Journal Papers

 

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. Interspecific spatial overlap. Oikos 71:65-74.

 

M'Closkey, R.T., and S.J. Hecnar. 1994. Small mammals of the Ojibway prairie, Windsor. Pages 75-80 In Proceedings 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. 1995. Acute and chronic toxicity of ammonium nitrate fertilizer to

amphibians from Southern Ontario. (pdf).  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry  14:2131-2137.

 

Hecnar, S.J. 1996. Acute and chronic toxicity of ammonium nitrate fertilizer to

amphibians from Southern Ontario (Summary). (pdf).  Environmental Pollution 93: 365.

 

Russell, R.W., S.J. Hecnar, and G.D. Haffner. 1995. Organochlorine pesticide residues in Southern Ontario spring peepers. (pdf). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 14:815-817.

 

Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 1996. Range extension of the hairy-tailed mole             (Parascalops breweri) in Northern Ontario. (pdf).  Canadian Field-Naturalist 110:702-703.

 

Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 1996. Amphibian species richness and distribution in relation to pond water chemistry in south-western Ontario, Canada. (pdf). Freshwater Biology 36:7-15.

 

Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 1996. Regional dynamics and the status of amphibians. (pdf). Ecology 77:2091-2097.

 

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., and R.T. M'Closkey. 1997. The effects of predatory fish on  amphibian species richness and distribution. (pdf). Biological Conservation 79:123-131.

 

Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 1997. Spatial scale and determination of species status of the green frog (Rana clamitans melanota). (pdf). Conservation Biology 11:670-682.

 

Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 1997. Patterns of nestedness and species association in a pond-dwelling amphibian fauna. (pdf).  Oikos 80:371-381.

 

Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 1997. Changes in the composition of a ranid frog community following bullfrog extinction. (pdf).  American Midland Naturalist 137:145-150.

 

M'Closkey, R.T., S.J. Hecnar, D.R. Chalcraft, J.E. Cotter, J. Johnston, and R. Poulin. 1997. Colonization and saturation of habitats by lizards. (pdf).  Oikos 78:283-290.

 

Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 1998. Species richness patterns of amphibians in southwestern Ontario ponds. (pdf). Journal of Biogeography 25:763-772. 

 

Hecnar, S.J., and R.T. M'Closkey. 1998. Effects of human disturbance on five-lined skink (Eumeces fasciatus) abundance and distribution. (pdf). Biological Conservation 85:213-222.

 

M'Closkey, R.T., S.J. Hecnar, D.R. Chalcraft, and J.E. Cotter. 1998. Size distributions and sex ratios of colonizing lizards. (pdf). Oecologia 116:501-509.

 

Hecnar, S.J. 1999.  Patterns of turtle species’ geographic range size and a test of Rapoport’s rule. Ecography 22:446-456. 

 

Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 1999. Pseudacris triseriata (Western chorus frog) reproduction. (pdf).  Herpetological Review 30:38.

 

Hecnar, S.J., R. Freitag, and D.R. Hecnar. 2002.  Eumeces fasciatus (Five-lined skink) diet. (pdf).  Herpetological Review 33: 307-308.

 

Hecnar, S.J., G.S. Casper, R.W. Russell, D.R. Hecnar, and J.N. Robinson. 2002.  Nested species assemblages of amphibians and reptiles on islands in the Laurentian Great Lakes. (pdf). Journal of Biogeography 29: 475-489.

 

Russell, R.W., G. Lipps, S.J. Hecnar, and G.D. Haffner. 2002.   Organochlorine contaminants in Blanchard’s cricket frogs (Acris creptitans) from Ohio. (pdf). Ohio Journal of Science 102: 119-122.

 

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.

 

Hecnar, S.J. 2004.  Great Lakes wetlands as amphibian habitat: a review. (pdf).  Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 7: 289 -303.

 

Weller, W.F., and S.J. Hecnar. 2004.  Geographic distribution: Hyla versicolor (Gray Treefrog). (pdf) Canada: Ontario. Herpetological Review 35: 404.

 

Browne, C.L., and S.J. Hecnar. 2005. Capture success of Northern Map Turtles (Graptemys geographica) and other turtle species in basking vs. baited hoop traps. (pdf).

Herpetological Review 36: 145-147.

 

Sanzo, D., and S.J. Hecnar. 2006. Effects of road de-icing salt (NaCl) on wood frogs, Rana sylvatica. (pdf). Environmental Pollution 140: 247-256.

 

Browne, C.L., and S.J. Hecnar. 2007.  Species loss and shifting population structure of freshwater turtles despite habitat protection. (pdf).  Biological Conservation 138:421-429.

 

Eigenbrod, F., S.J. Hecnar, and L. Fahrig. 2008.  The relative effect of road traffic and forest cover on anuran populations. (pdf).  Biological Conservation 141: 35-46.

Eigenbrod, F., S.J. Hecnar, and L. Fahrig. 2008.  Accessible habitat: an improved measure of the effects of habitat loss and roads on wildlife populations. (pdf).  Landscape Ecology 23: 159-168.

 

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/

 

Hecnar, S.J.  2009.  Human bias and the biodiversity knowledge base: an examination of the published literature on vertebrates. (pdf).  Biodiversity 10: 18-24.

 

Hecnar, S.J., W.F. Weller, and R.D. MacCulloch.  2009. Ambystoma laterale (Blue-spotted salamander): geographic distribution. (pdf).  Herpetological Review 40(2): 232.

 

Choquette, J.D., and S.J. Hecnar.  2010.  Geographic distribution: Plestiodon fasciatus (five-lined skink).  Herpetological Review 41(3): 244.

 

Weller, W.F., S.J. Hecnar, D.R. Hecnar, G.S. Casper, and F.N. Dawson.  2010.  Quantitative assessment of intergradation between two subspecies of painted turtles, Chrysemys picta bellii and C.p. marginata, in the Algoma District of west central Ontario, Canada. (pdf).  Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5(2): 166-173.

 

 

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., F.N. Dawson, and W.F. Weller.  2011.  Geographic distribution: Chelydra serpentina serpentina (Eastern snapping turtle).  Herpetological Review 42: 564.

 

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.

 

Hecnar, S.J., and D.R. Hecnar. 2017. Lithobates sylvaticus (Wood Frog) Hibernation. Herpetological Review 48: 165-166.

 

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. 1992. Habitat selection in Eumeces fasciatus, the five-lined skink at Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada. (pdf).  M.Sc. thesis abstract. Canadian Association of Herpetologists Bulletin 6(1):18.

 

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).

 

Russell, R.W., and S.J. Hecnar. 1996. The ghost of pesticides past? Froglog 19:1 (pdf). invited manuscript.

 

Hecnar, S.J. 1997. Species Richness, Species Turnover, and Spatial Dynamics of Amphibian Communities. Ph.D. dissertation abstract. (pdf).  Canadian Association of Herpetologists Bulletin 11(1):17-18.                                                            

 

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.  Status of 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. 2008. Keeping the 'herps' in herpetology: Is the use of live animals in teaching being threatened? (pdf).  Canadian Association of Herpetologists Bulletin 16(1): 7-9.

 

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.
 

 

Hecnar, S. 2000.  Duellman W.E. 1999. Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians: A Global Perspective. Ecoscience 7:521-522.

 

Hecnar, S. 2003.  Software review: the Digital Frog version 2.1. (pdf).  Digital Frog International, Inc. Crucible 34:20-22.

 

Hecnar, S.J. 2006.  The Biology of Lakes and Ponds by Christer Bronmark and Lars-Ander Hansson. (pdf). Quarterly Review of Biology 81:298.

 

Hecnar, S.J. 2014.  Frogs of the United States and Canada by C.K. Dodd Jr..  Herpetological Review 44:175-178.

Hecnar, S.J. 2016. Metamorphosis: Ontario's Amphibians at all Stages of Development by P.B. Mills. Herpetological Review 47:655-657.

 

Hecnar, S.J.  2006.  Frogs declining as human populations grow.  Chronicle Journal December 03, Thunder Bay, ON.

 

Hecnar, S.J.  2020. Amphibian mix-up. The Voice August 12, Pelham, ON.