Selected Publications

The following is a list of selected publications, including popular publications and scientific journal articles, with links to the full documents (.pdf). For a complete list of publications, see Dr. J's full Curriculum vitae below. To view .pdf documents, you will need to download the free adobe reader.
 

Popular Publications & Extension Fact Sheets

• Johnson, S.A. 2007. The Cuban Treefrog in Florida. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 218.
• Johnson, S.A. & M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Introduction. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 219.
• Johnson, S.A. & M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Identifying commonly encountered snakes. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 220.
• Johnson, S.A. & M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Preventing encounters. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 221.
• Johnson, S.A. & M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Emergency planning. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 222.
• Johnson, S.A. & M.E. McGarrity. 2006. “Black Snakes”: Identification and Ecology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 214.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.B. Main. 2005. Recognizing Florida's Venomous Snakes. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 202.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.B. Main. 2005. Preventing Encounters between Children and Snakes. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 201.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.B. Main. 2005. Dealing with Venomous Snakes in Florida School Yards. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 199.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.B. Main. 2005. Emergency Snakebite Action Plan. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 200.
• King, F.W. and S.A. Johnson. 2002. A Plague of Frogs or a Jubilee of Toads. 8 p. [Online]
• Johnson, S.A. 1995. Study finds way to keep turtles and turtle watchers happy. Fathom 7:17-18.

Scientific Journal Articles

• Dodd, C.K., Jr. and S.A. Johnson. 2007. Breeding ponds colonized by Striped Newts after 10 or more year (28KB pdf). Herpetological Review 38:150-152.
• Dodd, C.K., Jr., W.J. Barichivich, S.A. Johnson, and J.S. Staiger. 2007. Changes in a Northwestern Florida Gulf Coast Herpetofaunal Community over a 28-year Period. American Midland Naturalist 158:29-48.
• Johnson, S.A. 2005. Conservation and Life History of the Striped Newt: The Importance of Habitat Connectivity (2.36MB pdf). Pp. 91-98 in: Amphibians and Reptiles: Status and Conservation in Florida, W.E. Meshaka and K. J. Babbitt (eds.). Krieger Publishing, Malabar, FL, 318 pp.
• Johnson, S.A. and R. B. Owen. 2005. Amphiuma means, Two-toed Amphiuma (1.27MB pdf). Pp. 642-645 in: Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. M.J. Lanoo (ed.). University of California Press, Berkley, CA, 1094 pp.
• Casey, L.I., J.E. Earl, and S.A. Johnson. 2005. Attempted predation at a Pileated Woodpecker nest by a Gray Ratsnake (1.45MB pdf). Florida Field Naturalist 33:55-56.
• Krysko, K.L, K.M. Enge, J.H. Townsend, E. M. Langan, S.A. Johnson, and T.S. Campbell. 2005. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from Florida (310KB pdf). Herpetological Review 36:85-87.
• Johnson, S.A. and W.J. Barichivich. 2004. A simple technique for trapping Siren lacertina, Amphiuma means, and other aquatic vertebrates (805KB pdf). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19:263-269.
• Means, D.B., C.K. Dodd, Jr., S.A. Johnson, and J.G. Palis. 2004. Amphibians and fire in longleaf pine ecosystems: A response to Schurbon and Fauth (90KB pdf). Conservation Biology 18:1149-1153.
• Johnson, S.A. 2003. Orientation and migration distances of a pond-breeding salamander (Notophthalmus perstriatus,Salamandridae) (1.65MB pdf). Alytes 21:3-22.
• Johnson, S.A. 2002. Life history of the striped newt at a north-central Florida breeding pond (196KB pdf). Southeastern Naturalist 1:381-402.
• Johnson, SA. 2001. Life History, Ecology and Conservation Genetics of the Striped Newt (7.71MB pdf). Unpublished dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
• Johnson, S.A., A.L. Bass, B. Libert, M. Marshall, and D. Faulk. 1999. Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) nesting activity in Florida (4.12MB pdf). Florida Scientist 62:194-204.
• Johnson, S.A. and R. Franz.1999. Notophthalmus perstriatus coloration (4.68MB pdf). Herpetological Review 30:89.
• Johnson, S.A., K.A. Bjorndal, and A. B. Bolten. 1996. Effects of organized turtle watches on loggerhead (Caretta caretta) nesting behavior and hatchling production in Florida (773KB pdf). Conservation Biology 10:570-577.
• Johnson, S.A., K.A. Bjorndal, and A. B. Bolten. 1996. A survey of organized turtle watch participants on sea turtle nesting beaches in Florida (5.29MB pdf). Chelonian Biology and Conservation 2:60-65.
• Johnson, S.A. and L.M. Ehrhart. 1996. Reproductive ecology of the Florida green turtle: clutch frequency (308KB pdf). Journal of Herpetology 30:407-410.

Curriculum vitae (102KB pdf)