PUBLICATIONS
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FORTHCOMING:
Winiarski, K.J., A.R. Whiteley, W.E. Peterman, K. McGarigal. Multi-scale resistant kernel surfaces derived from inferred gene flow: An application with vernal pool breeding amphibians. Molecular Ecology Resources. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13089
Salces-Castellano, A., J. Patiño, N. Alvarez, C. Andújar, P. Arribas, J.J. Braojos-Ruiz, M. del Arco-Aguilar, V. García-Olivares, D. Karger, H. López, I. Manolopoulou, P. Oromí, A.J. Pérez-Delgado, W.E. Peterman, K.F. Rijsdijk, and B.C. Emerson. Microclimate drives recurrent community-wide incipient speciation in an oceanic island. Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13433
Winiarski, K.J., A.R. Whiteley, W.E. Peterman, K. McGarigal. Multi-scale resistant kernel surfaces derived from inferred gene flow: An application with vernal pool breeding amphibians. Molecular Ecology Resources. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13089
Salces-Castellano, A., J. Patiño, N. Alvarez, C. Andújar, P. Arribas, J.J. Braojos-Ruiz, M. del Arco-Aguilar, V. García-Olivares, D. Karger, H. López, I. Manolopoulou, P. Oromí, A.J. Pérez-Delgado, W.E. Peterman, K.F. Rijsdijk, and B.C. Emerson. Microclimate drives recurrent community-wide incipient speciation in an oceanic island. Ecology Letters. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13433
PUBLISHED PAPERS:
2019
Gade, M.R.* and W.E. Peterman. 2019. Multiple environmental gradients influence the distribution and abundance of a key forest-health indicator species in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Landscape Ecology 34:569–582. (Final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Gade, M.R.*, P.R. Gould*, and W.E. Peterman. 2019. Habitat-dependent responses of terrestrial salamanders to wildfire in the short-term. Forest Ecology and Management 449:117479. (Final publication is available at ScienceDirect) PDF
Peterman, W.E., K.J. Winiarski*, C.E. Moore*, C. da Silva Carvahlo, A.L. Gilbert*, S.F. Spear. 2019. A comparison of popular approaches to optimize landscape resistance surfaces. Landscape Ecology 34:2197–2208. (Final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
2018
Peterman, W.E. 2018. ResistanceGA: An R package for the optimization of resistance surfaces using genetic algorithms. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9:1638–1647. (Final publication is available at wiley.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E., T.L. Anderson, B.H. Ousterhout, D.L. Drake, F.E. Rowland, J.J. Burkhart, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2018. Using spatial demographic network models to optimize habitat creation, restoration, and preservation. Journal of Wildlife Management 82:649–659. (Final publication is available at wiley.com) PDF
2017
Crawford, J.A., C.A. Phillips, W.E. Peterman, I.E. MacAllister, N.A. Wesslund, A.R. Kuhns, and M.J. Dreslik. 2017. Seasonal dynamics of chytrid infection in amphibians on military and public lands in the Midwestern United States. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8:344–352. (Final publication is available here)
Peterman, W.E. and M. Gade*. 2017. The importance of assessing parameter sensitivity when using biophysical models: A case study with a plethodontid salamander. Population Ecology 59:275–286. (Final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Khimoun, A, W.E. Peterman, C. Eraud, B. Faivre, N. Navarro, and S. Garnier. 2017. Landscape genetic analyses reveal fine-scale effects of forest fragmentation in an insular tropical bird. Molecular Ecology 26:4906–4919 (Final publication is available at wiley.com) PDF
Rhoden, C.M.*, W.E. Peterman, C.A. Taylor. 2017. Maxent-directed field surveys identify new populations of narrowly endemic habitat specialists. PeerJ 5:e3632 (Final publication available here) PDF
Burkhart, J.J.*, W.E. Peterman, E.R Brocato, K. Romine, M.M Willis, B.H. Ousterhout, T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, F. Rowland, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2017. The influence of breeding phenology on the genetic structure of four pond-breeding salamanders. Ecology and Evolution 7:4670–4681 (The final publication is available at wiley.com) PDF
2016
Crawford, J.A., W.E. Peterman, A.R. Kuhns, and L.S. Eggert. 2016. Influence of pond occupancy and connectivity on metapopulation genetic structure of a threatened salamander in an agroecosystem. Landscape Ecology 31:2231–2244. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E., J.A. Crawford, and D.J. Hocking. 2016. Effects of elevation on plethodontid salamander body size. Copeia 104:202–208. (The final publication is available at here) PDF
Peterman, W.E., E.R. Brocato, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2016. Reducing bias in population and landscape genetic inferences: The effects of sampling related individuals and multiple life stages. PeerJ 4:e1813. PDF, Data / Code
Rhoden, C.M.*, C.A. Taylor, and W.E. Peterman. 2016. Highway to heaven? Roadsides as preferred habitat for two narrowly endemic crayfish. Freshwater Science 35:974–983. (The final publication is available here) PDF
Anderson, T.L, B.H. Ousterhout, D.L. Drake, J.J. Burkhart, F. Rowland, W.E. Peterman, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2016. Differences in larval allometry among three ambystomatid salamanders. Journal of Herpetology 50:464–470. (The final publication is available here) PDF
Milanovich, J.R. and W.E. Peterman. 2016. Burton and Likens revisited: Examining the spatial variation of the standing crop of nutrients within a terrestrial salamander in a forest ecosystem. Copeia 104:165–171. (The final publication is available at here) PDF
Connette, G.M., M.S. Osbourn, and W.E. Peterman. 2016. Distribution of a stream-breeding salamander, Desmognathus ocoee, in terrestrial habitat underscores the ecological importance of low-order streams. Copeia 104:149–156. (The final publication is available at here) PDF
Peterman, W.E., T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, B.H. Ousterhout, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2016. Assessing modularity in genetic networks to manage spatially structured metapopulations. Ecosphere 7:e01231. (The final publication is available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com) PDF
Villemey, A., W.E. Peterman, M. Richard, A. Ouin, I. Van Halder; V.M. Stevens, M. Baguette, P. Roche, F. Archaux. 2016. Butterfly dispersal in farmland: a replicated landscape genetics study on the meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina). Landscape Ecology 31:1629–1641.(The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Ruiz-Lopez, M.J., C. Barelli, F. Rovero, K. Hedges, C. Roos, W.E. Peterman**, and N. Ting. 2016. A landscape genetics approach demonstrates the effects of human disturbance on a primate indicator species in a biodiversity hotspot. Heredity 116:167–176. (The final publication is available at nature.com) PDF (Cover photo)
2015
Peterman, W.E., T.L. Anderson, B.H. Ousterhout, D.L. Drake, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2015. Differential dispersal shapes population structure and patterns of genetic differentiation in two sympatric pond breeding salamanders. Conservation Genetics 16:59–69. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Anderson, T.L., J.L Heemeyer, W.E. Peterman**, B.H Ousterhout, D.L. Drake, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2015. Using Thermochron iButton temperature data loggers to measure hydroperiod of vernal wetlands. Wetlands Ecology and Management 23:1039–1047. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF, SUPPLEMENT
Ousterhout, B.H., T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, W.E. Peterman, and R.D Semlitsch. 2015. Abundance and body-size affected at different spatial scales in an amphibian metacommunity. Journal of Animal Ecology 84:914–924. (The final publication is available at
onlinelibrary.wiley.com) PDF
Milanovich, J.R., D.J Hocking, W.E. Peterman, and J.A. Crawford. 2015. Effective use of trails for assessing terrestrial salamander abundance and detection: A case study at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Natural Areas Journal 35:590–598.(The final publication is available at www.bioone.org) PDF
Anderson, T.L., B.H. Ousterhout, W.E. Peterman, D.L. Drake, and R.D Semlitsch. 2015. Life history differences influence the impacts of drought on aquatic survival and occupancy of two pond-breeding salamanders. Ecological Applications. 25:1896–1910. (The final publication is available at www.esajournal.org) PDF
Connette, G.M., J.A. Crawford, and W.E. Peterman. 2015. Climate change and shrinking salamanders: Alternative mechanisms for changes in plethodontid salamander body size. Global Change Biology 21:2834–3843 (The final publication is available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com) PDF, SUPPLEMENT
Drake, D.L, B.H. Ousterhout, C.D. Shulse, D.J. Hocking, W.E. Peterman, T.A. Anderson, K.L. Lohraff, C.A. Conner, E.H. Harper, J.R. Johnson, T.A.G. Rittenhouse, B.B. Rothermel, L.S. Eggert, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2015. Pond-breeding amphibian community composition in Missouri. American Midland Naturalist 174:180–187. (The final publication is available here) PDF
Semlitsch, R.D., W.E. Peterman, T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, and B.H. Ousterhout. 2015.Intermediate pond sizes contain the highest density, richness, and diversity of pond-breeding amphibians. PLoS ONE 10:e0123055. PDF
Anderson, T.L., D.J. Hocking, C.A. Conner, J.E. Earl, E.B. Harper, M.J. Osbourn, W.E. Peterman, T.A.G. Rittenhouse, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2015. The influence of priority effects on metamorph traits and recruitment of two pond-breeding salamanders. Oecologia. 17:761–773 (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF (Cover photo)
2014
Peterman, W.E. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2014. Spatial variation in water loss predicts terrestrial salamander distribution and population dynamics. Oecologia 176:357–369 (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Ryan, T.J., W.E. Peterman, J.D. Stephens, and S.C. Sterrett. 2014. Movements and habitat use of the snapping turtle in an urban landscape. Urban Ecosystems 17:613–623. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E., T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, B.H. Ousterhout, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2014. Maximizing pond biodiversity across the landscape: a case study of larval ambystomatid salamanders. Animal Conservation 17:275–285. (The final publication is available at wiley.com) PDF, Supplement Data, Supplement R code
Peterman, W.E., G.M. Connette, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2014. Ecological resistance surfaces predict fine scale genetic differentiation in a terrestrial woodland salamander. Molecular Ecology 23:2402–2413. (The final publication is available at wiley.com) PDF, Supplement, R Package
Mackey, M.J., G.M. Connette, W.E. Peterman, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2014. Do golf courses reduce the ecological value of headwater streams for salamanders in the Appalachian Mountains? Landscape and Urban Planning 125:17–27. (The final publication is available at here) PDF
2013
Crawford, J.A. and W.E. Peterman. 2013. Biomass and habitat partitioning of Desmognathus on wet rock-faces in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Herpetology 47:580–584. (The final publication is available at here) PDF
Peterman, W.E., L.R. Pauley, E.R. Brocato, E.C. Stuart, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2013. Development and characterization of twenty-two microsatellite loci for the ringed salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) using paired-end Illumina shotgun sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 5:993–995. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E., E.R. Brocato, L.R. Pauley, E.C. Stuart, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2013. Development and characterization of eighteen microsatellite loci for the spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) using paired-end Illumina shotgun sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 5:989–991. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E., T.A.G Ritenhouse, J.E. Earl, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2013. Demographic network and multi-season occupancy modeling of Rana sylvatica reveal spatial and temporal patterns of population connectivity and persistence. Landscape Ecology 28:1601–1613. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2013. Fine-scale habitat associations of a terrestrial salamander: The role of environmental gradients and implications for population dynamics. PLoS ONE 8: e62184. PDF
Gifford, M. E., T. A. Clay, and W. E. Peterman. 2013. The effects of temperature and activity on intraspecific scaling of metabolic rates in a lungless salamander. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 319:230–236. PDF
Peterman, W.E., J.L. Locke, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2013. Spatial and temporal patterns of water loss in heterogeneous landscapes: Using plaster models as amphibian analogues. Canadian Journal of Zoology 91:135–140. PDF
Peterman, W.E., J.A. Crawford, and A.R. Kuhns. 2013. Using species distribution and occupancy modeling to guide survey efforts and assess species status. Journal for Nature Conservation 2:114–121. PDF
Peterman, W.E., S.M. Feist, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2013. Conservation and management of peripheral populations: Spatial and temporal influences on the genetic structure of wood frog (Rana sylvatica) populations. Biological Conservation 158:351–358. PDF
Hocking, D.J., G.M. Connette, C.A. Conner, B.R. Scheffers, S.E. Pittman, W.E. Peterman, R.D.Semlitsch. 2013. Effects of experimental forest management on a terrestrial, woodland salamander in Missouri. Forest Ecology and Management. 287:32–39. PDF
Spatola, B.N., W.E. Peterman*, G.M. Connette, N.T. Stephens, D.B. Shepard, K.H. Kozak, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2013. Development of microsatellite loci for the western slimy salamander (Plethodon albagula) using 454 sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 5:267–270. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
2012
Peterman, W.E., G.M. Connette, B.N. Spatola, L.S. Eggert, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2012. Transferability of microsatellite loci: Identification of polymorphic loci in Ambystoma annulatum and review of cross-species microsatellite use in the genus Ambystoma. Copeia. 2012:570–577. PDF
Belden, L.K., W.E. Peterman, S.A. Smith, L.R. Brooks, E.F. Benfield, W. Black, Z. Yang, and J.M. Wojdak. 2012. Metagonimoides oregonensis (Digenea, Heterophyidae) infection in Desmognathus quadramaculatus salamander larvae. Journal of Parasitology. 98:760–767. PDF
Milanovich, J.R., W.E. Peterman, K. Barrett, M. Hopton. 2012. Do species distribution models predict species richness in urban and natural green spaces? A case study using amphibians. Landscape and Urban Planning. 107:409–418. PDF
2011
Peterman, W.E., J.A. Crawford, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2011. Effects of even-aged timber harvest on stream salamanders: Support for the evacuation hypothesis. Forest Ecology and Management 262:2344–2353. PDF
Osbourn, M.S., D.J. Hocking, C.A. Conner, W.E. Peterman, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2011. Use of fluorescent visible implant Alphanumeric tags to individually mark juvenile ambystomatid salamanders. Herpetological Review 42:43–47. PDF
2010
Milanovich, J.R., W.E. Peterman, N.P. Nibbelink, and J.C. Maerz. 2010. Projected loss of a salamander diversity hotspot as a consequence of projected global climate change. PLoS ONE 5:e12189. PDF
2009
Peterman, W.E. and T.J. Ryan. 2009. Basking behavior of Emydid turtles (Chrysemys picta, Graptemys geographica, and Trachemys scripta) in an urban landscape. Northeastern Naturalist 16: 629–636. PDF
Camp, C.D., W.E. Peterman, J. Milanovich, T. Lamb, J.C. Maerz, and D.B. Wake. 2009. A new genus and species of lungless salamander (family Plethodontidae) from the Appalachian highlands of the south-eastern United States. Journal of Zoology 279: 86–94. PDF
Peterman, W.E. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2009. Efficacy of riparian buffers in mitigating local population declines and the effects of even-aged timber harvest on larval salamanders. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 8–14. PDF
Peterman, W.E., T.L. Anderson, B.H. Ousterhout, D.L. Drake, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2015. Differential dispersal shapes population structure and patterns of genetic differentiation in two sympatric pond breeding salamanders. Conservation Genetics 16:59–69. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Anderson, T.L., J.L Heemeyer, W.E. Peterman**, B.H Ousterhout, D.L. Drake, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2015. Using Thermochron iButton temperature data loggers to measure hydroperiod of vernal wetlands. Wetlands Ecology and Management 23:1039–1047. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF, SUPPLEMENT
Ousterhout, B.H., T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, W.E. Peterman, and R.D Semlitsch. 2015. Abundance and body-size affected at different spatial scales in an amphibian metacommunity. Journal of Animal Ecology 84:914–924. (The final publication is available at
onlinelibrary.wiley.com) PDF
Milanovich, J.R., D.J Hocking, W.E. Peterman, and J.A. Crawford. 2015. Effective use of trails for assessing terrestrial salamander abundance and detection: A case study at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Natural Areas Journal 35:590–598.(The final publication is available at www.bioone.org) PDF
Anderson, T.L., B.H. Ousterhout, W.E. Peterman, D.L. Drake, and R.D Semlitsch. 2015. Life history differences influence the impacts of drought on aquatic survival and occupancy of two pond-breeding salamanders. Ecological Applications. 25:1896–1910. (The final publication is available at www.esajournal.org) PDF
Connette, G.M., J.A. Crawford, and W.E. Peterman. 2015. Climate change and shrinking salamanders: Alternative mechanisms for changes in plethodontid salamander body size. Global Change Biology 21:2834–3843 (The final publication is available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com) PDF, SUPPLEMENT
Drake, D.L, B.H. Ousterhout, C.D. Shulse, D.J. Hocking, W.E. Peterman, T.A. Anderson, K.L. Lohraff, C.A. Conner, E.H. Harper, J.R. Johnson, T.A.G. Rittenhouse, B.B. Rothermel, L.S. Eggert, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2015. Pond-breeding amphibian community composition in Missouri. American Midland Naturalist 174:180–187. (The final publication is available here) PDF
Semlitsch, R.D., W.E. Peterman, T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, and B.H. Ousterhout. 2015.Intermediate pond sizes contain the highest density, richness, and diversity of pond-breeding amphibians. PLoS ONE 10:e0123055. PDF
Anderson, T.L., D.J. Hocking, C.A. Conner, J.E. Earl, E.B. Harper, M.J. Osbourn, W.E. Peterman, T.A.G. Rittenhouse, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2015. The influence of priority effects on metamorph traits and recruitment of two pond-breeding salamanders. Oecologia. 17:761–773 (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF (Cover photo)
2014
Peterman, W.E. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2014. Spatial variation in water loss predicts terrestrial salamander distribution and population dynamics. Oecologia 176:357–369 (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Ryan, T.J., W.E. Peterman, J.D. Stephens, and S.C. Sterrett. 2014. Movements and habitat use of the snapping turtle in an urban landscape. Urban Ecosystems 17:613–623. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E., T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, B.H. Ousterhout, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2014. Maximizing pond biodiversity across the landscape: a case study of larval ambystomatid salamanders. Animal Conservation 17:275–285. (The final publication is available at wiley.com) PDF, Supplement Data, Supplement R code
Peterman, W.E., G.M. Connette, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2014. Ecological resistance surfaces predict fine scale genetic differentiation in a terrestrial woodland salamander. Molecular Ecology 23:2402–2413. (The final publication is available at wiley.com) PDF, Supplement, R Package
Mackey, M.J., G.M. Connette, W.E. Peterman, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2014. Do golf courses reduce the ecological value of headwater streams for salamanders in the Appalachian Mountains? Landscape and Urban Planning 125:17–27. (The final publication is available at here) PDF
2013
Crawford, J.A. and W.E. Peterman. 2013. Biomass and habitat partitioning of Desmognathus on wet rock-faces in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Journal of Herpetology 47:580–584. (The final publication is available at here) PDF
Peterman, W.E., L.R. Pauley, E.R. Brocato, E.C. Stuart, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2013. Development and characterization of twenty-two microsatellite loci for the ringed salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) using paired-end Illumina shotgun sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 5:993–995. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E., E.R. Brocato, L.R. Pauley, E.C. Stuart, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2013. Development and characterization of eighteen microsatellite loci for the spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) using paired-end Illumina shotgun sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 5:989–991. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E., T.A.G Ritenhouse, J.E. Earl, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2013. Demographic network and multi-season occupancy modeling of Rana sylvatica reveal spatial and temporal patterns of population connectivity and persistence. Landscape Ecology 28:1601–1613. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Peterman, W.E. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2013. Fine-scale habitat associations of a terrestrial salamander: The role of environmental gradients and implications for population dynamics. PLoS ONE 8: e62184. PDF
Gifford, M. E., T. A. Clay, and W. E. Peterman. 2013. The effects of temperature and activity on intraspecific scaling of metabolic rates in a lungless salamander. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 319:230–236. PDF
Peterman, W.E., J.L. Locke, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2013. Spatial and temporal patterns of water loss in heterogeneous landscapes: Using plaster models as amphibian analogues. Canadian Journal of Zoology 91:135–140. PDF
Peterman, W.E., J.A. Crawford, and A.R. Kuhns. 2013. Using species distribution and occupancy modeling to guide survey efforts and assess species status. Journal for Nature Conservation 2:114–121. PDF
Peterman, W.E., S.M. Feist, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2013. Conservation and management of peripheral populations: Spatial and temporal influences on the genetic structure of wood frog (Rana sylvatica) populations. Biological Conservation 158:351–358. PDF
Hocking, D.J., G.M. Connette, C.A. Conner, B.R. Scheffers, S.E. Pittman, W.E. Peterman, R.D.Semlitsch. 2013. Effects of experimental forest management on a terrestrial, woodland salamander in Missouri. Forest Ecology and Management. 287:32–39. PDF
Spatola, B.N., W.E. Peterman*, G.M. Connette, N.T. Stephens, D.B. Shepard, K.H. Kozak, R.D. Semlitsch, and L.S. Eggert. 2013. Development of microsatellite loci for the western slimy salamander (Plethodon albagula) using 454 sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 5:267–270. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
2012
Peterman, W.E., G.M. Connette, B.N. Spatola, L.S. Eggert, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2012. Transferability of microsatellite loci: Identification of polymorphic loci in Ambystoma annulatum and review of cross-species microsatellite use in the genus Ambystoma. Copeia. 2012:570–577. PDF
Belden, L.K., W.E. Peterman, S.A. Smith, L.R. Brooks, E.F. Benfield, W. Black, Z. Yang, and J.M. Wojdak. 2012. Metagonimoides oregonensis (Digenea, Heterophyidae) infection in Desmognathus quadramaculatus salamander larvae. Journal of Parasitology. 98:760–767. PDF
Milanovich, J.R., W.E. Peterman, K. Barrett, M. Hopton. 2012. Do species distribution models predict species richness in urban and natural green spaces? A case study using amphibians. Landscape and Urban Planning. 107:409–418. PDF
2011
Peterman, W.E., J.A. Crawford, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2011. Effects of even-aged timber harvest on stream salamanders: Support for the evacuation hypothesis. Forest Ecology and Management 262:2344–2353. PDF
Osbourn, M.S., D.J. Hocking, C.A. Conner, W.E. Peterman, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2011. Use of fluorescent visible implant Alphanumeric tags to individually mark juvenile ambystomatid salamanders. Herpetological Review 42:43–47. PDF
2010
Milanovich, J.R., W.E. Peterman, N.P. Nibbelink, and J.C. Maerz. 2010. Projected loss of a salamander diversity hotspot as a consequence of projected global climate change. PLoS ONE 5:e12189. PDF
2009
Peterman, W.E. and T.J. Ryan. 2009. Basking behavior of Emydid turtles (Chrysemys picta, Graptemys geographica, and Trachemys scripta) in an urban landscape. Northeastern Naturalist 16: 629–636. PDF
Camp, C.D., W.E. Peterman, J. Milanovich, T. Lamb, J.C. Maerz, and D.B. Wake. 2009. A new genus and species of lungless salamander (family Plethodontidae) from the Appalachian highlands of the south-eastern United States. Journal of Zoology 279: 86–94. PDF
Peterman, W.E. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2009. Efficacy of riparian buffers in mitigating local population declines and the effects of even-aged timber harvest on larval salamanders. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 8–14. PDF
2008
Peterman, W.E., J.A. Crawford, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2008. Productivity and significance of headwater streams: population structure and biomass of the black-bellied salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus). Freshwater Biology 53: 347–357. (cover photo) PDF
Peterman, W.E. and S.C. Truslow. 2008. Density estimation of larval Eurycea wilderae: a comparison of mark–recapture and depletion sampling. Herpetological Review 39: 438–441. PDF
2007
Peterman, W. E. 2007. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi (blue-ridge spring salamander) and Desmognathus monticola (seal salamander). Predation/regurgitation. Herpetological Review 38: 433.
2006
Peterman, W.E. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2006. Effects of tricaine methanesulfonate (MS–222) concentration on anesthetization and recovery in four Plethodontid salamanders. Herpetological Review 37: 303–304. PDF
BOOK SECTIONS
Rittenhouse, T.A.G., and W.E. Peterman. Connectivity of Wetlands. Pages 1-12 in C. M. Finlayson, M. Everard, K. Irvine, R. J. McInnes, B. A. Middleton, A. A. van Dam, and N. C. Davidson, editors. The Wetland Book: I: Structure and Function, Management and Methods. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
Rittenhouse, T.A.G., and W.E. Peterman. Source-Sink Dynamics of Wetlands. Pages 1-8 in C. M. Finlayson, M. Everard, K. Irvine, R. J. McInnes, B. A. Middleton, A. A. van Dam, and N. C. Davidson, editors. The Wetland Book: I: Structure and Function, Management and Methods. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht. (The final publication is available at springer.com) PDF
POPULAR ARTICLES
Semlitsch, R.D, W.E. Peterman, L.S. Eggert. Understanding the complex spatial and temporal variation in source-sink dynamics of salamanders. Natural Selections: Department of Defense Natural Resources Programs, Fall 2014. PDF
Semlitsch, R.D., T.L. Anderson, D.L. Drake, B.H. Ousterhout, W.E. Peterman, and C.D. Shulse. Small, clustered wetlands promote amphibian persistence. National Wetlands Newsletter, volume 35, number 5. PDF
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Winiarski, K.J., W.E. Peterman, K. McGarigal. Evaluation of the R package ‘ResistanceGA’: A promising approach towards the accurate optimization of landscape resistance surfaces
Dreslik, M.J., J.A. Crawford, S.J. Baker, W.E. Peterman, and C.A. Phillips. Factors affecting the detection and capture yield of an imperiled and cryptic species.
Anderson, T.A., B.H. Ousterhout, F. Rowland, D. Drake, J. Burkhart, and W.E. Peterman. Direct effects influence larval salamander size and density more than indirect effects.
McCluskey, E.M., V. Lulla, W.E. Peterman, K.M. Stryszowska, R.D. Denton, A.C. Fries, T.A. Langen, G. Johnson, S.W. Mockford, R.A. Gonser.
Linking genetic structure, species distribution modeling, and landscape genetics for regional conservation of a threatened freshwater turtle.
Wilk, A.J., K.C. Donlon, W.E. Peterman. Effects of habitat fragment size and isolation on the density and genetics of urban red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)
Gade, M.R., G.M. Connette, J.A. Crawford, D.J. Hocking, J.C. Maerz, J.M. Milanovich, W.E. Peterman. Predicted alteration of terrestrial salamander surface activity as a consequence of climate change.
Winiarski, K.J., W.E. Peterman, K. McGarigal. Evaluation of the R package ‘ResistanceGA’: A promising approach towards the accurate optimization of landscape resistance surfaces
Dreslik, M.J., J.A. Crawford, S.J. Baker, W.E. Peterman, and C.A. Phillips. Factors affecting the detection and capture yield of an imperiled and cryptic species.
Anderson, T.A., B.H. Ousterhout, F. Rowland, D. Drake, J. Burkhart, and W.E. Peterman. Direct effects influence larval salamander size and density more than indirect effects.
McCluskey, E.M., V. Lulla, W.E. Peterman, K.M. Stryszowska, R.D. Denton, A.C. Fries, T.A. Langen, G. Johnson, S.W. Mockford, R.A. Gonser.
Linking genetic structure, species distribution modeling, and landscape genetics for regional conservation of a threatened freshwater turtle.
Wilk, A.J., K.C. Donlon, W.E. Peterman. Effects of habitat fragment size and isolation on the density and genetics of urban red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)
Gade, M.R., G.M. Connette, J.A. Crawford, D.J. Hocking, J.C. Maerz, J.M. Milanovich, W.E. Peterman. Predicted alteration of terrestrial salamander surface activity as a consequence of climate change.
