Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. ---Wordsworth
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. ---Aristotle
No man ever steps in the same river twice. ---Heraclitus
Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution.
---Dobzhansky
To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering. ---Leopold
A bad day in the field is still better than a good day in the lab. ---Hecnar
Journal Papers
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (Total 88)
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS(57)
Hecnar, S.J. 1994. Nest distribution, site selection, and brooding in the five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72:1510-1516.
M'Closkey, R.T., and S.J. Hecnar. 1994. Small mammals of the Ojibway prairie, Windsor. Pages 75-80 InProceedings of the thirteenth North American prairie conference. R.G. Wickett, P.D. Lewis, A. Woodliffe, and P.Pratt (editors). Department of Parks and Recreation, City of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.
Hecnar, S.J. 1997. Amphibian pond communities in Southwestern Ontario. Pages 1-15 In D.M. Green (ed.). Amphibians in Decline: Canadian Studies of a Global Problem. Herpetological Conservation, No. 1. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and Canadian Association of Herpetologists.
Hecnar, S.J. 2004. The role of habitat loss and degradation in the global amphibian decline. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 4: was in press when journal folded.
Eigenbrod, F., S.J. Hecnar, and L. Fahrig. 2009. Quantifying the road effect zone: threshold effects of a motorway on anuran populations in Ontario, Canada. Ecology and Society 14(1): [online] http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art24/
Raffoul, M., S.J. Hecnar, D.R. Hecnar, and G.J. Thompson. 2011. Trap response and genetic structure of Eastern subterranean termites (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Entomologist: 143(3): 263-271.
Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 2011. Microhabitat selection of woody debris by Dekay's brownsnake (Storeria dekayi) in a dune habitat in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Herpetology 45: 478-483.
Hecnar, S.J., T. Dobbie, K. Leclair, and R. Thorndyke. 2012. Hibernation: Plestiodon fasciatus (Five-lined Skink). Herpetological Review 43: 138.
Hecnar, S.J., and F. Lemckert. 2012. Habitat protection: refuges and reserves, Chap. 12 In Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Ecological Aspects, Effect of Humans, and Management (H. Heatwole and J.W. Wilkinson eds), Amphibian Biology, Volume 10, Pages 3636-3676. Surrey-Beatty & Sons, Baulkham Hills, Australia.
Lemckert, F., S.J. Hecnar, and D.S. Pilliod. 2012. Loss and modification of habitat, Chap. 1 In Conservation and Decline of Amphibians: Ecological Aspects, Effect of Humans, and Management (H. Heatwole and J.W. Wilkinson eds), Amphibian Biology, Volume 10, Pages 3291-3342. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Baulkham Hills, Australia.
Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 2013. Within pond selection of water depth for oviposition in Ambystoma maculatum. Herpetological Review 44: 218-221.
Hecnar, S.J. and D.R. Hecnar. 2014. Living on a thin line: long-term spatial dynamics of the five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) tracking a diminishing shoreline habitat: submitted.
Lesbarreres, D., B.D. Pauli, D.M. Green, C.A. Bishop, P. Govindarajulu, C.A. Paszkowski, P.L. Rutherford, M.J. Mazerolle, D.M. Schock, J.E. Houlahan, S.L. Ashpole, K.B. Storey, S.J. Hecnar, S.C. Lougheed, R.J. Brooks, G. Blouin-Demers, J.D. Litzgus, and T.B. Herman. 2014. Conservation of herpetofauna in northern landscapes: threats and challenges from a Canadian perspective. Biological Conservation 170:48-55.
Brazeau, D., R. Freitag, S.J. Hecnar, and D.R. Hecnar.2015. Comparing diet of the Common Five-lined Skink among locations and time. Herpetological Review 46:131-136.
Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 2016. Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper), Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's Gray Treefrog), and Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog), Dispersal by motor vehicle. Herpetological Review 47: 108-109.
Sakamoto, K., W.A. Dew, S.J. Hecnar, and G.G. Pyle. 2016. Effects of lampricide on olfaction and behavior in young-of-the-year lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens). Environmental Science & Technology 50: 3462-3468.
Hayhurst, L., C. Rodgers, S.J. Hecnar and M.D. Rennie. 2017. Notophthalmus viridescens (Eastern Newt). Geographic Distribution. CANADA: ONTARIO: Kenora District: International Institute for Sustainable Development – Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA). Herpetological Review 48(1): 117-118.
Brazeau, D.J., and S.J. Hecnar. 2018. Summer movements of the Common Five-lined Skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) in the northern portion of its range. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 13(3): 743-752.
Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 2018. Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean Gecko) Dispersal by motor vehicle. Herpetological Review 49(4): 742.
Hecnar, S.J., D.R. Hecnar, D.J. Brazeau, J. Prisciak, T. Berkers, H. Brown, C. Lawrence, and T. Dobbie. 2018. Structure of coastal zone herpetofaunal communities in the southern Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 19-27.
Moore, M.N., and S.J. Hecnar. 2018. Anaxyrus americanus (American Toad)Electric fence mortality. Herpetological Review 49(2): 299.
Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 2019. Clutch Size in Plestiodon fasciatus Near its Northern Range Boundary and Variation Across the Species Range. Herpetological Review 50(4):712-717.
Hecnar, S.J. 1995. Regional dynamics of amphibian pond communities in southwestern Ontario. Pages 48-56 In: Proceedings of DAPCAN IV, fourth annual meeting of the task force on declining amphibians in Canada. Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature. Winnipeg, Manitoba. W. Preston and R. Larche (editors).
Hecnar, S.J. 1997. Herpetological Research at the University of Windsor. Canadian Association of Herpetologists Bulletin 11(1):5-8.
Russell, R.W., S.J. Hecnar, and G.D. Haffner. 1997. Environmental fate of pesticides in wetland communities. In: J.S. Goudrey, S.M. Swanson, M.D. Treissman, and A.J. Niimi (eds). Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop: )ctober 7-9, 1996, Calgary, Alberta. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 2144:49.
Hecnar, S.J. 1999. Status of herptile populations at Point Pelee National Park and southwestern Ontario. Pages 7-12 In: Herpetological Conservation at Point Pelee National Park: Working Towards an Ecosystem Approach to Conservation of Herpetofauna in Protected Areas: Proceedings. T. Linke (editor). April 17-18, 1996. Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario. Parks Canada.
Hecnar, S.J. 1999. Five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) population monitoring at Point Pelee National Park. Pages 33-38 In: Herpetological Conservation at Point Pelee National Park: Working Towards an Ecosystem Approach to Conservation of Herpetofauna in Protected Areas: Proceedings. T. Linke (editor). April 17-18, 1996. Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario. Parks Canada.
Russell, R.W., and S.J. Hecnar, G. Mouland, and G.D. Haffner. 1999. Pesticide accumulation in Point Pelee amphibians. Proceedings of the Parks Research Forum of Ontario 1999: 371-376
Browne, C.L., and S.J. Hecnar. 2003. Statusof turtle populations in Point Pelee National Park: species loss and shifting population structure. Proceedings of the Parks Research Forum of Ontario 2002: 293-300.
Browne, C.L., and S.J. Hecnar. 2003. Dwindling turtle populations. National Park International Bulletin 9:11-13.
Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 2005. Losses of Amphibians and Reptiles at Point Pelee National Park. Proceedings of the Parks Research Forum of Ontario 2004:127-140.
Hecnar, S.J. 2011. A guide on how to spend part of your sabbatical in Old Blighty. The Canadian Herpetologist 1(1): 9-13.
Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar (editors). 2011. Program and abstract booklet for the 21st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network and the 25th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Herpetologists. ISSN: 1916-3789, 58 pp.
Hecnar, S.J. 2011. Withering funds, haves and have-nots: dwindling support for basic research in Canada. The Canadian Herpetologist 1(2): 8-9.
Hecnar, S.J. 2012. Spatial and temporal dynamics of amphibians: from populations snd metapopulations to metacommunities. The Canadian Herpetologist 2(2)
:21-22 (abstract from WCH Vancouver).
Hecnar, S.J. 2015. News and commentary from the Herpetological Ecology Lab at Lakehead. The Canadian Herpetologist 5(1):11-14.
Hecnar, S.J., D. Brazeau, and D.R. Hecnar. 2015. Tales of Blue tails: Over 25 years of Five-lined Skink Research in Southwestern Ontario. The Canadian Herpetologist 5(2): 6-9.
Hecnar, S.J. 2016. IMPARA
Update – Two new locations designated. The Canadian Herpetologist
6(1):18-20.
Hecnar, S.J. 2016. Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles of
Thunder Bay District, Ontario. Written
for and posted on the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists website.
Hecnar, S.J. 2016. Bibliography of the Common Five-lined Skink
(Plestiodon [Eumeces] fasciatus) with some annotations.Privately published online.18pp.
Hecnar, S.J. 2017. Secrecy or transparency with herpetological data? The Canadian Herpetologist 7(1):10-12.
Hecnar, S.J. 2019. Salamanders of the Thunder Bay Area. Section In: Thunder Bay Nature Guide. Thunder Bay Field Naturalists. In press.
Hecnar, S.J. 2019. Do green frogs get the blues? ON Nature magazine 59(4):13.
Hecnar, S.J. 2019. Update from the Herpetological Ecology Lab at Lakehead University. The Canadian Herpetologist 9(1):19.
PUBLISHED BOOK AND SOFTWARE REVIEWS (5)
Hecnar, S. 2000. Duellman W.E. 1999. Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: A Global Perspective. Ecoscience 7:521-522.