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Dr. Steven B. Castleberry

Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Management
Education:
  • Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, West Virginia University, 2000
  • M.S. in Forest Resources, University of Georgia, 1997
  • B.S. in Forest Resources, University of Georgia, 1993
Awards, Honors and Recognitions:

Certified Wildlife Biologist®

Selected Publications:

Perea, S., J. A. Yearout, E. A. Ferrall, K. M. Morris, J. T. Pynne, and S. B. Castleberry. 2022. 7-year impact of white-nose syndrome on tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) populations in Georgia, USA. Endangered Species Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01189

Parsons, E. I., R. A. Gitzen, J.T. Pynne, L. M. Conner, S. B. Castleberry, S. I. Duncan, J. D. Austin, and R. A. McCleery. 2022. Determining habitat requirements for the southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis) at multiple scales. Journal of Mammalogy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab144

Lombardi, J. V., M. T. Mengak, and S. B.  Castleberry. 2022. Allegheny woodrat occupancy across western Virginia, United States. Wildlife Biology 2022:e01023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wlb3.01023

Grider, J. F., S. B. Castleberry, and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2021. Diurnal roost selection of northern long-eared bats on the southern edge of their range. Forest Ecology and Management 496. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119410

Pynne, J. T., C. W. Piper, S. B. Castleberry, L. M. Conner, E. I. Parsons, R. A. Gitzen, J. D. Austin, S. I. Duncan, and R. A. McCleery. 2021. Ultraviolet biofluorescence in pocket gophers. American Midland Naturalist 186:150-155.

Greene, D. U., M. T. Mengak, S. B. Castleberry, S. Sneckenberger and J. A. Gore. 2021. Effects of flooding on the endangered Key Largo cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola) in Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 20:N65-68.

Murphy, C., L. L. Smith, J. J. O’Brien, and S. B. Castleberry. 2021. Overwintering habitat selection of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) in the longleaf pine ecosystem. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 16:203-210.

Pynne, J. T., L. M. Conner, A. Whelan, S. B. Castleberry, E. I. Parsons, R. A. Gitzen, S. I. Duncan, J. D. Austin, and R. A. McCleery. 2021. Southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis) tunnels provide stable thermal refugia. American Midland Naturalist 185:218-228.

Murphy, C., L. L. Smith, J. J. O’Brien, and S. B. Castleberry. 2021. A comparison of vertebrate assemblages at gopher tortoise burrows and stump holes in the longleaf pine ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 482. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118809

Castleberry, S. B., C. R. Bland, J. M. Beck, E. Kurimo-Beechuk, K. M. Morris, and J. Hepinstall-Cymerman. 2020. Multi-scale assessment of male northern yellow bat roost selection. Journal of Wildlife Management DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21843.

Greene, D. U., M. T. Mengak, S. B. Castleberry, S. Sneckenberger and J. A. Gore. 2020. Observed abnormalities of the endangered Key Largo cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola). Florida Field Naturalist 48:87-89.

Fink, S., R. Chandler, Chamberlain, M. J., S. B, Castleberry, and S. Thrasher. 2020. Carnivore-livestock interactions in a Namibian agricultural landscape. Human–Wildlife Interactions 14:287-295. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1626&context=hwi

Bennett, M. E., R. A. Gitzen, L. M. Conner, M. D. Smith, S. B. Castleberry, and E. C. Soehren. 2020. Interactions of soil and vegetation determine habitat suitability for southeastern pocket gophers (Geomys pinetis). The American Midland Naturalist 184:205-221. https://doi.org/10.1637/0003-0031-184.2.205.

Potash, A. D., C. M. Murphy, J. T. Pynne, R. A. McCleery, L. M. Conner, S. B. Castleberry, and L. L. Smith. 2020. Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) observed using a gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrow. Southeastern Naturalist 19:N14-19. DOI: 10.1656/058.019.0109

Duncan, S. I., J. T. Pynne, E. I. Parsons, R. J. Fletcher, J. D. Austin, S. B. Castleberry, L. M. Conner, R. A. Gitzen, M. Barbour, and R. A. McCleery. 2020. Land use and cover effects on an ecosystem engineer. Forest Ecology and Management 456. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117642.

Pynne, J. T., S. B. Castleberry, L. M. Conner, E. I. Parsons, R. A. Gitzen, J. D. Austin, S. I. Duncan, R. A. McCleery. 2019. Canebrake rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) predation of southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis). Southeastern Naturalist 18:N34-36. DOI: 10.1656/058.018.0301.

Pynne, J. T., J. M. Owens, S. B. Castleberry, N. L. Castleberry, and R. Brinkman. 2019.  Fate and movements of translocated of southeastern pocket gophers. Southeastern Naturalist 18:297-302. DOI: 10.1656/058.018.0206.

Moore, N. B., S. I. Duncan, E. I. Parsons, J. T. Pynne, J. D. Austin, L. M. Conner, S. B. Castleberry, R. A. Gitzen, and R. A. McCleery. 2019. A new live trap for pocket gophers. Wildlife Society Bulletin DOI: doi.org/10.1002/wsb.956.

Lombardi, J. V., S. B. Castleberry, M. T. Mengak, and V. K. Terrell. 2018. Natural and anthropogenic factors affecting Allegheny woodrat occupancy. Wildlife Society Bulletin 42:667-673.

Kanine, J. M., N. P. Nibbelink, M. T. Mengak, S. B. Castleberry and T. C. Glenn. 2018. Influence of landscape heterogeneity on the functional connectivity of Allegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) in Virginia. Conservation Genetics 19:1259-1268.

Grodsky, S. M., C. E. Moorman, S. R. Fritts, J. W. Campbell, C. E. Sorenson, M. A. Bertone, S. B. Castleberry, and T. B. Wigley.  2018.  Invertebrate community response to coarse woody debris removal for bioenergy production from intensively managed forests. Ecological Applications 28:135-148.

Lombardi, J. V., M. T. Mengak, S. B. Castleberry, and V. K. Terrell.  2017.  Mammal occurrence in rock outcrops in Shenandoah National Park: ecological and anthropogenic factors influencing trap success and co-occurrence.  Natural Areas Journal 37:507-514.

Warren, A. E., S. B. Castleberry, L. M. Conner, and D. Markewitz.  2017.  Home range, survival, and activity patterns of the southeastern pocket gopher: implications for translocation. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8:544-557.

Warren, A. E., S. B. Castleberry, D. Markewitz, and L. M. Conner.  2017.  Understory vegetation structure and soil characteristics of Geomys pinetis (southeastern pocket gopher) habitat in southwestern Georgia.  American Midland Naturalist 178:215-225.

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