Coefficients of Condition of Four Species of Fish from the Saline and Smoky Hill Rivers, Ellis County, Kansas, Douglas E. Johnson
Fatty Acid Rations of Thermophilic and Mesophilic Blue-Green Algae Associations, Virgil Emil Jones
Vegetation Ordination and Computer Mapping of a Prairie in South-Central Nebraska, Michael Glen Marcotte
Influences of Burning on Two Range Sites in Ungrazed Mixed Prairie, Laird William McIntosh
A Comparison of Two Methods of Determining the Average Daily Metabolic of the Deer Mouse, Peromyscus Maniculatus, Richard Schroder
Growth Strategies and Biomass Dynamics of Yucca Glauca Nutt, Larry Lynn Todd
Theses from 1975
A Model of the Daily Energy Budget and Energy Flow Through a Population of the White-Footed Mouse, Peromyscus Leucopus, Stephen L. Baar
Age and Growth of the Bluegill, Lepomis Macrochirus Rafinesque, in a Newly Impounded Kansas Farm Pond, Jeffry L. Hart
A Comparison of Two Methods of Determining the Metabolic Rate of the Cotton Rat, Sigmodon Hispidus, Linda Rae Joyce
A Survey of Rail Populations in Kansas, with Emphasis on Cheyenne Bottoms, Roger W. Tacha
Interrelationships of Water Chemistry, Substrate, and Rooted Aquatic Vegetation in Some Ellis County, Kansas Farm Ponds, Randy Waldren
Theses from 1974
Herbage Dynamics on Three Range Sites in Western Kansas, Everet L. Bainter
A Field Study of the King, Sora, and Virginia Rails at Cheyenne Bottoms in West-Central Kansas, Keith Eugene Baird II
Body Composition, Energy Content, and Lipid Cycles of Two Species of Pocket Gophers (Geomys Bursarius and Pappogeomys Castanops) in Kansas, L.H. Fehrenbacher
A Renovation Plan for Lake Atwood, Michael Hayden
Host-Parasite Relationships, Summer Movements, and Population Structure of the Brown-Headed Cowbird in a Prairie Habitat of West-Central Kansas, Richard A. Hill
Comparative Nesting Ecology of the Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis Phoebe) and Says's Phoebe (Sayornis Saya) in West-Central Kansas, John Schukman
Population Parameters of a Population of Peromyscus Leucopus in West-Central Kansas, Roderick Smrcka
Dental Evolution of the Meadow Vole (Microtus Pennsylvanicus) in Mainland, Peninsular, and Insular Environments in Southern New England, Gordon Weddle
Theses from 1973
Structural Parameters, Bioenergetic Strategies, and Biomass Turnover of a Population of Deer Mice, Peromyscus Maniculatus, in West-Central Kansas, Carroll M. Hansen
Some Effects of Wildfire on Adjacent Grazed and Ungrazed Western Kansas Mixed Prairie, William Duane Harris
Theses from 1972
Early Weed Populations on Twelve Cropped Soils in Ellis County, Kansas, Albert L. Albers
A Description of a Walnut Tree Stand in Western Kansas, Fred D. Atchison
Age and Growth of White Bass Morone Chrysops (Rafinesque) in Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Kansas / by George L. Capp, George L. Capp
Chlorophyll-Supporting Tissue Relationships in Two Communities in Western Kansas, Joseph W. Cullen
Theses from 1971
Wintering Raptor Populations in West-Central Kansas in 01/01/1968-69 and 01/01/1969-70, Larry S. Oborny
Theses from 1970
Native Vegetation on Some Ellis County, Kansas Soils, Owen D. Dutt
Phytoplanktonic Productivity in Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Trego County, Kansas, Ronald D. Ellermeier
Energetics and Habits of Spermophilus Franklinii (Sabine), Clark G. Haberman
Distribution and Phenology of Vegetation in Pool 3, Cheyenne Bottoms Waterfowl Management Area, Donald W. Hastings
Movements of Channel Catfish in Saline River, Ellis County, Kansas, Robert O. Todd
Theses from 1969
The Breeding Ecology of the Barn Swallow in Ellis, County, Kansas, Larry W. Anthony
Net Shoot Production and Biomass Transfer Rates in a Mature Grassland Ecosystem, James E. Lester
Ecological Aspects of Sigmodon Hispidus in a Mature Eco-System, Michael Allen Mares
Energy Flow Through a Wintering Population of Tree Sparrows, Leland H. Parks
Detrital Energetic Contributions of Sigmodon Hispidus Vegetational Clippings, Yaroslaw Petryszyn
A Survey of Migratory Shorebirds in Ellis County, Kansas, 01/01/1968, Richard Kent Schreiber
Theses from 1968
Root-Rhizome Production in a Mixed Prairie Grassland in Western Kansas, Dale L. Bartos
