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How Do Human Disturbance, Beach Characteristics, and Coastal Engineering Affect Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Habitat Selection on the Florida Panhandle?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Webber, Alyson F. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | The following individuals read and discussed the thesis submitted by student Alyson F. Webber, and they evaluated her presentation and response to questions during the final oral examination. They found that the student passed the final oral examination. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Julie Heath, for all of her encouragement throughout this process. First, for giving me this opportunity, which will change the shape of my future, and second, for being so understanding as so much of our collaboration was done long distance. I would also like to thank my committee members, Dr. Richard Fischer, for his support and trust in me, and Dr. Ian Robertson, who has given me his guidance and valuable time. Thanks to the Army Corp of Engineers who, without their generous funding, this project would have never happened. I would like to acknowledge Casey Lott, who first identified the research problem and did so much of the work before I even came onto the project. I would also like to thank the staff at Boise State University's Department of Biological Sciences, particularly Beth Gee and Diane Smith, without whom I would have been lost in a sea of paperwork. Also the staff at the Raptor Research Center has been very generous, allowing me space to work, even though I am not one of " their own. " For my field work in Florida, I'd like to thank iv Island Authority. I also want to thank all of the individual residential and business owners who were generous enough to allow me to come onto their properties for my research. Special thanks to Raya Pruner for her generosity in information sharing and trusting me to not step on the toes of her own research. Thanks also to Diane Bateman, who worked with me as a field technician the first year, helping me out in a pinch when I bit off more than I could chew. My utmost appreciation and respect to Mark Foster, who processed 99% of the sand samples, spending countless (probably counted, actually) hours bent over a sieve with a paintbrush. I couldn't have gotten it all done without you. My family members are those who first instilled in me a love of nature and a desire to preserve our natural landscapes. They stood by me through my years as a struggling field technician, and again through my years as … |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1245&context=td |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
