Catalogue of Previous MSc Theses
A - F
- Aboagye (2015) - exogenous fibrolytic enzymes [supervisor Church]
- Alnahdi (2014) – cave bacteria [supervisor Cheeptham]
- Andruscon (2021) - bisphenol in drinking water [supervisor Donkor]
- Ani (2017) - earthquake damage cost analysis [supervisors Gu & Paetkau]
- Antonelli (2018) - native plant recovery on copper mine tailings [supervisor Fraser]
- Atkins (2021) - western rattlesnake population in british columbia [supervisor Larsen]
- Baethke (2015) - mine restoration of a native grassland [supervisor Fraser]
- Baral (2021) - turbulance in landfill gas flow [supervisor Nec]
- Baron (2017) - mapping invasive plants using RPAS and remote sensing [supervisor Hill]
- Barsevskis (2022) - snow characteristics with blade hardness gauge [supervisor Paetkau]
- Basaraba (2014) – turtle ecology [supervisor Larsen]
- Bassett (2009) - carabid beetles [supervisor Fraser]
- Bayliff (2022) - effects of mowing, irrigation, and fertilization [supervisor Fraser]
- Boham (2023) - counter-intuitive nature of gas flow in anisotropic porous media [supervisor Huttunen-Hennelly]
- Biddlecomb (2022) - the influence of prolonged sitting [supervisor Rakobowchuk]
- Blair (2019) - population ecology of the american pika [supervisor Larsen]
- Boule (2018) - sport hunting, conservaton, and ecosystem sustainabilty [supervisor Mason]
- Boutaib (2022) - characterization of granular materials using a blade hardness gauge [supervisor Paetkau]
- Boyda (2021) - RT-qPCR genetic studies of lodgepole pine dwarf mistletoe [supervisors Kwiatowska and Urban]
- Bradley (2020) - reducing the cumulative effects of timber harvest and livestock grazing [supervisors Gardner & Fraser]
- Chisholm (2023) - showshoe hare habitat use in the sub-boreal forests of north-central British Columbia [supervisors Larsen and Hood]
- Chowdhury (2018) - human dimension of asian elephant conservation [supervisor Larsen]
- Clark (2015) - effects of livestock grazing [supervisor Heise]
- Coelho (2015) - climate change induced declines in ponds [supervisor Gardner]
- Coghill (2021) - soil legacy effects of spotted knapweed [supervisor Fraser]
- Cox (2013) – global climate change & ranching [supervisor Fraser]
- Denesiuk (2018) - grazing management [supervisor Fraser]
- Doutaz (2019) - columbia river northern pike [supervisor Heise]
- Drach (2023) - chemical exposure and menstrual regulation [supervisor Huttunen-Hennelly]
- Dufort-Lefrancois (2015) - exploring capillary electrophoresis methods [supervisor Huttunen-Hennelly]
- Duncan (2016) - western painted turtles (supervisor Larsen)
- Dungey (2023) - restoration of semi-arid grasslands using priority effects and soil amendments [supervisor Fraser]
- Dzumek (2021) - mine reclamation and nitrogen cycling [supervisor Fraser]
- Ernst (2014) – landscape connectivity [supervisor Klenner]
- Evans (2017) - mound microsites [supervisor Gardner]
- Eye (2022) - female western rattlesnakes [supervisor Larsen]
- Farooq (2015) - analysis of bisphenol a (BPA) in environmental waters [supervisor Donkor]
- Fischer (2023) - response of soil geochemical properties and microbial communities to long-term storage in mines [supervisor Fraser]
- Fogarty (2023) factors driving the decline of fishers in central Interior British Columbia [supervisor Larsen]
- Folkard (2012) – pine silvopastures [supervisor Fraser]
- Fontaine (2021) - western bat species [supervisors Cheeptham & Lausen]
- Foster (2019) - effects of the invasive plant spotted knapweed [supervisor Fraser]
- France (2015) - behaviour of south thompson california bighorn sheep [supervisor Gardner]
- Freitag (2024) - impacts of climate change and habitat loss of long-billed curlews [supervisor Reudink]
G - L
- Garner (2012) – spadefoots at northern limit [supervisor Larsen]
- Gervan (2023) - arthropod recovery in post-mine reclaimed sites [supervisor Fraser]
- Gilbert (2012) – salinity and disturbance on grass [supervisor Fraser]
- Gillich (2023) - snow dynamics and soil moisture in commercially thinned lodgepole pine silvopastures [supervisor Fraser]
- Gordon (2022) - testing cattle grazing management as a restoration tool [supervisor Fraser]
- Gunawardana (2018) - factors affecting movements of terristrial isopods [supervisor Larsen]
- Hales (2011) – small mammals and grasslands [supervisor Larsen]
- Hamilton (2018) - intertidal invertebrate species [supervisor Gosselin]
- Hazel (2018) - music festivals in british columbia [supervisor Mason]
- Hansen (2011) – restoring abalone [supervisor Gosselin]
- Harvey (2015) - summer habitat use by western rattlesnakes [supervisor Larsen]
- Hodder (2016) - habitat selection and occupancy patterns of american mink [supervisor Larsen]
- House (2021) - arctic grayling spawning behaviour [supervisor Heise]
- Howarth (2023) - western rattlesnake migration and habitat [supervisor Larsen]
- Huebel (2012) – heli-skiing and mountain caribou [supervisor Dickinson]
- Iwabuchi (2019) - implications for intertidal invertebrate population [supervisor Gosselin]
- Jeff-Zanni (2018) - environmental and economic growth trends [supervisor Tsigaris]
- Jenewein (2013) – mortality of marine invertebrates [supervisor Gosselin]
- Johnston (2018) - struggle for increased representation in jasper national park [supervisor Mason]
- Joly (2024) - influence of neighbours on reproductive success of mountain bluebirds and tree swallows [supervisor Reudink]
- King (2019) - outdoor pet cats in an urban environment [supervisor Tsigaris]
- Klafki (2014) – road ecology of badgers [supervisor Larsen]
- Kuang (2015) - effects of spotted knapweed [supervisor Fraser]
- Lishman (2015) - rainfall redistribution [supervisor Carlyle-Moses]
- Lomas (2013) – effects of disturbance on rattlesnakes [supervisor Larsen]
- Kega (2021) – forage productivity and soil carbon sequestration [supervisor Fraser]
M - R
- Maciak (2011) – funding water system improvements [supervisor Tsigaris]
- Maida (2018) - western rattlesnake spring movements [supervisors Larsen & Bishop]
- Manwaring (2023) - BC CANFIRE: examining effects of climate change and forest changes on fuel management treatments [supervisor Flannigan]
- Marcisz (2021) - ranges and forays of bighorn sheep [supervisors Larsen & Hill]
- Margetts (2022) - smallmouth bass in cultus lake [supervisor Heise]
- Marini (2016) - city life and chickadees [supervisor Reudink]
- Martin (2014) - regional frequency analysis [supervisor Carlyle-Moses]
- Maslowski (2024) - impacts of wildfires on high-elevation forests in Glacier National Park [supervisor Harvey]
- Massey (2021) - adams river salmon run in tsutswecw provincial park [supervisor Mason]
- McAdie (2018) - population health in the vancouver island marmot [supervisors Larsen & Stephen]
- McArthur (2016) - cavity nesting songbirds [supervisor Reudink]
- McCulloch (2013) – precipitation and clipping effects on grasslands [supervisor Fraser]
- McKee (2010) – lodgepole pine stemflow [supervisor Carlyle-Moses]
- McKelvey (2024) - natural and artificial hibernacula use by three sympatric snake species [supervisor Larsen]
- Mendt (2021) - the role of energy reserves on mortality [supervisor Gosselin]
- Milne (2018) - interactions between indolicidin and its analogs with lopopolysaccharide [supervisor Huttunen-Hennelly]
- Moote (2013) – supplementing cattle rations [supervisors Van Hamme & Church]
- Mufford (2020) - use of unmanned aerial vehicles to study cattle heat stress [supervisor Church]
- Neumann (2019) - sustainable management of backcountry trail networks [supervisor Mason]
- O'Connell (2020) - biochemical factors governing the enzymatic desulfonation [supervisor Van Hamme]
- Pageau (2020) – evolution of moulting strategies and altitudinal migration of passerines [supervisor Reudink]
- Paulson (2020) – effects on growth of native and non-native species in temperate grasslands [supervisor Fraser]
- Petersen (2010) – buffer strips and bryophyte diversity [supervisor Baldwin]
- Phillips (2017) - copper molybdenum mine tailings [supervisors Gardner & Pypker]
- Pillar (2014) – moult-migration and productivity in orioles [supervisor Reudink]
- Pouw (2019) - structure and representation of ecological data [supervisor Kwiatkowska]
- Prytula (2022) - tracking changes in migration for vaux's swifts and chimney swifts using community science [supervisor Reudink]
- Rahman (2016) - lives of poor migrants to dhaka city [supervisors Dickinson & Church]
- Raymond (2013) – carbon footprint of cattle grazing [supervisor Church]
- Richardson (2015) - comparison of random forests [supervisor Fraser]
- Ross, M (2016) - distribution of plant functional groups [supervisor Baldwin]
- Ross, P (2019) - examining local food procurement [supervisor Mason]
S - Z
- Sajid (2023) - transformative drivers of environmental sustainability in contemporary organization [supervisor Tsigaris]
- Sapozhnikova (2012) – carbon sequestration in grasslands [supervisor Fraser]
- Schmidt (2014) – herbaceous plant communities in grasslands [supervisor Fraser]
- Schooling (2014) - stemflow production from isolated deciduous trees [supervisor Carlyle-Moses]
- Sepehri (2023) - controlling surface flux in landfill-well coupled flow in perforated horizontal wells [supervisor Nec]
- Simmonds (2012) - environmental practices used in commercial sea kayaking [supervisor Hood]
- Smith (2012) - drivers of wetland zooplankton community structure [supervisor Heise]
- Smith (2023) - community and social justice approaches to food security in Kamloops, BC [supervisor Mason]
- Spruyt (2024) - road mortality mitigation in snakes [supervisor Larsen]
- Swan (2019) - assessing private land fuel management treatments [supervisor Gardner]
- Symes (2013) – winter ecology of badgers [supervisor Larsen]
- Taiwo (2020) - application of capillary electrophoresis [supervisor Donkor]
- Tattersfield (2013) – feeding ecology and movement of perch [supervisor Heise]
- Taylor (2009) – willingness to pay for recycling [supervisor Tsigaris]
- Terpsma (2018) - variability in soil available water [supervisor Pypker]
- Tran (2018) - analytical characterization of choline chloride [supervisor Donkor]
- Turner (2024) - prealternate moult in nonbreeding period carry-over effects in neotropical migratory songbirds [supervisor Reudink]
- Vandermale (2023) - sustainable land-based food systems and Indigenous-led conservation in the Dehcho region, NWT [supervisor Mason]
- Volpatti (2013) – grazing response index of forage species [supervisor Gardner]
- Wester (2024) - developing climate resilient beef cattle with superior meat quality [supervisor Church]
- Whitehouse, R (2021) - ecologically based weed management [supervisor Fraser]
- Whitehouse, S (2019) - biosolids in bc's southern interior [supervisor Fraser]
- Williams (2022) - utilizing indigenous prescribed burning methods [supervisor Fraser]
- Winton (2018) - road mortality on the western rattlesnake [supervisors Larsen & Bishop]
- Xiao (2024) - biosolids to restore native plant communities [supervisor Fraser]