Evan Burnett | Examining the drivers of nocturnal behavior of pikas at lower elevations in Lassen National Forest, California | 2024 | Richard Brown | Wildlife |
Jaime Carlino | Measuring barn owl breeding habitat quality and predicting double brooding | 2024 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Janelle Chojnacki | Common Raven Resource Selection, Diet and Behavior around a Threatened Shorebird | 2024 | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Tina Giudici | Composition, spatial co-occurrence, and temporal overlap of small mammal species at American pika (Ochotona princeps) activity centers | 2024 | Richard Brown | Wildlife |
Katherine Larson | Barn owls exert top-down effects on the abundance and behavior of rodent pests | 2024 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Sydney McCluskey | Using Novel and Traditional Survey Techniques to Monitor Small Mammal Species in Northwestern California | 2024 | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Brittany Welch | Post-fire vegetation and pyrodiversity influence breeding abundances of Lewis's woodpeckers in the eastern Cascades, Oregon | 2024 | Frank Fogarty | Wildlife |
Maddie Ybarra | The effects of native perennial cover on avian physiological indicators of habitat quality in California coastal prairie rangelands. | 2024 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Erika Anderson | Sympatric carnivores and vegetation structure influence the distribution and abundance of Humboldt martens in Northern California | 2023 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Samantha Chavez | Maximizing the use of a natural avian predator for pest control in an agricultural system | 2023 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Laura Echávez | Polymorphism of barn owls in a managed ecosystem | 2023 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Ashley Harper | Identifying habitat suitability and connectivity for Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) on the North Coast of California | 2023 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Logan Hysen | Using multiscale ensemble habitat models to identify wildfire risk to habitat for an iconic forest species | 2023 | Ho Yi Wan | Wildlife |
Sara Moriarty-Graves | Carnivore and ungulate occurrence in a fire-prone region | 2023 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Danial Nayeri | Using Landscape Dynamic Simulations to Model Mexican Spotted Owl’s Habitat and Connectivity Response to Future Fire Regimes and Climate Change Scenarios | 2023 | Ho Yi Wan | Wildlife |
Steffen Peterson | Estimating black bear population parameters with spatial capture recapture in a high desert mountain ecosystem | 2023 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Shaun Thornton | A return to the staging grounds : reassessment of Aleutian cackling goose spring distribution in north Humboldt Bay | 2023 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Rebecca Carniello | Carnivore and ungulate response to livestock in a grazed forest ecosystem | 2022 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Brian Fagundes | Estimating the ecosystem service of Aleutian cackling goose droppings on pastures | 2022 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Travis Farwell | Geographic and seasonal variation of flying squirrel vocalizations in California | 2022 | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Jessica Guenther | Do Steller's jays respond to human providers? | 2022 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Ashley Hansen | Use of an avian predator as a biological control agent in agricultural systems: Do barn owls (Tyto alba) impact rodent abundance in a vineyard setting? | 2022 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Jessica Barger | Barger, JL 2021. Merging Art and Science : Lessons Learned from an ‘Otterly’ Different Case Study . Humboldt State University | 2021 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Makenzie Henk | Using noninvasive genetic sampling with a Bayesian spatial capture-recapture analysis to estimate abundance of Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) | 2021 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Frank Juma Ong'ondo | Bird abundance and diversity in shade coffee and natural forest in Kenya | 2021 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Evelyn Lichwa | Ecological and Social Drivers of Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) Home Range Patterns Across Spatiotemporal Scales | 2021 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Leigh J. Marshall | Recreation, vegetation management, and disease impact sympatric carnivore activity in California's East Bay parks | 2021 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Leigh J. Marshall | Recreation, vegetation management, and disease impact sympatric carnivore activity in California's East Bay parks | 2021 | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Jon Ewanyk | Habitat use and prey selection by mountain lions in an altered sagebrush steppe environment | 2020 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Deven Kammerichs-Berke | Foraging selectivity of insectivorous birds in Kenyan shade coffee systems | 2020 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Adam Mohr | Spatial ecology for two subspecies of elk in California | 2020 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Chad Moura | Temporal Partitioning of Mammalian Mesopredators in Response to Anthropogenic Urbanization and Climate Change in California’s Central Valley | 2020 | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Kachina Rowland | Rowland, KL 2020. The Rattle Call : a Female-Specific Vocalization in Steller’s Jays . Humboldt State University | 2020 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Pairsa Belamaric | Direct and/or indirect effects porcupine foraging may have on coastal dune forest ecosystems | 2019 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Matt Delgado | Achromatic plumage patch quality: internal organ and skeletal correlates in Aleutian cackling geese (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) | 2019 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Brooks Estes | Farmer perceptions of barn owls as part of integrated pest management in vineyard ecosystems. | 2019 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Holly Gamblin | Investigating range expansion and habitat use of Humboldt marten in a fragmented landscape | 2019 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Allison Huysman | Barn owl hunting responses to wine country wildfires. | 2019 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Alyssa Marquez | Response of headwater amphibians to long-term logging impacts and assessing potential for restoration in Redwood National and State Parks | 2019 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Alyssa Marquez | Response of headwater amphibians to long-term logging impacts and assessing potential for restoration in Redwood National and State Parks | 2019 | Daniel Barton | Wildlife |
Rudy Mena | Targeting social cohesion in female roosevelt elk (cervus canadensis roosevelti) groups minimizes survey efforts for fecal dna capture-recapture estimates of abundance | 2019 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Claire Nasr | Identifying spatial overlap and seasonal variation between human and seabird use along the Trinidad Coast to better predict timing and location of potential disturbance events | 2019 | Daniel Barton | Wildlife |
Molly Parren | Drought and Coyotes Mediate the Relationship Between Mesopredators and Human Disturbance in California | 2019 | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Sarah Schooler | Shade trees preserve avian insectivore biodiversity on coffee farms in a warming climate | 2019 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Alyssa Semerdjian | Evaluation of range-wide occupancy and survey methods for the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens) | 2019 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Trinity Smith | Elucidating Patterns of Bat Species Occupancy Across a Disturbed Landscape in California’s Central Valley | 2019 | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Dane St. George | Barn owl prey delivery rates in Napa Valley vineyard ecosystems. | 2019 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Andria Townsend | Tree squirrels and fishers in Northern California: The effects of masting hardwoods on stand use | 2019 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Dawn Blake | Foraging habitat of pileated woodpeckers in relation to a managed landscape on the Hoopa Valley reservation, Northwestern California | 2018 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Xerónimo Castañeda | Quantifying habitat use by barn owls foraging in vineyards versus adjacent habitats. | 2018 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Justin Deminaew | Changes in demography, distribution, and diet in garter snakes following eradication of a non-native prey subsidy | 2018 | Daniel Barton | Wildlife |
Jennie Jones Scherbinski | The influence of microclimate and local adaptation for a climate-sensitive species (Aplodontia rufa) | 2018 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Elizabeth Morata | Seasonal home range variation and spatial ecology of peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in coastal Humboldt County, CA | 2018 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Genevieve Rozhon | Sex-specific habitat selection of rough-legged hawks (Buteo lagopus) wintering in western North America | 2018 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Katrina Smith | Evaluating habitat selection models to improve site selection in a population monitoring program for Townsend's big-eared bats (Corynorhinus Townsendii) | 2018 | Daniel Barton | Wildlife |
Ivy Widick | Evaluating current and future range limits of an endangered, keystone rodent (Dipodomys ingens) | 2018 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Kelly Commons | Mobbing behavior in wild Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) | 2017 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Trinity Tippin | Propensity of predator mimicry in wild Steller's jays | 2017 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Shannon (Murphy) Brinkman | Evaluating Brandt’s Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) reproductive success: Effects of parental care behaviors and estimating individual chick survival | 2016 | Daniel Barton | Wildlife |
Nathan Alexander | Genetic structure and connectivity of the endangered Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens) in a heterogeneous environment | 2016 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Cara Appel | Seasonal habitat selection of the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) in a coastal dune forest | 2016 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Ryan Baumbusch | A model to evaluate barred owl removal strategies for the conservation of northern spotted owls | 2016 | Daniel Barton | Wildlife |
Jennifer Brown | Effects of canopy cover on the prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on frogs in Jamaican coffee farms. | 2016 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Emily Cate | Consumer movement among successional communities in relation to the rare, endemic plant Lassics lupine (Lupines constancei) ? | 2016 | Daniel Barton | Wildlife |
Caylen Cummins | Environmental and anthropogenic influences on fisher (Pekania pennanti) den attendance patterns in California | 2016 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Alexis Dejoannis | A description of pre-alternate molt in snowy plovers. | 2016 | Mark Colwell | Wildlife |
Sharon Dulava | Fine-scale change detection using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to inform reproductive biology in nesting Waterbirds | 2016 | William "Tim" Bean | Wildlife |
Teresa King | An experimental test of response by Common Ravens to nest exclosures | 2016 | Mark Colwell | Wildlife |
Shannon Mendia | Examining ecosystem services and disservices of bear damage on Hoopa Valley Reservation | 2016 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Marisa Parish | Beaver bank lodge use, distribution and influence on salmonid rearing habitat in the coastal plain of the Smith River, California | 2016 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Carrie Wendt | Examining barn owl nest box selection at three spatial scales on Napa Valley vineyards | 2016 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Wendy Cristina Willis | Perceptions of shade tree cultivation by coffee farmers in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica | 2015 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Matthew Delheimer | Assessment of short-term effectiveness of artificial resting and denning structures for the Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) in harvested forests in northwestern California | 2015 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Derek Harvey | Innovative problem solving in wild Steller's jays | 2015 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Brendan Leigh | Habitat shifts and food intake in American Wigeon Anas americana in winter. | 2015 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Jacob Mesler | Modeling gray wolf habitat suitability and expansion into the Pacific Northwest | 2015 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Kerry Rennie | Home range overlap and female philopatry in fishers on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation | 2015 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Bryan Daniels | Activity budgets, daily energy expenditure and energetic model of Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans during winter and spring along the Lower Alaska Peninsula. | 2014 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Stephanie Eyes | The effects of fire severity on California spotted owl habitat use patterns | 2014 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Megan Milligan | Quantifying pest control services by birds in Kenyan coffee farms | 2014 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Chris Smith | Bird species richness and abundance in shade and sun coffee farms in Kenya | 2014 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Ted Torgerson | Latrine site selection and seasonal habitat use of a coastal river otter population | 2014 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Josh Cocke | Observations of Aleutian Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) breeding on Buldir Island, Alaska: forty-seven years after the discovery of a remnant population | 2013 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Hilary Cosby | Variation in diet and activity of river otters (Lontra canadensis) by season and aquatic community | 2013 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Betsy Elkinton | Foraging and energy acquisition by black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) on South Humboldt Bay, California | 2013 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Megan Garfinkel | Pest-removal services provided by songbirds on small organic farms in Humboldt County, CA | 2013 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Will Goldenberg | Steller’s jay space use and behavior in campground and non-campground sites within Redwood National and State Parks | 2013 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Katlin Overeem | Extra-pair paternity and sexual selection in the Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) | 2013 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Brent Campos | Habitat selection, habitat use, and home ranges of black-throated blue warblers on Jamaican coffee farms: implications for an ecosystem service | 2012 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Ange Darnell | Space use of African wild dogs in relation to other large carnivores in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, South Africa | 2012 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Pia Gabriel | Steller’s jay behavioural syndromes.Technische Universität München, Germany. | 2012 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Ryan Kalinowski | Habitat relationships of great gray owl prey in meadows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains | 2012 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Sacha Heath | The effects of bird and bat arthropod predation on sapling black cottonwoods in the context of restoration | 2011 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Christina Rockwell | Bolder, older, and selective: factors of individual-specific foraging strategies in Steller's jays | 2011 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Jennifer Terry Zalewski | Ecological factors influencing stress in northern river otters (Lontra canadensis) | 2011 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Marlene Wagner | Habitat selection by red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) in southeast Alaska old-growth forest | 2011 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Jen Terry Zalewski | Ecological factors influencing stress in northern river otters (Lontra canadensis) | 2011 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Jeff Zirpoli | Parasites and plumage: an experimental field test of the parasite-mediated handicap hypothesis | 2011 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Kristin Brzeski | A non-invasive approach examining North American river otter abundance and sociality | 2010 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Penny Spiering Becker | The genetics, behaviour and success of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (PhD) | 2010 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Kyle Spragens | Aleutian goose response to facilitation by livestock grazing regimes in coastal pastures. | 2010 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Shannon Murhpie | Effect of hair loss syndrome on survival, behavior and habitat selection of black-tailed deer fawns | 2009 | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Chris West | Vigilance in reintroduced California condors: the impact of early-rearing experience. | 2009 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Jared Wolfe | Habitat use of Nearctic-Neotropic migrant birds in northeastern Costa Rica | 2009 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Dominic Bachman | Aleutian Cackling Goose Habitat Management [co-advised with Dr. Jeff Black]. | 2008 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Dominic Bachman | Managing grassland pastures at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge for Aleutian geese | 2008 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Susannah Ferson | Manipulation of food quality and quantity by black brant geese | 2008 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Jeanne Hammond | Nest predation at the Cosumnes River Preserve: Is an introduced predator, the black rat (Rattus rattus), limiting songbird breeding productivity? | 2008 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Amy Roberts | Bat use of redwood basal hollows with increasing isolation in contiguous, remnant, and legacy redwood forest stands. | 2008 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Emily Bjerre | Optimal grit : investigating grit acquisition and site use by black brant | 2007 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Rebecca Green | Distribution of forest carnivores and evaluation of habitat models for American Marten in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. | 2007 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Jherime Kellermann | Assessing an economic incentive for bird-friendly coffee cultivation in Jamaica, West Indies. | 2007 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Amy Leist | The importance of fruit to Swainson’s thrushes, Catharus ustulatus, at stopover sites during fall migration: A field test of plasma metabolite analysis. | 2007 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Eric Wood | Predictive modeling of focal bird species in Central Sierra Nevada Foothill woodlands. | 2007 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Jim Tietz | Stopover ecology and habitat selection in fall migrant Swainson’s Thrushes (Catharus ustulatus) along the northern California coast. | 2006 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Chris Tonra | Hatching Synchrony in Brown-Headed Cowbirds: The influence of host density, chick gender, and habitat. | 2006 | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Anne Mini | Energetic expenditure of Aleutian Canada geese experiencing different management regimes. | 2005 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Ken Griggs | Parental investment in Western Canada geese. | 2003 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Jeff Moore | Distribution of spring staging black brant Branta bernicla nigricans in relation to feeding opportunities on south Humboldt Bay, California | 2003 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Derek Lee | Spring stopover of black brant geese at Humboldt Bay, CA. | 2002 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
John Quinn | Relationship between red-breasted geese and peregrine falcons during the breeding season, Oxford University, England. | 2000 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Friederike Woog | Dominance and dispersal of Hawaiian geese, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. | 1999 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Glynn Young | The systematic position of Meller's Duck: a behavioural approach, University of Kent, England. | 1995 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Friederike Woog | Ecology of Hawaiian geese in habitats of Haleakala National Park, Maui, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany. | 1993 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Sharmila Choudhury | Mate choice in barnacle geese, Oxford University. | 1992 | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Alon Averbuj | Spatial Ecology of Ravens | | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Rebeca Becdach | Understanding wildlife habitat in tropical mountain cloud forests in Panama using landscape ecological models. | | Ho Yi Wan | Wildlife |
Tylor Bell Rogers | | | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Christian Cortez | Physiological conditions of barn owl (Tyto furcata) nestlings as indicators of habitat quality within the wine-growing region of Napa Valley | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Gina Culver | North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) seasonal prey selection of waterbirds based on availability and vulnerability | | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Dabid Garcia | Testing Vegetation Composition as a Predictor of Soil Organic Carbon on Working lands in California Using a Voluntary Monitoring Network | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Ximena Gil | Do rangeland management practices incentivized by California's Healthy Soils Program confer co-benefits for both birds and ranchers? | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Breana Hernandez | Wetland biodiversity surveyed via eDNA | | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Breana Hernandez | Wetland biodiversity surveyed via eDNA | | Sharon Kahara | Wildlife |
Lauren Jackson | How does personality influence the hunting behavior and potential for ecosystem services provided by barn owls in an agroecosystem? | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Brielle Jaglowski | | | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Fatime Jomaa | The use of social information for prospecting and nest site selection by Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Jackie Killam | | | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Eleanor MacDonald | Examining the effects of songbird nest boxes on ecosystem services and avian community composition in Napa Valley vineyards | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Ryan Matilton | Bat Diversity on the Klamath River | | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Elizabeth Meisman | Testing Adaptive Flexibility in Breeding Swainson’s Hawk Territory Habitat Selection | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Charlotte Norman | Symmetry in Affiliative Interactions of North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) | | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Cameron Piper | The habitat use and migration of Lewis’s woodpeckers in eastern Oregon | | Frank Fogarty | Wildlife |
Deirdre Replinger | Postfire habitat use and density of Pacific martens in Lassen National Forest, California | | Ho Yi Wan | Wildlife |
Alyssa Roddy | Examining conservation importance of slash pile management on private timberlands in northern California | | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Jadzia Rodriguez | Effects of vegetation on the behavior of hunting barn owls (Tyto furcata) and their prey | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Leah Temple Roll | Common Raven Abundance in Gunnison Sage Grouse Habitat | | Barbara Clucas | Wildlife |
Ivonne Romero | Behavior and distribution of tundra and trumpeter swans wintering in Skagit valley, WA, USA | | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Destiny Saucedo | | | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Jordan Stevens | | | Micaela Szykman Gunther | Wildlife |
Amida Verhey | Impacts of the Dixie Fire on Mammalian Carnivore Interactions | | Ho Yi Wan | Wildlife |
Whitney Vickers | Using Genetic Analysis to Determine Kinship and Sociality Among River Otters Along the Humboldt County Coast, California | | Jeff Black | Wildlife |
Samantha Webb | Oak obligate breeding birds responses to oak restoration efforts | | Frank Fogarty | Wildlife |
Tiana Williams-Claussen | A Case Study in Integrating Federal, Tribal, and State Legislation to Support Northern California Condor Restoration | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
D. Mac Wilson | Bird, bee, and bat community composition on licensed cannabis farms in Humboldt County, California and responses to hedgerow habitat enhancements | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |
Ayla Zolwik | Analyzing Swainson’s hawk movement & behavioral ecology in response to the California high-speed rail construction throughout the Central Valley | | Matthew Johnson | Wildlife |