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Biological Sciences

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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  GRADUATE STUDENTS
Doug Piatkowski.  (In Progress).  Long-term effects of beach renourishment on nest success in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta): a four-year study at Masonboro Island, North Carolina.
C. Brannon Quel.  2001.  Remigration intervals for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting on Bald Head Island,  North Carolina.
M. Angie Shipp-Pennock.  2000.  Systematics of the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) in the mid-Atlantic region.
Daniel K. Ray.  2000.  Phylogenetics and evolution of  woodrats (genus Neotoma) in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Barbara L. Wilson.  1999.  Resource selection by the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana floridana).
David R. Rabon, Jr.  1999.  Infant ultrasonic vocalizations in two species of voles (Microtus).

Susan D. Wolfson.  1998.  Nongeographic and geographic variation in the Amazon tree frog, Hyla geographica Spix 1824.

Cynthia T. Thomas.  1997.  Aerial census of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, along the East Coast of Florida.
Timothy P. Pinion.  1996.  Reproductive output of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting on Bald Head Island, North Carolina.
Becky E. Gurshaw.  1996.  Protein electrophoresis and allozymic differentiation in two subspecies of the southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris).
Kelly A. Cook.  1994.  Intraseasonal nesting activity of loggerhead sea turtles on Bald Head Island, North Carolina.
Christopher A. Murray.  1991.  The mammalian fauna of Hammocks Beach State Park, North Carolina.
Tania A. Fitzgerald.  1991.  The critical period for sexual differentiation in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from southeastern North Carolina.
Ann Neville.  1990.  The effects of nest temperature on hatchling emergence in the loggerhead sea turtle.
Kevin W. Markham.  1989.  Habitat and dietary relationships of marsh rabbits on coastal islands in southeastern North Carolina.
William F. Adams.  1989.  Utilization of estuarine habitats by bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in southeastern North Carolina.  
Joseph F. Gouveia.  1988.  The timing of sexual determination in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).


UNDERGRADUATE HONOR'S STUDENTS
Katie M. Day.  Topic yet to be decided.
Lorrie C. Laliberte.  In Progress.  Biology of seven species of squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in North Carolina.  
Joseph W. Felts.  In Progress.  Use of brides as daytime roosts by bats in North Carolina.
Casey J. Stacy.  In Progress.  Patterns of rabies infestation in North Carolina bats.
Chessie M. Ferrell.  In Progress.  Efficacy of soil compaction testing devices and their implications for the management of nesting sea turtles.
Jessica L. Bunkers.  1999.  The distributional ecology of North Carolina mammals.

Marissa D. DiCola.  1998.  Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from North Carolina.

Julianne M. Liesman.  1995.  The effects of beach renourishment on soil compaction on Masonboro Island, North Carolina.
Donna L. Hentosh.  1995.  Effects of beach renourishment on nesting sea turtles on Masonboro Island, North Carolina.
Lisa M. Mazzaro.  1986.  The effects of edaphic and climatic variability on nesting success in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) on Masonboro Island, North Carolina.

Thomas E. Lankford, Jr.  1986.  The histological organization of the digestive system in Blarina brevicauda (Insectivora: Soricidae).


PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS OF GRADUATE (IN GREEN)
AND UNDERGRADUATE (IN RED) STUDENTS 
Ray, D. K., D. W. Freshwater, and W. D. Webster.  2002.  Multiplex PCR identification of eastern and Allegheny woodrats in zones of contact.  J. Wildl. Manage., 66:86-90.
Rabon, D. R., Jr., W. D. Webster, and D. K. Sawrey.  In Press.  Early postnatal mass in montane and prairie voles (Microtus).  J. N.C. Acad. Sci., 118:XXX-XXX.
Rabon, D. R., Jr., D.  K. Sawrey, and W. D. Webster.  2001.  Infant ultrasonic vocalizations and parental responses in two species of voles (Microtus).  Can. J. Zool., 79:830-837.
Ray, D. K., E. G. Bolen, and W. D. Webster.  2001.  Characteristics of a barrier island deer population in the southeastern United States.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 117:113-122.
Webster, W. D., and P. B. Spivey.  2001.  The pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi (Insectivora: Soricidae), in North Carolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 117:29-35.
Webster, W. D., and K. A. Cook.  2001.  Intraseasonal nesting activity of loggerhead sea turtles in southeastern North Carolina.  Amer. Midl. Nat., 145:66-73.

Webster, W. D., N. D. Moncrief, B. E. Gurshaw, J. L. Loxterman, R. K. Rose, J. F. Pagels, and S. Y. Erdle.  Submitted.  Morphometric and allozymic variation in the southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris).  J. Mamm.

Rabon, D. R., Jr., W. D. Webster, and S. L. Donaton.  2000.  Pleistocene bats of the southeastern United States, with comments on their hypothetical occurrences in NorthCarolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 116:57-68.
Woodson, H. M., and W. D. Webster.  1999.  Chelonia mydas (Green Sea Turtle).  Nesting distribution. Herpetological Review, 30:224-225.  

DeBow, T. M., W. D. Webster, and P. W. Sumner.  1998.  Range expansion of the coyote, Canis latrans (Carnivora: Canidae), into North Carolina; with comments on some management implications.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 114:113-118.

Webster, W. D., P. D. Goley, J. Pustis, and J. F. Gouveia.  1996.  Seasonality in cetacean strandings along the coast of North Carolina.  Brimleyana, 23:91-101.
Markham, K. W. and W. D. Webster.  1993.  Diets of marsh rabbits, Sylvilagus palustris (Lagomorpha: Leporidae), from coastal islands in southeastern North Carolina.  Brimleyana, 19:147-154.
Webster, W. D., A. P. Smith, and K. W. Markham.  1992.  A noteworthy record for the Dismal Swamp bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi helaletes) in North Carolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 108:89-90.

Murray, C. A., W. D. Webster, and K. W. Markham.  1992.  Seasonal variation in the diet of bobcats in eastern North Carolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 108:25-28.

Padgett, D. E., A. S. Kendrick, J. H. Hearth, and W. D. Webster.  1988.  Influence of salinity, temperature, and nutrient availability on the respiration of saprolegniaceous fungi (Oomycetes).  Holarctic Ecol., 11:119-126.

Webster, W. D., W. W. Golder, A. Neville, and J. F. Gouveia.  1987.  The distributional status of the eastern wood rat, Neotoma floridana floridana, in North Carolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 103:111-112.

Adams, W. F., C. S. Pike, III, W. D. Webster, and J. F. Parnell.  1986.  Composition of barn owl, Tyto alba, pellets from two locations in North Carolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 102:16-18.
Webster, W. D., P. B. Colwell, and M. A. Shields.  1984.  Noteworthy records of mammals from North Carolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 100:112-115.


ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED BY GRADUATE (IN GREEN)
AND UNDERGRADUATE (IN RED) STUDENTS 
Piatkowski, D., and W. D. Webster.  In Press.  Long-term effects of beach renourishment on the nesting biology of sea turtles: a four-year study at Masonboro Island, North Carolina, p. xx.  In Proc. Twenty-second Internatl. Sea Turtle Symp.
Ferrell, C. M., W. D. Webster, and D. Piatkowski.  In Press.  Comparison of five soil compaction measurement devices and their implications for the management of nesting sea turtles, p. xx.  In Proc. Twenty-second Internatl. Sea Turtle Symp.
Stacy, C. J., and W. D. Webster.   In Press.  Patterns of rabies infestation in North Carolina bats.  J. N.C. Acad. Sci., 118:XXX-XXX.
Webster, W. D., Ray, D. K., and D. W. Freshwater.  2001.  Phylogenetics and evolution of woodrats (Neotoma) in the southeastern United States.  Amer. Soc. Mammal., 245.
Rabon, D. R., Jr., W. D. Webster, and D. K. Sawrey.  2001.  Mass of laboratory-reared infant Microtus montanus and M. ochrogaster.  Amer. Soc. Mammal., 173.

Webster, W. D., D. K. Ray, and D .W. Freshwater.  2001.  Evolution and systematics of woodrats (Neotoma) in the southern Appalachian Mountains.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 117:197-198.  
Webster, W. D., M. A. Shipp-Pennock, and D. W. Freshwater.  2001.  Systematics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in the mid-Atlantic states.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 117:198.  
Quel, C. B., and W. D. Webster.  2001.  Remigration intervals for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) nesting on Bald Head Island, North Carolina, p. xx.  In Proc. Twenty-first Internatl. Sea Turtle Symp.
Piatkowski, D., and W. D. Webster.  2001.  Efficacy of the cone and Lang penetrometers: management implications for beach renourishment in sea turtle nesting habitat, p. xx.  In Proc. Twenty-first Internatl. Sea Turtle Symp.

Nutter, F. B., D. D. Lee, M. A. Stamper, G. A. Lewbart, C. B. Quel, W. D. Webster, and M. K. Stoskopf.  2000.  Hemiovariosalpingectomy in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), p. XX.  In Proc. Twentieth Internatl. Sea Turtle Symp.

Piatkowski, D., and W. D. Webster.  2000.  Efficacy of the cone and Lang penetrometers: management implications for beach renourishment in sea turtle nesting habitat.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 117:79.  

Shipp-Pennock, M. A., B. Simmons, and W. D. Webster.  2000.  An evaluation of two wetland restoration mitigation sites in Wilmington, North Carolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 117:79.

Weiss, A., and W. D. Webster.  1999.  Management of the black bear (Ursus americanus) in North Carolina: a tale of success.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 115:195.  

Webster, W. D., and P. Spivey.  1999.  North Carolina’s rarest mammal?  Not the pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi)!  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 115:196.

Rabon, D. R., Jr., W. D. Webster, and D. K. Sawrey.  1999.  Comparison of infant ultrasonic vocalizations and parental response in the montane vole, Microtus montanus, and the prairie vole, M. ochrogaster.  Assoc. Southeast. Biol., 46:115.
Wilson, B. L., and W. D. Webster.  1999.  Microhabitat selection in the eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae), in the northeasternmost part of its geographic distribution.  Assoc. Southeastern Biol. Bull., 46:166-167.
Rabon, D. R., Jr., D. K. Sawrey, and W. D. Webster.  1998.  Ontogeny of ultrasonic vocalizations in two species of voles (Microtus).  Amer. Soc. Mammal., no. 165.

Barnes, D. M., H. M. Woodson, W. D. Webster, E. Redfearn, and G. Grant.  1998.  Sea turtle population estimates in the Cape Fear River Basin, North Carolina, p. 92.  In Proc. Eighteenth Internatl. Sea Turtle Symp. (F. A. Abreu-Grobois, R. Briseno-Duenas, R. Marquez-Millan, and L. Sarti-Martinez, compilers).  NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC-436, 293 pp.

Thomas, C. T., W. B. Brooks, and W. D. Webster.  1997.  Aerial survey of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) along the east coast of Florida.  Amer. Soc. Mammal., no. 171.  

Thomas, C. T., W. B. Brooks, and W. D. Webster.  1997.  Aerial survey of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) along the East Coast of Florida.  Atlantic Coastal Dolphin Conf., p. 8.

Moncrief, N. D., W. D. Webster, B. E. Gurshaw, and R. K. Rose.  1996.  Allozyme and morphometric variation in the southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris).  Amer. Soc. Mammal., no. 134.  

Grogan, N. L., and W. D. Webster.  1994. Utilization of the Cape Fear River by sea turtles: species composition and seasonality.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 109:252.

Tucker, M. M., W. D. Webster, and A. Neville.  1993.  The effect of metabolic heat on sex determination in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 108:197.  

Carlin, J. L., C. L. Mittelstadt, and W. D. Webster.  1991.  Relationship between carapace size, number of eggs, and nest depth of Caretta caretta at Bald Head Island, NC.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 107:167.

Reed, D. L., and W. D. Webster.  1991.  Use of palmetto (Sabal minor) forests by eastern woodrats (Neotoma floridana floridana) in southeastern North Carolina.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 107:195.  
Neville, A., W. D. Webster, and W. B. Brooks.  1989.  Nest temperatures and the duration between pipping and emergence in hatchling loggerhead sea turtles in southeastern North Carolina, pp. 131-133.  In Proc. Ninth Ann. Workshop Sea Turtle Conserv. (S. A. Eckert, K. L. Eckert, and T. H. Richardson, eds.).  NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC-232, 305 pp.

Brooks, W. B., and W. D. Webster.  1988.  How tides affect loggerhead emergence activities on Bald Head Island, North Carolina, pp. 3-5.  In Proc. Eighth Ann. Conf. Sea Turtle Biol. Conserv. (B. A. Schroeder, ed.).  NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC214, 146 pp.

Gouveia, J. F., and W. D. Webster.  1988  Nest temperature and sex determination in the loggerhead sea turtle, pp. 27-28.  In Proc. Eighth Ann. Conf. Sea Turtle Biol. Conserv. (B. A. Schroeder, ed.).  NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC-214, 146 pp.
Neville, A., W. D. Webster, J. F. Gouveia, E. L. Hendricks, I. Hendricks, G. Marvin, and W. H. Marvin.  1988.  The effects of nest temperature on hatchling emergence in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), pp. 71-73.  In Proc. Eighth Ann. Conf. Sea Turtle Biol. Conserv. (B. A. Schroeder, ed.).  NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC-214, 146 pp.  
Webster, W. D., and J. F. Gouveia.  1988.  Predicting hatchling sex ratios in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) by incubation duration, pp. 127-128.  In Proc. Eighth Ann. Conf. Sea Turtle Biol. Conserv. (B. A. Schroeder, ed.).  NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC-214, 146 pp.
Lankford, T. E., W. D. Webster, T. A. Ballard, and R. M. Dillaman.  1986.  The histological organization of the digestive system in Blarina brevicauda (Insectivora: Soricidae).  Amer. Soc. Mammal., no. 16.

Webster, W. D., and P. D. Goley.  1985.  Seasonality in cetacean strandings along the coast of North Carolina.  Amer. Soc. Mammal., no. 103.

Goley, P. D., and W. D. Webster.  1983.  Seasonality in cetacean strandings along the North Carolina coast.  J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 99:171-172.

Wylie, P. E., C. M. Fugler, and W. D. Webster.  1979.  Community structure of a dry season Bolivian amphibian fauna.  Assoc. Southeastern Biol. Bull., 26:84-85.


OTHER PAPERS PRESENTED BY GRADUATE (IN GREEN)
AND UNDERGRADUATE (IN RED) STUDENTS 
Ray, D. K., W. D. Webster, and D. W. Freshwater.  2001.  Phylogenetics and evolution of woodrats (Neotoma) in the southeastern United States.  2001 Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States.
Shipp-Pennock, M. A., W. D. Webster, and D. W. Freshwater.  2001.  Evolution and systematics of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in the mid-Atlantic states.  2001 Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States.
Ray, D. K., D. W. Freshwater, W. D. Webster, and C. McGrath.  2000.  Systematics and distribution of woodrats (Neotoma magister and N. floridana haematoreia) in the southern Appalachian Mountains.  2000 Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States.
Shipp-Pennock, M. A., W. D. Webster, and D. W. Freshwater.  2000.  Pungo white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus easti): distribution and systematics.  2000 Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States.
Wilson, B. L., and W. D. Webster.  1999.  Microhabitat selection in the eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae), in the northeasternmost part of its geographic distribution.  1999 Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the Southeastern United States.

Webster, W. D., and J. N. Nelson.  1998.  Identification and distribution of short-tailed shrews (Insectivora: Blarina) in North Carolina.  N. C. Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting.

Nesler, M. A., and W. D. Webster.  1998.  Nesting frequency in the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) of Bald Head Island, North Carolina.  N. C. Academy of Sciences, Annual Meeting.

Webster, W. D., N. D. Moncrief, and R. K. Rose, and B. E. Gurshaw.  1997.  Morphometric and genic variation in the Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris fisheri).  Seventh Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals in the South and Central United States.

Webster, W. D., D. L. Hentosh, K. M. Davis, and J. M. Leisman.  1995.  The effects of beach renourishment on soil compaction, ghost crab density and distribution, and loggerhead nest site selection on Masonboro Island, North Carolina.  Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.
Webster, W. D. and J. F. Gouveia.  1989.  The timing of sexual differentiation in the loggerhead sea turtle.  Ninth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.
Webster, W. D. and W. B. Brooks.  1988.  How tides affect nesting activity on Bald Head Island.  Eighth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.
Webster, W. D., J. F. Gouveia, and A. Neville.  1988.  The effects of nest temperature on hatchling emergence in the loggerhead sea turtle.  Eighth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.
Webster, W.D. and J. F. Gouveia.  1988.  Nest temperature and sex determination in the loggerhead sea turtle. Eighth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

Webster, W. D. and J. F. Gouveia.  1988.  Predicting sex ratios by incubation duration.  Eighth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation.

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