| Capstone projects are designed and executed by Paul Smith students, generally seniors.
Completed Capstone Projects
A variety of research projects at Paul Smith's College have focused on fish or wildlife. One example of a completed project from each category is listed below, along with the author and the semester in which the project was completed. Copies
of these projects, along with many others, can be found in the library.
| Title | Author |
FISHERIES AND AQUATIC |
| Importance of Basin Slope and Topography on Habitat Selection of Brook Trout |
Travis Johnson (Fall 05) |
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HERPTILES |
| The phenology and population biology of migrating amphibians along Keese Mill Rd |
Elicia Andrews (Fall 06) |
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BIRDS |
| A spatial comparison of great-horned owl and barred owl breeding territories using a grid-based ornithological survey and GIS in the Adirondack Park region of NY |
Rachel Johnson (Spring 07) |
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MAMMALS |
| The use of track index stations to assess small mammal diversity in second-growth and old-growth forests in the Adirondacks |
Tim Paddock (Spring 06) |
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