Dr. Jeffrey L. Beck

Ecosystem Science and Management

Dissertations and Theses from the Beck Lab

Doctoral Dissertations

Buchanan, Clay, B. 2015. Elk response to disturbance from development of a coal bed natural gas field in northeast Wyoming. Dissertation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 116 pages.

Duchardt, Courtney, J. 2019. Effects of disturbance on avian diversity at a grassland-sagebrush ecotone. Dissertation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 202 pages.

Gamo, R. Scott. 2016. Effectiveness of Wyoming’s Sage-Grouse Core Areas in conserving greater sage-grouse and mule deer and influence of energy development on big game harvest. Dissertation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 134 pages.

Hennig, Jacob, D. 2021. Feral horse movement, habitat selection, and effects on pronghorn and greater sage-grouse habitat. Dissertation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 154 pages.

Pratt, Aaron, C. 2017. Partial migration, habitat selection, and the conservation of greater sage-grouse in the Bighorn Basin of Montana and Wyoming. Dissertation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 175 pages.

Smith, Kurt, T. 2016.  Identifying habitat quality and population response of greater sage-grouse to treated Wyoming big sagebrush habitats. Dissertation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 169 pages.

 

Masters Theses

Clapp, Justin, G. 2015. Ecology and effects of fire-mediated habitat alterations for bighorn sheep translocated to the Seminoe Mountains, Wyoming. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 121 pages.

Cloud, Sheila, M. 2024. Assessing rangeland management practices and ecosystem services within the Intermountain West. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 85 pages.

Gelling, Erin, L. 2022. Seasonal habitat selection and breeding ecology of greater sage-grouse in Carbon County, Montana. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 139 pages.

Hess, Jennifer, E. 2011. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat response to mowing and prescribed burning Wyoming big sagebrush and the influence of disturbance factors on lek persistence in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 152 pages.

Kelly, Carly, S. 2023. Plains sharp-tailed grouse response to wind energy development in northeastern South Dakota. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 90 pages.

Kirol, Christopher, P. 2012. Quantifying habitat importance for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) population persistence in an energy development landscape. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 203 pages.

LeBeau, Chad, W. 2012. Evaluation of greater sage-grouse reproductive habitat and response to wind energy development in south-central, Wyoming. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 120 pages.

LeVan, Jason, R. 2018. Habitat selection and short-term demographic response of greater sage-grouse to habitat treatments in Wyoming big sagebrush. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 107 pages.

Reinking, Adele, K. 2017. Coupling mortality risk and multi-scale resource selection to understand the effects of environmental and anthropogenic change on pronghorn in the Red Desert, Wyoming. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 106 pages.

Taylor, Kaitlyn, L. 2014. Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) response to wind energy development on winter range in south-central, Wyoming. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 123 pages.

Wanner, Caitlyn, P. 2022. Validation of winter concentration area guidelines and winter habitat ecology for greater sage-grouse in the Red Desert, Wyoming. Thesis, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 130 pages.