Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Virginia
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Virginia Staff Member

Michael Vaughan

Unit Leader
Email: mvaughan@vt.edu

Research Publications Publication Date
Warrillow, J., M. Culver, E. Hallerman, and M. Vaughan. 2001. Subspecific affinity of black bears in the White River National Wildlife Refuge. Journal of Heredity 92:226-233 May 2001
Vaughan, M.R. 2009. The influence of food availability on American black bear (Ursus americanus) physiology, behavior, and ecology. Biology of Bear Intrusions: Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Mechanisms of the Intrusion of Bears into Residential Areas. FFPRI Scientific Meeting Report 4, Kyoto, Japan. Pages 9-17 March 2009
Vaughan, M. R., and T. K. Fuller, editors. 1999. Ursus 11:1-292 January 2001
Vaughan, M. R. 2002. Oak trees, acorns, and bears, Pages 224-240 in W. J. McShea and W. M. Healey, editors, Oak Forest Ecosystems: Ecology and Management for Wildlife. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. August 2002
Vashon, J. H., M. R. Vaughan, A. D. Vashon, D. D. Martin, and K. N. Nichols. 2003. An expandable radio collar for black bear cubs. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:380-386. July 2003
Tsiouris, J. A., V. P. S. Chauhan, A. M. Sheikh, A. Chauhan, M. Malik, and M. Vaughan. 2005. Similarities in acute-phase protein response during hibernation in black bears and major depression in humans: A response to underlying metabolic depression. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 1468-1476. January 2005
Tredick, T.A., and M.R. Vaughan. 2009. DNA-Based population abundance, density, and sex ratios of black bears on 3 national wildlife refuges in coastal North Carolina and Virginia. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Wildlife Management. January 2009
Stephenson, T.R., M.R. Vaughan, and D.E. Andersen. 1996. Mule deer movements in response to military activity in southeast Colorado. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:777–787. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3802377 | Download April 1997
Ryan, C.W., M.R. Vaughan, J.B. Meldrum, R.B. Duncan, and J.W. Edwards. 2009. Retention time of Telazol in black bears. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:210-213. January 2009
Ryan, C. W., and M. R. Vaughan. 2004. Reproduction and survival of American black bears in southwest Virginia. Northeast Wildlife 56:57-68. March 2004
Lee, D., and M. Vaughan. 2005. Yearling and subadult black bear survival in a hunted Virginia population. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(4):1641-1651. April 2006
Lee, D., and M. Vaughan. 2003. Dispersal movements by subadult black bears in Virginia. Ursus 14:162-170. November 2003
Lee, D., and M. R. Vaughan. 2004. Black bear family breakup in western Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 11:111-122. June 2004
Klenzendorf, S. A., and M. R. Vaughan. 1999. An overview of brown bear management in six European countries. Ursus 11:163-178 January 2001
Klenzendorf, S. A., M. R. Vaughan, and D. D. Martin. 2002. Den-type use and fidelty of American black bears in Virginia. Ursus 13:39-44. March 2003
Klenzendorf, S. A., D. A. Lee, and M. R. Vaughan. 2004. Crotalus horridus defense and black bear death. Herpteological Review 35:61-62. April 2004
Inman, K. H., and M. R. Vaughan. 2002. Hunter effort and success rates of hunting bears with hounds in Virginia. Ursus 13:223-33. March 2003
Hellgren, E. C., and M. R. Vaughan. 2000. Ecology, conservation and management of black bears in the Great Dismal Swamp. Pages 222-231 in R. Rose, editor, The Natural History of the Great Dismal Swamp. Omni Press, Madison, WI. January 2000
Gray, R. M., M. R. Vaughan, and S. L. McMullen. 2004. Feeding wild black bears in Virginia: a survey of bear hunters, 1998-99. Ursus 15 (2): 188-196. November 2004
Godfrey, C. L., K. Needhan, M. R. Vaughan, J. H. Vashon, D. D. Martin, and G. T. Blank, Jr. 2000. A technique for and risk associated with entering tree dens used by black bears. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:131-140. January 2000
Gilbert, E. R., E. A. Wong, M. R. Vaughan, K. E. Webb, Jr. 2007. Distribution and abundance of nutrient transporter mRNA in the intestinal tract of the black bear, Ursus americanus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 146:35-41. January 2007
Echols, K., M. R. Vaughan, and H. D. Moll. 2004. Evaluation of subcutaneous implants for monitoring American black bear cub survival. Ursus 15(2):172-180. November 2004
Duncan, R. B., Jr., J. C. Jones, H. D. Moll, M. M. Moon, D. J. Blodgett, and M. R. Vaughan. 2002. Cretinism in a North American black bear. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound 43:31-36. May 2002
Donahue, S. W., S. A. Galley, M. R. Vaughan, P. Patterson-Buckendahl, L. M. Demers, J. L. Vance, and M. E. McGee. 2006. Parathyroid hormone may maintain bone formation in hibernating black bears (Ursus americanus) to prevent disuse osteoporosis. The Journal of Experimental Biology 209:1630-1638. April 2006
Donahue, S. W., M. R. Vaughan, L. M. Demers, and H. J. Donahue. 2003. Serum markers of bone metabolism show bone loss in hibernating bears. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 408:295-301. September 2003
Donahue, S. W., M. E. McGee, K. B. Harvey, . R. Vaughan, and C. T. Robbins. 2005. Hibernating bears as a model for preventing disuse osteoporosis. Journal of Biomechanics 39:1480-1485. June 2006
Conroy, M. J., P. Beier, H. Quigley, and M. R. Vaughan. 2006. Improving the use of science in conservation: lessons from the Florida Panther. Journal of Wildlife Management: 70: 1-7 April 2006
Chauhan, V. P. S., J. A. Tsiouris, A. Chauhan, A. M. Sheikh, W. T. Brown, and M. R. Vaughan. 2002. Increased oxidative stress and decreased activities of CA 2+/Mg2+ -ATPase and Na+/K+ -ATPase in the red blood cells of the hibernating black bear. Life Science 71:153-161. June 2002
Bridges, A., C. Olfenbuttel, and M. R. Vaughan. 2003. A mixed regression model to estimate neonatal black bear cub age. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30:1253-58. January 2003
Bridges, A. S., M. R. Vaughan, and S. Klenzendorf. 2005. Seasonal variation in American black bear Ursus americanus activity patterns: quantification via remote photography. Wildlife Biology 10:277-284 January 2005
Bridges, A. S., J. A. Fox, C. Olfenbuttel, and M. R. Vaughan. 2004. American black bear denning behavior: observations and applications using remote photography. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:188-193. April 2004
Ben-David, M., S. l. Struthers, H. D. Moll, and M. R. Vaughan. 2001. Testing performance of the birth archive-tag on black bears: an increase or a decrease. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biotelemetry 15:442-449. November 2001
Beier, P., M. R. Vaughan, M. J. Conroy, and H. Quigley. 2006. Evaluating scientific inferences about the Florida Panther. Journal of Wildlife Management: 70: 236-245. April 2006
Batts, G. K., N. W. Lafon, M. J. Kelly, and M. R. Vaughan. 2007. A modified approach to rocket netting white-tailed deer using a remote video system. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 60:77-82. November 2007
Project Completion Date
Multigenerational, Multi Species Test for Endocrine Disrupting Chemical Effects January 2012
Technical Publications Publication Date
Wills, J. and M.R. Vaughan. 2002. Method to monitor travel corridor use by black bears along the eastern boundary of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Ecology and Transportation: 529-532. April 2002
Wills, J, and M.R. Vaughan. 2002. Method to monitor travel corridor use by black bears along the eastern boundary of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Ecology and Transportation. Pp. 529-532. May 2002
Vaughan, M.R., S. Klenzendorf, A. Bridges, D. Lee, D. O'Neill, and C. Olfenbuttel. 2000. Sixth Annual Report of the Cooperative Alleghany Bear Study. Report to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. 28pp. October 2000
Vaughan, M.R. 2006. Population and habitat ecology of Virginia's exploited black bear population. Final Report to VDGIF. 105 pp. March 2006
Vaughan, M. R., S. Klenzendorf, R. Gray, and D. O'Neill. 2000. The Cooperative Allegheny Bear Study, Fifth Annual Report to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Richmond, VA. 39 pp. January 2000
McLaughlin, C.R. and M.R. Vaughan. 2002. Research needs and priorities for black bears in the eastern United States. Eastern Black Bear Workshop, 15:116-134. August 2002
Hallerman, E., M. Culver, and M. Vaughan. 2000. Genetic characterization of black bears at White River National Wildlife Refuge. Final Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, MS. 43pp. June 2000
Gilbert, E. R., E. A. Wong, M. R. Vaughan, and K.E. Webb, Jr. 2006. Distribution and abundance of nutrient transport mDNA in the intestinal tract of the black bear. Submitted to Dr. Mike Tome for DOI policy review. April 2006
Bridges, A., C. Olfenbuttel, D. Lee, and M. Vaughan. 2002. The Virginia Cooperative Alleghany Black Bear Study: population and habitat ecology of Virginia's exploited black bear population. Eighth Annual Report. 17pp. November 2002
Ben-David, M., S.I. Struthers, H.D. Moll, and M.R. Vaughan. 2002. Testing performance of the birth archive-tag on black bears: an increase or decrease. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Biotelemetry 15:442-449 February 2002
Beier, P., M.R. Vaughan, M.J. Conroy, and H. Quigley. 2003. Ananalysis of scientific literature releated to the Florida Panther. Final Report to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, FL, USA. 202 pp. November 2003
Role and Organization Individual         Start Date        End Date       
Unknown - Member Vaughan September 1981 Present
Unknown - Member Vaughan July 2002 Present
The Wildlife Society - Member, Wild Turkey Committee Vaughan July 1982 Present
The Wildlife Society - Member Vaughan September 1968 Present
The Wildlife Society - Member Vaughan February 1984 Present
The Wildlife Society - Member Vaughan April 1981 Present
International Conference on Bear Research and Management - Member, ????? Committee, 18th International Conference on Bear Research and Management Vaughan July 2007 Present
International Association for Bear Research and Management - Member, Executive Board, Conference Advisory Committee Vaughan January 2002 Present
International Association for Bear Research and Management - Member Vaughan September 1981 Present
International Association for Bear Research and Management - Member Vaughan July 2002 Present
International Association for Bear Research and Management - Chairman Vaughan August 2002 Present