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

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• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. How to Make a Treefrog House. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC .
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: An Overview. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 252.
• Johnson, S.A. and G. Donaldson-Fortier. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 256.
• Johnson, S.A. and H. Violett. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: European House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 260.
• Johnson, S.A. and W. Givens. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 255.
• Johnson, S.A. and J. Sox. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 253.
• Johnson, S.A. and S. Logue. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 257.
• Johnson, S.A. and M. Hawk. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 254.
• Johnson, S.A. and M. McGarrity. 2009 In Publication. Florida's Introduced Birds: Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication.
• Johnson, S.A., Miller, K.E. and T. Blunden. 2009. The Florida Scrub-Jay: A Species in Peril. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 261.
• Miller, G.J., Johnson, S.A. and L.L. Smith. 2009. The Florida Pinesnake: Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 251.
• Roznik, E.A. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Gopher Frogs, Burrows, and Fire: Interactions in the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 250.
• Miller, G.J., Johnson, S.A. and L.L. Smith. 2008. Ecological Engineers: Southeastern Pocket Gophers Are One of Nature's Architects. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 244.
• Johnson, S.A. 2007. The Cuban Treefrog in Florida. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 218.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Introduction. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 219.
• Johnson, S.A. and 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. and M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Preventing encounters. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 221.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Emergency planning. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 222.
• Johnson, S.A. and 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

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• Johnson, S.A., M.E. McGarrity and C.L. Staudhammer. In Press. An Effective Chemical Deterrent for Invasive Cuban Treefrogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis). Human-Wildlife Conflicts.
• Hoffmann, K.E., S.A. Johnson and M.E. McGarrity. In Press. Interspecific Variation in Use of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipe Refuges by Hylid Treefrogs: A Potential Source of Capture Bias. Herpetological Review.
• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. In Press. A Radio Telemetry Study of Invasive Cuban Treefrogs. Florida Scientist.
• Roznik, E.A., S.A. Johnson, C.H. Greenberg, and G.W. Tanner. 2009. Terrestrial movements and habitat use of gopher frogs in longleaf pine forests: a comparative study of juveniles and adults (352KB pdf). Forest Ecology and Management In Press.
• Roznik, E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Burrow use and survival of juvenile Gopher Frogs (Rana capito) (176KB pdf). Journal of Herpetology 43:431-437.
• Campbell, T.S., P. Irvin, K.R. Campbell, K. Hoffmann, M.E. Dykes, A.J. Harding, and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Evaluation of a new technique for marking anurans (150KB pdf). Applied Herpetology 6:247-256.
• Roznik, E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Canopy closure and emigration by juvenile Gopher Frogs (343KB pdf). Journal of Wildlife Management 73:260-268.
• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Geographic trend in sexual size dimorphism and body size of Osteopilus septentrionalis: implications for invasion of the southeastern United States (291KB pdf). Biological Invasions 11:1411-1420.
• Hoffmann, K., M.E. McGarrity, and S.A. Johnson. 2008. Technology meets tradition: A combined VIE-C technique for individually marking anurans (825KB pdf). Applied Herpetology 5:265-280.
• 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)