Christopher S DePerno

Variations in reproduction and age structure in the North American river otter in North Carolina, USA

Sanders, C. W., Stewart, D. L., Pacifici, K., Hess, G. R., Olfenbuttel, C., & DePerno, C. S. (2023, January 23). JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, Vol. 1.

Human-mediated trophic mismatch between fire, plants and herbivores

Lashley, M. A., Chitwood, M. C., Dykes, J. L., DePerno, C. S., & Moorman, C. E. (2022, February 18). ECOGRAPHY.

Breeding-season Survival, Home-range Size, and Habitat Selection of Female Bachman's Sparrows

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 20(1), 105–116.

Effects of Prescribed Fire on Northern Bobwhite Nesting Ecology

Rosche, S. B., Moorman, C. E., Kroeger, A. J., Pacifici, K., Jones, J. G., & Deperno, C. S. (2021, June 14). WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN, Vol. 6.

Efficacy and Cost of GonaCon (TM) for Population Control in a Free-ranging White-tailed Deer Population

Walker, M. J., Shank, G. C., Stoskopf, M. K., Minter, L. J., & DePerno, C. S. (2021, December 30). WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN.

Growth and reproduction by young urban and rural black bears

JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 102(4), 1165–1173.

The relationship between upland hardwood distribution and avian occupancy in fire-maintained longleaf pine forests

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 479.

Tree encroachment impacts on seed predator selection and seedling establishment in degraded pine woodlands

APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE, 24(1).

A Sheaf Theoretical Approach to Uncertainty Quantification of Heterogeneous Geolocation Information

SENSORS, 20(12).

Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 34(4), 1017–1028.

Fledgling Bachman's Sparrows in a longleaf pine ecosystem: survival, movements, and habitat selection

JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY, 91(4), 354–366.

How Urban Identity, Affect, and Knowledge Predict Perceptions About Coyotes and Their Management

ANTHROZOOS, 33(1), 5–19.

LEPTOSPIRA, PARVOVIRUS, AND TOXOPLASMA IN THE NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER (LONTRA CANADENSIS) IN NORTH CAROLINA, USA

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 56(4), 791–802.

Large-scale spatial variation of chronic stress signals in moose

PLOS ONE, 15(1), e0225990.

Listeria monocytogenes at the human–wildlife interface: black bears ( Ursus americanus ) as potential vehicles for Listeria

Microbial Biotechnology, 13(3), 706–721.

Metal contamination of river otters in North Carolina

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192(2).

Northern Bobwhite Non-Breeding Habitat Selection in a Longleaf Pine Woodland

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 84(7), 1348–1360.

Predictors of fire-tolerant oak and fire-sensitive hardwood distribution in a fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystem

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 477.

Raccoon Vigilance and Activity Patterns When Sympatric with Coyotes

DIVERSITY-BASEL, 12(9).

Relative reproductive phenology and synchrony affect neonate survival in a nonprecocial ungulate

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 34(12), 2536–2547.

White-tailed deer use of overstory hardwoods in longleaf pine woodlands

Forest Ecology and Management, 464, 118046.

Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, and the Rise of Urban Wildlife

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Detection and Prevalence of Babesia spp. in American Black Bears (Ursus americanus) from Eastern and Western North Carolina, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 55(3), 678.

Effects on white‐tailed deer following eastern coyote colonization

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(4), 916–924.

Estimating density and detection of bobcats in fragmented midwestern landscapes using spatial capture-recapture data from camera traps

WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN, 43(2), 256–264.

Hunting interacts with socio-demographic predictors of human perceptions of urban coyotes

WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN, 43(3), 447–454.

Influence of military training on breeding ecology of Bachman's sparrow

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(1), 72–79.

LEPTOSPIROSIS IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN AMERICAN BLACK BEARS (URSUS AMERICANUS) IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, USA

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 55(1), 74–83.

Less is more: The importance of low tree density for Northern bobwhite

The Upland Gazette, (2019 Spring Fishing & Boating Guide), 62–63.

Northern bobwhite breeding season habitat selection in fire‐maintained pine woodland

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(5), 1226–1236.

Resource selection by coyotes (Canis latrans) in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) ecosystem: effects of anthropogenic fires and landscape features

Canadian Journal of Zoology, 97(2), 165–171.

Seasonal space use of transient and resident coyotes (Canis latrans) in North Carolina, USA

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 97(4), 326–331.

Seed depredation negates the benefits of midstory hardwood removal on longleaf pine seedling establishment

RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 27(5), 1064–1072.

White‐tailed deer and coyote colonization: a response to Kilgo et al. (2019)

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(8), 1641–1643.

Correction to: Setting an evolutionary trap: could the hider strategy be maladaptive for white-tailed deer?

Journal of Ethology, 36(2), 215–215.

Eastern Wild Turkey Roost-site Selection in a Fire-maintained Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 17(3), 371–380.

Estimating wildlife activity curves: comparison of methods and sample size

Scientific Reports, 8(1).

Predicting private landowner hunting access decisions and hunter density

Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 24(2), 99–115.

Predictors of Bachman's Sparrow Occupancy at its Northern Range Limit

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 17(1), 104–116.

Range Expansion of Fascioloides magna in North Carolina

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 17(2), 365–370.

The risk of being burned: Investigating spring and summer prescribed fire impacts on northern bobwhite nesting ecology

The Upland Gazette, (Spring 2018), 52–53.

A Comparison of Field Methods to Estimate Canada Goose Abundance

WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN, 41(4), 685–690.

Are camera surveys useful for assessing recruitment in white-tailed deer?

Wildlife Biology, 2017(1), wlb.00178.

Considerations on neonatal ungulate capture method: potential for bias in survival estimation and cause-specific mortality

Wildlife Biology, 2017(1), wlb.00250.

Data offers insights into the lives of Asheville’s bears

Wildlife in North Carolina, 81(3), 34.

Frequent fires eliminate fleshy fruit production

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 405, 9–12.

Importance of demographic surveys and public lands for the conservation of eastern hellbenders Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis in southeast USA

PLOS ONE, 12(6), e0179153.

Influence of Vegetation Type and Prescribed Fire on Peromyscus Abundance in a Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN, 41(1), 49–54.

Macroarthropod response to time-since-fire in the longleaf pine ecosystem

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 391, 390–395.

Morphological comparison between island populations of the hog island boa constrictor

INK: The Undergraduate Research Journal at NC State University, (Spring 2017), 43–47. https://undergradresearch.dasa.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2017/07/FINAL-INK-Journal-PDF-1.pdf

Nest-site selection and nest survival of Bachman's Sparrows in two longleaf pine communities

CONDOR, 119(3), 361–374.

Public Preference for Pet-Rabies Prophylaxis: Opportunities and Information Dissemination

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2(3), 46.

Regenerating white pine (Pinus strobus) in the south: Seedling position is more important than herbivory protection

Castanea, 82(2), 156–162.

Setting an evolutionary trap: could the hider strategy be maladaptive for white-tailed deer?

JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY, 35(3), 251–257.

Sexual segregation of forage patch use: Support for the social-factors and predation hypotheses

BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES, 136, 36–42.

Should We Use the Float Test to Quantify Acorn Viability?

WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN, 41(4), 776–779.

Using Landscape Characteristics to Predict Distribution of Temperate-Breeding Canada Geese

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 16(2), 127–139.

A Comparison of Survey Techniques for Medium- to Large-sized Mammals in Forested Wetlands

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 15(1), 175–187.

Do indirect bite count surveys accurately represent diet selection of white-tailed deer in a forested environment?

WILDLIFE RESEARCH, 43(3), 254–260.

Phantoms of the forest: legacy risk effects of a regionally extinct large carnivore

Ecology and Evolution, 6(3), 791–799.

Resource selection by southeastern fox squirrels in a fire-maintained forest system

JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 97(2), 631–638.

Survival and Cause-Specific Mortality of Coyotes on a Large Military Installation

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 15(3), 459–466.

The Mating System of White-Tailed Deer Under Quality Deer Management

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 80(5), 935–940.

Do Biological and Bedsite Characteristics Influence Survival of Neonatal White-Tailed Deer?

PLOS ONE, 10(3), e0119070.

Do silvicultural practices to restore oaks affect salamanders in the short term?

WILDLIFE BIOLOGY, 21(4), 186–194.

Evaluating Deer Hunters’ Support for Hunting Deer with Dogs

Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 20(2), 174–181.

Evaluation of Resident Canada Goose Movements to Reduce the Risk of Goose-Aircraft Collisions at Suburban Airports

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 79(7), 1185–1191.

Fructosamine: An Alternative to Serum Glucose Measurement in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 51(4), 876–879.

Impacts of the conservation education program in Serra Malagueta Natural Park, Cape Verde

Environmental Education Research, 22(4), 538–550.

Monitoring wildlife interactions with their environment: an interdisciplinary approach

Research and Reviews: Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 3(4), 31–37.

PARASITOLOGY AND SEROLOGY OF FREE-RANGING COYOTES (CANIS LATRANS) IN NORTH CAROLINA, USA

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 51(3), 664–669.

Perspectives of wildlife conservation professionals on intensive deer management

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 39(4), 751–756.

Poor soils and density-mediated body weight in deer: forage quality or quantity?

WILDLIFE BIOLOGY, 21(4), 213–219.

Preparing a fire prescription to maximize deer forage quality

The Upland Gazette, (Spring 2015), 6.

Prescribed fire affects female white-tailed deer habitat use during summer lactation

Forest Ecology and Management, 348, 220–225.

Research in our state...Fire and fruits

Lashley, M. A., Chitwood, M. C., DePerno, C. S., & Moorman, C. E. (2015, February). NC Wildlifer, 30(1), 23. https://faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu/christophersdeperno/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2016/02/PP41LashleyNCWildlifer.pdf

Seasonal Coyote Diet Composition at a Low-Productivity Site

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 14(2), 397–404.

VARIABILITY IN FIRE PRESCRIPTIONS TO PROMOTE WILDLIFE FOODS IN THE LONGLEAF PINE ECOSYSTEM

FIRE ECOLOGY, 11(3), 62–79.

White-Tailed Deer Population Dynamics and Adult Female Survival in the Presence of a Novel Predator

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 79(2), 211–219.

Wild Turkey Prenesting-Resource Selection in a Landscape Managed with Frequent Prescribed Fire

Southeastern Naturalist, 14(1), 137–146.

Collection, Handling and Analysis of Forages for Concentrate Selectors

Wildlife Biology in Practice, 10(1).

Confirmation of Coyote Predation on Adult Female White-tailed Deer in the Southeastern United States

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 13(3), N30–N32.

Evaluation of Methods to Estimate Understory Fruit Biomass

PLoS ONE, 9(5), e96898.

Hematologic Parameters and Hemoparasites of Nonmigratory Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) From Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

JOURNAL OF AVIAN MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 28(1), 16–23.

Incorporating Detection Probability Into Northern Great Plains Pronghorn Population Estimates

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 78(1), 164–174.

Influence of Landscape Composition on Northern Bobwhite Population Response to Field Border Establishment

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 78(1), 93–100.

Influence of landscape characteristics on retention of expandable radiocollars on young ungulates

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 38(1), 89–95.

Movements, population ecology, and harvest vulnerability of black bears in urban/suburban habitats within the Asheville watershed

International Bear News: Quarterly Newsletter of the International Association for Bear Research and Management (IBA) and the IUCN/SSC Bear Specialist Group, 23(3), 22–23.

Nephrolithiasis in free-ranging North American river otter (lontra canadensis) in North Carolina, USA

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 45(1), 110–117.

Re-Evaluating Neonatal-Age Models for Ungulates: Does Model Choice Affect Survival Estimates?

PLoS ONE, 9(9), e108797.

Serum Leptin as an Indicator of Fat Levels in White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the Southeastern USA

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 50(4), 887–890.

So, Coyotes Do Eat Deer - The Question is: Should We Panic?

The Upland Gazette, 19(2), 4–5. https://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Conserving/documents/UplandGazette/UG-Fall-2014.pdf

Subtle effects of a managed fire regime: A case study in the longleaf pine ecosystem

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, 38, 212–217.

Survey of Canada goose feces for presence of Giardia

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 8(2), 245–250. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1055&context=hwi

Survival and home-range size of southeastern fox squirrels in North Carolina

Southeastern Naturalist, 13(3), 456–462.

Survival rates and home ranges of fox squirrels in the North Carolina Sandhills

The Upland Gazette, 19(1), 10. http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Conserving/documents/UplandGazette/UG-Spring-2014.pdf

Urban bears in Asheville

NC Wildlifer, 29(2), 6–14.

Using novel spatial mark-resight techniques to monitor resident Canada geese in a suburban environment

WILDLIFE RESEARCH, 41(5), 447–453.

Vegetative Impact of Feral Horses, Feral Pigs, and White-tailed Deer on the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge, North Carolina

CASTANEA, 79(1), 8–17.

Venison...It’s what’s for dinner

NC Wildlifer, 29(2), 24–25.

Vocalization Observed in Starving White-tailed Deer Neonates

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 13(2), N6–N8.

White-Tailed Deer Vigilance: The Influence of Social and Environmental Factors

PLoS ONE, 9(3), e90652.

Wild Turkey Nest Survival and Nest-Site Selection in the Presence of Growing-Season Prescribed Fire

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 78(6), 1033–1039.

Assessing rabies knowledge and perceptions among ethnic minorities in Greensboro, North Carolina

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 77(7), 1321–1326.

Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in Free-Ranging White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 49(2), 468–470.

Baylisascaris procyonis in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from North Carolina and current status of the parasite in the USA

Parasitology Research, 112(2), 693–698.

Burning during the nesting season: Desirable of disastrous for turkey management?

The Upland Gazette, 18(2), 4–5. https://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Conserving/documents/UplandGazette/UG_Fall2013.pdf

CHARACTERIZATION OF CAMPYLOBACTER FROM RESIDENT CANADA GEESE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 49(1), 1–9.

Effects of plant phenology and vertical height on accuracy of radiotelemetry locations

WILDLIFE BIOLOGY, 19(1), 30–40.

Habitat, wildlife, and one health: Arcanobacterium pyogenes in Maryland and Upper Eastern Shore white-tailed deer populations

Infection Ecology & Epidemiology, 3(1), 19175.

Novel hemotropic Mycoplasma species in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 36(6), 607–611.

Physiological Condition of Female White-tailed Deer in a Nutrient-deficient Habitat Type

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 12(2), 307–316.

Quantifiable Long-term Monitoring on Parks and Nature Preserves

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 12(2), 339–352.

The Effect of Illumination and Time of Day on Movements of Bobcats (Lynx rufus)

PLoS ONE, 8(7), e69213.

Use of Crop Fields and Forest by Wintering American Woodcock

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 12(1), 85–92.

A Serosurvey for Brucella suis, Classical Swine Fever Virus, Porcine Circovirus Type 2, and Pseudorabies Virus in Feral Swine (Sus scrofa) of Eastern North Carolina

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 48(2), 462–466.

Bobwhite use of field borders

The Upland Gazette, 17(2), 7–8. https://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Conserving/documents/UplandGazette/UG_FALL2012.pdf

Factors shaping private landowner engagement in wildlife management

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 37(1), 94–100.

Immobilization of white-tailed deer with telazol, ketamine, and xylazine, and evaluation of antagonists

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 76(7), 1412–1419.

Impacts of hunting pressure on adult male white-tailed deer behavior

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 66, 120–125.

Short-term response of small mammals following oak regeneration silviculture treatments

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 274, 10–16.

Survey of Zoonotic Pathogens in White-tailed Deer on Bald Head Island, North Carolina

SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST, 11(3), 529–533.

A COMPARISON OF TWO FIELD CHEMICAL IMMOBILIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR BOBCATS (LYNX RUFUS)

JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE, 42(4), 580–585.

Agricultural wintering habitat as a limiting factor for woodcock in the Southeast: thirty years of agroecosystem change

Timberdoodle: The Woodcock Management Plan. http://www.timberdoodle.org/science

An earthworm feast in crop fields: American woodcock select furrows for foraging

The Upland Gazette, 16(1), 4–5. http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Conserving/documents/UplandGazette/Vol16i1_UG_spring11.pdf

Assessing Dog Hunter Identity in Coastal North Carolina

Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 16(2), 128–141.

Avian influenza testing of American woodcock in an agricultural landscape

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, 127(2), 189–191. https://www.jncas.org/doi/pdf/10.7572/2167-5880-127.2.189

Bartonella spp. in Feral Pigs, Southeastern United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17(5), 893–895.

Detection of Clostridium difficile and Salmonella in Feral Swine Population in North Carolina

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 47(3), 774–776.

Effects of crop field characteristics on nocturnal winter use by American woodcock

The Journal of Wildlife Management, 76(3), 528–533.

Evaluating the Effect of Predators on White-Tailed Deer: Movement and Diet of Coyotes

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, 75(4), 905–912.

Female White-tailed Deer Survival Across Ecoregions in Minnesota and South Dakota

AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST, 165(2), 426–435.

HYPEHRKALEMIA IN FREE-RANGING WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS)

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 47(2), 307–313.

Improvement of a catch-per-unit-effort estimator for white-tailed deer populations

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 65, 15–20.

Influence of landscape characteristics on migration strategies of white-tailed deer

JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY, 92(3), 534–543.

Investigation of Adult Male White-Tailed Deer Excursions Outside Their Home Range

Southeastern Naturalist, 10(1), 39–52.

PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO TOXOPLASMA GONDII AND TRICHINELLA SPP. IN FERAL PIGS (SUS SCROFA) OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 47(2), 338–343.

Predicting North Carolina landowner participation and interest in wildlife related fee access

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 21–26.