Recent Student Projects (2018)
UNDERC-East
| Student | Project Title | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Brencher, George | Spatial variables explain windthrow on a fine scale in a microtopographic forest | Bethany Blakely |
| Dewey, Allyson | The effect of DOC and hydraulic residence time on primary production in lake ecosystems | Carly Olson |
| Dicara, Caitlin | Investigating the relationship between body condition and phonotaxis of male Hyla versicolor and Rana clamitans towards a conspecific chorus | Mary Chang |
| Doolittle, Cole | Site specific responses to disturbance regime in a monotypic Tsuga canadensis forest | Kelly Heilman |
| Gregory, Matt | Up, up, and away: melatonin and diel vertical migration in Daphnia pulicaria and Daphnia pulex | Bret Coggins |
| Grose, Amelia | Dragonfly naiad preference for color and luster in the presence of a predator | Todd Crowl |
| Johnson, Ellen | Tail morphology and swimming performance in Ambystoma laterale and Plethodon cinereus | Michael Cramer, Vanessa Young |
| Klein, Matthew | Correlation analysis of body condition and advertisement call morphology in male Hyla versicolor and the effect of female choice | Mary Chang |
| Laate, Eric | Do tip-up mounds provide a refugia for some native plants? | Walter Carson |
| Larson, Camryn | Medical waste causing problems on a micro scale: the impact of antibiotics on the metabolic processes of Daphnia pulicaria | Bret Coggins |
| Leclair-Bernal, Shirley | Look at the lake’s edge of UNDERC: varying soil moisture and organic material in Hemlock and Sugar Maple forest | Kelly Heilman |
| Lee, Kiana | Luxilus cornutus prey size selection in response to different habitat densities | Ellie Wallace |
| Martens, Michael | Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) and Red Maple (Acer rubrum) absolute growth rates in the presence of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) herbivory and canopy gaps | Walter Carson |
| Mears, Emily | Conduit diameter and conduit abundance variation in three deciduous tree species in northern Michigan in relation to species-specific sap flux | Bethany Blakely |
| Parra Saldivar, Andrea | On the road to depletion: road impact on soil fauna in Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) forests at UNDERC | Rose-Marie Muzika |
| Petitdemange, Alyssa | The effects of hydrologic residence time on consumer-mediated nutrient cycling and algal growth | Carly Olson |
| Post, Alanna | Understory vegetation in sugar maple monoculture forest stands and mixed deciduous and coniferous forest stands | Bethany Blakely |
| Pribyl Pierdinock, David | Sub-lethal effects of repeated catch and release angling on bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) | Colin Dassow |
| Reeves, Eileen | Examining native and invasive flower preferences in wild bee populations | Rose-Marie Muzika |
| Rodriguez Trujillo, Nathalia Paola | Mystery seeds: Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) foraging preferences on seeds of herbaceous plants | Michael Cramer |
| Schmidt, Amanda | The effect of ultraviolet radiation on the foraging rate of juvenile Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) | Carolyn Iwicki |
| Serrano Rodriguez, Xiomary | Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) impact on Common Shiners (Luxilus cornutus) schooling behavior | Todd Crowl |
| Steward, Jace | Mitigating shoreline development: introducing synthetic structures to improve Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) angling success | Carolyn Iwicki |
| Stewart, Erin | An ear for fear: the effect of substrate type and background noise on the foraging behavior of Peromyscus maniculatus gracilis (Woodland Deer Mice) | Michael Cramer |
| Terrazas, Marlen | Behavioral adaptations to artificial and natural baits after catch-and-release fishing in Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) | Colin Dassow |
| VerHey, Madeline | Impact of Lorencia maackii on native plant richness, diversity, and abundance | Samantha Sutton |
| Walther, Mary Jane | Edge effects on climate sensitivity in an Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) forest of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan | Kelly Heilman |
| Wolfe, Samantha | Analysis of snail assemblages and related conditions of Tenderfoot and Brown Lakes | Shannon Jones |
UNDERC-West
| Student | Project Title | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Cruz Díaz, Mariana | How does the presence of forbs and change in elevation affect the genus richness of butterfly populations at the National Bison Range? | Daniel De Jesús |
| Harris, Edwin | A comparison of inter- and intraspecific aggression in sympatric populations of eastern (Tyrannus tyrannus) and western (Tyrannus verticalis) kingbirds | David Flagel |
| Johnson, Soren | Multilevel trophic interaction of biodiversity for forbs, insects, and birds in the intermountain bunchgrass prairie ecosystem | Kate Barrett |
| Louria, Bethany | Effects of Dalmatian toadflax on grass biomass and forb biodiversity in western Montana grasslands | David Flagel |
| Manayan, Maximilian | Fear ecology: A brief review on Tamias foraging behavior in response to predatorial pressures | David Flagel |
| Martinez, Sophia | Water chemistry, aquatic macroinvertebrate communities, and bird communities in managed waterfowl production potholes and natural potholes in the National Bison Range | Kate Barrett |
| Montemurri, Celia | Effects of wallowing disturbance on forb biodiversity and prevalence of exotic plant species of Palouse prairies of the National Bison Range | David Flagel |
| Nguyen, Erin | Pecking order: establishing a hierarchy of dominance among common feeder birds in western Montana | Daniel De Jesús |
| Torres-Martínez, Esmeralda | The effects of recent fire activity in understory species richness and abundance at the National Bison Range | Rick Everett |
