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Christopher S. DePerno
Associate Professor/Extension Wildlife Specialist/Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Education:
B.S. – Central Michigan University (1990)
M.S. – Purdue University (1994)
Ph.D. – South Dakota State University (1998)
Extension/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.
Courses:
FW 221 - Principles Conservation of Natural Resources
FW 485 - Natural Resource Advocacy
FW 311 - Wildlife Inventory and Management
FW 313 - Mountain Wildlife Ecology and Management
FW 610 – Special Topics Graduate Course
Contact:
North Carolina State University
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources
Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Turner House, Box 7646
Raleigh, NC 27695-7646
919-513-7559 (office)
919-334-8935 (cell)
919-515-5110 (fax)
E-mail: chris_deperno@ncsu.edu
Webpages of Particular Interest:
Bull Neck Swamp Research Forest
Current Graduate Students (as of Spring 2008)
Chris Ayers (M.S. Student) – Effects of different mowing regimes on the efficacy of Anthraquinone (FlightControl Plus TM) as a Canada Goose repellent. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Colter Chitwood (M.S. Student) – Population status and physiological condition of white-tailed deer at Hoffman Forest, North Carolina. (Co-advisor - Dr. Richard Lancia)
Joe Folta (Ph.D. Student) – Ecology of eastern fox squirrels (Sciurus niger). (Co-advisor - Dr. David Cobb)
Katherine Golden (M.S. Student) – Surveying North Carolina Non-Industrialized
Private Landowner. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Stan Hutchens (M.S. Student) – Inventory and Assessment of the Reptile and Amphibian Community of Bull Neck Swamp, Washington County, North Carolina.
Gabe Karns (M.S. Student) – Impact of hunting on mature male white-tailed deer movement, activity, and home range. (Co-advisor - Dr. Richard Lancia)
Aimee’ Rockhill (Ph.D. Student) – Using bobcat (Lynx rufus) as an indicator species in developing a management plan for Bull Neck Swamp Research Forest, North Carolina.
Liz Rutledge (Ph.D. Student) – Assessing the movement, site preferences, and environmental and social impacts of Canada geese across an urban landscape. (Co-advisor - Dr. Chris Moorman)
Brandon Sherrill (M.S. Student) – Movement, habitat selection, and baseline condition of deer on Bald Head Island, North Carolina.
Mark Sandfoss (M.S. Student) – Population modeling of feral pigs and white-tailed deer at Howell Woods, North Carolina. (Co-advisor - Dr. Richard Lancia)
