In this dissertation, I use economic tools to address pressing issues associated with designing and managing conservation programs and evaluating the effectiveness of those programs. In the first essay, I derive the levels of policy instruments such as lump sum payments and annu…
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The Lightning Came Closer is a poet/anthropologist's understanding of and mediation upon human origins, our evolutionary history, and ultimately, what it means to be human in a world of rampant human population growth and extreme resource use that are placing threatening pressur…
In this dissertation, I investigate the responses of proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus ) to different ecological factors in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Specifically, I address how (1) proboscis monkeys respond to spatial and temporal variation in food availability, (2) probosc…
The Medina of Tripoli, Libya, is a very ancient walled city that has a history of change, development, deterioration, conservation, and preservation to its fabric. Influenced by various foreign groups (Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Muslims, Spanish, Ottomans, Karamanlis), its arc…
Removal of Tamarix spp. (a.k.a. tamarisk, saltcedar, Athel) invasion is often involved in restoration of Western, riparian habitat; however monitoring of vegetation after removal is often neglected and thus opportunity for adaptive management lost. To address this need, I have c…
Most research on Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris ) has occurred in extensively forested habitats atypical of midwestern landscapes. I studied the ecology of female wild turkeys in a portion of southern Illinois consisting of an agricultural matrix interspers…
Although metal mining is increasing in Africa, little is known about its effects on endangered ape populations. In Senegal, much of the metal mining is located in the southeastern region, where the effects of mining compound existing conservation problems faced by savanna chimpa…
This dissertation examines the effects of Indonesia's decentralization and democratization reforms on Kerinci Seblat National Park, a large protected area on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The reforms, which were implemented in the wake of the resignation of President Suharto…
The involvement of the public in protected area management has increasingly been sought as a means to address the complex and dynamic nature of environmental and social problems. Using a case study of the 'community conservation agreement' (CCA) applied in Lore Lindu National Pa…
Chambered nautiluses are unique molluscs that differ from their closest relatives, octopus, squid, and cuttlefish, in many ways. Most obvious, nautiluses possess the ancestral trait of an external shell; a shell that has protected them for hundreds of millions of year but is doo…
This dissertation interrogates connections between agricultural restructuring, development of rural livelihoods and conservation of agricultural biodiversity (agrobiodiversity) in Turkey, a center of origin and diversity for wheat domestication. Often, crisis narratives accompan…
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia ) is a large migratory bird that recovered from near extinction during the last century in most parts of Europe. The problem I addressed in this research is the unknown status and nesting preferences among breeding pairs in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bi…
The Arabian Gulf countries have passed strict laws to preserve their environment. Kuwait has a strong history with preserving natural areas. The ecological value and richness of Kuwait's ecosystems have increased since the nature reserves were built. This research has evaluated …
This dissertation is the articulation of an ecological spirituality, that emphasizes and demonstrates that the starting point of any ecological spirituality is matter and the physical universe in which we are embedded. Humans participate in cosmological processes. The cosmos inf…
Worldwide declines in fish stocks in the twentieth century have led some governments and international conservation organizations to embrace local marine resource management systems which are often based on environmentally-friendly fishing techniques, sacred sites, and local eld…
Most bird species inhabiting mangroves are considered visitors to the habitat. However, some species feed or reproduce almost exclusively in mangroves. If most are visitors, then the question arises as to whether bird communities characteristic of mangroves actually exist. Simil…
The use of DNA sequence data is becoming ubiquitous in systematics, historical biogeography, conservation, and ecology. In this dissertation I use molecular data to address questions regarding phylogenetic relationships, historical biogeography, ecology, and conservation of turt…
This dissertation explores the transformation of property rights in Sabah, Malaysia from 1881 to present day. I untangle the complex ways in which property rights are transformed by closely analyzing the history of colonial codification of native customary law, the intricacies o…