Jessica Schmit, MS, University of Arkansas Fayetteville, 2024, “Movement and Breeding Ecology of King Rails (Rallus elegans) in Southeastern Arkansas”
Eleonora Hargett, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2024, “Habitat Associations and Abundance of Eastern Black Rails (Laterallus Jamaicensis Jamaicensis) In Southeastern Colorado”
Chad Cremer, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2024 “Understanding the Spring Migration Ecology of Sora and Virginia Rail in Central Illinois: A study Utilizing Automated Telemetry”
Stephanie Schmidt, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2022, “Using marsh bird nest survival and post-fledging habitat use and survival to inform wetland management.”
Ryan Askren, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2021 “Movement Ecology and Habitat Use of Canada Geese Using Major Metropolitan Areas in the Context of Human Wildlife Conflicts”
Cheyenne Beach, MS, Western Illinois University 2021 “Evaluation of Selected Physiological Responses to Sub-Lethal Cyathocotyle bushiensis and Sphaeridiotrema spp. Experimental Infections in Captive Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)”
Lauren Larson, MS, Western Illinois University 2021 “Dynamics of Habitat Resource Availability for Lesser Scaup at Pools 13 and 19 of the Mississippi River”
Luke Malanchuk, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2020 “Estimating occupancy and abundance of shorebirds through aerial surveys in the Illinois river valley”
Sam Klimas, MS, Western Illinois University, 2019 “Foraging Ecology of Ducks and Shorebirds in the Midwest”
Abby Blake-Bradshaw, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2018 “Wetland suitability for waterbirds in Illinois”
Therin Bradshaw, MS, Western Illinois University 2018 “Marsh Bird Use of Wetlands Managed for Waterfowl in Illinois”
Andrew Gilbert, MS, Western Illinois University, 2018 “Visibility Bias and Disturbance of Waterbirds During Aerial Surveys in the Nonbreeding Season”
Maggie Gross, MS, Western Illinois University 2018 “True Metabolizable Energy and Energetic Carrying Capacity of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Semi-Permanent Marshes of the Upper Midwest”
Andrew Bouton, MS, Western Illinois University 2018 ” Using a plasma lipid metabolite index to evaluate spring migration stopover habitat for wild canvasbacks (Aythya vallisineria) in Illinois”
Ben Williams, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 2018 “Stopover duration and habitat use of spring-migrating dabbling ducks in the Wabash River Valley, USA.”
Eric Smith, MS, Western Illinois University 2018 “Evaluating a plasma-lipid metabolite index and intrinsic sources of variation using short-term captive lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)”
Sarah McClain, MS, Western Illinois University, 2017 “True Metabolizable Energy of Submersed Aquatic Vegetation and Implications for Wetland Conservation Planning”
Kristen Finch, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2016 “Grassland and breeding bird use of moist-soil wetlands managed for waterfowl”
Conner England, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2016 “Intestinal helminth infections, distributions, and associations with health parameters of spring-migrating female Lesser Scaup in the upper Midwest”
Brett Dorak, MS, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2016 “Ecology of wintering Canada geese in the greater Chicago metropolitan area”
Jay Vonbank, MS, Western Illinois University, 2015, “An assessment of aquatic invasive plants in the Illinois River: Water hyacinth surveillance, mapping, persistence, and potential seed dispersal”
Benjamin O’Neal, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2010 “Ecology of fall-migrating ducks in central Illinois: a radar perspective”
Phillips, Adam, MS, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2010 “Mute swan impacts on native waterbirds and submerged aquatic vegetation in Illinois.”