The Department of Biological Sciences provides opportunities for graduate studies leading to the Master of Science degree in Biology that may include a concentration in Applied Ecology. Under the general program, thesis and non-thesis programs are available. The Applied Ecology concentration requires a thesis. A planned program of study, based on individual needs is selected by each student in consultation with the student’s graduate committee. Students engaged in thesis work may conduct research in such areas as aquatic biology, animal behavior and ecology, plant systematics and ecology, wildlife and conservation biology, physiological and molecular ecology, cellular and molecular biology, and microbiology.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Population Distribution and Demographics of Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in Silver Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Justin Daniel Basham

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The vascular flora of Breaks Interstate Park, Pike County, Kentucky, and Dickenson County, Virginia, Julie Bennett Clark

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Effect of predator type, season, brood size, and West Nile Virus infection on the nest defense behavior of male and female Eastern Bluebirds, Kayde Lynn Gilbert

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Four-Toed Salamander (hemidactylium Scutatum) Nest Site Characteristics In Natural And Constructed Wetlands In Eastern Kentucky, Susan Kay King

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The Influence of Tail Autotomy on Avoidance of Chemical Alarm Cues in Northern Zigzag Salamanders, Plethodon dorsalis, Ivan Thomas Moberly

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Nocturnal Habitat Selection During Spring Migration by American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) in Central Kentucky, Andrew K. Newman

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The Development Of Old-Growth Structural Characteristics In Second-Growth Forests Of The Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky, U.s.a., Robert James Scheff

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Space Use And Habitat Selection By Bobcats In Southeastern Kentucky, Andrea Joy Shipley

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Annual variation in timing, orientation and effects of weather on Jefferson salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) and spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) movements in central Kentucky, Christopher James St. Andre

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Forest Dynamics Of Two Multi-Aged Hemlock-Mixed Mesophytic Forests In The Northern Cumberland Plateau, Kentucky, Kacie Lee Tackett

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Bat Species Diversity in Old-Growth vs. Second Growth Forests in Lilley Cornett Woods, Letcher County, Kentucky, Lindsay R. Conley

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Age, forest structure, and disturbance history of five potential old-growth forests in eastern Kentucky's Cumberland Plateau, Adrienne Michelle Cooper

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Amphibian Community Similarity Between Natural Ponds And Constructed Ponds Of Multiple Types In Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky, Robert Daniel Denton

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Land snail species diversity and composition between different forest disturbance regimes in central and eastern Kentucky Forests, Daniel Douglas

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Efficacy Of Constructed Wetlands Of Various Depths For Natural Amphibian Community Conservation, Andrea Nicole Drayer

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Characterization Of Pregnancy Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy In Rats, Patricia Holden

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Effect of nestling sex ratio on the provisioning behavior of adult Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis), Barbara Ellen Kieffer

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A Post-Restoration Assessment of the Fishes and Macroinvertebrates of Mill Branch, Knox County, Kentucky, with Emphasis on the Blackside Dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis), Dwayne Kevin Merrill

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Population and Conservation Genetics of Crawfish Frogs, Lithobates areolatus, at their Northeastern Range Limits, Schyler O. Nunziata

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Nest-site selection by Sharp-shinned Hawks in Kentucky, Tyler Edmonson Rankin

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Characteristics Of Rest Sites Used By Raccoons (procyon Lotor) In Richmond, Kentucky, Jonathan Ridenour

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Ultraviolet reflectance of nestling plumage and the provisioning strategies of adult Eastern Phoebes (Sayornis phoebe), Alyssa Rae Underwood

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Edaphic, Microtopographic, and Light Characteristics Associated with the Endangered Running Buffalo Clover (Trifolium stoloniferm) at the Blue Grass Army Depot, Madison County, Kentucky, Lance Austin Watt

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Shorebird migration in western Kentucky: phenology, habitat use, and possible effects of prey availability, Nicole Ann Ranalli