Recent Publications


  • Johnson, L.S., L.H. Kermott and M.R. Lein. 1994. Territorial polygyny in house wrens: Are females sufficiently compensated for the cost of mate sharing? Behavioural Ecology 5:98-104.

  • Johnson, L.S. and L.H. Kermott. 1994. Nesting success of cavity-nesting birds using natural tree cavities. J. Field Ornithol. 65:36-51.


    Manuscripts in Preparation

  • A book on house wrens in rough draft (with T.D. Guy).

  • Feeding behavior and reproductive success in male house wrens (with L.S. Johnson, Towson State University).

  • Distribution and function of scrotal melanins in tropical American marsupials (with R.M. Timm, University of Kansas).

  • The following 3 manuscripts being combined into one paper covering 8 years of data:
    -- Egg weights of first and second broods in the house wren relative to reproductive success (with T.D. Guy).
    -- A comparison of reproductive success between first and second broods in the house wren (with T.D. Guy).
    -- Why are first broods more successful in the house wren? (with T.D. Guy).