2009

Alvira, Diana
Ph.D. Dissertation: Agroforestry for conservation and development in eastern lowland Colombia
Advisor: Karen Kainer, Forest Resources and Conservation and Latin American Studies

Atkinson, Benjamin
M.S. Thesis: Abiotic and biotic factors that influence community structure of freshwater turtles
Advisor: Max Nickerson, Florida Museum of Natural History

Bartels, Wendy-Lin
Ph.D. Dissertation: Social learning in land use planning: A comparative case study of a Brazilian environmental service payment program
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Latin American Studies

Basantes, Jenny
M.S. Thesis: Hard and soft ecotourists in the Galapagos Islands: visitors' willingness to support ecotourism measures
Advisor: Taylor Stein, Forest Resources and Conservation

Boodram, Natalie
Ph.D. Dissertation: Composition, structure, and spatial characteristics of riparian vegetation in Trinidad: a baseline for conservation and restoration planning
Advisor: Dan Zarin, Forest Resources and Conservation

Bost, Jay
M.S. Thesis: Edible plants in the Chinantla, Oaxaca, Mexico
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Castaneda, Hector
Ph.D. Dissertation: Economic drivers of forest resurgence in El Salvador
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Chaves Didier, Willandia
M.S. Thesis: Effects of reduced-impact logging on avian communities in the southwestern Amazon
Advisor: Katie Sieving, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Clark, Connie
Ph.D. Dissertation: Tropical conservation research and management, ecological properties and economic constraints
Advisor: Doug Levey, Biology

Cullman, Georgina
M.S. Thesis: Institutional evolution, tenure security, and natural resource management in the Bolivian Amazon
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Latin American Studies

Daniels, Amy E.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Patterns and processes of land cover change: understanding tradeoffs
Advisor: Jane Southworth, Geography

Elliott, David
M.S. Thesis: Promise and practice: the effects of community-based ecotourism benefits on conservation behavior in an Amazonian indigenous territory
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography and African Studies

Fletcher, Edward
M.S. Thesis: Evaluating ornamental specialty cut production using a sustainable agroforestry approach
Advisor: Mack Thetford, Horticultural Sciences

Fullman, Timothy
M.S. Thesis: Impact of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) on vegetation and large mammals in Chobe National Park, Botswana
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography and African Studies

Gonzalez Roglich, Mariano
M.S. Thesis: Value of private lands for conservation: land cover change and fragmentation analysis in the Caldenal region, Argentina
Advisor: Jane Southworth, Geography

Jahn, Alex
Ph.D. Dissertation: The behavioral ecology of avian migration: a Neotropical perspective
Advisor: Doug Levey, Biology

Jeffrey, Brian
M.S. Thesis: Impacts of off-road vehicles on small mammals in Big Cypress National Preserve
Advisor: Frank Mazzotti, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Jensen, Jillian
M.S. Thesis: Opportunities and constraints of adoption of poverty-alleviating livelihood strategies in the Nyando River Basin, Kenya
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Kowler, Laura
M.S. Thesis: Collective action for sustainable forest management: coffee producer associations in the Peruvian Amazon
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth and Community Science

Lumbantobing, Sarah
M.S. Thesis: Woody species germination and establishment in association with dune swales
Advisor: Debbie Miller, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Robichaux, Estelle
M.S. Thesis: Communities within the marshes of Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica: implications for restoration and invasive species management
Advisor: Sherry Larkin, Food and Resource Economics

Sakurai, Ryo
M.S. Thesis: Comparing people's knowledge of and attitudes toward nuisance black bears in the US and Japan
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Widlife Ecology and Conservation

Tidyman, Thomas
M.S. Technical Paper: Agricultural policy and environmental standards in developing countries
Advisor Jeff Burkhardt, Food and Resource Economics

Van Etten, Erica
M.S. Thesis: Impacts of woody vegetation on tree seedling establishment in tropical pastures of Amazonian Ecuador
Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima, Biology

Van Holt, Tracy
Ph.D. Dissertation: Influences of twenty years of land use/land cover change on the nearshore resources in southern Chile
Advisor: Michael Binford, Geography

Welch, Zachariah
Ph.D. Dissertation: Development and implementation of habitat management tools for the Kissimmee chain of lakes
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

2008

Alderman, Philip
M.S. Thesis: Simulating the regrowth dynamics of Tifton 85 bermudagrass as affected by nitrogen fertilization
Advisor: Ken Boote, Agronomy

Anderson, John
M.S. Thesis: Hearing monkeys through the trees: an acoustic evaluation of branches as a medium for capuchins communication
Advisor: Sue Boinski, Anthropology

Beeland, Theresa DeLene
M.S. Thesis: Information sources, belief, and values of key stakeholder groups in Mexican gray wolf reintroduction
Advisor: Kim Walsh-Childers, Journalism

Brinn, Lori
M.S. Thesis: Beach compaction effects on loggerhead sea turtle nesting on natural and nourished beaches in northwestern Florida
Advisor: Ray Carthy, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Bugbee, Christopher
M.S. Thesis: Emergence dynamics of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge: a life history and application towards statewide alligator surveys
Advisor: Frank Mazzotti, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Burgess, Matthew
M.S. Thesis: Quantification and ecological role of snag habitat in the Apalachicola River, Florida
Advisor: William Wise, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Campbell, Elliott
M.S. Thesis: Environmental accounting of environmental services and natural capital of the U.S. National Forest system
Advisor: Mark Brown, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Casler, Michelle
M.S. Thesis: Landscape and hydrological effects on anuran species in Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park
Advisor: Frank Mazzotti, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

DeSa, Melissa
M.S. Thesis: How aquatic fauna responded to large scale management at Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Foster, Chad
M.S. Thesis: Valuing preferences for water quality improvement in the Ichetucknee Springs system: a case study of Columbia County, Florida
Advisor: Matt Cohen, Forest Resources and Conservation

Freeman, Johanna
M.S. Thesis: Effects of herbicide use in a longleaf pine flatwoods restoration
Advisor: Shibu Jose, Forest Resources and Conservation

Govindarajan, Buvaneswari
M.S. Thesis: Microbial N and P removal from constructed wetlands
Advisor: Jyotsna Sharma, Environmental Horticulture

Hagan, Donald
M.S. Thesis: Ecological interactions in a longleaf pine - native woody ornamental intercropping system
Advisor: Shibu Jose, Forest Resources and Conservation

Hotaling, Althea
M.S. Thesis: Wet prairie conversion in Water Conservation Area 3A, Everglades
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Linhoss, John
M.S. Thesis: Place attachment as an integrating conccept: social science considerations in watershed management
Advisor: Mark Clark, Soil and Water Science

Kornilev, Yurii
M.S. Thesis: Behavioral ecology and effects of disturbance on the Suwanee cooter (Pseudemys concinna suwanniensis) in a blackwater spring-fed river
Advisor: Ken Dodd, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Krediet, Cory
M.S. Thesis: Inter-kingdom signaling and resilience of coral-associated microbial communities
Advisor: Max Teplitski, Soil and Water Science

Mishkin, Miramanni
M.S. Thesis: Looking for bridges: dovetailing conservation and development in a rural Mexican community
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Pitt, Amber
Ph.D. Dissertation: Freshwater river turtle populations influenced by a naturally generated thermal gradient
Advisor: Max Nickerson, Florida Museum of Natural History

Pomeroy, Carlton
Ph.D. Dissertation: Trees, tractors, and governance: an analysis of conflict over natural resources in Santa Rosa del Sara, Bolivia
Advisor: Stephen Perz, Sociology

Ramos, Luis
Ph.D. Dissertation: The Mesoamerican biological corridor: effects of communication processes on perceptions of key stakeholders and the public about natural areas
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Storz, Christina
M.S. Thesis: International trade, environmental law, and sustainable agriculture
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Tavano, Joseph
M.S. Thesis: Spatial ecology and demographics of a population of Sternotherus odoratus (Testudines: Kinosternidae) in an Ozark stream
Advisor: Max Nickerson, Florida Museum of Natural History

Valle, Alvaro
M.S. Thesis: Labor, soil quality, and yield responses to increasingly ecological management in small scale, tropical agroecosystems
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Vath, Carrie
M.S. Thesis: Ecology of brown capuchin monkeys in Suriname
Advisor: Sue Boinski, Anthropology

Ward, Jr., R. Carlton
M.S. Thesis: Conservation photography
Advisor: John Kaplan, Journalism

Wilsey, David
Ph.D. Dissertation: Certification of non-timber forest products as a tool for integrated conservation and development: the case of Xate palm
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Watts, Danielle
M.S. Thesis: Alternative stable states and self-organized patterning: Everglades ridge and slough mosaic
Advisor: Matthew Cohen, Forest Resources and Conservation

2007

Barham, James
Ph.D. Dissertation: Linking farmers to markets: assessing planned change initiatives to improve the marketing performance of smallholder farmer groups in northern Tanzania
Advisor: Anita Spring, Anthropology

Boby, Leslie
M.S. Thesis: Quantifying fire severity and C and N pools in interior Alaska's boreal black spruce forest
Advisor: Ted Schuur, Botany

Chandool, Cindy
Ph.D. Dissertation: Analysis of households' resource use, conservation attitude, and perceived socioeconomic impact of the protected areas policy in the Nariva Swamp, Trinadad & Tobago
Advisor: Janaki Alavalapati, Forest Resources and Conservation

Davis, Jason
M.S. Thesis: Case study of the evolution of conservation in Monte Verde, Costa Rica
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography

Eckman, William
M.S. Technical Paper: Wetland plant ecology
Advisor: Tom Crisman, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Evans, Jason
Ph.D. Dissertation: Algae, exotics, and management response in two Florida springs: competing conceptions of ecological change in a time of nutrient enrichment
Advisor: Jeff Burkhardt, Food and Resource Economics

Fraiser, Douglas M.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Loggers, settlers, and tribesmen of the mountain forests of the Philippines: the evolution of indigenous social organization in response to environmental invasions
Advisor: Gerald Murray, Anthropology

Fraulo, Aimee
M.S. Thesis: Evaluation of timing of release for Neoseiulus californicus as a biological control agent for Twtranychus urticae Koch and its ecological impact on northern Florida strawberry fields
Advisor: Oscar Liburd, Entomology and Nematology

Holm, Jennifer
M.S. Thesis: Population dynamics of the Amazonian palm Mauritia flexuosa: Model development and simulation analysis
Advisor: Wendell Cropper, Forest Resources and Conservation

Hrycyshyn, Gabrielle
M.S. Thesis: Survival probabilities and density of four sympatric freshwater turtles in Florida
Advisor: Karen Bjorndal, Zoology

Justice, Lauren
M.S. Thesis: Exploration of food security using a meso scale modeling approach: Jamaica as an illustrative case
Advisor: Greg Kiker, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Kearney, Julie
M.S. Technical Paper: Subsistence fishermen and resource management in complex systems perspective: a case study from Hopkins, Belize
Advisor: Rick Stepp, Anthropology

Langin, Cynthia
M.S. Thesis: A quantitative study of public support for Florida panther recovery
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Livengood, Elisa
M.S. Thesis: Curriculum guide for grades 9 to 12 in aquatic sciences
Advisor: Frank Chapman, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Malek, Aaron
M.S. Thesis: Enhanced retention of phosphorus applied as flushed dairy manure
Advisor: Willie Harris, Soil and Water Science

McCoy, Krista
Ph.D. Dissertation: Reproductive and renal pathologies in the giant toad (Bufo marinus) are associated with human land use practices
Advisor: Collette St. Mary, Zoology

McNeely, Cody
M.S. Thesis: Role of beaver impoundments on the structure and function of southern Georgia streams
Advisor: Tom Crisman, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Montambault, Jensen
Ph.D. Dissertation: Conservation status and potential of West Indian endemic island bird species in a rapidly suburbanizing landscape, Middle Caicos, Turks & Caicos
Advisor: David Steadman, Florida Museum of Natural History

Morgan-Brown, Theron
M.S. Thesis: Butterfly farming for conservation and development in Kenya
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Nguyen, Thuy Ngoc
Ph.D. Dissertation: Role of social capital in natural resources conservation: a case study of Cat Tien National Park in Vietnam
Advisor: Janaki Alavalapati, Forest Resources and Conservation

Philpot, Brent
M.S. Thesis: Ecological design heuristics and the potential for complex adaptive ecological design
Advisor: Charles Kibert, Building Construction

Ratkus, Kevin
M.S. Technical Paper: Investigating pre-settlement wildfire interval for coastal oak scrub habitat restoration at the GTM Reserve in northeastern Florida
Advisor: Mark Clark, Soil and Water Science

Ribiero, Carolina Maggi
M.S. Thesis: Evaluating soybean farming practices in Mato Grosso, Brazil - economic and environmental perspectives
Advisor Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Scarpino, Russel
M.S. Thesis: Guiding loggerhead hatchlings to the sea: an assessment of ground-level barriers and conflicting clues
Advisor: Ray Carthy, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Seales, Lisa
M.S. Thesis: Linking entrepreneurial sucess to conservation and community benefits: an analysis of Costa Rican tour operators and agencies
Advisor: Taylor Stein, Forest Resources and Conservation

Shepard, Benjamin
M.S. Thesis: Effects of fire season on flowereing characteristics and seed germination of grasses in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) sandhills
Advisor: Debbie Miller, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

2006

Avila Segura, Laura
Potential benefits of cover crops based systems for sustainable production of vegetables
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Johnnnes Scholberg

Celis, Gerardo
Restoration of abandoned pasture land with native tree species in Costa Rica: an ecophysiological approach in species selection
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Shibu Jose, Forest Resources and Conservation

Cotta, Jamie
Comparative study of regeneration of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) in mature and secondary Amazonian forests
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Karen Kainer, Forest Resources and Conservation

Devincenzo-King, Danielle
Energy accounting of the resource basis of nations, human well-being, and international debt
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Mark Brown, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Gobbi, Jose
Environmental effects of implementing the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) on Argentina: an integrated assessment
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Clyde Kiker, Food and Resource Economics

Harper, Vanessa
Farm-household livelihood strategies in Cuba's Sierra del Rosario Biosphere Reserve in human ecological perspective
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Loring, Heather
Population genetics of Heliconia acuminata: temporal and spatial landscape analyses
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Pamela Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History

Luzar, Jeffrey
Roads, governance, and land use in the Brazilian state of Acre
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Center for Latin American Studies

MacLauchlin, Kari
Local ecological knowledge and informal management of small-scale commercial fishermen of Biscayne National Park
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Richard Stepp, Anthropology

Mattson, Kristen
Wetland ecology and nitrogen enrichment
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Jyotsna Sharma, Environmental Horticulture

McGinty, Meghan
Attitudes, self-efficacy, and socio-economic factors in farmers' decisions to adopt and maintain agroforestry systems in the Atlantic rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family Youth & Community Sciences

Miralia, Quilla
Florida economic development options: pros and cons
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Michael Olexa, Food and Resource Economics

Nester, Lindsay
Effects of off-road vehicles on the nesting activity of loggerhead sea turtles in North Carolina
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Nat Frazer, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Painter, Kathleen
Effectiveness of an NGO extension program for sustainable agroforestry and forest conservation in southern Bahia, Brazil
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Karen Kainer, Forest Resources and Conservation

Plate, Richard
Assessing the effectiveness of systems-oriented instruction for preparing students to understand complexity
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Leslie Thiele, Political Science

Ray, Elizabeth
Effects of p,p'-DOE on reproduction and biomarkers of endocrine disruption in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)
M.S. Thesis
Advisor David Barber, Physiological Science

Raymer, Josiah
Restoration of coastal foredunes, demonstration plantings at Navarre Beach, production of Iva imbricata, and restoration with composite plantings
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Debbie Miller, Widllife Ecology and Conservation

Rivero, Rosanna
Development of predictive models of soil phosphorus in Water Conservation Area-2A (Everglades, Florida), integrating GIS, remote sensing, and geostatistics
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Sabine Grunwald, Soil and Water Science

Romero, Marisa
A review of municipal ordinances for sustainable development
Technical Paper
Advisor: Mark Hostetler, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Saqui, Juanita Garcia
Growth rates of Tectona grandis and Cedrela odorata in monoculture and mixed-species systems in Belize C.A.
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Shibu Jose, Forest Resources and Conservation

Shah, Mital
Factors affecting Oklahoma Cherokee farmers' use of traditional agricultural practices: socioeconomics, theory of planned behavior and resource access
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family Youth & Community Sciences

Stahl, Justyn
Demographic and fitness consequences of delayed dispersal in the cooperatively breeding Acorn Woodpecker
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Madan Oli, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Tripathi, Nitesh
Spatial water balance of Suwannee River Basin, Florida: application of El Nino-Southern Oscillation climatology
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Grenville Barnes, Civil and Coastal Engineering

Wells, Thomas
The implicit values of waterway characteristics and boating regulations: a case study of Lee County, Florida
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Sherry Larkin, Food and Resource Ecology

2005

Badylak, Susan
Spatial and temporal distributions of phytoplankton in Tampa Bay estuary
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Edward Phlips, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Bireline, Henry "Buz"
Recreation specialization and reports of potential impact behaviors among birders attending birding festivals
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Stephen Holland, Recreation Parks and Tourism

Bokach, Matthew J.
The relative roles of prey availability and predation on ardeid colony site selection
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Peter Frederick, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Coenen, Danny
Lake temperature trends and thermal regime boundary shifts as indicators for contemporary climatic change in Florida
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Tom Crisman, Environmental Engineering Sciences

DiGiano, Maria
Proambiente: an evaluation of incentives for land-use change among smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Latin American Studies

Gichon, Yael
Compost regulation in the USDA's National Organic Program: implications and limitations
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Robert McSorley, Entomology and Nematology

Haddle, Jenny
Community perceptions of ecotourism impacts and conservation issues in rural Creole Belize: a case study of Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Richard Stepp, Anthropology

Henshaw, Thomas
Morphological adaptations of soybean to early season flood stress
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Rob Gilbert, Agronomy

Lenta, Italo
Agriculture and the urban interface: water law and policy in Florida's changing landscape
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Mike Olexa, Food and Resource Economics

McMichael, Erin
Effects of cold stress on green sea turtles in the northern Gulf of Mexico
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Ray Carthy, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Morshed, Sheda
Fostering ecological concepts to promote environmentally responsible behaviors: a youth activity guide for Florida's 4-H camps
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Jerry Culen, Family Youth and Community Sciences

Myers, Jonathan A.
Seedling carbohydrate storage, survival, and stress tolerance in a Neotropical forest
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima, Botany

Norem, April
Injury Assessment of sea turtles utilizing the neritic zone of the southeastern United States
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Ray Carthy, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Pitt, Amber
Reassessment of the turtle community in the North Fork of White River, Ozark County, Missouri
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Max Nickerson, Florida Museum of Natural History

Powers, Erik
Meta-stable states of vegetative habitats in Water Conservation Area 3A, Everglades
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Smithem, Jodie
Risk perceptions and acceptance capacity for the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in southern Florida
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Frank Mazzotti, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Tidwell, Brandon Elton
A summer survey of anurans utilizing constructed stormwater detention ponds in North Central Florida
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Thomas Crisman, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Trager, Matthew
Ant occupancy and anti-herbivore defense in Cordia alliodora, a neotropical myrmecophyte
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Emilio Bruna, Wildife Ecology and Conservation

Varner, Morgan
Smoldering fire in long-unburned longleaf pine forests: linking fuels with fire effects
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Jack Putz, Botany

Wells, Audwyn Ondine
Waters of the University of Florida: managing for water quality in the Lake Alice watershed
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Mark Clark, Soil and Water Science

Yates, Gabriela
Emerging issues in Florida's tourism resources: shifting gears from participatory planning to community-based management
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Taylor Stein, Forest Resources and Conservation

2004

Buck, David G.
The limnology and paleolimnology of hypersaline Lago Enriquillo, Dominican Republic
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Mark Brenner, Geological Sciences

Cabrera, Victor E. 
Modeling North Florida dairy farm management strategies to allieviate ecological impacts under varying climatic conditions: an interdisciplinary approach
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor, Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Castaneda, Hector Manuel
Analysis of the relationship between different vegetation types and the diversity of food plants they provide to the Guaymi community of Costa Rica
M.S. Thesis
Advisor, Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Chiabotti, Teal J.
Evaluating corporate environmental management: a case study of six multinational corporations
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Joe Delfino, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Daniels, Amy E.
Protected area management in the watershed context: a case study of Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Dixon, Jeremy
The conservation genetics of the Florida black bear
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Madan Oli, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Duberstein, Jamie
Freshwater tidal forest communities sampled in the Lower Savannah River floodplain
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Evans, Meredith M.
Land use and prey density changes in the Nakuru Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya: implications of cheetah conservation
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Mel Sunquist, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Gallaher, Aubree
Compilation and synthesis of existing persistant organic pollutants and heavy metals of Gulf Coast Network national parks
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Joe Delfino, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Grauel, Bil
Ecology and management of wetland forests dominated by Prioria copaifera forests in Darien, Panama
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Jack Putz, Botany

Hepting, Laura
The contamination cycle: an interdisciplinary analysis
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Clyde Kiker, Political Science

Hofstede, Jason
Martian initial plant growth site selection
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Rob Ferl, Horticultural Science

Johnson, Ashley Murphy
Estuary use planning and the application of terrestrial zoning principles in an estuarine system: a case study of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Paul Zwick, Urban and Regional Planning

Knowles, Hal
Preserving wildlife habitat in residential developments: a new continuing education course for Florida's built environment professsionals
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Mark Hostetler, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Malloy, Kate J.
Nekton community composition and use of tidal marshes in the lower Savannah River during drought conditions
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

McMichael, Erin
Population structure of juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a temperate foraging ground in the northern Gulf of Mexico and the effects of hypothermic stress on seasonal abundance, growth, and movement
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Ray Carthy, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Montambault, Jensen
Sustainable forest management in rural Nicaragua: self-reported household behavior and stated management preferences in Santo Tomas, Chontales
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Janaki Alavalapati, Forest Resources and Conservation

Pearson, Brian
Organic wastewater contamination in the natural environment: a review
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Mike Olexa, Food and Resource Economics

Peralta, Percy
Socioeconomic evaluation of indigenous communal carpentries in the Peruvian Amazon
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Karen Kainer, Forest Resources and Conservation

Quinn, Luther
Animal use of drainage culverts to traverse major highways
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Margaret Carr

Rice, Amanda N.
Diet and condition of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in three central Florida lakes
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Franklin Percival, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Sanderson, Kendall
Extension support for organic farmers in the South: a function of attitude, knowledge, or confidence?
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Sims, Robin Elizabeth
Performance evaluation of the field hydrologic and nutrient transport model (FHANTM 2.0) on beef pastures at Buck Island Ranch, Florida
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Kenneth Campbell, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Stickler, Claudia
Impacts of logging on primate ranging behavior and seed dispersal in Kibale National Park, Uganda
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Colin Chapman, Zoology

Sullivan, Amy
Engaging stakeholders in assessing and addressing their own needs: planning and implementing participatory agricultural development in St. Lucia and Dominica
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

2003

Arjona, Genoveva
Community-based ecotourism in natural protected areas in Mexico
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Brijesh Thapa, Recreation, Parks, and Tourism

Breuer, Norman E. 
Linking sustainability, food security, and improved worker livelihoods in an Ecuadorian agroecosystem
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor, Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Bradford, Bianca M. 
Beyond the beach patrol:  an evaluation of volunteer contributions for sea turtle conservation in Florida
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Glenn Israel, Agricultural Education and Communication

Bowers, Kristen
Effects of within-field location of host plants and intercropping on the distribution of Mircotheca ochroloma (Stal) in mizuna
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Cassidy, Lin
Anthropogenic burning in the Okavango panhandle of Botswana:  livelihoods and spatial dimensions
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Christy Gladwin, Food and Resource Economics

Cheng, Judith
The association between environmental behaviors and demographic characteristics among coral reef recreationists in Green Island, Taiwan
M.S. Technical Paper.
Advisor: Brijesh Thapa, Recreation, Parks and Tourism

Jenkins, Amy Miller
Seed banking and vessicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae in pasture restoration in central Florida
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Doria Gordon, Botany

Jones, George "P.J."
The feasibility of using small unmanned aerial vehicles for wildlife research
M.S. Thesis.
Advisor: Franklin Percival, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Kadel, Nikole K.
Evaluation of "Give forests a hand": an environmental service-learning program
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Martha Monroe, Forest Resources and Conservation

Muller, Joshua J.
Characterization of vegetation within the Northwest Eighth Avenue floodplain of Hogtown Creek
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor: Thomas Crisman, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Paz, Clea L.
Forest-use history and the soils and vegetation of a lowland forest in Bolivia
M.S. Thesis
Advisor: Frances "Jack" Putz, Botany

Zweig, Christa L.
Body condition factor analysis for the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Frank Mazzotti, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

2002

Thangata, Paulanco
The potential for agroforestry adoption and carbon sequestration in smallholder agroecosystems of Malawi:  an ethnographic linear programming approach
Ph.D. Dissertation
Advisor:  Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Nunley, Janet C. 
Potential for remote sensing to locate the Ordinary High Water Line in Florida:  a case study of Lakes Hatchineha and Kissimmee
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Scott Smith, Civil and Coastal Engineering

Spector, Tova L.   
The future of open-grown live oak (Quercus virginiana, Mill) in the South
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Jack Putz, Botany

Gourlay, Anita Marie 
Questioning sprawl, seeking a planning alternative that incorporates, environmental, social and economic concerns
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Donna Lee, Food and Resource Economics

Yee, Angela
The effects of toxic cyanobacteria on cladocerans
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Edward Phlips, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

McNair, Rebecca
Florida yards and neighborhoods:  nine principle presentations
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Bijan Dehgan, Environmental Horticulture

Rezola, Sandra
The path of least resistance in environmental hazard siting:  a Florida case study of environmental justice
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth, and Community Sciences

Watts, Adam C.   
Ecological restoration in Florida dry prairie:  comparing strategies in a long-term study at Myakka River State Park, Florida
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  George Tanner, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Hale, Jason A.   
Changes in coverage of submersed aquatic vegetation along Florida's Gulf coast:  applying image processing procedures to aerial photograph interpretation
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Tom Frazer, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Mony, Preethi
Assessing environmental literacy in Florida's 4-H environmental education program
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Gerry Culen, Family, Youth & Community Sciences

2001

Theisen, Mark
Is Federal legislation constraining public and private benefits?  A case study of the Endangered Species Act concerning sturgeon aquaculture in Florida
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Wally Clark, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Cohen, Aimee J. 
Dike it, dam it, divert it, drain it, and dechannelize it!  An analysis of the public's interest in the Kissimmee River and the institutions that serve them
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Tony Rosenbaum, Political Science

Lechuga, Jennifer
The feasibility of sport hunting as a wildlife management tool for conservation and sustainable development in southern Mexico
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Richard Bodmer, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Van Holt, Tracy
The influences of the Scheelea phalerata palm and landscape patterns on the terrestrial mammalian and avian communities of forest islands in the Brazilian Pantanal
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Richard Bodmer, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Escorriola, Ignacio
The Caribbean Hawksbill conservation: an international common-pool resources approach
Advisor: Tony Rosenbaum, Political Sciences

Farve, Melina
Association between particulate phosphorus and suspended solids in an Everglades treatment wetland dominated by submerged aquatic vegetation
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Willy Harris, Soil and Water Science

Ferreyra, Maria Cecilia 
"Emergy" perspectives on the Argentine economy and food production systems of the Rolling Pampas during the Twentieth Century
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Mark Brown, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Bisonnette, Stephen
Plan for feasibility study:  implementing an integrated bar code management system for hazardous materials management at the University of Florida
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Tony Rosenbaum, Political Science

Pennington, Julia K.   
Understanding and accounting for community stakeholders' relationships with nearby public natural areas in Florida
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Taylor Stein, Forest Resources and Conservation

Shankle, Stacey
Involving the rural southern working class in National Forest management planning
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Cassandra Moseley, Political Science

Yates, Chris
Fisheries depletion and conflict:  the case of the Honduras-Nicaragua maritime boundary dispute
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Ed Phlips, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Nagid, Stephanie M.  
Vegetative, hydrologic, and soil interactions in eight northeast Florida ecosystems
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Mark Brown, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Posas, Paula J. 
Tradition, shocks, and agricultural change among the Mojoncito Bribri of Talamanca, Costa Rica
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Nigel Smith, Geography

Evans, Jason
Precaution to the wind:  a local narrative on the permitting on the Ichetucknee cement plant
M.S. Thesis
Advisor Richard Haynes, Philosophy

2000

Kibert, Nicole C.
An analysis of the correlations between the affective, behavioral, and cognitive components of environmental literacy in undergraduate university students
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Leslie Thiele, Political Science

Taranto, Stephen
The effects of market access on agroecosystem management by cocoa farmers in Bocas del Toro, Panama
M.S. Thesis
Advisor:  Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth, and Community Sciences

Mwale, Abiud
Adoption of soil and land conservation technologies in Zambia:  understanding farmers' adoption criteria
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Ngwenyama, David
Wetlands conservation in Zambia:  a review of economic values and costs
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Clyde Kiker, Food and Resource Economics

Peme, Lizzie
School and community-based environmental education programs:  what works
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Martha Monroe, Forest Resources and Conservation

Sibbuku, Marinah Kanyanga
Resource management options:  a case from Chalimbana Forest Reserve, Zambia
M.S. Technical Paper
Advisor:  Janaki Alavalapati, Forest Resources and Conservation