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Biology Department

Matthew D. Moran, Ph.D.

Moran, Matt

Matthew D. Moran, Ph.D.

Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished and Judy and Randy Wilbourn Odyssey Professor of Biology

Emeritus of Biology

moran@hendrix.edu Donald W. Reynolds Center 215 (501) 450-3814 (501) 450-4547

Academic Background

  • B.A., University of Delaware, 1991
  • Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1996

Courses Taught

  • BIOL 102 - Natural History
  • BIOL 106听- Neotropical Biology
  • BIOL 365 - Ecology and Evolution
  • BIOL 480 - Field Ecology听

Publications

  • Moran, M.D. and Abad, H. 2020. Boquillas Ecotourism Report. 黑料不打烊, Conway, AR, USA.听

    McClung, M.R., N.T. Taylor*, B.K. Zamzow*, E.T. Stone*, H. Abad*, and M.D. Moran . 2019. The threat of energy diversification to a bioregion: a landscape-level analysis of current and future impacts on the U.S. Chihuahuan Desert. Regional Environmental Change 19: 1949-1962.

    Moran, M.D ., A. Monroe*, and L. Stallcup. 2019. A proposal for practical and effective biological corridors to connect protected areas in northwest Costa Rica. Nature Conservation 36: 113-137.

    Howden, C.M.*, Stone, E.T.*, Nallur, V.*, McClung, M.R., and M.D. Moran . 2019. Impact of Bakken/Three Forks unconventional oil and gas development on important wildlife landscapes in North Dakota. Land Degradation and Development 30:524-532.

    Murphy, S.*, Mitchell, V.*, Thurman, J.*, Davis, C.N.*, Bonumwezi, J.*, Katz, S.*, Penner, J.L., and M.D. Moran . 2018. Seed dispersal in Osage Orange听 ( Maclura pomifera ) by squirrels ( Sciurus spp.). American Midland Naturalist 180:312-317.

    Nickel, Z.D.*, Varriano, S.*, Plemmons, E.*, and M.D. Moran . 2018 Ecosystem engineering by bison 听 ( Bison bison ) wallowing increases arthropod community heterogeneity in space and time. Ecosphere 9:e02436.

    McClung, M.R. and M.D. Moran . 2018. Understanding and mitigating the impacts of unconventional oil and gas on land-use and ecosystem services in the U.S.听 Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health 3:19-26. 听 pdf

    Davis, K.M.*, Nguyen, M.N.*, McClung, M.R., and M.D Moran . 2018. A comparison of the impacts of wind energy and unconventional gas development on land-use and ecosystem services: An example from the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma, USA.听 Environmental Management 61:796-804 .

    Wells, R.L. * , S. K. Murphy * , and M.D. Moran . 2017. The role of the leaf-cutter ant ( Atta cephalotes ) in structuring leaf-litter arthropod communities.听 Environmental Entomology 46:1264-1274.

    Taylor, N.T.*, Davis, K.M.*, Abad, H.*, M. R. McClung, and M.D. Moran . 2017. Ecosystem services of the Big Bend region of the Chihuahuan Desert. Ecosystem Services 27:48-57.

    Rebein, M.*, Davis, C. N.*, Abad, H.*, Stone, T.*, del Sol, J.*, Skinner, N.*, and M.D. Moran . 2017. Seed dispersal of Diospyros virginiana in the past and the present:听 Evidence for a generalist evolutionary strategy.听 Ecology and Evolution 7:4035-4043.

    Moran, M.D ., Taylor, N. T.*, Mullins, T. B.*, and Sardar, S. S.*, and M. R. McClung.听 2017. Land-use and Ecosystem Services Costs of Unconventional Oil and Gas in the U.S.听 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15:237-242 .

    Nickell, Z. D.* and M. D. Moran. 2017. Disease introduction by aboriginal humans in North America and the Pleistocene extinction.听 Journal of Ecological Anthropology 19:29-41.

    Cox, A. B.*, Taylor, N. T.*, Rebein, M. A.*, Song, M.*, Moran M. D. , and M. R. McClung. 2017. Land use changes from unconventional gas development in public lands of the Fayetteville Shale.听 Natural Areas Journal 37: 233-239 .

    Davis, C. N.* and M. D. Moran . 2016. An argument supporting de-extinction and a call for field research. Frontiers of Biogeography. 8:e28431.

    Moran, M. D. , A. B. Cox*, R. L. Wells*, C. C. Benichou*, and M. R. McClung. 2015. Habitat loss and modification due to gas development in the Fayetteville Shale.听 Environmental Management 55:1276-1284.

    Boone, M. J.*, C. N. Davis*, L. Klasek*, J. del Sol*, K. Roehm*, and M. D. Moran . 2015.听 A test of Pleistocene mammal seed dispersal in anachronistic fruits using extant ecological and physiological analogs.听 Southeastern Naturalist 14:22-32.

    Moran, M.D . 2014.听 Bison grazing increases arthropod abundance and diversity in a tallgrass prairie.听 Environmental Entomology 43:1174-1184 .

    Penner, J. L., K. Zalocusky*, L. Holifield*, J. Abernathy*, B. McGuff*, S. Schichtl*, W. Weaver*, and M. D. Moran .听 2013. Are high pilferage rates an artifact of experimental design?听 The effects of food provisioning on foraging behaviour.听 Southeastern Naturalist .

    Roehm, K.* and M.D. Moran. 2013.听 Is the Coyote ( Canis latrans ) a potential seed disperser for the American Persimmon ( Diospyros virginiana )? American Midland Naturalist 169:414-419.

    Moran, M. D. 2010.听 Predation by a Lava Heron ( Butorides striata sundevalli ) on a Small Ground Finch ( Geospiza fuliginosa ) in the Galapagos Islands.听 Waterbirds.听 33:258-259.

    Lloyd, A*., K. Pratt*, E. Siebrasse*, M. D. Moran , and A. A. Duina. 2009.听 Uncoupling of the patterns of chromatin association of different transcription elongation factors by a histone H3 mutant in yeast.听 Eukaryotic Cell 8:257-260.

    Boyer, A. G.*, R. E. Swearingen*, M. A. Blaha*, C. T. Fortson*, S. K. Gremillion*, K. A. Osborn*, and M. D. Moran . 2003. Seasonal variation in top-down and bottom-up processes in a grassland community.听 Oecologia.听 136:309-316.

    Moran, M. D. 2003.听 Arguments for rejecting the sequential Bonferroni in ecological studies. Oikos 100: 403-405 .

    Skelton, L.*, A. Polk*, B. C. Fitzgerald*, and M. D. Moran . 2002.听 Fire effects on three trophic levels in a central Arkansas grassland.听 Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences.听 56:162-168.

    Moran, M. D. and C. D. Baldridge.*听 2002. New records for the Diana Fritillary, Speyeria diana , (Nymphalidae) with notes on nectar plant and habitat preference. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 56:162-165.

    Moran, M. D. and A. R. Scheidler.*听 2002. Effects of nutrients and predators on an old-field food chain: interactions of top-down and bottom-up processes.听 Oikos 98:116-124 .

    Fagan, W. F., M. D. Moran , J. J. Rango, and L. E. Hurd. 2002. Community impacts of praying mantids: a meta-analysis of the influences of species identity and experimental design. Ecological Entomology 27: 285-295 .

    Baldridge, C. D.* and M. D. Moran.听 2001.听 Behavioral means of coexisting in old fields by heterospecific arthropod predators. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 103:81-88.

    Rooney, T.P., M. D. Moran , and C Antolik*. 2000 The impact of salamander predation on Collembola abundance. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102: 308-312.

    Harris, S. J*, and M. D. Moran. 2000.听 Life history and population characteristics of the Carolina Mantid, Stagmomantis carolina Saussure (Mantodea: Mantidae). Environmental Entomology 29:64-68.

    Moran, M. D. and L. E. Hurd. 1998. A trophic cascade in a diverse arthropod community caused by a generalist arthropod predator. Oecologia 113:126-133.

    Moran, M. D. and L. E. Hurd. 1997.听 Relieving food limitation reduces survivorship of a generalist predator.听 Ecology 78:1266-1270.

    Jones, T. H., M. D. Moran , and L. E. Hurd. 1997. Cuticular extracts of five common mantids (Mantodea: Mantidae) of the Eastern United States. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 116B:419-422.

    Moran, M. D. , T. P. Rooney, and L. E. Hurd. 1996. Top down cascade from a bitrophic predator in an old-field community. Ecology 77:2219-2227.

    Moran, M. D. 1995. Intraguild predation between sympatric species of mantids (Mantodea: Mantidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97:634-638.

    Hurd, L. E., R. E. Eisenberg, M. D. Moran , T. P. Rooney, W. J. Gangloff, and V. M. Case.1995. Time, temperature, and food as determinants of population persistence in a temperate univoltine insect. Environmental Entomology 24:348-353.

    Moran, M. D. and L. E. Hurd. 1994. Short-term responses to elevated predator densities: noncompetitive intraguild interactions and behavior. Oecologia 98:269-273.

    Moran, M. D. and L. E. Hurd. 1994. Environmentally determined male-biased sex ratio in a praying mantid. American Midland Naturalist 123:205-208.