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Auburn, AL 36849-5418
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Student Degree Major Professor Title of Project
Holly Jantz,
Dalinda Dennis,
Erica Santana
MS Wildlife Dr. Jim Armstrong

Behavior and ecology of coyotes (Canis latrans) across an urban-rural gradient

George Matusick MS Forestry Dr. Lori Eckhardt The pathogenicity of Leptographium species to southern pines
Clint McCoy MS Wildlife Dr. Steve Ditchkoff An examination of social stress in an enclosed population of white-tailed deer
Xiaofeng Xu PhD Forestry Dr. Hanqin Tian Modeling carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in restoring wetland and their responses to prescribed fire
Wei Ren PhD Forestry Dr. Hanqin Tian Linking multi-scale remotely sensed data, field observations and biogeochemistry models to evaluate changes in the terrestrial ecosystems of China
Bruno Folegatti PhD Forestry Dr. Mathew Smidt The application of precision forestry - GPS and GIS technologies
Emile Elias PhD Forestry Dr. Mark Dougherty & Dr. Graeme Lockaby Valuing ecosystem services from forested landscapes: How urbanization influences drinking water treatment cost and carcinogen formation
Ann Huyler

PhD

Forestry

Dr. Art Chappelka The response of soil carbon pools to management practices and age of residential areas in Auburn, Alabama
Brian Fox MS Dr. Jim Armstrong Parameters affecting bird use of stormwater-detention ponds in the Southeastern United States:  Implications for bird-aircraft collisions
Jacob Thompson PhD Dr. Lori Eckhardt Evaluation of stand health in association with biomass removal and standard silvicultural practices
Jarrod Zelko MS Dr. Lori Eckhardt The effect of Nicaraguan Ophiostomatoid Fungi on southern pines
Stephanie Irvin MS Dr. Steve Ditchkoff Patterns of reproductive success in male white-tailed deer.
Rob Holtfreter & Brian Williams

PhD and

MS

Dr. Steve Ditchkoff Demography, spatial ecology, and localized management of feral pigs on Fort Benning, Georgia.
Angela Jackson MS Dr. Steve Ditchkoff Survival of White-tailed deer fawns at Fort Rucker, Alabama
Phil Damm MS Dr. Barry Grand Research on the eastern wild turkey in south Alabama.
Nathan Click MS Dr. B. G. Lockaby Decomposition of coarse woody debris in tidal freshwater forested wetlands along a salinity/hydrology gradient on the Apalachicola River in Florida.