Theses and Dissertations
This is a list of the most recent theses and dissertations from ECO students. These lists are automatically created through the UMass Scholarworks system. To have your publication included, submit it to Scholarworks.
Master’s Theses – Environmental Conservation:
- Mapping Sandbars in the Connecticut River Watershed through Aerial Images for Floodplain Conservation
Active geomorphic features of rivers like sandbars provide habitat for endangered and threatened […]
- Juvenile River Herring in Freshwater Lakes: Sampling Approaches for Evaluating Growth and Survival
River herring, collectively alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (A. aestivalis), […]
- DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON BIRD ABUNDANCE ALONG ELEVATION GRADIENTS IN THE NORTHERN APPALACHIANS
The stratification of bird species along elevational gradients is widely reported, with montane […]
- A Mixed-methods Study on Female Landowner Estate Planning Objectives
The majority of the forested land in New England is owned by private landowners, a large number of […]
- Botswana’s Elephant-Back Safari Industry – Stress-Response in Working African Elephants and Analysis of their Post-Release Movements
Understanding how African elephants (Loxodonta africana) respond to human interactions in […]
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Dissertations – Environmental Conservation:
- TRACKING MIGRATORY BIRD MOVEMENTS IN THE GULF OF MAINE WITH AUTOMATED RADIO TELEMETRY AND STABLE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE MARKERS
Coastal and offshore areas of the eastern United States provide valuable resources for both […]
- BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS, POPULATION DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF A STEM GALL WASP, ZAPATELLA DAVISAE (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE)
Gall wasps are phytophagous insects that often go unnoticed, however, when they are released from […]
- Improving Conservation Efforts Through a Better Understanding of Forest Elephant Ecology, the Impacts of Threats on Elephants and Freshwater Fisheries in Northern Congo
IMPROVING CONSERVATION EFFORTS THROUGH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF FOREST ELEPHANT ECOLOGY, THE […]
- A Period Examination Through Contemporary Energy Analysis of Kevin Roche’s Fine Arts Center at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Studies of buildings belonging to a subset of Modernist architecture, Brutalism, have included […]
- Evaluating resistance surfaces for modeling wildlife movement and connectivity
The continued growth of human populations and associated development in many areas of the world is […]
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