Dr. Elmer J. Finck

Advisor: Master of Science Theses Completed

2003. Predators of artificial nests in grasslands of east-central Kansas. Luke A. Westerman.

2002. Landscape features associated with greater prairie-chicken lek locations in Kansas. Brian E. Flock.

2001. Landowner attitudes toward pronghorn in western Kansas. Jennifer Halstead Jensen.

2001. Factors affecting habitat use by the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger rufiventer) in fragmented habitat of eastern Kansas. Jacqueline Ann DeSanty.

2001. Attitudes and opinions of landowners and general citizens relative to black-tailed prairie dog. Lynne Fox-Parrish.

2001. Distribution and mesohabitat characteristics of river otter in eastern Kansas. Andrea C. Ostroff.

2001. Seasonal variation in hematology, body composition, and food caches of eastern woodrats (Neotoma floridana). Michael V. Snyder.

2000. The effects of food supplements on eastern blue bird nestling growth and survival. Douglas A. Robinson, Jr.

1999. Nesting habitat and responses to habitat edges of three grassland passerine species. William E. Jensen.

1999. Two management regimes in the tallgrass prairie: effects on plants and small mammals. Jeffrey D. Witters.

1998. The diet of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the tallgrass prairie. David T. Ganey.

1998. Beaver in the Great Plains: habitat suitability index and flooding. Chad V. Gatlin.

1998. Nest box use by southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans). Kelly J. Haggard.

1998. The effects of body size, season, and food type on food selection of eastern woodrats. Chris D. Hase.

1996. Effects of successional stage and plant association on moist soil unit marcoinvertebrates. Francis E. Durbian III.

1996. Human influences on mammalian biodiversity of public lands in the United States. Katie McGrath.

1996. Effect of free-ranging domestic cats on small mammals. Chris True.

1995. Value of eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana) houses. Kelly S. Conrad.

1995. Utilization of tallgrass prairie by pronghorn in winter and spring based on GIS techniques. Arn W. Eccles.

1994. Avian density, diversity, and species richness in riparian corridors and shelterbelts of east-central Kansas. Terri Ann Abbett.

1994. Secondary succession in two abandoned landfills in east-central Kansas. Wade B. Fothergill.

1994. The use of nest boxes by rural and suburban eastern screech-owls (Otus asio). Charles D. VanGundy.

1993. Mortality, home range, and habitat use of pronghorn fawns within tallgrass prairie of eastern Kansas. Shannon L. Rothchild.

1993. Ecology and genetics of freshwater mussels in the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers of Eastern Kansas. Bernard E. Sietman.

1992. Factors influencing muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) choice of farm ponds in the Flint Hills. Charles B. Marchbanks.

1992. The distribution of house finch in Kansas and studies of competition between the house finch and the house sparrow in Kansas during winter. Dena K. Podrebarac.

1992. Behavior, home range, and habitat use of pronghorn translocated to tallgrass prairie in east-central Kansas. Bradley D. Simpson.