Christopher Moorman

Bio

I am a Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Associate Head of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. My research is focused on understanding the effects of global change, especially land use change, on wildlife. The research typically is applied and often employs large-scale, replicated environmental manipulations. More specifically, I focus on forest wildlife management with emphasis on fire ecology, conservation of wildlife in agricultural landscapes, avian ecology and conservation in temperate and tropical regions, and urban wildlife ecology and management. Recent research projects include study of bird and vegetation response to sea-level rise and associated salinization, community restoration fire effects on wildlife, and effects of weather and future climate on eastern wild turkey reproduction. I was the lead editor for the book Renewable Energy and Wildlife Conservation, published in 2019. I teach courses focused on wildlife-habitat relationships, including a study abroad focused on tropical wildlife ecology in Ecuador.