| Name | Advisor | Thesis Topic |
| Alon Averbuj | Clucas & Fogarty | Spatial analysis of common ravens (Corvus corax) and their interactions with snowy plovers (Charadrius nivosus) |
| Rebeca Eloisa Becdach | Wan | Understanding wildlife habitat in tropical mountains cloud forests in Panama using landscape ecological models. |
| Evan Burnett | Brown | Factors influencing American pika nocturnal behavior along an elevational gradient in Lassen, California. |
| Jaime Carlino | Johnson | Measuring barn owl breeding habitat quality and predicting double brooding |
| Janelle Chojnacki | Clucas | Movement of Common Ravens around Snowy Plovers |
| Jack Christie | Barton | Estimating the population parameters of a native predator, the Marianas monitor (Varanus tsukamotoi) (or ‘hilitai’ in CHamorro), and assess its threat to the endangered Guam rail on Cocos Island, Guam. |
| Christopher Collier | Wan | Modeling wildfire scenarios to select forest treatment locations and quantifying the impacts of disturbance on Pacific marten (Martes caurina) |
| Christian Cortez | Johnson | Physiological conditions of barn owl (Tyto furcata) nestlings as indicators of habitat quality within the wine-growing region of Napa Valley |
| Gina Culver | Black | Predator-prey relationships between North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) and waterbirds in the Humboldt Bay |
| Dabid Garcia | Johnson/Marshall | Effects of management practices on native plant populations on working lands. |
| Ximena Gil | Johnson | Avian conservation on California's rangelands |
| Tina Giudici | Brown | Host-vector-pathogen associations in relation to elevational changes between communities of American pikas (Ochotona princeps) and sympatric rodents. |
| K. Breana Hernandez | Gunther/Kahara | Assessing amphibian occupancy using eDNA in relation to water quality, hydrology and land use at restored wetlands in the California Central Valley |
| Brielle Jaglowski | Gunther | Road crossing behavior of Roosevelt elk on the North Coast of California |
| Fatime Jomaa | Johnson | Use of social information for prospecting and nest site selection by Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) |
| Katherine Larson | Johnson | Predator-prey dynamics affect barn owl ecosystem services in Napa Valley |
| Alex Lewis | Wan | Silver-haired bats use of burned landscapes in Lassen National Forest |
| Ryan Matilton | Clucas | Bat diversity and activity of the Klamath River Basin before the Klamath dam removal |
| Eleanor MacDonald | Johnson | Examining the Effects of Songbird Nest Boxes on Ecosystem Services and Avian Community Composition in Napa Valley Vineyards |
| Elizabeth Meisman | Johnson | Swainson’s Hawk Habitat Selection and Long-term Territory Quality |
| Matthew Morassutti | Kerhoulas | Arboreal Wildlife in Redwood Forest |
| Cameron Piper | Fogarty/Wan | Lewis’s Woodpecker migratory strategies in Central Oregon |
| Alyssa Roddy | Gunther | Examining conservation importance of slash pile management on private timberlands in northern California |
| Jadzia Rodriguez | Johnson | Barn Owl hunting behavior in winegrape vineyards in California |
| Ivonne Romero | Black | Feeding ecology of swans wintering in the lower Skagit River Valley, WA. |
| Destiny Saucedo | Gunther | Survival and Spatial Dynamics: San Clemente Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis clementae) Pup Mortality and Maternal Home Range |
| Jordan Stevens | Gunther | Humboldt Marten Prey Populations in Second Growth Forests |
| Whitney Vickers | Black | Using Genetic Analysis to Determine Kinship and Sociality Among River Otters Along the Humboldt County Coast |
| Brittany Welch | Fogarty/Wan | Evaluating habitat requirements of Lewis's Woodpeckers in Oregon |
| Tiana Williams-Claussen | Johnson | California condor coastal resources utilization under proposed Northern California reintroduction |
| Mac Wilson | Johnson | Wildlife responses to habitat enhancements on cannabis farms in Humboldt County |
| Maddie Ybarra | Johnson | The effects of native perennial cover on avian physiological indicators of habitat quality in California coastal prairie rangelands |
Recent Alumni
| Name | Advisor | Thesis Topic | Year | |
Return to the staging grounds; A reassessment of Aleutian goose spring staging distribution | 2023 | |||
Source-sink dynamics in a bear population in northwestern California | 2023 | |||
Influences of fire on a mammalian community and predator-prey co-occurrence | 2023 | |||
The effects of land use and habitat connectivity on the movement of Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) on the North Coast of California | 2023 | |||
| Johnson | Polymorphism of barn owls in a managed ecosystem | 2023 | ||
Disturbance Responses of Colonial Nesting Seabirds of Trinidad, California | 2023 | |||
Assessing how competition and predation risk influence the distribution of Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) in Northern California | 2023 | |||
| Sydney McCluskey | Clucas | Comparison of survey techniques for studying small mammal populations | 2023 | |
| Samantha Chavez | Johnson | 2023 | ||
| Danial Nayeri | Wan | 2023 | ||
| Logan Hysen | Wan | Using multiscale ensemble habitat models to identify wildfire risk to habitat for an iconic forest species | 2023 | |
| Haley Jones | Brown | 2023 | ||
| Rebecca Carniello | Gunther | 2022 | ||
| Emily Armstrong Buck | Brown | 2022 | ||
| Brian Fagundes | Black | Estimating the ecosystem service of Aleutian cackling goose droppings on pastures | 2022 | |
| Travis Farwell | Clucas | 2022 | ||
| Corrina Kamoroff | Barton | 2022 | ||
| Ash Hansen | Johnson | 2022 | ||
| Chelsea Polevy | Colwell | 2022 | ||
| Frank Juma Ong'ondo | Johnson | Bird abundance and diversity in shade coffee and natural forest in Kenya | 2021 | |
| Evelyn Lichwa | Gunther | Ecological and social drivers of Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) home range patterns across spatiotemporal scales | 2021 | |
| Makenzie Henk | Gunther | Using noninvasive genetic sampling with a Bayesian spatial capture-recapture analysis to estimate abundance of Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) | 2021 | |
Jess Barger | Black | Merging art and science: Lessons learned from an 'otterly' different case study | 2021 | |
| Leigh Janet Douglas | Clucas | Human Disturbance, Invasive Vegetation, and Disease State Impact Use of Protected Wildland-Urban Interface Habitat by Wild Canids and Felids in California’s East Bay Area | 2021 | |
| Wade Burris | Brown | Knemidokoptes mites and their effects on the gripping position of Steller’s jay feet | 2020 | |
| Jon Ewanyk | Gunther | Habitat use and prey selection by mountain lions in an altered sagebrush steppe environment | 2020 | |
| Lindsey Gordon | Barton/Hudgens | Effects of multiple stressors on northern red-legged frogs | 2020 | |
| Deven Kammerichs-Berke | Johnson | Foraging selectivity of insectivorous birds in Kenyan shade coffee systems | 2020 | |
| Max Marquez | Brown | Micronutrient supplementation in relation to hair loss in mule deer | 2020 | |
| Adam Mohr | Bean | Spatial ecology for two subspecies of elk in California | 2020 | |
| Chad Moura | Clucas | Shifts in mammalian mesopredator activity in response to drought and varying levels of urbanization intensity | 2020 | |
| Erin Nigon | Brown | Estimates of calf survival and factors influencing Roosevelt elk mortality in northwestern California | 2020 | |
| Doug Page | Brown | The effects of feral cat removal on abundance of introduced rats on a Pacific Island, include website | 2020 | |
| Jeremy Pohlman | Colwell | Long term dynamics of snowy plover distribution | 2020 | |
| Kachina Rowland | Black | Female-female competition in Steller’s Jays: in investigation of the ‘Rattle’ call, include website | 2020 | |
| Justin Windsor | Colwell | Estimating time and sex varying adult survival of snowy plovers in Humboldt County | 2020 | |
| Claire Nasr | Barton | 2019 | ||
| Pairsa Belamaric | Bean | Seasonal movement patterns and fourth order habitat selection by North American Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in a coastal dune system | 2019 | |
| Matt Delgado | Black | 2019 | ||
| Brooks Estes | Johnson | Farmer perceptions of barn owls as part of integrated pest management in vineyard ecosystems | 2019 | |
| Holly Gamblin | Gunther | Investigating range expansion and habitat use of Humboldt martens in a fragmented landscape | 2019 | |
| Allison Huysman | Johnson | Barn owl hunting responses to wine country wildfires | 2019 | |
| Molly Parren | Clucas | The effects of human disturbance on predator assemblages in the Mojave Desert and Central Valley of California | 2019 | |
| Alyssa Marquez | Barton | Response of headwater amphibians to long-term logging impacts, assessing the potential for restoration in Redwood National and State Parks | 2019 | |
| Rudy Mena | Gunther | Targeting social cohesion in female Roosevelt elk groups minimizes survey efforts for fecal DNA capture-recapture estimates of abundance | 2019 | |
| Sarah Schooler | Bean | Shade trees preserve avian insectivore biodiversity on coffee farms in a warming climate | 2019 | |
| Alyssa Semerdjian | Bean | Evaluation of range-wide occupancy and survey methods for the giant kangaroo rat | 2019 | |
| Trinity Smith | Clucas | Elucidating patterns of bat species richness and composition across a disturbed landscape, include website | 2019 | |
| Dane St. George | Johnson | Barn owl prey delivery rates in Napa Valley vineyard ecosystems | 2019 | |
| Andrea Townsend | Gunther | Tree squirrels and fishers in Northern California: The effects of masting hardwoods on stand use | 2019 | |
| Dawn Blake | Johnson | Foraging habitat of Pileated woodpeckers in relation to a managed landscape on the Hoopa reservation, Northwestern California | 2018 | |
| Xeronimo Casteñada | Johnson | Hunting habitat use and selection patterns of barn owl (Tyto alba) in the urban-agricultural setting of a prominent wine grape growing region of California | 2018 | |
| Justin Deminaew | Barton |
| 2018 | |
| Liz Morata | Black | Seasonal home range variation and spatial ecology of peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in coastal Humboldt County, CA | 2018 | |
| Nora Papian | Colwell | Apparent survival of snowy plovers varies seasonally | 2018 | |
| Katelyn Raby | Colwell | Western Snowy plover nest survival in Humboldt County | 2018 | |
| Genevieve Rozhon | Black | Sex-specific habitat selection of rough-legged hawks (Buteo lagopus) wintering in western North America | 2018 | |
| Jennie Jones Scherbinski | Bean | Microclimate selection of a heat restricted mammal (Aplodontia rufa nigra) | 2018 | |
| Katrina Smith | Barton | Evaluating habitat selection models to improve site selection in a population monitoring program for Townsend's big-eared bats | 2018 | |
| Ivy Widick | Bean | Evaluating current and future range limits of an endangered, keystone rodent (Dipodomys ingens) | 2018 | |
| Andrew Wiegardt | Wolfe | The effects of forest degradation on DNA methylation in Central African songbirds | 2018 | |
| Kelly Commons | Black | Mobbing behavior in wild Steller's Jays (Cyanocitta stelleri) | 2017 | |
| Trinity Tippin | Black | Propensity of predator mimicry in wild Steller's jays (Cyanocitta stelleri) | 2017 |
Updated 09/22/2023