Alvarez Clare, Silvia (B.S. - Universidad de Costa Rica, M.S. - University of Florida)
Effect of precipitation on nutrient bioavailability in tropical rain forests
Advisor: Michelle Mack, Botany

Alvira, Diana (B.S. - Universidad de los Andes, M.S. - University of Florida)
Agroforestry for conservation and development in eastern lowland Colombia
Advisor: Karen Kainer, Forest Resources and Conservation

Araujo, Abib (B.S. - Universidade Federal do Acre, M.S. - University of Florida)
Understanding community-based fire management in the western Brazilian Amazon
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Arnold, Jennifer (B.S. - University of Wisconsin, M.S. - University of Arizona)
Participatory dynamics and management of social-ecological systems
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Ash, Jeremy (B.S. - McGill University, M.S. - Miami University)
Sustainable forest management practices in a socioeconomic context
Advisor Jack Putz, Botany

Athayde, Simone (M.S. - Federal University of Parana, Brazil, M.S - University of Kent)
Displacement and the dynamics of indigenous knowledge systems among the Kaibi in the Brazilian Amazon
Advisor: Michael Heckenberger, Anthropology

Avila, Laura (Lic. - EARTH University, Costa Rica, M.S. - University of Florida)
Configuration of biosphere reserves and agricultural buffers zones, and mechanisms of biodiversity change
Advisor: Eric Keys, Geography

Bartels, Wendy-Lin (B.S. - University of Stellenbosch, M.S. - University of Florida)
Social learning in land use planning: A comparative case study of a Brazilian environmental service payment program
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Anthropology

Becker, Brian (B.S. - Kansas State University, M.S. - University of Florida)
Assessing the feasibility of using woody biomass for energy generation
Advisor: Donald Rockwood, Forest Resources and Conservation

Bhotika, Smriti (B.S. - University of North Carolina)
Community dynamics of mammalian herbivores in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem
Advisor: Robert Holt, Zoology

Boggs, Ashley (B.S. - University of Florida)
Effects of perchlorate on alligator development at Kennedy Space Center
Advisor: Lou Guillette, Zoology

Bohrmann, Thomas (B.S. - LaGrange College, M.A.T. - University of Florida)
Statistical ecology
Advisor: Mary Christman, Statistics

Boodram, Natalie (B.S., M.Phil. - University of the West Indies)
Composition, structure, and spatial characteristics of riparian vegetation in Trinidad: a baseline for conservation and restoration planning
Advisor: Dan Zarin, Forest Resources and Conservation

Brando, Paulo (B.S. - University of Sao Paulo)
Simulating the effects of climate change and fire on Amazonian vegetation
Advisor: Jack Putz, Botany

Brown Salazar, Ricardo (Forest Eng. - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, M.S. - Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza)
Tropical forestry, community forestry & effects of harvesting on forest dynamics
Advisor: Greg Kiker, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Buck, David G. (B.A. - University of North Carolina, M.S. - University of Florida)
Linking land use/land cover change and aquatic ecosystem function in the tropical, lowland watersheds of Belize, Central America
Advisor: Mark Brenner, Geological Sciences

Burks-Copes, Kelly (B.S. - University of New Mexico, M.S. - New Mexico State University)
Methodology for placing mitigation banks in the landscape using an ecosystem and watershed approach
Advisor: Greg Kiker, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Canales, Gina (B.S. - Escuela Agricola Panamerica, Honduras, M.S. - University of Florida)
Rural development, small farms, and environmental education
Advisor: Sandra Russo, Sociology

Carlton, J. Stuart (B.A. - Tulane University, M.S. - University of Georgia)
Collaborative problem-solving for biodiversity conservation
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Carey, Richard (B.S. - University of Miami, M.S. - University of Georgia
Water quality impacts of increased urbanization in the Biscayne Bay watershed, Florida
Advisor, Kati White, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Castaneda, Hector (B.S. - Instituto Technologico de Costa Rica, M.S. - University of Florida)
Economic drivers of forest resurgence in El Salvador
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Celis Azofeifa, Gerardo (B.S. - Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, M.S. - University of Florida)
Urban forest restoration ecology in the tropics
Advisor: Shibu Jose, Forest Resources and Conservation

Clark, Connie (B.A. - Williamette University, M.A. - San Francisco State University)
Tropical conservation research and management, ecological properties and economic constraints
Advisor: Doug Levey, Zoology

Claudio, Helen (B.S. - California Institute of Technology, B.S. - California State University- Los Angeles)
Multi-scale modeling of evapotranspiration and carbon fluxes in southeastern pine forests
Advisor: Wendell Cropper, Forest Resources and Conservation

Coenen, Danny (B.S., M.S. - University of Florida)
Survey of ecological impacts of climate change in Florida
Advisor: Tom Crisman, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Coles, Britt (B.A. - SUNY Binghamton, MFA - New York University)
Gendered perspectives on rural livelihoods around protected parks in southern Africa
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics  

Cossio, Rosa (B.S. - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, M.S. - Florida International University)
Institutional and organizational processes of tropical forest concession management
Advisor: Stephen Perz, Sociology

Cox, Clayton (B.S. - University of Florida, M.S. - Universtiy of Florida)
Biomimetic materials and bioremediation, discovering natural adaptations for commercial applications
Advisor: Max Teplitski, Soil and Water Science

Craig, Christine (B.S., M.S. - Virginia Commonwealth University)
Enviromental factors associated with the use of a new technique for developing fingerprints on thermal paper
Advisor: Anthony Falsetti, Anthropology

Daniels, Amy E. (B.A. - Wesleyan University, M.S. - University of Florida)
Patterns and processes of land cover change: understanding tradeoffs
Advisor: Jane Southworth, Geography

Devincenzo-King, Danielle (B.A., M.S. - University of Florida)
Agroforestry for ecosystem restoration and rural livelihoods in western Africa
Advisor: Matt Cohen, Forest Resources and Conservation

DiGiano, Maria (B.A. - University of North Carolina, M.S. - University of Florida)
Privatizing the commons: impacts of agrarian reform on forest cover in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Latin American Studies

Ehret, Dana (B.S. - Stockton College of New Jersey, M.S. - University of Florida)
Macroevolution of body size in the lamnid sharks
Advisor: Bruce MacFadden, Florida Museum of Natural History

Emptaz-Collomb, Jean-Gael (B.S. - George Washington University)
Linking tourism, well-being, and conservation in the Okavango Delta
Advisor: Janaki Alavalapati, Forest Resources and Conservation

Escobar, Jaime (Ing. - Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia, M.S. - University of Florida)
High-resolution reconstruction of lowland Central American climate during the last deglaciation and last glacial maximum
Advisor: Mark Brenner, Geological Sciences

Frechette, Jackson (B.A. - University of Wisconsin, M.S. - University of Florida)
Predator-prey interactions, squirrel monkey perception of risk
Advisor: Sue Boinski, Anthroplogy

Gill, Tom (B.A., M.A. - University of Cambridge, M.S. - University of Reading)
Potential for grain amaranth production in AIDS-affected East African communities
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Guerra, Raissa (B. - University of Brasilia, M.A. - University of Brasilia)
Payments for environmental services, ProAmbiente, Brazil
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Latin American Studies

Haddle, Jenny (B.A. - University of Georgia, M.S. - University of Florida)
Social construction of tourist places: comparison of cruise tourism and ecotourism in Belize
Advisor: Richard Stepp, Anthropology

Hershorin, Aubree Gallaher (B.A. - Franklin & Marshall College, M.S. - University of Florida)
Effects of beach nourishment on sea turtles
Advisor: Joe Delfino, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Hua Fang-Yuan (B.S. - Beijing Normal University, M.S. -Peking Union Medical College)
Role of land tenure system in determining deforestation patterns, and resultant landscape configuration effects on composition of mixed-species bird flocks in tropical lowland rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia
Advisor: Katie Sieving, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Jahn, Alex (B.S. - Lake Superior State Univerity, M.S. - University of Arkansas)
The behavioral ecology of avian migration: a Neotropical perspective
Advisor: Doug Levey, Zoology

Kanapaux, William (B.A. - College of Charleston, M.F.A. - University of Michigan)
livelihoods and resource use along the Kwandu River, Namibia
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography and Center for African Studies

Kazakov, Nikolay (B.A. - Irkutzk State Pedigogic Institute of Foreign Language, M.S. - Evergreen State College
Development of a social science instrument toolbox to describe and measure local community agency for capacity to manage wildlife resources in an international perspective
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Kgabung, Bothepa (B.S., M.S. - University of Botswana)
The impact of Chobe National Park and elephant management on rural livelihoods and biodiversity conservation
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography

Knowles, Hal (B.S. - Univerdity of Florida, M.S. - University of Florida)
Adaptive management for residential communities and urban infrastructure
Advisor: Stephen Mulkey, Botany

Kopka, Matthew (B.A. - University of Michigan, M.F.A. - University of Alabama)
Planning and participation in the institution of Venezuela's land reforms
Advisor: Grenville Barnes, Forest Resources and Conservation

Liebowitz, Dina (B.A. - University of Pennsylvania, M.S. - University of Florida)
Adaptive management of Florida watersheds and springs
Advisor: Matt Cohen, Forest Resources and Conservation

Livengood, Elisa (B.S. - East Carolina University, M.S. - University of Florida)
The ornamental fish trade in Colombia as a profitable and sustainable venture
Advisor: Frank Chapman, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Loudermilk, Louise (B.S., M.S. - University of Florida)
Spatial modeling of fire dynamics to assess longleaf pine regeneration success on multiple scales
Advisor: Wendell Cropper, Forest Resources and Conservation

MacLauchlin, Kari (B.S. - University of Georgia, M.S. - University of Florida)
Ecological, economic, and cultural dynamics in small-scale commercial fisheries of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Advisor: Rick Stepp, Anthropology

Madson II, Torben (Ted) (B.S.B.A., M.B.A., & J.D., University of Florida)
Design and implementation of a system for assuring the boundaries of real property
Advisor: David Gibson, Forest Resources and Conservation

Mathews, Mason (B.S. - Colorado State University, M.A. - American University)
Social capital in the transition from paton-client to social movement networks in Brazilian Amazonia
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Latin American Studies

McCoy, Krista (B.S. - Old Dominion University, M.S. - James Madison University)
Rerproductive and renal pathologies in the giant toad (Bufo marinus) are associated with human land use practices
Advisor: Collette St. Mary, Zoology

Medjibe, Vincent (B.A. - University of Bangui, M.S. - Yale University)
Carbon consequences of forest management practices in the Central African Republic
Advisor: Jack Putz, Botany

Montambault, Jensen (B.A. - University of Virginia, M.S. - University of Florida)
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

Moon, Molly (B.S. - Troy State University, M.B.A. - Barry University)
Community capacity building in vulnerable communities: impact/affect on disaster mitigation in relation to land use and resource management
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Morgan-Brown, Theron (B.S. - Lewis and Clark College, M.S. - University of Florida)
Conservation and development, butterfly farming in Kenya
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Mukherjee, Atanu (M.S. - University of Calcutta, M.S. - University of Florida)
Conservation and sustainable use of tropical soils, environmental chemistry of anthropic soils
Advisor: Andrew Zimmerman, Geological Sciences

Mupeta, Patricia (B.S. - University of Zambia, M.S. - University of Kent)
Governance of community institutions and community-based natural resource management effectiveness in three southern African countries
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography and Center for African Studies

Nguyen, Chung (B.S. - University of Agriculture and Forestry, M.S. - University of Colorado)
Biodiversity conservation and wetland management
Advisor: Yuncong Li, Soil and Water Science

Notestein, Sky (B.S. & M.S. - University of Florida)
Watershed effects on marine environments, nutrient loading, and land use
Advisor: Tom Frazer, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Paniagua, Franklin (B. Law - University of Costa Rica, M.A.L.A.S. - University of Florida)
Managing conflict and collaboration in community natural resource programs
Advisor: Marianne Schmink, Latin American Studies

Pawlitz, Rachael (B.A. - Truman State University, M.A. - Macquarie University)
Role of data filtering, interpretation, and communication in Everglades adaptive watershed management
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Pellish, Harry (B.S. - Florida International University, M.S. - University of Lund, Sweden)
Small-holder tropical mountain agriculture, an international comparison
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics  

Pitt, Amber (B.A. - University of Vermont, M.S. - University of Florida)
Factors influencing freshwater turtle populations and community composition in two distinct areas of the North Fork of White River, Ozark County, Missouri
Advisor: Max Nickerson, Florida Museum of Natural History

Pomeroy, Carlton (B.A. - University of Cincinnatti, M. S. - University of Florida)
Trees, tractors, and governance: an analysis of conflict over natural resources in Santa Rosa del Sara, Bolivia
Advisor: Stephen Perz, Sociology

Quoc Ai Tran (B.S. - University of Agriculture and Forestry, Ho Chi Minh City, M.S. - University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Effect of changes in salinity and water level fluctuation on plant distribution on intertidal marsh in Florida
Advisor: Clay Montague, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Radachowsky, Jeremy (B.S. - University of Connecticut, M.S. - Florida International University)
Participatory scenario modeling in complex social-ecological systems
Advisor: Greg Kiker, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Ramos, Luis (D.V.M. - Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, M.S. - New Mexico State University)
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

Reynolds, Thomas (B.S.B.A. - University of Florida, M.A. - University of Florida)
Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of land use policy, land tenure, and land access
Advisor: Roy Carriker, Food and Resource Economics

Riverstone, Gerald R. (B.S. & M.A. - SUNY Albany)
Evolving indigenous land tenure in Peruvian Amazonia
Advisor: Grenville Barnes, Forest Resources and Conservation

Rios, Alfredo (B.S. - University of Guelph, M.A. - University of Florida)
Integrating socioeconomic and ecological dimensions toward communal management of the Andean potato weevil
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Rocha, Karla (B.S. - Universidade Federal do Acre, M.A. - University of Florida)
Effects of land use on forest cover, remote sensing, biodiversity, climate change, sustainable development
Advisor: Jane Southworth, Geography

Rodriguez, Juan Carlos (B.Agric. - Panamerican School of Agrciulture, M.S. - University of Florida)
Food production, food labeling, and consumer needs and preferences
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Rodriguez, Joysee (B.S. - Escuela Agraria Panamerica, M.S. - Auburn University)
Risk assessment tools for sustainable watershed management
Advisor: Eric Keyes, Geography

Rojas, Rafael (B.A. - Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, M.A.L.A.S. - University of Florida)
Agricultural patterns in the southern Peruvian Amazon
Advisor: Stephen Perz, Sociology

Rostant, Luke (B.S., M.S. - University of the West Indies)
Patterns of land use and land cover change in the protected area system in Trinidad and Tobago
Advisor: Michael Binford, Geography

Saqui, Juanita Garcia (B.S. - University of Belize, M.S. - University of Florida)
Comparative study of community-based natural resource management in Caprivi-Namibia, Chobe-Botswana, Imusho-Zambia, and Maya Center-Belize
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography and Center for African Studies

Schreeg, Laura (B.S. - St. Mary's College, M.S. - Michigan State University)
Understanding plant mechanisms for accessing phosphorus in lowland tropical forests
Advisor: Michelle Mack, Botany

Seales, Lisa (B.S. - University of Oregon, M.S. - University of Florida)
Multiple approaches to conservation and sustainable development, growing capacity for collaborative management
Advisor: Taylor Stein, Forest Resoruces and Conservation

Shenkin, Alexander (B.S. - University of California-San Diego, M.S. - Yale University)
Communities, forest governance, and biodiversity in the Bolivian Amazon
Advisor: Grenville Barnes, Forest Resources and Conservation

Silva, Eduardo (Lic.Med.Vet. - Universidad Austral de Chile, D.V.M. - Universidad Austral de Chile)
Conservation biology and human-wildlife conflicts
Advisor: Katie Sieving, Widlife Ecology and Conservation

Singh, Aditya (B.S. - Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, M.Planning - Center for Environmental Planning and Technology)
Regional planning, geoinformatics, and wildlife conservation
Advisor: Madan Oli, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Stickler, Claudia (B.S. - University of Puget Sound, M.S. - University of Florida)
Ecological and economic trade-offs of land use policy scenarios for the Xingu River headwaters
Advisor: Jane Southworth, Geography

Trager, Matthew (B.A. - Grinnell College, M.S. - University of Florida)
Conservation and population restoration of the Miami blue butterfly
Advisor: Jaret Daniels, Entomology and Nematology

Thompson, Brad (B.A. - Shippensburg State University, M.R.P., M.L.A. - University of Pennsylvania)
Use of the theory of planned behavior in assessing environmental behaviors
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth & Community Sciences

Townsend, Josiah (B.S., M.A. - University of Florida)
Systematics, biogeography, and conservation of the highland herpetofauna of Honduras
Advisor: Max Nickerson, Florida Museum of Natural History

Tucker, Joanna (B.S.P.A. - Indiana University, M.A. - University of Arizona)
Ecology of native oil-producing palms: implications for biodiesel production in Amazonia
Advisor: Karen Kainer, Forest Resources and Conservation

Van Holt, Tracy (B.S. - SUNY at Stony Brook, M.S. - University of Florida)
Influences of twenty years of land use/land cover change on the nearshore resources in southern Chile
Advisor: Michael Binford, Geography

Virapongse, Arika (B.S. - University of Florida, M.S. - Khon Kaen University)
Ethnoecology and community-based natural resource management
Advisor: Michael Heckenberger, Anthropology

Vongkhamheng, Chantavy (M.S. - Mahidol University, Bangkok)
Tiger and prey conservation in Lao PDR
Advisor: Mel Sunquist, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Wagner, Meredith Evans. (B.S. - California State University-Chico, M.S. - University of Florida)
Carnivore conservation in heterogeneous landscapes: pattern and process of leopard and striped hyena movement and distribution in Laikipia, Kenya
Advisor: Michael Binford, Geography

Ward, Dawn (B.A. - New York University, M.A. - Universidad de Chile)
Ecological anthropology and sustainable development in Latin America, non-timber forest products
Advisor: Rick Stepp, Anthropology

Welch, Zachariah (B.S., M.S. - University of Florida)
Development and implementation of habitat management tools for the Kissimmee chain of lakes
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Wilsey, David (B.B.A. - University of Wisconsin, M.S. - University of Minnesota)
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

Woolum, Andrew (B.S. - Clemson University, M.S. - University of Florida)
Personality, sensitivity, and satisfaction in a natural resource agency
Advisor: Taylor Stein, Forest Resources and Conservation

Zeidemann, Vivian (B.A. - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, M.A. - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia)
Sustainable forest use in Brazilian extractive reserves: Brazil nut as a keystone economic species in Amazonian conservation
Advisor: Karen Kainer, Forest Resouces and Conservation

Albritton, Rachael (B.S. - University of Florida)
Examining conflict and tolerance among off-highway vehicle riders in Ocala National Forest
Advisor: Taylor Stein, Forest Resources and Conservation

Alderman, Philip (B.S. - University of Florida)
Modeling nitrogen response in the regrowth of Tifton-85 Bermudagrass
Advisor: Ken Boote, Agronomy

Anderson, John (B.S. - Shepard College )
Object manipulation as a form of acoustic tool use in brown capuchins
Advisor: Sue Boinski, Anthropology

Atkinson, Benjamin (B.S. - Slippery Rock University)
Abiotic and biotic factors that influence community structure of freshwater turtles
Advisor: Max Nickerson, Florida Museum of Natural History

Basantes, Jenny (B.S. - University of Florida)
Conservation, sustainable development, and community-based ecotourism in the Galapagos
Advisor: Taylor Stein, Forest Resources and Conservation

Beeland, Theresa DeLene (B. Design - University of Florida)
Information sources, belief, and values of key stakeholder groups in Mexican gray wolf reintroduction
Advisor: Kim Walsh-Childers, Journalism

Boby, Leslie (B.S. - University of Illinois)
Quantifying fire severity and C and N pools in interior Alaska's boreal black spruce forest
Advisor: Ted Schuur, Botany

Bost, Jay (B.A. - Prescott College)
Edible plants in the Chinantla, Oaxaca, Mexico
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Brinn, Lori (B.S. - North Carolina State University)
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 (B.S. - St. Lawrence University)
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 (B.S. - University of Florida)
Quantification and ecological role of snag habitat in the Apalachicola River, Florida
Advisor: William Wise, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Campbell, Elliott (B.S. - University of Rhode Island)
Environmental accounting of environmental services and natural capital of the U.S. National Forest system
Advisor: Mark Brown, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Camposano, Brian (B.S. - University of Florida)
Morphology and geographic distribution of anoles (Sauria: Polychrotidae) in Florida
Advisor: Steve Johnson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Carter, Cameron (B.S. - University of Florida)
Effects of habitat on detectability during American alligator night-light surveys
Advisor: Franklin Percival, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Casler, Michelle (B.S. - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry)
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 (B.S. - Brock University, University of Guelph)
Effects of a large-scale lake management program on herpetofauna and fish communities at Lake Tohopekaliga, FL
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Duncan, James (B.S. - University of Florida)
Bioenergy and sustainable technology, adaptive management in waste and energy systems
Advisor: Ann Wilkie, Soil and Water Science

DuPree, Jennifer (B.S. - University of Florida)
Coastal restoration ecology
Advisor: Debbie Miller, Widlife Ecology and Conservation

Elliott, David (B.A. - Johns Hopkins University)
Promise and practice: the effects of community-based ecotourism benefits on conservation behavior in an Amazonian indigenous territory
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography and Center for African Studies

Fletcher, Edward (Trey) (B.S. - Florida State University)
Evaluating ornamental specialty cut production using a sustainable agroforestry approach
Advisor: Mack Thetford, Horticultural Sciences

Foster, Chad (B.A. - University of Florida)
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 (B.S. - Cornell University)
Effects of herbicide use in a longleaf pine flatwoods restoration
Advisor: Shibu Jose, Forest Resources and Conservation

Fullman, Timothy (B.S. - University of California-Davis)
Human-wildlife conflict and community conservation
Advisor: Brian Child, Geography

Gonzalez Roglich, Mariano (Eng. - La Pampa National University)
Natural resource conservation, land use and land cover change
Advisor: Jane Southworth, Geography

Govindarajan, Buvaneswari (B.S. - Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, M.S. - Punjab Agricultural University)
Microbial N and P removal from constructed wetlands
Advisor: Jyotsna Sharma, Environmental Horticulture

Hagan, Donald (B.S. - University of West Florida)
Ecological interactions in a longleaf pine - native woody perennial agroforestry system
Advisor: Shibu Jose, Forest Resources and Conservation

Holm, Jennifer (B.A. - Emory University)
Population dynamics of the Amazonian palm Mauritia flexuosa: Model development and simulation analysis
Advisor: Wendell Cropper, Forest Resources and Conservation

Hotaling, Althea (B.S. - University of West Florida)
Wet prairie conversion in Water Conservation Area 3A, Everglades
Advisor: Wiley Kitchens, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Jeffrey, Brian (B.S. - Florida International University)
Impacts of off-road vehicles on small mammals in Big Cypress National Preserve
Advisor: Frank Mazzoti, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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

Justice, Lauren (B.A. - Emory University)
Exploration of food security using a meso scale modeling approach: Jamaica as an illustrative case
Advisor: Greg Kiker, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Ketterlin, Jennifer (B.A. - University of Colorado-Boulder)
Occurrence of wildlife on tree islands in relation to vegetation type, island characteristics, and water levels in Everglades Water Conservaton Area 3A
Advisor: Frank Mazzotti, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Kornilev, Yurii (B.S. - Davidson College)
Effects of boating disturbance on thermal biology of the Suwanee cooter, Pseudomys concinna suwanniensis
Advisor: Ken Dodd, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Kowler, Laura (B.S. - University of Georgia)
Sustainable agriculture, community development, and health
Advisor: Mickie Swisher, Family, Youth and Community Science

Krediet, Cory (B.S. - Drew University)
Inter-kingdom signaling and resilience of coral-associated microbial communities
Advisor: Max Teplitski, Soil and Water Science

Langin, Cynthia (B.A. - Johns Hopkins University)
A quantitative study of public support for Florida panther recovery
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Linhoss, John (B.S. - Birmingham-Southern College)
Employing community based social marketing strategies to influence water conservation behaviors of University of Florida faculty and staff
Advisor: Mark Clark, Soil and Water Science

Livengood, Elisa (B.S. - East Carolina University)
Curriculum guide for grades 9 to 12 in aquatic sciences
Advisor: Frank Chapman, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Long, Lauren (B.S. - University of Florida)
Wetlands ecology, restoration, biogeochemistry, constructed wetlands for water treatment
Advisor : Matt Cohen, Forest Resources and Conservation

Loughran, Benjamin T. (B.A. - University of Florida)
Systems ecology and aquaculture
Advisor: Clay Montague, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Lumban Tobing, Sarah (B.S. - University of Florida)
Woody species germination and establishment in association with dune swales
Advisor: Debbie Miller, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Malek, Aaron (B.S. - University of Florida)
Enhanced retention of phosphorus applied as flushed dairy manure
Advisor: Willie Harris, Soil and Water Science

McNeeley, Cody (B.S. - Benedictine University)
Role of beaver impoundments on the structure and function of southern Georgia streams
Advisor: Tom Crisman, Environmental Engineering Sciences

Mishkin, Miramanni (B.S. - Central Washington University)
Ethnobotany in ancient cultures
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Morgan-Brown, Theron (B.A. - Lewis and Clark College)
Butterfly farming for conservation and development in Kenya
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Neils, Aletris (B.S. - Arizona State University)
Ecology of the Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) across the urban-wildlife interface of Ocala National Forest
Advisor: Mel Sunquist, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Pieterson, Elisabeth Corrie (B.A. - Florida Gulf Coast University)
Distribution dynamics and control strategies for Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum)
Advisor: Shibu Jose, Forest Resources and Conservation

Ratkus, Kevin (B.A. - University of Florida)
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

Robichaux, Estelle (B.A. - Wellesley College)
Establishment differences between Spartina alterniflora planted on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts: determined by site selection or genotypic diversity?
Advisor: Carrie Reinhardt Adams, Environmental Horticulture

Sakurai, Ryo (B.Law - Keio University)
Comparing people's knowledge of and attitudes toward nuisance black bears in the US and Japan
Advisor: Susan Jacobson, Widlife Ecology and Conservation

Schwarzer, Amy (B.A. - University of Florida)
Relationship of migrating red knots and horseshoe crabs, and implications for management policies
Advisor: Franklin Percival, Wildlife Ecology and Cosnservation

Seales, Lisa (B.S. - University of Oregon)
Entrepreneurship and ecotourism in Costa Rica
Advisor: Taylor Stein, Forest Resources and Conservation

Smith, Erick (B.S. - University of Florida)
Wetlands and exotic invasive plant ecology and management
Advisor: Alison Fox, Agronomy

Sorenson, Julie (B.S. - University of Florida)
Evaluating restoration potential of floodplain forest ecosystems along the Upper Mississippi River following eradication of reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
Advisor: Carrie Reinhardt Adams, Environmental Horticulture

Stoffs, Taryn (B.S. - University of Florida)
Presidential ideology and environmental justice: a case study of EPA permitting through the W.J. Clinton and G.W. Bush administrations
Advisor: Jeff Burkhardt, Food and Resource Economics

Stonerook, Ethan (B.S. - University of Florida)
A model developed to assess the water-use efficiency of different aquaculture systems
Advisor: Frank Chapman, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Storz, Christina (B.S. - University of Florida)
International trade, environmental law, and sustainable agriculture
Advisor: Peter Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics

Tavano, Joseph (B.S. - University of Vermont)
Ecology of the stinkpot, Sternotherus odoratus, in an Ozark stream
Advisor: Max Nickerson, Florida Museum of Natural History

Teague, Amy (B.S. - Widlife Ecology and Conservation)
Human-wildlife conflicts, effects of aquatic habitat changes on the West Indian manatee
Advisor: Jim Nichols, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Tidyman, Thomas (B.A. - University of Florida)
Agricultural policy and environmental standards in developing countries
Advisor Jeff Burkhardt, Food and Resource Economics

Ullrich, Denise (B.A. - University of California-Santa Cruz)
Human fertility and farmland access among the Q'eqchi' Maya of Belize
Advisor: Rick Stepp, Anthropology

Valle, Alvaro (B.A. - Tufts University)
Labor, soil quality, and yield responses to increasingly ecological management in small scale, tropical agroecosystems
Advisor: Hugh Popenoe, Soil and Water Science

Van Etten, Erica (B.S. - Cornell University)
Impacts of woody vegetation on tree seedling establishment in tropical pastures of Amazonian Ecuador
Advisor: Kaoru Kitajima, Botany

Vath, Carrie (B.S. - Humboldt State University)
Ecology of brown capuchin monkeys in Suriname
Advisor: Sue Boinski, Anthropology

Ward, Jr., R. Carlton (B.S. - Wake Forest University)
Conservation photography
Advisor: John Kaplan, Journalism

Watts, Danielle (B.S. - University of Florida)
Nutrient and cabron dynamics in the Everglades ridge and slough ecosystem, Florida
Advisor: Matthew Cohen, Forest Resources and Conservation

Zavoyski, Beth (B.A. - University of Florida)
Environmental quality assessment using geographical informaton systems
Advisor: Clyde Kiker, Food and Resource Economics