PUBLICATIONS
of David J.
Germano
1. Germano, D. J. and C. R. Hungerford. 1981. Reptile population changes with manipulation of Sonoran desert shrub. Great Basin Naturalist 41:129-138.
2.
Germano, D. J., C. R. Hungerford, and S. C. Martin. 1983. Response of selected wildlife to mesquite removal in desert
grassland. Journal of Range Management 36:309-311.
3.
Germano, D. J., and D. N. Lawhead. 1986. Species
diversity and habitat complexity: Does vegetation organize vertebrate
communities in the Great Basin? Great Basin Naturalist 46:711-720.
4.
Germano, D. J. 1988. Age and growth
histories of desert tortoises using scute annuli. Copeia 1988:914-920.
5.
Germano, D. J., and M. A. Joyner. 1988 (1989).
Changes in a desert tortoise (Gopherus
agassizii) population after a period of high mortality. pp. 190-198 in
Robert C. Szaro, Keith E. Severson, and David R. Patton, editors. Management of
Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in North America, USDA Forest Service,
General Technical Report RM-166.
6.
Germano D. J. 1990. Preliminary
comparison of growth in desert tortoises and gopher tortoises. Pp 70-81 in C. K.
Dodd, Jr., R. E. Ashton, Jr., R. Franz, and E. Wester (eds.), Proceedings 8th
Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, Florida Museum of Natural
History, Gainesville.
7.
Germano, D. J. 1992. Longevity and
age-size relationships of populations of desert tortoises. Copeia 1992:367-374.
8.
Germano, D. J., and D. F. Williams. 1992. Gambelia
sila (Blunt-nosed leopard lizard) Reproduction. Herpetological Review
23:117-118.
9.
Germano, D. J., and D. F. Williams. 1992. Recovering
blunt-nosed leopard lizards: past efforts, present knowledge, and future
opportunities. Transaction of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society
28:38-47.
10.
Williams, D. F., and D. J. Germano. 1992. Recovering
endangered kangaroo rats in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Transaction of
the Western Section of The Wildlife Society 28:93-106.
11.
Germano, D. J. 1993. Shell
morphology of North American tortoises. American Midland Naturalist
129:319-335.
12.
Tabor, S. P., D. F. Williams, D. J. Germano, and R. E. Thomas. 1993. Fleas (Siphonaptera)
infesting giant kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens) on the Elkhorn and Carrizo Plains, San Luis Obispo
County, California. Journal of Medical Entomology 30:291-294.
13.
Germano, D. J., and D. F. Williams. 1993. Field
evaluation of using passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags to permanently
mark lizards. Herpetological Review 24:54-56.
14.
Germano, D. J., E. Cypher, and R. McCormick. 1993. Use of a barrier to exclude blunt-nosed leopard lizards from
a construction zone. Transactions of the Western Section of The Wildlife
Society 29:16-19.
15.
Germano, D. J., and D. F. Williams. 1994. Gambelia
sila (Bluntnose leopard lizard) Cannibalism. Herpetological Review 25:26-27.
16.
Germano, D. J., and T. H. Fritts. 1994. Methods
of age determination of the desert tortoise (Gopherus
agassizii). Proceedings of The Desert Tortoise Council 1987-1991:93-100.
17.
Joyner, M. A., and D. J. Germano. 1994. Desert
tortoises of the Piute Valley - 1987. Proceedings of The Desert Tortoise Council
1987-1991:13-21.
18.
Germano, D. J., and M. A. Joyner. 1994. Does
high adult mortality equal a population crash for desert tortoises in the Piute
Valley, Nevada? Proceedings of The Desert Tortoise Council 1987-1991:101-111.
19.
Germano, D. J., D. F. Williams, and W. Tordoff III. 1994.
Effect of drought on blunt-nosed leopard lizards (Gambelia
sila). Northwestern Naturalist 75:11-19.
20.
Bury, R. B., and D. J. Germano. 1994. Biology
of North American tortoises: introduction. pp. 1-5 in R. B. Bury and D. J. Germano (eds.), Biology of North American
tortoises. National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13.
21.
Germano, D. J., R. B. Bury, T. C. Esque, T. H. Fritts, and P. A. Medica. 1994.
Range and habitats of the desert tortoise (Gopherus
agassizii). pp. 73-84 in R. B.
Bury and D. J. Germano (eds.), Biology of North American tortoises. National
Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13.
22.
Germano, D. J. 1994. Comparative
life histories of North American tortoises. pp. 175-185 in
R. B. Bury and D. J. Germano (eds.), Biology of North American tortoises.
National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13.
23.
Germano, D. J., and R. B. Bury. 1994. Research
on North American tortoises: a critique with suggestions for the future. pp.
187-204 in R. B. Bury and D. J.
Germano (eds.), Biology of North American tortoises. National Biological Survey,
Fish and Wildlife Research 13.
24.
Germano, D. J. 1994. Growth and
maturity of North American tortoises in response to regional climates. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 72:918-931.
25.
Germano, D. J., and C. R. Carter. 1995. Gambelia
sila (Bluntnose leopard lizard) Predation. Herpetological Review 26:100.
26.
Germano, D. J. 1995. Waterfowl
blinds in the San Joaquin Valley: death traps for endangered species.
Transactions of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society 31:33-35.
27.
Germano, D. J., and W. M. Rhodehamel. 1995.
Characteristics of kangaroo rat burrows in fallow fields of the southern
San Joaquin Valley. Transactions of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society
31:40-44.
28.
Germano, D. J. 1995. Modeling
populations of North American tortoises: model results and assessment of data
adequacy. Pp. 29-31 in G. Aguirre, E.
D. McCoy, H. Mushinsky, M. V. Santa Cruz, R. G. Collazo, and G. C. Andreu, eds.
Proceedings of North American Tortoise Conference. Publicaciones de la Sociedad
Herpetologica Mexicana. No. 2.
29.
Germano, D. J., and D. J. Morafka. 1996. Diurnal
activity of the silvery legless lizard, Anniella pulchra. Great Basin Naturalist 56:379-380.
30.
Single, J. R., D. J. Germano, and M. H. Wolfe. 1996.
Decline of kangaroo rats during a wet winter in the southern San Joaquin
Valley, California. Transactions of
the Western Section of The Wildlife Society 32:34-41.
31.
Williams, D. F., W. Tordoff III, and D. J. Germano. 1997.
Evaluation of methods for permanently marking kangaroo rats (Dipodomys:
Heteromyidae). Pp. 259-271 in T. L. Yates, W. L. Gannon, and D. E. Wilson,
editors. Life Among the Muses: Papers in Honor of James S. Findley. Special
Publication of the Museum of Southwestern Biology No. 3.
32.
Tabor, S. P., and D. J. Germano. 1997. Masticophis
flagellum (Coachwhip). Prey. Herpetological Review 28:90.
33.
Germano, D. J., D. F. Williams, and L. R. Saslaw. 1997 (1998). Utility
of ten-day censuses to determine population size of the blunt-nosed leopard
lizard. California Fish and Game 83:144-152.
34.
Germano, D. J. 1998. Scutes and age
determination of desert tortoises revisited. Copeia 1998:482-484.
35.
Germano, D. J., and R. B. Bury. 1998. Age determination in turtles: evidence of
annual deposition of scute rings. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:123-132.
36.
Bury, R. B. and D. J. Germano. 1998. Annual
deposition of scute rings in the western pond turtle, Clemmys marmorata. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:108-109.
37.
Germano, D. J. 1999. Terrapene ornata
luteola (Desert Box Turtle). Attempted Predation. Herpetological Review
30:40-41.
38.
Germano, D. J. 1999. Proceedings:
Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles. An
International Conference, edited by Jim Van Abbema. (Book Review). Copeia
1999:850-852.
39.
Germano, D. J., and P. M. Nieuwolt-Dacanay. 1999. Terrapene ornata luteola (Desert Box Turtle). Homing Behavior.
Herpetological Review 30:96.
40.
Germano, D. J. 2000. Occurrence of
a colonial protozoan on the western pond turtle, Clemmys marmorata. Herpetological
Natural History 7:67-71.
41.
Germano, D. J., R. B. Bury, and M. Jennings. 2000. Growth and population structure of Emydoidea blandingii
from western Nebraska. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:618-625.
42. Germano, D. J. 2001. Geographic Note. Salvadora hexalepis. Herpetological Review 32:61.
43. Germano, D. J., G. B. Rathbun, and L. R. Saslaw. 2001. Managing exotic grasses and conserving declining species. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:551-559. PDF
44.
Germano, D. J., and R. B. Bury. 2001. Western pond turtles (Clemmys
marmorata) in the Central Valley of California: status and population
structure. Transactions of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society 37:22-36.
45.
Germano, D. J. 2001.
Assessing translocation and reintroduction as mitigation tools for Tipton
kangaroo rats (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides). Transactions of the
Western Section of The Wildlife Society 37:71-76.
46.
Bury, R. B., D. J. Germano, T. R. Van
Devender, and B. E. Martin. 2002. The desert tortoise in Mexico: distribution, ecology, and
conservation. Pp. 86-108 in T. R. Van Devender, editor. The Sonoran Desert
Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation. University of Arizona
Press. Tucson.
47.
Germano, D. J., F. H. Pough, D. J. Morafka, E. M. Smith, and M. J. Demlong.
2002. Growth of desert tortoises:
implications for conservation and management. Pp. 265-288 in T. R. Van Devender,
editor. The Sonoran Desert Tortoise. Natural History, Biology, and Conservation.
University of Arizona Press. Tucson.
48. Bury, R. B., and D. J. Germano. 2003. Differences in habitat use by Blanding’s turtles, Emydoidea blandingii, and painted turtles, Chrysemys picta, in the Nebraska sandhills. The American Midland Naturalist 149: 241-244. PDF
49. Germano, D. J., and J. Brown. 2003. Gambelia sila (Blunt-nosed leopard lizard) Predation. Herpetological Review 34:143-144. PDF
50. Znari, M., D. J. Germano, and J. Macé. 2005. Growth and population structure of the Moorish tortoise (Testudo graeca graeca) in westcentral Morocco: possible effects of over-collecting for the tourist trade. Journal of Arid Environments 62:55-74. PDF
51. Germano, D. J., and D. F. Williams. 2005. Population ecology of blunt-nosed leopard lizards in high elevation foothill habitat. Journal of Herpetology 39:1-18. PDF
52. Germano, D. J. 2006. Habitat characteristics of sites with yellow-blotched salamanders (Ensatina eschscholtzii croceator). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 1:121-128. HCB Link to Paper
53. Germano, D. J., and D. F. Williams. 2007. Ontogenetic and seasonal changes in coloration of the blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila). The Southwestern Naturalist 52:46-53. PDF
54. Germano, D. J., P. T. Smith, and S. P. Tabor. 2007. Food habits of the blunt-nosed leopard lizard (Gambelia sila). The Southwestern Naturalist 52:318-323. PDF
55. Germano, D. J. 2007. Rodent diversity, vegetation complexity, and patch size in remnant coastal scrub habitat of southern California. Transactions of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society 43:43-55. PDF
56. Bury, R. B., and D. J. Germano. 2008. Actinemys marmorata (Baird and Girard 1852) - Western Pond Turtle, Pacific Pond Turtle. In A. G. J. Rhodin, P. C. H. Pritchard, P. P. van Dijk, R. A. Samure, K. A. Buhlmann, and J. B. Iverson (eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Pp. 1.1-1.9. PDF
57. Germano, D. J., and G. B. Rathbun. 2008. Growth, population structure, and reproduction of the western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) on the central coast of California. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7:188-194. PDF
58. Germano, D. J. 2009. Terrapene ornata luteola (Desert Box Turtle). Carrion Feeding. Herpetological Review 40:80. PDF
59. Germano, D. J., and R. B. Bury. 2009. Variation in body size, growth, and population structure of Actinemys marmorata from lentic and lotic habitats in southern Oregon. Journal of Herpetology 43:510-520. PDF
60. Germano, D. J. 2009. The number of census days needed to detect blunt-nosed leopard lizards, Gambelia sila. California Fish and Game 95:106-109. PDF
61. Germano, D. J. 2010. Ecology of the western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) at sewage-treatment facilities in the San Joaquin Valley, California. The Southwestern Naturalist 55:89-97. PDF
62. Germano, D. J., and P. T. Smith. 2010. Molecular evidence for parthenogenesis in the Sierra Garter Snake, Thamnophis couchii (Colubridae). The Southwestern Naturalist 55:282-284. PDF
63. Bury, R. B., D. J. Germano, and G. W. Bury. 2010. Population structure and growth of the turtle Actinemys marmorata from the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion: age, not size, matters. Copeia 2010:443-451. PDF
64. Germano, D. J. 2010. Survivorship of translocated kangaroo rats in the San Joaquin Valley, California. California Fish and Game 96:82-89. PDF
65. Germano, D. J., G. B. Rathbun, L. R. Saslaw, B. L. Cypher, E. A. Cypher, and L. Vredenberg. 2011. The San Joaquin Desert of California: Ecologically misunderstood and overlooked. Natural Areas Journal 31:138-147. PDF
66. Germano, D. J., G. B. Rathbun, and L. R. Saslaw. 2012. Effect of grazing and invasive grasses on desert vertebrates in California. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:670-682. PDF
67. Germano, D. J., L. R. Saslaw, P. T. Smith, and B. L. Cypher. 2013. Survivorship and reproduction of translocated Tipton kangaroo rats in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Endangered Species Research 19:265-276.
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