Col. Paul R. Moosman, Jr., Ph.D.

Col. Paul R. Moosman, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor

Office: 301E Maury-Brooke Hall

Phone: 540-464-7433

Email: moosmanpr@vmi.edu

Fields: Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Ecology, Endangered Species

I teach courses ranging from introductory biology to upper level courses such as ecology, vertebrate biology, biostatistics, environmental issues, and tropical marine biology. Many of my upper-level courses have a strong experiential/field component to provide hands-on learning opportunities and encourage a deeper level of understanding.

Publications
  • Moosman, P.R., Jr., E.K. Pody*, D.M. Marsh, and T.J. Brust*. 2023. Differential selection of roosts by Eastern Small-footed Myotis relative to rock structure and microclimate. Journal of Mammalogy https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad037
  • Grilliot, M.E., Tracy, W.A.*, and Moosman, P.R. 2023. Geographic distribution note of little brown skink (Scincella lateralis) in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Herpetological Review 54 (1)
  • Alston, J.M., D.A. Keinath, C.K.R. Willis, C.L. Lausen, J.M. O’Keefe, J.D. Tyburec, H.G. Broders, P.R. Moosman, T.C. Carter, C.L. Chambers, E.H. Gillam, K. Geluso, T.J Weller, D.W. Burles, Q.E. Fletcher, K.J.O. Norquay, and J.R. Goheen. 2023. Environmental drivers of body size in North American bats. Functional Ecology 37:1020-1032. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14287
  • Reynolds, D.S., K. Shoemaker, S. von Oettingen, S. Najjar, J.P. Veilleux, and P.R. Moosman. 2021. Integrating multiple survey techniques to document a shifting bat community in the wake of white-nose syndrome. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 12:395–411. https://doi.org/10.3996/JFWM-20-043
  • Moosman, P.R., Jr., D. Marsh, E.K. Pody, M.P. Dannon, and R.J. Reynolds. 2020. Efficacy of visual surveys for monitoring populations of talus-roosting bats. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 11:1-12. DOI: 10.3996/122019-NAF-002
  • Moosman, P.R., Jr., P.R. Anderson, and M.G. Frasier. 2017. Use of rock-crevices in winter by big brown bats and eastern small-footed bats in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley of Virginia. Banisteria 48:9-13.
  • Hann, Z.A., M.J. Hosler, and P.R. Moosman, Jr. 2017. Roosting habits of two eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist, 24.
  • Huth, J.K., A. Silvis, P.R. Moosman, Jr., W.M. Ford, and S. Sweeten. 2015. A comparison of survey methods for documenting presence of Myotis leibii (eastern small-footed bats) at roosting areas in western Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science, 66:413-425.
  • Moosman, P.R., Jr., D.P. Warner, R.H. Hendren, M.J. Hosler. 2015. Potential for monitoring eastern small-footed bats on talus slopes. Northeastern Naturalist, 22:1-13.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., J. P. Veilleux, G. W. Pelton, and H. H. Thomas. 2013. Changes in capture rates in a community of bats in New Hampshire during the progression of white-nose syndrome. Northeastern Naturalist, 20:552-558.
  • Thomas, H. H., P. R. Moosman, Jr., J. Pierre Veilleux, and J. Holt. 2012. Foods of bats (Family Vespertilionidae) from five sites in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 126:117-124.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., H. H. Thomas, and J. P. Veilleux. 2012. Diet of the widespread insectivorous bats Eptesicus fuscus and Myotis lucifugus relative to climate and richness of bat communities. Journal of Mammalogy 92:491-496.
  • Austin, K. B., P. R. Moosman, and H. H. Thomas. 2011. Eavesdropping on echolocation: Recording the bat’s auditory experience. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp.7682-7686, Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011.
  • Sharkey, E. K., A. South, P. R. Moosman, C. K. Cratsley, & S. M. Lewis. 2010. Assessing condition-dependence of male flash signals in Photinus fireflies. Journal of Insect Behavior 23:215-225.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., C. K. Cratsley, S. D. Lehto, and H. H. Thomas. 2009. Do courtship flashes of fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) serve as aposematic signals to insectivorous bats? Animal Behaviour 78:1019-1025.
  • Austin, K. B., H. H. Thomas, P. R. Moosman, Jr., P. Lustig, B. Crepeau, B. Huff, K. Veasna, M. Tatro, & R. Farnsworth. 2009. Capturing the auditory experience of behaving bats: a preliminary study. Proceedings of the International Conference of Computing in Engineering, Science, and Information, pp. 123-126.
  • Veilleux, J. P., P. R. Moosman, Jr., D. S. Reynolds, K. A. LaGory, L. J. Walston, Jr. 2009. Observations on summer roosting and foraging behavior of a hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) in southern New Hampshire. Northeastern Naturalist 16:148-152.
  • Veilleux, J. P., H. H. Thomas, and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2008. Bats of Pisgah State Park, New Hampshire. Northeastern Naturalist 15:25-34.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., H. H. Thomas, and J. P. Veilleux. 2007. Food habits of eastern small-footed bats (Myotis leibii) in New Hampshire. American Midland Naturalist 158:354-360.
  • Moosman, D. L. and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2006. Subcutaneous movements of visible implant elastomers in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica). Herpetological Review 37:300-301.
  • White, J. A., P. R. Moosman, Jr., C. H. Kilgore, and T. L. Best. 2006. First record of the eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) from southern New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 51:420-422.
  • Moosman, D. L., and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2005. Natural History Note: Bufo americanus, Rana catesbeiana, Microhabitat. Herpetological Review 36:298.
  • Moosman, P. R., Jr., D. L. Moosman, and J. C. Pillow. 2005. Geographic distribution. Ambystoma talpoideum (mole salamander). Herpetological Review 36:198.
  • Williams, M. I., R. D. Birkhead, P. R. Moosman, Jr., and S. M. Boback. 2004. Agkistrodon piscivorus (eastern cottonmouth) diet. Herpetological Review 35:271-272.
  • Palmer-Ball, B., Jr. and P. R. Moosman, Jr. 2002. Some notes from the 2001 breeding season. The Kentucky Warbler 78.