College of Letters & Science
The College of Letters and Science, the largest center for learning, teaching and research at Montana State University, offers students an excellent liberal arts and sciences education in nearly 50 majors, 25 minors and over 25 graduate degrees within the four areas of the humanities, natural sciences, mathematics and social sciences.
Sub-communities within this community
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Agricultural Economics & Economics
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American Studies
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Cell Biology & Neuroscience
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Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Earth Sciences
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Ecology
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English
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History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies
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Mathematical Sciences
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Microbiology and Immunology
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Modern Languages & Literatures
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Native American Studies
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Physics
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Political Science
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Psychology
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Sociology and Anthropology
www.montana.edu/socanth
Recent Submissions
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A Survey of Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens in Native and Introduced Mountain Goats ( Oreamnos americanus)
(2018-06)In contrast to broad range expansion through translocations, many mountain goat ( Oreamnos americanus) populations have shown signs of decline. Recent documentation of pneumonia in mountain goats highlights their susceptibility ... -
Presupposition as investigator certainty in a police interrogation: The case of Lorenzo Montoya's false confession
(2018-07)This article presents an analysis of the use by police investigators of presupposition-bearing questions (PBQs) in interrogation as a process for communicating certainty of guilt. Among the techniques of interrogational ... -
Bulk Phosphorus-Doped Graphitic Carbon
(2018-07)A direct synthetic route to a tunable range of phosphorus-doped graphitic carbon materials is demonstrated via the reaction of benzene and phosphorus trichloride in a closed reactor at elevated temperatures (800-1050 degrees ... -
IFNAR2 Is Required for Anti-influenza Immunity and Alters Susceptibility to Post-influenza Bacterial Superinfections
(2018-11)Influenza virus infections particularly when followed by bacterial superinfections (BSI) result in significant morbidities and mortalities especially during influenza pandemics. Type I interferons (IFNs) regulate both ... -
CD103 (aE integrin) undergoes endosomal trafficking in human dendritic cells, but does not mediate epithelial adhesion
(2018-12)Dendritic cell (DC) expression of CD103, the α subunit of αEβ7 integrin, is thought to enable DC interactions with E-cadherin-expressing gastrointestinal epithelia for improved mucosal immunosurveillance. In the stomach, ... -
Aquatic macroinvertebrates stabilize gravel bed sediment: A test using silk net-spinning caddisflies in semi-natural river channels
(2019-01)Organisms can have large effects on the physical properties of the habitats where they live. For example, measurements in laboratory stream microcosms have shown that the presence of silk net-spinning insect larvae ... -
Wild horse demography: implications for sustainable management within economic constraints
(2018-04)Management of wild horse (Equus ferus caballus) populations on western U.S. rangelands has been a challenge since horses were given legal protection through the passage of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (WFRHba) ... -
The gut microbiome is required for full protection against acute arsenic toxicity in mouse models
(2018-12)Arsenic poisons an estimated 200 million people worldwide through contaminated food and drinking water. Confusingly, the gut microbiome has been suggested to both mitigate and exacerbate arsenic toxicity. Here, we show ... -
Respiratory pathogens and their association with population performance in Montana and Wyoming bighorn sheep populations
(2018-11)At the request of National Park Service resource managers, we began a study in 2000 to evaluate causes for the decline of the bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) population inhabiting Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area ... -
A list of bees from three locations in the Northern Rockies Ecoregion (NRE) of Montana
(2018-10)Background Wild bees that were collected in conjunction with a larger study are presented as a checklist of species for the Northern Rockies Ecoregion of Montana, USA. Over the course of four field seasons (2013-2016), ... -
Disentangling climate and disturbance effects on regional vegetation greening trends
(2018-11)Productivity of northern latitude forests is an important driver of the terrestrial carbon cycle and is already responding to climate change. Studies of the satellite-derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) ... -
Identifying the Stereotypical Who, What, and Why of Physics and Biology
(2018-12)Supporting efforts to grow the scientific workforce means articulating and comparing the content of science field stereotypes. To do this, data were collected from the general public [undergraduates (n=121) and Amazon ... -
Impact of hydrologic boundaries on microbial planktonic and biofilm communities in shallow terrestrial subsurface environments
(2018-09)Subsurface environments contain a large proportion of planetary microbial biomass and harbor diverse communities responsible for mediating biogeochemical cycles important to groundwater used by human society for consumption, ... -
Moving Forward in Global-Change Ecology: Capitalizing on Natural Variability
(2013-01)Natural resources managers are being asked to follow practices that accommodate for the impact of climate change on the ecosystems they manage, while global-ecosystems modelers aim to forecast future responses under different ... -
Postfledging Survival of Grasshopper Sparrows in Grasslands Managed with Fire and Grazing
(2011-05)More accurate estimates of survival after nestlings fledge are needed for population models to be parameterized and population dynamics to be understood during this vulnerable life stage. The period after fledging is the ... -
Another Tool in the Toolbox? Using Fire and Grazing to Promote Bird Diversity in Highly Fragmented Landscapes
(2011-03)The grasslands of central North America have experienced drastic reductions in extent, removal of historic disturbance patterns, and homogenization of remaining fragments. This has resulted in steep declines for a broad ... -
Spatial heterogeneity across five rangelands managed with pyric‐herbivory
(2012-07)1. Many rangelands evolved under an interactive disturbance regime in which grazers respond to the spatial pattern of fire and create a patchy, heterogeneous landscape. Spatially heterogeneous fire and grazing create ... -
A Cross-Taxonomic Comparison of Insect Responses to Grassland Management and Land-Use Legacies
(2011-12)Many species of plants and animals associated with grasslands are rare or declining due to habitat loss and degradation. Although grassland plants and insects evolved in the context of both grazing and fire, the appropriate ... -
Using Biodiversity Data to Assess Species--Habitat Relationships in Glacier National Park, Montana
(1994-11)Biodiversity surveys are becoming increasingly popular. However, standard analysis techniques for these data have not yet been developed. This paper explores the use of multivariate ordination techniques for assessing ... -
Montane Meadow Change during Drought Varies with Background Hydrologic Regime and Plant Functional Group
(2010-01)Climate change models for many ecosystems predict more extreme climatic events in the future, including exacerbated drought conditions. Here we assess the effects of drought by quantifying temporal variation in community ...
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