Research

Conducting Canada goose research in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Population ecology and management of big game species and predators, habitat use and selection of big game species and predators, interactions of predators and prey, and sexual segregation and resource partitioning in ungulates, animal damage, reptile and amphibian surveys, reptile and amphibian habitat requirements, wildlife and zoonotic diseases, and wildlife education.

Please visit the graduate student page for project titles of all current research projects.

Recent Media Coverage

2016

• Gould, N., C. Olfenbuttel, and C. DePerno.  In Asheville, locals and black bears learn to get along.  http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article65689937.html
• http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article65664222.html
• http://www.technicianonline.com/news/article_096e63f2-f49c-11e5-bec8-53d5535598f9.html
  http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/03/29/bears-move-early-wnc/82214942/

• Chitwood, M. C., M. B. Elfelt, C. E. Moorman, and C. S. DePerno.  Top Dog: North Carolina’s tale of the coyote.  http://www.carolinacountry.com/index.php/carolina-stories/stories/top-dog-north-carolina-s-tale-of-the-coyote

2015

•  Moorman, C. E., and C. S. DePerno.  A new top dog in North Carolina.  https://news.ncsu.edu/2015/03/coyotes-in-nc/

2014

• Gould, N., C. Olfenbuttel, and C. DePerno.  Asheville bear study Asheville site of major bear study.  (http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/04/28/asheville-site-major-bear-study/8441519/)Bears get GPS collars for study.  (http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_bears-get-gps-collars-study-16024.shtml)(http://www.wlos.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wlos_bears-get-gps-collars-study-16024.shtml)Researchers study black bears living in Asheville, western NC (http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/25561939/reseachers-study-black-bears-living-in-asheville)Tracking Bears Podcast (http://www.wwnc.com/media/podcast-changes-Changes/51714-changes-tracking-bears-24779705/)

• Tracking Bears – MP3

2012

• DePerno, C. S.  Feral pig concerns grow as fast as the population.  United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Communications, Washington, D.C. http://audioarchives.oc.usda.gov/radnewsfeaturedetail.asp?ID=2339

• The Revolution Podcast (http://www.outdoortrailsnetwork.com/) (http://www.st-tel.net/~jim/files/DR%20-%20CHRIS%20DEPERNO%20-%20TR.mp3)

• USDA Radio Feral Pigs – MPEG

• USDA Radio Feral Pigs – REALPLAYER

• USDA Radio Feral Pigs – WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

• DePerno, C. S.  Corollo, North Carolina horses.  Highlighted in The New York Times Science (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/science/wild-horses-fate-in-outer-banks-lies-in-preservation-clash.html?_r=1&ref=science)

• Sandfoss, M. R., C. S. DePerno, C. W. Betsill, M. Baron Palamar, G. Erickson, and Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf.  2012.  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 48:462-466.
  • 1) North Carolina State University Newsroom, 10 April 2012 (http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/mk-feral-pig-bacteria/)
  • 2) College of Natural Resources News Central (http://cnr.ncsu.edu/blogs/news/2012/04/10/study-shows-first-n-c-case-of-feral-pig-exposure-to-nasty-bacteria/)
  • 3) Pork Network (http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/Brucellosis-raises-red-flag-in-NC-feral-swine–147337305.html)
  • 4) Pork Network Editorial (http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/latest/Brucellosis-raises-red-flag-in-NC-feral-swine–147337305.html)
  • 5) Science Newsline (http://www.sciencenewsline.com/medicine/2012041023160014.html)
  • 6)Phys.org (http://phys.org/news/2012-04-feral-pigs-exposed-nasty-bacteria.html)
  • 7) e! Science News (http://esciencenews.com/sources/physorg/2012/04/10/feral.pigs.exposed.nasty.bacteria)
  • 8) JSOnline (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/147002795.html);
  • 9) Science Daily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120411131913.htm)
  •  10) North Carolina Health News (http://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2012/04/23/discovery-of-bacteria-in-wild-pigs-prompts-alert-to-farmers-hunters/)
  • 11) News and Observer (http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/06/2047423/a-farmers.html#storylink=misearch)

2011

• Ayers, C. R., C. S. DePerno, C. E. Moorman, and F. H. Yelverton.  2010.  Canada goose weed dispersal and nutrient loading in turfgrass systems.  Online.  Applied Turfgrass Science doi:10.1094/ATS-2010-0212-02-RS.  Highlighted in May 2011 issue of Golf Course Management  http://digitalgcm.gcsaa.org/DigitalAnywhere/viewer.aspx?id=23&pageId=42&refid=560135&s=share

• Beard, A. W., R. G. Maggi, S. Kennedy-Stoskopf, N. A. Cherry, M. R. Sandfoss, C. S. DePerno, and E. B. Breitschwerdt.  2011.  Bartonella spp. in feral pigs, southeastern United States. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:893-895.  Highlighted in Natural Unseen Hazards Blog (http://naturalunseenhazards.wordpress.com/).

• Sandfoss, M., C. DePerno, S. Patton, J. Flower, and S. Kennedy-Stoskopf.  2011.  Prevalence of antibody to Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella spp. in feral pigs (Sus scrofa) of eastern North Carolina.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47:338-343.
  • 1) North Carolina State University Newsroom, 25 April 2011(http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/cbferalpigs/)
  • 2) Triangle Business Journal (http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/2011/04/nc-state-issues-feral-pig-warning.html)
  • 3) National Geographic Daily News (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/05/110502-wild-pigs-parasites-animals-pork-science-health-nation/)
  • 4) Natural Unseen Hazards Blog (http://naturalunseenhazards.wordpress.com/)
  • 5) Animal Health Smart Brief (http://www.smartbrief.com/servlet/wireless?issueid=331896B8-D3D7-40FD-A4DA-9C241C908653&sid=f54e1dc3-3565-46c5-afbc-6c4c0cf0783e)
  • 6) College of Natural Resources News Central (http://cnr.ncsu.edu/blogs/news/2011/05/04/wild-hogs-researchers-examine-impact-of-feral-pigs-in-eastern-n-c/).

Webpages of Particular Interest

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