Lauren Bailey, 2007, MS
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Kelly Millengah
Thesis title: Brown-Headed Cowbird response to Kirtland's Warbler habitat management and Cowbird trapping in Michigan
Amy Burgin, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Stephen Hamilton
Dissertation title: Novel microbial pathways of nitrate removal from freshwater ecosystems
Heather Dawson, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Michael Jones
Dissertation title: Recruitment variation in Great Lakes sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) populations and implications for integrated pest management
Tracy Grazia, 2007, MS
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Gary Mittelbach
Thesis title: Evaluating the ecological contributions of differing land ownership types in the context of a human-dominated landscape
Sarah Hodgson, 2007, MS
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Barbara Lundrigan
Thesis title: Plan B, no title
Jason Kilgore, 2007, PhD
MSU Department: Department of Plant Biology
Advisor: Frank W. Telewski
Dissertation Title: Distribution and ecophysiology of the Ponderosae in the Santa Catalina Mountains of southern Arizona
Francis Knapczyk, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Plant Biology
Advisor: Jeff Conneer
Dissertation title: The evolution of population differentiation of autogamous selfing ability in Collinsia verna
Joseph Kolowski, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Integrative Biology
Advisor: Kay E. Holekamp
Dissertation Title: Anthropogenic influences on the behavior of large carnivores in the northern Serengeti ecosystem
Andrew Kramer, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: Orlando Sarnelle
Dissertation title: Copepodology in Alpine Lakes: Limitations to recovery of Hesperodiaptomus shosone after exotic fish eradication
Katherin Lander, 2007, MS
MSU Department: Department of Plant Biology
Advisor: Kay Gross
Thesis title: The effects of the parasitic plant Cuscuta gronovii on the mating system of its host plant Impatiens capensis
Brian Linton, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Advisor: James Bence
Dissertation title: Model selection and data weighting methods in statistical catch-at-age analysis: Application to 1836 Treaty Water Stock Assessments
Wendy Mahaney, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Plant Biology
Advisor: Kay Gross
Dissertation title: Soil processes and plant species: Does the reintroduction of native grasses alter soil carbon and nitrogen cycling
Nathan Miller, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Richard Hill
Dissertation title: Multiphase transport processes in sea turtle nesting beaches
Angela Roles, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Jeff Conner
Dissertation title: Novel studies of spontaneous mutations: measurements of fitness in the field and gene expression in the lab
Carrie, Scheele Kissman, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Don Hall
Dissertation title: The effects of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on inland lake ecosystems
Jaime Tanner, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Integrative Biology
Advisor: Kay E. Holekamp
Dissertation Title: Behavioral and morphological development in a female-dominated species, the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
Julianna Tuell, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Entomology
Advisor: Rufus Isaacs
Dissertation title: Ecology and conservation of wild bees associated with highbush blueberry farms in Michigan
Seth Walk, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Thomas S. Whittam
Dissertation title: Population genetics of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis and Escherichia coli from biotic and abiotic sources
Heather Watts, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Kay Holekamp
Dissertation title: Social and ecological influences on survival and reproduction in the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta
Gabriel Yedid, 2007, Ph.D.
MSU Department: Department of Zoology
Advisor: Rich Lenski
Dissertation title: Exploring consequences of mass extinction and recovery in digital organisms