Cedric Worman

Ph.D., University of Florida

M.S., University of Florida

I am interested in restoration ecology focusing on the interaction between ecosystem recovery and consumers, specifically mammals. Primarily my work has dealt with the interactions between mammals and their environments. My M.Sc. work examined medium-scale habitat selection by Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni) and Grey-cheeked Mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena) in Kibale National Park, Uganda. My PhD. work was looking at the role feral hogs (Sus scrofa) play in altering the nutrient flow in a tidal marsh-mesic hammock system in the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, Florida. I’m also interested in behavior, sexual selection, the evolution of evolutionary stable strategies, tropical ecology, anthropogenic habitat changes, and the interplay between conservation and culture.

Publications of Cedric Worman:

Worman, C. O. and T. Kimbrell. 2008. Getting to the hart of the matter: did antlers truly cause the extinction of the Irish elk? Oikos. 117(9): 1397-1405.

Wooten, D., D. Hall, C. Worman, H.B. Lillywhite. 2007. Lampropeltis getula getula (Eastern Kingsnake). Herpetological Review. 38(4): 487.

Danish, L., C. A. Chapman, M. B. Hall, K. D. Rode, and C. O. Worman. 2006. The role of sugar in diet selection in redtail and red colobus monkeys. Pp. 473-487. In: Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates. G. Hohmann, M. Robbins,
and C. Boesch (eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Twinomugisha, D., C. A. Chapman, M. J. Lawes, C. O. Worman, and L. M. Danish. 2006. How does the Golden Monkey of the Virungas cope in a fruit-scarce environment? Pp. 45-60. In: Primates of Western Uganda. Patterson, J., Reynolds, V., Notman, H., and Newton-Fisher, N. (eds). Springer, New York.

Worman, C. O. and C. A. Chapman. 2006. Densities of two frugivorous primates with respect to forest and fragment tree species composition
and fruit availability. International Journal of Primatology. 27(1): 203-225.

Worman, C. O. and C. A. Chapman. 2005. Seasonal variation in the quality of a tropical ripe fruit and the response of three frugivores.
Journal of Tropical Ecology. 21(6): 689-697.

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