Black Bear and cub on the Albemarle Peninsula of eastern North Carolina, also referred to as the Yellowstone of the East.


Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  • Allen, S. C., C. E. Moorman, M. N. Peterson, G. R. Hess,  and S. E. Moore. In Press. Overcoming socio-economic barriers to implement conservation subdivisions: a case- study of four successful communities. Landscape and Urban Planning.

            

  • Fielding, D. C., F. Cubbage, M. N. Peterson, D. Hazel, B. Gugelmann, and C. Moorman. In Press. Opinions of forest managers, loggers, and forest landowners in North Carolina regarding biomass harvesting guidelines. International Journal of Forestry Research.

  • Shake, C. S., C. E. Moorman, J. D. Riddle, and M. R. Burchell. 2012. Patch area affects shrubland bird occupancy. The Condor 114:268-278. (PDF)

  • Raybuck, A. L., C. E. Moorman, C. H. Greenberg, C. S. DePerno, K. Gross, D. M. Simon, and G. S. Warburton. 2012. Short-term response of small mammals following oak regeneration silviculture treatments. Forest Ecology and Management 274:10-16. (PDF)

  • Blackman, E. B., C. S. DePerno, M. J. Krachey, C. E. Moorman, and M. N. Peterson. 2012. Effects of crop field characteristics on nocturnal winter use by American woodcock. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:528-533. (PDF)

  • Moorman, C. E., L. T. Bowen, J. C. Kilgo, J. L. Hanula, S. Horn, and M. D. Ulyshen. 2012. Arthropod abundance and seasonal bird use of bottomland forest harvest gaps. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124:31-39. (PDF)

  • Golden, K. E., C. S. DePerno, C. E. Moorman, M. N. Peterson, and R. E. Bardon. 2011. Predicting North Carolina private landowner participation and interest in wildlife related fee access. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 65:21-26. (PDF)

  • Blackman, E. B., C. S. DePerno, C. E. Moorman, and M. N. Peterson. 2011. Avian influenza testing of American woodcock in an agricultural landscape. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 127:189-191. (PDF)

  • Dellinger, J. A., J. M. McVey, D. T. Cobb, and C. E. Moorman. 2011. Diameter thresholds for distinguishing between red wolf and non-red wolf canid scat. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:416-420. (PDF)

  • Shake, C. S., C. E. Moorman, and M. R. Burchell. 2011. Cropland edge, forest succession,and landscape affect shrubland bird nest predation. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:825-835. (PDF)

  • Riddle, J. D., and C. E. Moorman. 2010. The importance of agriculture-dominated landscapes and lack of field border effect for early-succsion songbirds. Avian Conservation and Ecology 5(2):9. [online] URL http://www.ace-eco.org/vol5/iss2/art9/. (PDF)

  • Blackman, E. B., J. W. Reynolds, C. S. DePerno, C. E. Moorman, and M. N. Peterson. 2010. Earthworm species available to American woodcock (Scolopax minor) on the wintering grounds in eastern North Carolina, USA. Megadrilogica 14(4):59-64. (PDF)

  • Savage, A. L., C. E. Moorman, J. A. Gerwin, and C. Sorenson. 2010. Prey selection by Swainson’s warblers on the breeding grounds. The Condor 112:605-614. (PDF)

  • Ayers, C. R., C. E. Moorman, C. S. DePerno, F. H. Yelverton, and H. J. Wang. 2010. Effects of mowing on anthraquinone for deterrence of Canada geese. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:1863-1868. (PDF)

  • Ayers, C. R., C. S. DePerno, C. E. Moorman, and F. H. Yelverton. 2010. Canada goose (Branta canadensis) weed dispersal and nutrient loading in turfgrass systems. Applied Turfgrass Science [On-line]. (PDF)

  • Moorman, C. E., and J. C. Beane. 2010. Virginia valeriae valeriae (Eastern Smooth Earthsnake) Predation. Herpetological Review 41:101. (PDF)

  • Matthews, C. E., C. E. Moorman, C. H. Greenberg, and T. A. Waldrop. 2010. Response of herpetofauna to repeated fires and fuel reduction treatments. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:1301-1310. (PDF)

  • Riddle, J. D., S. J. Stanislav, K. H. Pollock, C. E. Moorman, and F. S. Perkins. 2010. Separating components of the detection process with combined methods: an example with northern bobwhite. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:1319-1325. (PDF)

  • Peterson, M. N., C. S. DePerno, C. E. Moorman, K. A. Cunningham, J. P. Milrad, J. D. Riddle, and T. A. Steelman. 2010. Hunting and non-hunting college students’ perceptions of wildlife and each other. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 63:47-53. (PDF)

  • Kleist, A. M., C. E. Moorman, C. S. DePerno, and R. E. Bardon. 2010. Opportunities for planned county-based wildlife programming. Journal of Extension [On-line], 48(2) Article 2RIB7. (PDF)

  • Matthews, C. E., C. E. Moorman, C. H. Greenberg, and T. A. Waldrop. 2009. Response of soricid populations to repeated fires and fuel reduction treatments in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 1939-1944. (PDF)

  • Kohut, S. G. R. Hess, and C. E. Moorman. 2009. Avian use of suburban greenways as stopover habitat. Urban Ecosystems 12:487-502. (PDF)

  • Champlin, T. B., J. C. Kilgo, and C. E. Moorman. 2009. Food abundance does not determine bird use of early-successional habitat. Ecology 90:1586-1594. (PDF)

  • Champlin, T. B., J. C. Kilgo, M. L. Gumpertz, and C. E. Moorman. 2009. Avian response to microclimate in canopy gaps in a bottomland forest. Southeastern Naturalist 8(1):107-120. (PDF)

  • Riddle, J. D., C. E. Moorman, and K. H. Pollock. 2008. The importance of habitat shape and landscape context to northern bobwhite populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1376-1382. (PDF)

  • Riddle, J. D., C. E. Moorman, and K. H. Pollock. 2008. A comparison of methods for estimating northern bobwhite covey detection probabilities. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1437-1442. (PDF)

  • Smith, T. A., D. L. Osmond, C. E. Moorman, J. M. Stucky, and J. W. Gilliam. 2008. Effects of vegetation management on bird habitat in riparian buffer zones. Southeastern Naturalist 7(2)277-288. (PDF)

  • Miller, J. E., G. R. Hess, and C. E. Moorman. 2007. Southern two-lined salamanders in urbanizing watersheds. Urban Ecosystems: 10:73-85. (PDF)

  • Mason, J., C. Moorman, G. Hess, and K. Sinclair. 2007. Designing suburban greenways to provide habitat for forest-breeding birds. Landscape and Urban Planning 80:153-164. (PDF)

  • Moorman, C. E., L. T. Bowen, J. C. Kilgo, C. E. Sorenson, J. L. Hanula, S. Horn, and M. D. Ulyshen. 2007. Seasonal diets of insectivorous birds using canopy gaps in a bottomland forest. Journal of Field Ornithology 78:11-20. (PDF)

  • Bowen, L. T., C. E. Moorman, and J. C. Kilgo. 2007. Seasonal bird use of canopy gaps in a bottomland forest. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 19:77-89. (PDF)

  • Ulyshen, M. D., J. L. Hanula, S. Horn, J. C. Kilgo, and C. E. Moorman. 2006. The response of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to selection cutting in a South Carolina bottomland forest. Biodiversity and Conservation 15:261-274. (PDF)

  • Ulyshen, M. D., J. L. Hanula, S. Horn, J. C. Kilgo, and C. E. Moorman. 2005. Herbivorous insect response to group-selection harvesting in southeastern bottomland hardwood forests. Environmental Entomology 34:395-402. (PDF)

 

  • Sinclair, K. E., G. R. Hess, C. E. Moorman, and J. H. Mason. 2005.  Mammalian nest predators respond to greenway width, landscape context, and habitat structure. Landscape and Urban Planning. 71:277-293. (PDF)

  • Ulyshen, M. D., J. L. Hanula, S. Horn, J. C. Kilgo, and C. E. Moorman.  2004.  Spatial and temporal patterns of beetles associated with coarse woody debris in managed bottomland hardwood forests. Forest Ecology and Management 199:259-272. (PDF)

  • Vandermast, D. B., C. E. Moorman, K. R. Russell, and D. H. Van Lear.  2004.  Initial vegetation response to prescribed fire in some oak-hickory forests of the South Carolina Piedmont.  Natural Areas Journal 24:216-222.

  • Kilgo, J. C., and C. E. Moorman.  2003.  Patterns of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds in the southeastern United States. Wilson Bulletin 115:277-284. (PDF)

                                                          

  • Moorman, C. E., D. C. Guynn, Jr., and  J. C. Kilgo.  2002.  Hooded warbler nesting success adjacent to group-selection and clearcut edges in a southeastern bottomland forest. The Condor 104:366-377. (PDF)

 

  • Moorman, C. E., and D. C. Guynn.  2001.  Effects of group-selection opening size on breeding bird habitat use in a bottomland forest. Ecological Applications 11:1680-1691. (PDF)

 

  • Moorman, C. E.  2000.  Designing and presenting avian research to facilitate integration with management. Studies in Avian Biology 21:109-114.

 

  • Moorman, C. E., D.L. Howell, and B. R. Chapman.  1999.  Nesting chronology, success, and productivity of the red-shouldered and red-tailed hawk in Georgia. The Journal of Raptor Research 33:248-251.

  • Russell, K. R., C. E. Moorman, J. K. Edwards, B. S. Metts, and D. C. Guynn, Jr.  1999.  Amphibian and reptile communities associated with beaver ponds and non-impounded streams in the Piedmont of South Carolina. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 14:149-158.

  • Russell, K. R., C. E. Moorman, and D. C. Guynn.  1999.  The Appalachian cottontail, Sylvilagus obscurus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae), from the South Carolina mountains with observations on habitat use. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 115:140-144. (PDF)

  • Moorman, C. E., K. R. Russell, G. R. Sabin, and D. C. Guynn.  1999.  Snag dynamics and cavity occurrence in the South Carolina Piedmont. Forest Ecology and Management 118:37-48. (PDF)

 

  • Moorman, C. E., and B. R. Chapman.  1996.  Nest site selection by woodland hawks in a managed forest in the Georgia Piedmont. Wilson Bulletin 108(2):357-368. (PDF) 

Book Chapters

  • McCleery, R. A., C. E. Moorman, M. C. Wallace, and D. Drake. 2012. Management and research of wildlife in urban environments. N. J. Silvy (ed.). Pp 169-191 in N Silvy (ed). Wildlife Techniques Manual Volume II, 7th Edition. The Wildlife Society, Laurel Maryland.

                   

  • Moorman, C. E., K. R. Russell, and C. H. Greenberg. 2011. Reptile and amphibian response to hardwood forest management and early-successional habitats. Pp 191-208 in CH Greenberg, BS Collins, and FR Thompson III (eds). Sustaining Young Forest Communities: Ecology and Management of Early Successional Habitats in the Central Hardwood Region, USA. Springer. (PDF)

  • Guilfoyle, M. P., C. E. Moorman, and J. C. Kilgo.  2005.  Seasonal relationships between avian communities and canopy gaps in southeastern bottomland hardwood forests.  Pp. 307-320 in LH Fredrickson, SL King, and RM Kaminski (Eds.). Ecology and Management of Bottomland Hardwood Systems: The State of Our Understanding, University of Missouri-Columbia. Gaylord Memorial Laboratory Special Publication No. 10. Puxico.

Peer-edited Publications

  • Moorman, C. E., C. A. Harper., and C. S. DePerno. 2008. Breaking through the Food Plot Mentality. Proceedings of the 11th Triennial Extension Fisheries and Wildlife Specialists Conference, Big Sky, Montana. (PDF)

  • Moorman, C. E., and C. S. DePerno. 2008. Saving the World One Native Plant at a Time. Proceedings of the 11th Triennial Extension Fisheries and Wildlife Specialists Conference, Big Sky, Montana. (PDF)

  • DePerno, C. S., and C. E. Moorman. 2008. Bringing Extension into the Classroom. Proceedings

    of the 11th Triennial Extension Fisheries and Wildlife Specialists Conference, Big Sky, Montana. (PDF)

  • Harper, C. A., and C. E. Moorman. 2008. Qualifying Native Warm-Season Grasses and Early

    Succession Habitat. Proceedings of the 11th Triennial Extension Fisheries and Wildlife Specialists Conference, Big Sky, Montana. (PDF)

  • Strnad, R., and C. E. Moorman. 2008. An Introduction to the Revised Southeastern 4-H Wildlife Projects. Proceedings of the 11th Triennial Extension Fisheries and Wildlife Specialists Conference, Big Sky, Montana. (PDF)

  • Moorman, C. E. 2007. Book Review: Urban Wildlife Management by Adams et al. (2006). The Condor 109:718-719. (PDF)

  • Bardon, R. E., C. E. Moorman, and R. A. Hamilton. 2002. The urbanization of North Carolina. Journal of Forestry 100:57-58. (PDF)

  • Moorman, C. E., K. R. Russell, M. A. Menzel, S. M. Lohr, J. E. Ellenberger, and D. H. Van Lear. 1999. Bats roosting in deciduous leaf litter. Bat Research News 40:74-75.

  • Moorman, C. E., and E. G. Darracq. 1997. Reforming student-professor relations: personal qualities to improve the wildlife management profession (Student Voices). Wildlife Society Bulletin 25(3):748-750. (PDF)

Edited Proceedings

  • W. M. Ford, K. R. Russell, and C. E. Moorman (Editors).  2002.  The role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions. US Forest Service General Technical Report. NE-288. (PDF)

Proceedings Chapters and Technical Reports

  • Moorman, C. E., and J. R. Riddle. 2009. Maximizing the benefits of field borders for bobwhite and early successional songbirds: what is the best design for implementation? Pp. 13-23 in L. W. Burger (ed.). Managing Working Lands for Northern Bobwhite: the USDA NRCS Bobwhite Restoration Project. USDA NRCS Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center. (PDF)

  • Harper, C. A., C. E. Moorman, and P.D. Keyser. 2008. Native grass and early successional wildlife habitat: Past lessons and a new vision. Proceedings of the Eastern Native Grass Symposium. 6:120-126. (PDF)

  • Moorman, C. E., P. T. Bromley, M. A. Megalos, and D. Drake.  2002.  The role of non-industrial private forest lands in the conservation of southern fire-dependent wildlife. Pp. 116-123 in W. M. Ford, K. R. Russell, and C. E. Moorman (eds.), The role of fire for nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions from eastern and western perspectives. USDA Forest Service GTR-NE-288. (PDF)

  • Floyd, T. M., K. R. Russell, C. E. Moorman, D. H. Van Lear, D. C. Guynn, Jr., and J. D. Lanham.  2001.  Effects of prescribed fire on herpetofauna within hardwood forests of the upper Piedmont of South Carolina: a preliminary analysis. Pp. 123-127 in K. W. Outcelt (ed.), Proceedings of the eleventh biennial southern silvicultural research conference. USDA Forest Service GTR-SRS-48.