M.S. in Zoology/Entomology

Johnson JA (2008) Recent range expansion and divergence among North American prairie grouse. Journal of Heredity 99:165-173.

Bouzat JL, Johnson JA, Toepfer JE, Simpson SA, Esker TL, Westermeier RL (2008) Beyond the beneficial effects of translocations as an effective tool for the genetic rescue of isolated populations. Conservation Genetics (in press).

Johnson JA, Burnham KK, Burnham WA, & Mindell DP (2007) Genetic structure among continental and island populations of gyrfalcons. Molecular Ecology 16:3145-3160.

Johnson JA, Thorstrom R, & Mindell DP (2007) Systematics and conservation of the hook-billed kite including two island taxa from Cuba and Grenada. Animal Conservation 10:349-359.

Johnson JA, Dunn PO, & Bouzat JL (2007) Effects of recent population bottlenecks on reconstructing the demographic history of prairie-chickens. Molecular Ecology 16:2203-2222.

Gilbert M, Watson RT, Ahmed S, Asim M, & Johnson JA (2007) Vulture restaurants and their role in reducing diclofenac exposure in Asian vultures. Bird Conservation International 17:63-77.

Johnson JA, Lerner HRL, Rasmussen PC, & Mindell DP (2006) Systematics within Gyps vultures: a clade at risk. BioMed Central Evolutionary Biology 6:65. [open access]

Ross JD, Arndt AD, Smith RFC, Johnson JA, & Bouzat JL (2006) Re-examination of the historical range of the greater prairie chicken using provenance data and DNA analysis of museum collections. Conservation Genetics 7:735-750.

Johnson JA & Dunn PO (2006) Low genetic variation in the Heath Hen prior to extinction and implications for the conservation of prairie-chicken populations. Conservation Genetics 7:37-48.

Johnson JA, Watson RT, & Mindell DP (2005) Prioritizing species conservation: does the Cape Verde kite exist? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 272:1365-1371.

Johnson JA, Bellinger MR, Toepfer JE, & Dunn PO (2004) Temporal changes in allele frequencies and low effective population size in greater prairie-chickens. Molecular Ecology 13:2617-2630.

Johnson JA, Toepfer JE, & Dunn PO (2003) Contrasting patterns of mitochondrial and microsatellite population structure in fragmented populations of greater prairie chickens. Molecular Ecology 12:3335-3347.

Bellinger MR, Johnson JA, Toepfer JE, & Dunn PO (2003) Loss of genetic diversity in Wisconsin greater prairie chickens following a population bottleneck in Wisconsin, USA. Conservation Biology 17:717-724.

Johnson JA & Niedzlek-Feaver M (1998) A histological study on copulation duration, patterns of sperm transfer and organization inside the spermatheca of a grasshopper, Dichromorpha viridis (Scudder). Journal of Orthoptera Research 7:139-146.

(in review or in prep)

Johnson JA (2007) Recent range expansion and divergence among North American prairie grouse. in review

Bouzat JL*, Johnson JA*, Toepfer JE, Simpson SA, Esker TL, & Westemeier RL (2007) Beyond the beneficial effects of translocations as an effective tool for the genetic restoration of isolated populations. in review (*denotes equal contribution)

Lerner HRL, Johnson JA, Lindsay AR, Kiff L, & Mindell DP (2007) Mitochondrial genetic diversity and differentiation among Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) populations.

Johnson JA, Gilbert M, Asim M, Watson RT, & Mindell DP (in prep) Temporal genetic analysis of the critically endangered Oriental white-backed vulture in Pakistan.

Johnson JA, Lerner HRL, & Mindell DP (in prep) Systematics of New World vultures.

Johnson JA, Brown JW, Talbot SL, & Mindell DP (in prep) Demographic history and population genetic structure of the peregrine falcon throughout its global distribution.

Johnson JA, Burnham KK, Burnham WA, & Mindell DP (in prep) Prevalence of gyrfalcon nest site turnover in western Greenland.

Johnson JA, Toepfer JE, & Morrow M (in prep) Conservation of the endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken: a genetic perspective.

Johnson JA, Tingay RE, Dawson DA, Hailer F, Pandhal J, Clarke ML, & Culver M (in prep) Low genetic variability in the critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides).

Johnson JA & Mindell DP (2007) Temporal population genetic stability of Peregrine Falcons migrating through Padre Island, Texas. American Ornithologists' Union. Aug 8-11, Laramie, WY (Poster Presentation)

Johnson JA & Mindell DP (2006) Vultures and hook-billed kites – phylogenetics and conservation. 4th North American Ornithological Conference. Oct. 3-7, Veracruz, Mexico (Oral Presentation)

Lerner HR, Lindsay AR, Johnson JA, Kiff L, & Mindell DP (2006) Is the harpy eagle at risk? Population genetics of a long-lived top-predator based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. 4th North American Ornithological Conference. Oct. 3-7, Veracruz, Mexico (Oral Presentation)

Mindell DP, Lerner HR, & Johnson JA (2006) Accipitridae systematics and conservation priorities. 4th North American Ornithological Conference. Oct. 3-7, Veracruz, Mexico (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA & Burnham KK (2005) Population genetic structure of a circumpolar species: the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus). Raptor Research Foundation Annual Meeting. Oct. 12-16, Green Bay, WI. (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA, Bouzat JL, & Toepfer JE (2005) Genetics and prairie grouse: lessons learned and recommendations for their conservation. Proceedings of the 26th Prairie Grouse Technical Council. Sept. 19-23, Valentine, NE. (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA, Lerner H, & Mindell DP (2004) Milvine kite systematics and genetic distinctiveness of the endangered Cape Verde Kite. Society for the Study of Evolution. June 26-30, Forth Collins, CO. (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA & Dunn PO (2003) The effects of habitat fragmentation on levels of genetic variability in populations of greater prairie chickens over a fifty-year period. Society for Conservation Biology. June 28-July 2, Duluth, MN. (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA & Dunn PO (2003) Genetic signature of the extinct Heath Hen. American Ornithologists’ Union. August 6-9, Champaign-Urbana, IL. (Poster Presentation)

Johnson JA & Dunn PO (2003) Loss of genetic variation in greater prairie chickens over a 50 year period in Wisconsin. Proceedings of the 25th Prairie Grouse Technical Council. Sept. 29-Oct. 3, Siren, Wisconsin. (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA & Dunn PO (2002) Conservation genetics of the greater prairie chicken. Society for the Study of Evolution. June 28-July 2, Urbana, IL. (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA & Dunn PO (2002) Population genetics of the greater prairie chicken. North American Ornithological Conference. Sept. 24-28, New Orleans, LA. (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA, Bellinger MR, Toepfer JE, & Dunn PO (2001) Levels of genetic variability among fragmented populations of greater prairie chickens. Prairie Grouse Technical Council. Nov 5-8, Woodward, OK. (Oral Presentation)

Johnson JA (2001) Range-wide survey of levels of genetic variability among fragmented populations of greater prairie chicken. American Ornithologists’ Union. August 15-18, Seattle, WA. (Poster Presentation)