Peer-Reviewed Publications
Technical Reports & Popular Science Publications
- S Rogers, B Verrelli, P Bukaveckas, E Ames, J Youtz, T Boves, EI Johnson, C Tonra, L Bulluck. In review. Metabarcoding reveals range-wide flexibility in aquatic diet of a riparian avian insectivore.
- KL Percy, NL Michel, L Nakashima, J Fuller, EI Johnson. In review. Modeling current and future habitat suitability of an iconic bird to inform restoration planning in southeastern Louisiana.
- CT Brown, SR Midway, D Mooney, EI Johnson, CN Johnson. In review. Characterization of antibiotic-resistant bacteria isolated from land birds.
- KB Barnes, EI Johnson. In review. First confirmed Snowy Plover fledging success in Louisiana.
- A Brunner, B Dossman, V Jirinec, K Percy, C Tonra, EI Johnson, P Marra. 2022. Migratory behavior and connectivity revealed in a secretive Neotropical migratory songbird, the Swainson's Warbler. Journal of Field Ornithology 93:5.
- E Shogren, M Ançiães, J Barske, C Cestari, E DuVal, M Gaiotti, EI Johnson, R Kimball, M Marini, TB Ryder, M Scholer, J Ungvári, S White, A Boyle. 2022. Dancing drives evolution of sexual size dimorphism in manakins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289:20212540.
- LL Powell, CL Rutt, K Mokross, JD Wolfe, EI Johnson, P Rodrigues, PC Stouffer. 2022. How do 13 sympatric woodcreeper species (Dendrocolaptinae) in the Central Amazon distinguish themselves in unique ecological niche space? Ornithology 139:1–15.
- EI Johnson, J Lehman. 2021. Status and habitat relationships of the Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) in coastal Louisiana. Waterbirds 44:234–244.
- EI Johnson. 2021. Short-term effects of two hurricanes on bird populations in southwestern Louisiana. Southeastern Naturalist 20:560–571.
- V Jirinec, RC Burner, BR Amaral, RO Bierregaard Jr., G Fernández-Arellano, A. Hernandez-Palma, EI Johnson, TE Lovejoy, LL Powell, CL Rutt, JD Wolfe, PC Stouffer. 2021. Morphological consequences of climate change for resident birds in intact Amazonia. Science Advances 7:eabk1743.
- P Pyle, M Gahbauer, EI Johnson, TB Ryder, JD Wolfe. 2021. Application of a global age-designation system ("WRP") based on molt and plumage cycles of birds. Ornithology 139:ukab063.
- JD Wolfe, RS Terrill, EI Johnson, L Powell, TB Ryder. 2021. Ecological and evolutionary significance of molt in lowland Neotropical landbirds. Ornithology: ukaa073.
- PC Stouffer, V Jirinec, CL Rutt, RO Bierregaard, A Hernandez-Palma, EI Johnson, SR Midway, LL Powell, JD Wolfe, TE Lovejoy. 2021. Long-term change in the avifauna of undisturbed Amazonian rainforests: ground-foraging birds disappear and the baseline shifts. Ecology Letters 24:186–195.
- EI Johnson. 2020. High occurrence of foot deformities in a non-breeding population of Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina). North American Bird Bander 45:119–123.
- J Youtz, KD Miller, EK Bowers, SL Rogers, LP Bulluck, M Johnson, BD Peer, KL Percy, EI Johnson, EM Ames, CM Tonra, and TJ Boves. 2020. Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long-distance migratory songbird. Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6721.
- J Reese, C Viverette, CM Tonra, NJ Bayly, TJ Boves, EI Johnson, M Johnson, P Marra, EM Ames, A Caguazango, M DeSaix, A Matthews, A Molina, KL Percy, MC Slevin, L Bulluck. 2019. Using stable isotopes to estimate migratory connectivity for a patchily-distributed, wetland-associated Neotropical migrant. Condor 121:duz052. .
- C Tonra, M Hallworth, T Boves, J Reese, L Bulluck, M Johnson, C Viverette, K Percy, E Ames, A Matthews, M Slevin, R Wilson, EI Johnson. 2019. Weak migratory connectivity despite contrasting routes: implications for nonbreeding conservation of a wetland songbird. Condor 121:duz019.
- JV Remsen, BP Wallace, MA Seymour, DA O'Malley, EI Johnson. 2019. The regional, national, and international importance of Louisiana’s coastal avifauna. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131:221–242.
- CL Rutt, V Jirinec, EI Johnson, M Cohn-Haft, CF Vargas, PC Stouffer. 2018. Twenty years later: an update to the birds of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Amazonas, Brazil. Revisa Brasileira de Ornitologia 25:277–296.
- EI Johnson, JD Wolfe. 2018. Molt and aging guide to Central Amazonian and Neotropical birds. Studies in Avian Biology. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida.
- LL Powell, JD Wolfe, EI Johnson, PC Stouffer. 2016. Forest recovery in post-pasture Amazonia: Testing a conceptual model of space use by insectivorous understory birds. Biological Conservation 194:22–30.
- EI Johnson. 2015. Geographic variation in the extent of the preformative molt in American Goldfinches. North American Bird Bander 40.
- LL Powell, G Zurita, JD Wolfe, EI Johnson, PC Stouffer. 2015. Changes in habitat use at rain forest edges through succession: A case study of understory birds in the Brazilian Amazon. Biotropica 47: 723–732.
- JD Wolfe, EI Johnson. 2015. Geolocator reveals migratory and winter movements of a Prothonotary Warbler. Journal of Field Ornithology 86: 238–243.
- LL Powell, JD Wolfe, EI Johnson, JE Hines, JD Nichols, PC Stouffer. 2015. Heterogeneous movement of insectivorous Amazonian birds through primary and secondary forest: A case study using multistate models with radiotelemetry data. Biological Conservation 188: 100–108.
- EI Johnson, JD Wolfe. 2014. Thamnophilidae (antbird) molt strategies in a central Amazonian rainforest. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126: 451–462.
- JD Wolfe, EI Johnson, RS Terrill. 2014. Searching for consensus in molt terminology 11 years after Howell et al.'s “first basic problem”. Auk 131: 371–377.
- PC Stouffer, EI Johnson, RO Bierregaard Jr. 2013. Breeding seasonality in central Amazonian rainforest birds. Auk 130: 529–540.
- LL Powell, PC Stouffer, EI Johnson. 2013. Recovery of understory bird movement across the interface of primary and secondary Amazon rainforest. Auk 130: 459–468.
- EI Johnson, JD Wolfe, D Mooney. 2013. An eccentric preformative molt in Eastern Towhees. North American Bird Bander 38: 25–27.
- JD Wolfe, EI Johnson, PC Stouffer, F Owens, EE DeLeon, ER Liffmann, KE Brzeski, S Utley, D Mooney, C Coco, G Grandy. 2013. Annual survival of birds captured in a habitat island bordered by the urban matrix of Baton Rouge, LA. Southeastern Naturalist 12: 492–499.
- EI Johnson, PC Stouffer, RO Bierregaard Jr. 2012. The phenology of molting, breeding and their overlap in central Amazonian birds. Journal of Avian Biology 43: 141–154.
- Wolfe, JD, TB Ryder, P Pyle, EI Johnson. 2012. Using molt and plumage cycles to age tropical birds: Updates and recent advances. Ornitologia Neotropical 23:169–174.
- JD Wolfe, EI Johnson, ER Liffmann, EE DeLeon, K Mokross, KE Brzeski. 2012. Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) with dill deformity captured at Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Journal of Louisiana Ornithology 9: 27–28.
- EI Johnson, JD Wolfe, TB Ryder, P Pyle. 2011. Modifications to a molt‐based ageing system proposed by Wolfe et al. (2010). Journal of Field Ornithology 82: 422–424.
- PC Stouffer, KL Cockle, A Aleixo, JI Areta, JM Barnett, A Bodrati, CD Cadena, AS Di Giacomo, SK Herzog, P Hosner, EI Johnson, LN Naka, C Sánchez. 2011. No evidence for widespread bird declines in protected South American forests. Climatic change 108: 383–386.
- EI Johnson, JK Dimiceli, PC Stoufferi, ME Brooks. 2011. Habitat use does not reflect habitat quality for Henslow's Sparrows (Ammodramus henslowii) wintering in fire-managed longleaf pine savannas. Auk 128: 564–576.
- PC Stouffer, EI Johnson, RO Bierregaard Jr, TE Lovejoy. 2011. Understory bird communities in Amazonian rainforest fragments: Species turnover through 25 years post-isolation in recovering landscapes. PLoS ONE 6: e20543.
- EI Johnson. 2011. Fragmentation Sensitivity and its Consequences on Demography and Host-Ectoparasite Dynamics in Amazonian Birds. Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
- M Uriarte, M Anciães, MTB Da Silva, P Rubim, EI Johnson, EM Bruna. 2011. Disentangling the drivers of reduced long-distance seed dispersal by birds in an experimentally fragmented landscape. Ecology 92: 924–937.
- EI Johnson, PC Stouffer, CF Vargas. 2011. Diversity, biomass, and trophic structure of a central Amazonian rainforest bird community. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 19: 1–16.
- EI Johnson, JD Wolfe, JE Hartgerink. 2011. Barred Owl consumes Sharp-shinned Hawk. Journal of Louisiana Ornithology 88: 21–22.
- EI Johnson, CF Vargas, TVV Costa, CB Andretti. 2010. A range extension and ecology of Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus josephinae in central Amazonian Brazil. Bulletin of the British Ornithological Club 150: 266–272.
- EI Johnson, JK DiMiceli, PC Stouffer. 2009. Timing of migration and patterns of winter settlement by Henslow's Sparrows. Condor 111: 730–739.
- JK DiMiceli, PC Stouffer, EI Johnson, C Leonardi, EB Moser. 2007. Seed preferences of wintering Henslow's Sparrows. Condor 109: 595–604.
- EI Johnson. 2006. Effects of fire on habitat associations, abundance, and survival of wintering Henslow’s Sparrows (Ammodramus henslowii) in southeastern Louisiana longleaf pine savannas. M.S. Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Technical Reports & Popular Science Publications
- KB Barnes, EI Johnson. 2021. Louisiana's Coastal Bird Stewardship Program. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- DC Lindquist, SE Sable, L D'Acunto, AC Hijuelos, EI Johnson, SRM Langlois, NL Michel, L Nakashima, AM O'Connell, K Percy, EM Robinson. 2021. 2023 Coastal Master Plan Habitat Suitability Index Model Improvements. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson, KB Barnes, S Bolinger, K Williams, S Collins. 2019. Nesting Success of Beach-nesting Birds in Response to Dune Renourishment in Coastal Louisiana. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson. 2018. Louisiana Coastal Stewardship Program 2017 Annual Report: Beach-nesting Bird Protection, Monitoring, and Community Outreach. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson. 2017. Louisiana Coastal Stewardship Program 2016 Annual Report: Beach-nesting Bird Protection, Monitoring, and Community Outreach. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson, JD Wolfe, M LaSalle. 2017. An Independent Assessment of the Frequency and Extent of Oiling on Birds during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Utilizing Citizen Science to Understand Broad Patterns. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson. 2016. Louisiana’s Coastal Stewardship Program 2015 Annual Report: Beach-nesting Bird Protection, Monitoring, and Community Outreach. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson. 2014. Louisiana’s Coastal Stewardship Program 2014 Annual Report: Beach-nesting Bird Protection, Monitoring, and Community Outreach. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson. 2013. Status of the Red Knot (Calidris canutus) in Louisiana. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson. 2012. Audubon Coastal Bird Survey, Fall 2011 Summary. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- JD Wolfe, EI Johnson. 2011. Louisiana's crude awakening: how citizen scientists help monitor the effects of oil on birds. Birding 43: 48–52.
- EI Johnson. 2011. Audubon Coastal Bird Survey First Annual Report. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson. 2011. A Strategic Sampling Plan for the Audubon Coastal Bird Survey. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
- EI Johnson. 2011. Variation in Shorebird Abundance along the Northern Gulf of Mexico. National Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA.
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