Schulte Lab Graduate Student Theses

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Jennifer Young, 2001. An Investigation of Captive Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Behavior and Social Interactions.

Helen Loizi, 2004. Development of Chemosensory Behaviors in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Male Responses to Female Urinary Compounds.  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1729&context=etd

Chifuyu Horikoshi, 2004. Effect of Hormonal and Temporal Factors on Captive Female Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) Behavior.  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1690&context=etd

Kathryn R. Bagley, 2004. Chemosensory Behavior and Development of African Male Elephants (Loxodonta africana).  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1699&context=etd

Jessica R. Brzyski, 2005. Beaver (Castor canadensis) Impacts on Herbaceous and Woody Vegetation in Southeastern Georgia.  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1707&context=etd

Christen E. Merte, 2006. Age Effects on Social and Investigative Behaviors in a Closed Population of African Elephants.  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1709&context=etd

Dhaval K. Vyas, 2006. Sexually Dimorphic Developmental Patterns of Chemosensory Behaviors in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1708&context=etd

Jordana M. Meyer, 2006. Sexual Dimorphic Social Development and Female Intrasexual Chemical Signaling of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2058&context=etd

Ryan Berger, 2007. Seasonal Habitat Use of the Florida Manatee (Trichecus manatus latirostris) in the Crystal River Natural Refuge with Regards to Natural and Anthropogenic Factors.  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1731&context=etd

Erek Napora, 2007. Chemical Signaling and Resource Use by African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1715&context=etd

Rhea M. M. Esposito, 2008. Effect of Matriarchs on Group Interactions, Kinship Fitness, and Differences In Chemosensory Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1716&context=etd

Stacie Castelda, 2008. Waterhole Dynamics and Chemical Signals of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1723&context=etd

Nabil Naseeri, 2009. The Relationship of Herpetofaunal Community Composition to an Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Modified Savanna Woodland of Northern Tanzania, and Bioassays with African Elephants.  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1763&context=etd

Rebekah Karimi, 2009. An Assessment of Perceived Crop Damage in a Tanzanian Village Impacted by Human-Elephant Conflict and an Investigation of Deterrent Properties of African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Exudates Using Bioassays.  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1740&context=etd

Carly Sinderbrand, 2011. The Relationship of Dominance, Reproductive State and Stress in a Non-Cooperative Breeder, the Domestic Horse (Equus cabballus).   http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2081&context=theses

Malgorzata Wisniewska, 2011. Factors Influencing Travel Order as Proxy for Leadership and Trade-offs in Activity Budgets in Lactating and Nonlactating African Savanna Elephants.   http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2124&context=theses

Russell Blogg, 2012.  Patterns of Chemosensory Behavior in a Closed Population of Wild African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).  http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=etd

Margaret Rose Hook, 2012. Effect of Lion Calls on African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.  http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2198&context=theses

Kelly Derham, 2014.  Effectiveness of Wire Netting in Reducing Impact by African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) to Marula (Sclerocarya birrea), Knobthorn (Acacia nigrescens) and False Marula (Lannea schweinfurti) in the Associated Private Nature Research, South Africa.

Sarah Goodyear, 2015. Habituation to Auditory Stimuli by Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta africana). https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1481/

Charlotte Hacker, 2015. The Examination of Enrichment Using Space and Food for African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1547/

Chase LaDue, 2016. Chemical Signaling in Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus): Concentration Effects with Applications for Management and Conservation. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1622/ 

Rebecca Lynn von Hagen, 2018. A Comparison of Mitigation Techniques Utilized to Alleviate Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) in the Kasigau Corridor, Kenya.

Lauren McCaslin, 2019. Documenting the Behavior of Marine Mammals and Evaluating the Benefits and Consequences of Viewing Marine Mammals in Southcentral Alaska.

Brigit Rooney, 2019. Tourism and African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Behavior in Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe.

Sophia Corde, 2022. Alleviating Human Elephant Conflict through Deterrent Fences and Environmental Monitoring in Southern Kenya. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/3570/

Dakota Vaccaro, 2023. Mammalian and Avian Community Response to African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Habitat Modification in Southeastern Kenya.

Matthew Bowers, 2022-Present.  The Effects of Zai Pit Agriculture and Human-Elephant Conflicts on Food Security in Southern Kenya.

Julia Brzezicki, 2023-Present. Development of an Elephant-Information Network as Part of a Tool-Kit for Alleviating Human Elephant Conflict in Rural Kenya.

Serena Seiler, 2023-Present. Evaluating Human Wildlife Interactions in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.