Dissertations from 2024
Local Governmental Collective Action and Mandated Policy Implementation, Michael D. Roberts, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2023
River restoration through dam removal: Examining ecological responses to small dam removals across Massachusetts, Katherine M. Abbott, Environmental Conservation
Mineral and Metabolic Constraints on Carbon Cycling Within and Export From Mountainous Floodplain Soils, Cam Anderson, Environmental Conservation
THE PROMOTION OF COPPER OXIDE NANOPARTICLES ON THE GROWTH AND QUALITY OF VEGETABLES, shang gao, Environmental Conservation
CONSERVATION VALUE OF SUBURBAN WOODLANDS FOR A DECLINING SONGBIRD, Melanie L. Klein, Environmental Conservation
Population Ecology of the Diamondback Terrapin at their Northern Range Limit, Patricia M. Levasseur, Environmental Conservation
HABITAT USE AND INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELING OF BALD EAGLES IN MAINE NEAR CURRENT AND POTENTIAL WIND ENERGY FACILITIES, Blake Massey, Environmental Conservation
Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli): A Starring Role in the Drama of Deforestation in Northwestern Madagascar, Amanda E. Suzzi-Simmons, Environmental Conservation
Incorporating Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function Relationships into Models and Conservation Planning, Sarah R. Weiskopf, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2022
ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF GREY CROWNED CRANES (Balearica regulorum) IN TANZANIA, Bridget Amulike, Environmental Conservation
Building Information Modeling (BIM) And Building Energy Modeling (BEM): Assessment of BIM-BEM Workflows And Energy Simulation Tools, Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Environmental Conservation
The Influence of Climate Change On The Ecology of the Arctic Ground Squirrel in Denali National Park, AK., Nigel A. Golden, Environmental Conservation
PRIDE IN OUR PRIDES: MITIGATING HUMAN-LION CONFLICT IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA, Eric G. LeFlore, Environmental Conservation
FATE AND EFFECT OF FOOD-GRADE TITANIUM DIOXIDE PARTICLES/POLYSTYRENE NANOPLASTICS ON NUTRIENTS BIOACCESSIBILITY OF FOOD IN THE SIMULATED HUMAN GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, Chunyang Li, Environmental Conservation
DEVELOPING A RESTORATION STRATEGY FOR BROOK FLOATER (ALASMIDONTA VARICOSA) IN MASSACHUSETTS, Ayla Skorupa, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2021
Cover crop effects on reducing manure volatilization, improving forage rape production and weed suppression in the northeast U.S.A, Parisa Akbari, Environmental Conservation
Data access, distribution models, and stable isotopes: Merging approaches to improve bear distribution estimates and bear carnivory for conservation, Nereyda Falconi, Environmental Conservation
ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF JAGUAR DISTRIBUTION, ACTIVITY, AND ABUNDANCE IN SANTA ROSA NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA, Victor Montalvo, Environmental Conservation
EMERGING ENERGY ISSUES IN COLOMBIA, Javier Sabogal Aguilar, Environmental Conservation
Attitudes and interactions of indigenous and non-indigenous people with wildlife in the northern Talamanca mountains of Costa Rica, Carolina Saenz-Bolaños, Environmental Conservation
Fate and Application of Copper-based Nanoparticles in Agriculture, Heping Shang, Environmental Conservation
United States Household Carbon Footprints: Quantifying the relationship between household-level income inequality and greenhouse gas emissions (1996-2015), Jared Starr, Environmental Conservation
Evaluation of Benefits and Environmental Risks of Organic Soil Amendments on the Productivity and Nutrient Concentration of Vegetables in New England, Omid Zandvakili, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2020
The effect of pruning treatments on the vibration properties and wind-induced bending moments of Senegal mahogany (Khaya senegalensis) and rain tree (Samanea saman) in Singapore, Daniel Burcham, Environmental Conservation
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF LAMINATED VENEER BAMBOO (LVB) DOWEL JOINTS, Niloufar Khoshbakht, Environmental Conservation
A FRAMEWORK FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED FACADE DESIGN: APPROACH FOR AUTOMATED AND MULTI-OBJECTIVE SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION, Mahsa Minaei, Environmental Conservation
LIVESTOCK PREDATION AND SNOW LEOPARD-HUMAN CONFLICT IN THE WAKHAN VALLEY OF WAKHAN NATIONAL PARK, NORTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN, Zalmai Moheb, Environmental Conservation
Improving Understanding of Forest Communities and Biodiversity with Multi-Dimensional Landscape Gradients, Ben J. Padilla, Environmental Conservation
Interacting effects of climate and biotic factors on mesocarnivore distribution and snowshoe hare demography along the boreal-temperate ecotone, Alexej P. Siren, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2019
IMPROVING THE SHEAR BEHAVIOR OF CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER (CLT) PANELS BY OPTIMIZATION OF LAMINATES PLY-ORIENTATION USING EASTERN HEMLOCK, Alireza Bahmanzad, Environmental Conservation
POPULATION VIABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE FEDERALLY THREATENED EASTERN INDIGO SNAKE IN CENTRAL PENINSULAR FLORIDA, Javan Bauder, Environmental Conservation
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR MARINE ECOSYSTEMS: CASE STUDIES FROM NORTHERN BRAZIL AND NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, Beatriz dos Santos Dias, Environmental Conservation
FISHERIES SCIENCE TO SUPPORT THE CONSERVATION OF BONEFISH (ALBULA GLOSSODONTA) THROUGH TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY BASED MANAGEMENT OF AN ARTISANAL CORAL REEF FISHERY AT ANAA ATOLL, FRENCH POLYNESIA, Alex Filous, Environmental Conservation
ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF IMMATURE SEA TURTLES ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES, Lucas Griffin, Environmental Conservation
Social Signals for Change: Examining the Role of Interpersonal Communication for Positive Ecological Progress, Meaghan Guckian, Environmental Conservation
SOCIO-POLITICAL AND NATURAL-ECOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS, Rick W. Harper, Environmental Conservation
Northeastern Species in Hybrid Cross Laminated Timber, Hamid Kaboli, Environmental Conservation
PREDICTIVE MODELING OF AUTOMATED BUILDING FACADE ELEMENTS TO ATTAIN THERMAL COMFORT IN PASSIVELY CONDITIONED BUILDINGS IN DIFFERENT CLIMATES, Troy Peters, Environmental Conservation
EVALUATION OF THE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY OF MOLE SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMATIDAE) TO A CHANGING CLIMATE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, Kristopher Winiarski, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2018
NOT GONE WITH THE WIND: Addressing Effects of Offshore Wind Development on Bat Species in the Northeastern United States, Zara Rae Dowling, Environmental Conservation
Multi-Scale Analysis of Common-Pool Resources for Ecosystem Conservation in the Orinoco River Watershed, Luisa Galindo, Environmental Conservation
Cumulative adverse effects of offshore wind energy development on wildlife, Morgan Goodale, Environmental Conservation
TRACKING MIGRATORY BIRD MOVEMENTS IN THE GULF OF MAINE WITH AUTOMATED RADIO TELEMETRY AND STABLE HYDROGEN ISOTOPE MARKERS, Jennifer Smetzer, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2017
BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS, POPULATION DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF A STEM GALL WASP, ZAPATELLA DAVISAE (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE), Monica Davis, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2016
Improving Conservation Efforts Through a Better Understanding of Forest Elephant Ecology, the Impacts of Threats on Elephants and Freshwater Fisheries in Northern Congo, Roger Patrick Boundja, Environmental Conservation
Characterizing the urban human environment system in Boston, Massachusetts, Rachel S. Danford, Environmental Conservation
A Period Examination Through Contemporary Energy Analysis of Kevin Roche’s Fine Arts Center at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, L Carl Fiocchi Jr, Environmental Conservation
Evaluating Digital VHF Technology to Monitor Shorebird and Seabird Use of Offshore Wind Energy Areas in the Western North Atlantic, Pamela H. Loring, Environmental Conservation
Integrated Urban Metabolism Analysis Tool (IUMAT), Nariman Mostafavi, Environmental Conservation
Regional Recruitment Dynamics and Seasonal Ecology of Juvenile Bluefish (Pomatomus Saltatrix), David G. Stormer, Environmental Conservation
Evaluating resistance surfaces for modeling wildlife movement and connectivity, Katherine Zeller, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2015
The Effectiveness and Applicability of Amphibians as Indicator Species for Long-Term Monitoring of Ecological Changes in New England Forests, AHMED SIDDIG, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2014
Landscape predictors of current and future distribution of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, Dennis Babaasa, Environmental Conservation
MOVEMENTS AND CONSERVATION OF THE MIGRATORY WHITE-EARED KOB (KOBUS KOB LEUCOTIS) IN SOUTH SUDAN, Malik D. Marjan, Environmental Conservation
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND THE AGRO-PASTORALIST LIVELIHOOD IN THE ANDES OF PERU, Meagan M. Mazzarino, Environmental Conservation
INTEGRATED MODELING OF LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON MULTISCALE ECOSYSTEMS OF CENTRAL AFRICAN WATERSHEDS, Simon Nampindo, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2013
Ecohydrologic Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes on Watershed Systems: A Multi-Scale Assessment for Policy, Paul A. Ekness, Environmental Conservation
Uncertainty in Climatic Change Impacts on Multiscale Watershed Systems, Olga V. Tsvetkova, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2012
Fisher Population Ecology on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, Northwestern California, Sean Michael Matthews, Environmental Conservation
Dissertations from 2011
Finding Blame for Environmental Outcomes: A Cognitive Style Approach to Understanding Stakeholder Attributions, Attitudes, and Values, Christopher Thomas Hawkins, Environmental Conservation