ROBERT A. GARROTT

Professor        Fish and Wildlife Management

Ecology Department--Montana State University

Office Phone:  (406) 994-2270        FAX:  (406) 994-3190        e-mail:  rgarrott@montana.edu

 

 

 

 

 

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RECENTLY COMPLETED GRADUATE THESES

 

Cow elk in poor nutritional state

 

 

Sampling and analysis methods for snow-urine nutritional assays

Student:  Andrew Pils, M.S. 1998

Funding:  Rob and Bessie Welder Wildlife Foundation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks

 

 

Cow bison and newborn bison calf

 

An assessment of the risk of inter-specific transmission of Brucella abortus from bison to elk on the Madison-Firehole winter range

Student:  Matthew Ferrari, M.S. 1999

Funding:  National Park Service

 

 

Bison traveling along groomed road in Yellowstone National Park in winter

 

Ecological effects of winter road grooming on bison in Yellowstone National Park

Student: Daniel Bjornlie, M.S. 2000

Funding: U.S. Geological Survey

 

 

Bison and snowmobiles on groomed road in Yellowstone National Park

 

Bison and elk responses to winter recreation in Yellowstone National Park

Student: Amanda Hardy, M.S. 2001

Funding: National Park Service

 

 

Wolf tracks in snow

 

Winter wolf predation in an elk-bison system in Yellowstone National Park

Student: Rosemary Jaffe, M.S. 2001

Funding: National Science Foundation

 

 

Aerial photograph of bison herd in Yellowstone National Park

 

Aerial survey methodology for bison population estimation in Yellowstone National Park

Student: Steven Hess, Ph.D. 2002

Funding: U.S. Geological Survey

 

 

Pronghorn antelope with radio collar

 

Effects of winter range on a pronghorn population in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Student: Sylvanna Boccadori, M.S. 2002

Funding: National Park Service

 

 

Wolf tracks in snow

 

Spatial dynamics of recolonizing wolves in Madison-Firehole region of Yellowstone National Park

Student: Eric Bergman, M.S. 2003

Funding: National Science Foundation

 

 

Cow elk foraging in snow in Firehole Drainage of Yellowstone National Park

 

Identifying large herbivore distribution mechanisms through application of fine-scale snow modeling

Student: Adam Messer, M.S. 2003

Funding: National Science Foundation

 

 

Elk in lower Madison Valley that was killed by wolves

 

Applying risk allocation theory in a large mammal predator-prey system

Student: Justin Gude, M.S. 2004

Funding: National Science Foundation, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Roger and Cindy Lang, Bob and Annie Graham, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation