Natural Resources, School of
School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
1) it is optional, not required (the ProQuest deposit is required); and
2) it will be available to everyone online; there is no embargo for dissertations in the UNL Digital Commons.
Master's candidates: Deposit of your thesis or project is required. (If an embargo [restricted access] is necessary, you may deposit it at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/embargotheses/ only after getting approval from your department and the Graduate Office; contact Terri Eastin).
TO DEPOSIT YOUR DISSERTATION OR THESIS
1. Create or log in to your Digital Commons account
To create an account: click on My Account at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu then Sign up.
Fill in your names, email address, create a password, and click on Create Account.
Reply to the confirming email from the system, if you get one (check your spam folder).
Your email address will not be published or shared.
2. Find the right series to deposit in
Go to the correct series in the UNL Digital Commons [series links are in the file linked here].
On the correct series page, click the Submit your paper or article link at the bottom of the gray box at left.
3. Instructions for deposit
You should be able to copy (Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) most fields.
TITLE: Fill it in using title case (that is, capitals for the first letter of all words except articles and prepositions).
AUTHOR: In each respective box, enter your names (and/or initials) as they appear on the title page of your dissertation or thesis. You are the sole author; your advisor is not considered a co-author. Institution is University of Nebraska-Lincoln (not "at Lincoln" or ", Lincoln"). Do not leave this field blank.
FIRST ADVISOR: Enter your advisor’s name. Add a second and third, if needed (advisors only, not committee members).
DATE OF THIS VERSION: Month and Year only.
CITATION: Copy and paste the rest of whatever appears on the title page of your work. It usually starts with something like “A THESIS Presented to the Faculty …” and ends with “Lincoln, Nebraska [month] [year].”
ABSTRACT: Just include the body of the abstract, not the title or your name, but DO add your advisor’s name at the end of the abstract after the word Advisor and a colon, like this: Advisor: ….
Skip the ORCID IDs, Keywords, Disciplines, and Comments fields, and DO NOT check a bubble for the Publication Status field.
Click UPLOAD FILE FROM YOUR COMPUTER. Select the file of your work from your device (should be in Portable Document Format, PDF).
Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom.
YOU DID IT; your work is submitted!
CONGRATULATIONS on reaching this amazing milestone in your academic career!
4. After your initial deposit
Upon deposit, you will receive an email that your submission has been received; you need to show the Graduate Office this message.
Before we complete your upload, we usually wait a day or two to give you an opportunity to correct those oops issues that seem to emerge just after deposit. Before it’s been posted, you can still log back in and select Revise and upload a new version so you can upload a version with your advisor's name spelled right or whatever else needs to be fixed.
It is important that you DO NOT resubmit another file after it’s been posted online. This causes lots of problems.
But have no fear: If further changes are needed after it’s been posted, you can send a revised file to the series administrator (Sue Gardner) requesting to replace it.
2018
Relationships Among Biodiversity Dimensions of Birds in Nebraska, Nadejda Mirochnitchenko
Analysis of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Satellite-Derived Data as a Groundwater and Drought Monitoring Tool, Anthony James Mucia
Landscape Structure and Dynamics of Recreational Fisheries, Christine N. Ruskamp
Assessment of the Ponderosa Woodlands in Nebraska's Wildcat Hills: Implications for Juniperus Encroachment and Management, Allie Victoria Schiltmeyer
Examining Patterns in Nest Predation using Artificial Nests, Victoria L. Simonsen
Distribution and Habitat Association of the Northern Long-eared Bat, Zachary A. Warren
2017
Plant Diversity Influences the Structure and Function of a Restored Prairie and its Responses to Added Disturbances, Rebecca Bevans
SOIL ECOSYSTEM SERVICE TRADEOFFS AND SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS, Hannah E. Birge
Influences of Catch-and-Release Angling on Fish Avoidance Behavior, Alexis D. Fedele
Integration of Hydrogeophysical Datasets for Improved Water Resource Management in Irrigated Systems, Catherine E. Finkenbiner
Recreational Angler Site Choice and Behavior within Midwestern Reservoirs, Brian S. Harmon
Understanding Cigarette Butt Littering Behavior on Public Beaches: a Case Study of Jekyll Island, Georgia, Maranda R. Miller
Assessing Relationships Between Angling Effort and Larval Trematodes in Small Bluegill, Alexis Park
Problematizing Socio-Scientific Issues: An Approach to Understanding Student Decision-Making Using Construal Level Theory, Ashley M. Peterson
HETEROGENEITY OF AVIAN BREEDING HABITAT ON GRAZING LANDS OF THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS, Maggi S. Sliwinski
Trophic Dynamics of Flathead Catfish in the Missouri River Bordering Nebraska, Dylan R. Turner
FISH AND MACROINVERTEBRATE RESPONSE TO RESTORED OFF CHANNEL HABITATS ON THE LOWER PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA, Caleb Uerling
Mapping the Ecology of Information: Hierarchical Habitat Selection by Nebraska Pheasant Hunters, Lyndsie Wszola
2016
Exploration of Student Biodiversity Knowledge and Decision-making for a Wildlife Conservation Socioscientific Issue, Ashley R. Alred
Resilience and Heterogeneity Following Fire in the Nebraska Sandhills, Jack R. Arterburn
The Cosmic-ray Neutron Probe Method for Estimating Field Scale Soil Water Content: Advances and Applications, William A. Avery
Industrial Ecology Analysis of the Potential for an Eastern Nebraska Industrial Symbiosis Network (ENISN): A Comparative Study, Bradley A. Behne
River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Distribution and Habitat Suitability in Nebraska, Nathan R. Bieber
Exploring Elementary Students’ Agricultural and Scientific Knowledge Using Evidence Centered Design, Molly R. Brandt
Applications of Time-lapse Imagery for Monitoring and Illustrating Ecological Dynamics in a Water-stressed System, Emma Brinley Buckley
IMPROVED MICROPLATE FLUOROMETRIC SOIL ENZYME ASSAY FOR β-GLUCOSIDASE DETECTION, Emily C. Hoehn
Adaptation to Climate Change via Insurance and Financial Incentives, Eric R. Holley
An Investigation into Factors Influencing Attitude Toward a Wildlife Corridor, Erin Kubicek
The Influence of Training on Guides and Their Environmentally Responsible Behaviors and Transformational Leadership Abilities, Nancy Qwynne Lackey
Instructional Framing and Student Learning of Community Interactions, Nathaniel Niosco
Optimizing the Safety Margins Governing a Deterministic Design Process while Considering the Effects of a Future Test and Redesign on Epistemic Model Uncertainty, Nathaniel B. Price
Gaur (Bos gaurus) Abundance, Distribution, and Habitat use patterns in Kuiburi National Park, Southwestern Thailand, Supatcharee Tanasarnpaiboon
2015
CARBON STORAGE POTENTIAL OF WINDBREAKS ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, William Ballesteros Possu
Civic Capacity and Integrative Public Leadership: A Case Study of the Nebraska Water Leaders Academy, JoLeisa S. Cramer
Shorebird Migratory Stopover Responses to Local and Regional Change: Habitat Decisions in a Vanishing Landscape, Caitlyn Gillespie
Bioenergetics and habitat suitability models for the Chinese mystery snail (Bellamya chinensis), Danielle M. Haak
Assessment of disturbance effects of an existing wind energy facility on greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) breeding season ecology in the Sandhills of Nebraska, Jocelyn O. Harrison
A DESERT IN DISGUISE: THE RESILIENCE OF THE NEBRASKA SANDHILLS, Jeff Hartman
Resilience Thinking and Structured Decision Making in Social-Ecological Systems, Noelle M. Hart
Coupling Soil Oxygen and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics, Karla M. Jarecke
Introducing green manures in an organic soybean-winter wheat-corn rotation: Effects on crop yields, soil nitrate, and weeds, Katja Koehler-Cole
GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN ECUADORIAN ASTROBLEPID CATFISHES, Katherine M. Lawry
Hydrologic Mediation of the Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Soil Carbon Dioxide Stable Isotopic Composition of a Subalpine Watershed, Theresa Marie Lorenzo
Habitat and Site Selection of Pheasants and their Hunters During the Hunting Season, Lindsey Messinger
Plant Diversity Affects Performance of Invasive Thistles in Restored Nebraska Grasslands, Katilyn J. Price
Green roof energy balances for native grasses and sedum, Chris Schwarz
POPULATION DYNAMICS AND MOVEMENT OF CHANNEL CATFISH IN THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH, Stephen F. Siddons
Ecology and Management of Superabundant Fish Populations, Nathaniel T. Stewart
Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Male Greater Prairie-Chicken Vocalizations and Chorus, Cara E. Whalen
Soil Preferences of Nicrophorus Beetles and the Effects of Compaction on Burying Behavior, Kelly A. Willemssens
Phosphorus Release Potential of Agricultural Soils of the United States, Rebecca A. Young
2014
Improving Drought Management for Transboundary River Basins in the United States through Collaborative Environmental Planning, Crystal J. Bergman
The Hard Winter of 1880-1881: Climatological Context and Communication via a Laura Ingalls Wilder Narrative, Barbara Boustead
Management of Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus in the Missouri River, Nebraska, Brandon L. Eder
Response of Large River Fishes to a Prolonged High Water Event in the Missouri River, Nebraska, Nicholas Paul Hogberg
Simulation of Meteorological Fields for Icing Applications at the Summit of Mount Washington, Sandra L. Jones
A Case Study of Changing Cropping Diversity and Agricultural Risk in the Doulthabad Mandal of Telangana State in India, Srikanth Kondabolu
Accuracy or Precision: Implications of Sample Design and Methodology on Abundance Estimation, Lucas K. Kowalewski
Fear Effects on Pheasant Reproductive Ecology and a Curriculum to Teach Wildlife Habitat Selection, Jessica Laskowski
QUANTIFYING AND MODELING STREAM-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS IN THE ELKHORN RIVER BASIN, NEBRASKA, Can Liu
Development modeling of Lucilia sericata and Phormia regina (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Amanda L. Roe
Influence of Non-Native Trout on Native Non-Game Fish in Nebraska Headwater Streams, Kelly C. Turek
Informing Flood Plain Wetland Restoration Using Amphibian Monitoring, Ashley VanderHam
Combating Eutrophication: An Ecosystem Scale Analysis of Aluminum Sulfate (Alum) Effectiveness among lakes, with comparison to Alum and Biomanipulation Dual Treatment, Christa M. Webber
2013
Microbial Ecology, Nitrogen, and Nitrous Oxide Trends in Marginal Soils Used for Cellulosic Biofuel Production in Eastern Nebraska, Carla M. Ahlschwede
Walleye and White Bass Recruitment in Southwest Nebraska Irrigation Reservoirs, Jason Andrew DeBoer
Determining Scaphirhynchus Sturgeon Population Demographics and Dynamics: Implications for Range-Wide Management, Recovery, and Conservation, Martin J. Hamel
The Influence of Regulations on Duck Hunters and Harvest, Matthew T. Haugen
Amphibian Occupancy and Functional Connectivity of Restored Wetlands in the Missouri River Floodplain, Michelle L. Hellman
Building Upon Common-Pool Resource Theory to Explore Success in Transitioning Water Management Institutions, Christina M. Hoffman
Improving Time Structure Patterns of Orthogonal Markov Chains and its Consequences in Hydraulic Simulations, Juan C. Jaimes-Correa
A population model for walleye in Nebraska irrigation reservoirs, Robert A. Kill
ALTITUDINAL AND THERMAL VARIATION IN AMBIENT NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND UPTAKE KINETICS IN TEMPERATE STREAMS, Brady Kohler
Anoxia Tolerance of Forensically Important Calliphorids, Melissa M. Lein
Spatial and Temporal Participation in Recreational Fishing, Dustin R. Martin
Remote Sensing of Green Leaf Area Index in Maize and Soybean: From Close-Range to Satellite, Anthony L. Nguy-Robertson
Changes in Avian Vocalization Occurrence and Frequency Range During the Winter, Amy I. Oden
SHOVELNOSE STURGEON REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY IN THE LOWER PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA, Mathew L. Rugg
New Tools for Quantitative Decision Analysis in Applied Ecology and Conservation, Adam W. Schapaugh
The influence of sea-water inundation on coupled iron and sulfur cycling in a coastal freshwater wetland, Valerie Anne Schoepfer
Assessment of Tillage Practices Using Landsat-TM 5 in Nebraska., Sonisa Sharma
Decomposition and Nutrient Release of Different Cover Crops in Organic Farm Systems, Jianru Shi
EXPLOITATION OF CHANNEL CATFISH IN NEBRASKA FLOOD-CONTROL RESERVOIRS, Christopher Lee Wiley
Predicting Invasion Risk of Non-Native Plants Using a Modified I-Rank Assessment, Justin B. Williams
2012
Interactions of Zooplankton and Phytoplankton with Cyanobacteria, Rebecca Alexander
Interactions of Zoo Plankton and Phytoplankton with Cyanobacteria, Rebecca J. Alexander
Winter Ecology of Sandhill Cranes (Grus canandensis) in Northern Mexico, Ingrid Barcelo
A Climatological Analysis of the Warm-Season Wind Regimes of the Beaufort/Chukchi Seas Coasts, William J. Baule