Christopher DePerno
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Bio
Education
B.S. – Central Michigan University (1990)
M.S. – Purdue University (1994)
Ph.D. – South Dakota State University (1998)
Research Interests
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 and wildlife education.
Area(s) of Expertise
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Population Ecology; Wildlife ecology, management
Publications
- Trypanosoma cruzi infection in American black bears (Ursus americanus): A case report in a cub from California and serologic survey for exposure in wild black bears from several states , VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY- REGIONAL STUDIES AND REPORTS (2024)
- Comparing the Efficacy of Two Immobilization Drug Combinations for the Chemical Restraint of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) , JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES (2024)
- Animal Damage Control , 2024 Agricultural Chemicals Manual (2023)
- Characterizing North Carolina black bear (Ursus americanus) populations using UrsaPlex v2.0 , Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments (2023)
- Diet of the North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) in North Carolina using 2 methods , WILDLIFE SOCIETY BULLETIN (2023)
- Draft Genome Sequences of 158 Listeria monocytogenes Strains Isolated from Black Bears (Ursus americanus) in the United States , Microbiology Resource Announcements (2023)
- Fine-scale resource selection, diet, and reproduction of urban black bears and a before-after experiment to evaluate the impacts of education (“bearwise’) on urban black bear space use and public perception in treatment vs. control neighborhoods , (2023)
- Fine-scale resource selection, diet, and reproduction of urban black bears and a before-after experiment to evaluate the impacts of education (“bearwise’) on urban black bear space use and public perception in treatment vs. control neighborhoods , (2023)
- Meet your new neighbor: The American black bear is on the rise and on the move , Natural History (2023)
- Tetracycline resistance in Listeria monocytogenes and L. innocua from wild black bears (Ursus americanus) in the United States is mediated by novel transposable elements , Environmental Microbiology (2023)