Publications

Inspiring students to continue study in these topics, or apply general ecological theory to their own interests in biology

Peer Reviewed Publications

(numbers denote undergraduates [1] or graduate students [2], or postdoctoral associates [3] under my direction)

• Reider3, K. E., M. Zerger1, and H. H. Whiteman.  2022.  Extending the biologging revolution to amphibians: implantation, extraction, and validation of miniature temperature loggers. Journal of Experimental Zoology A 2022: 1-9.

• Balik, J., E. Jameson, S. Wissinger, H. Whiteman, and B. Taylor.  2021.  Animal-driven nutrient supply declines relative to ecosystem nutrient demand along a pond hydroperiod gradient.  Ecosystems.

• Benkendorf2, D. and H. H. Whiteman.  2021.  Omnivore density affects community structure through multiple trophic cascades.  Oecologia 195:397-407.

• Moore2, M. P., J.H.K. Pechmann, and H. H. Whiteman.  2020.  Relative size underlies alternative morph development in a salamander.  Oecologia 193: 879-888.  

• Moore2, M. P., H. H. Whiteman, and R. A. Martin.  2019.  A mother’s legacy: the strength of maternal effects in animal populations. Ecology Letters 22: 1620-1628.

• Lackey3, A. R., M. P. Moore2, J. Doyle, N. Gerlanc3, A. Hagan1, M. Geile1, C. Eden2 and H. H. Whiteman.  2019.  Lifetime fitness, sex-specific life history, and the maintenance of a polyphensim. American Naturalist 194:230-245.

• Mott, C. L, H. Dzaferbegovic, S. R. Timm, and H. H. Whiteman.  2019.  Influences of facultative paedomorphosis on kin selection in a larval salamander. Behaviour 156:287-306.

• Krzton-Presson2, A., B. Davis, K. Raper, K. Hitz1, C. Mecklin and H. Whiteman.  2018.  Effects of Phragmites management on the ecology of a protected wetland. Northeastern Naturalist 25:418-436.

• Boeckman2, K. R. and H. H. Whiteman. 2017. Predators lack complementarity in a degraded stream. Copeia 105:745-754.

• Anderson, T. A., C. L. Mott, B. A. Hartman1, and H. H. Whiteman. 2017. Biotic and abiotic predictors of larval salamander size and density. Copeia 105:237-248.

• McCarthy, M. , D. Wallace, H. H. Whiteman; E. T. Rheingold, A. M. Dunham O. Prosper, M. Chen and E. Hu-Wang. 2017. Modeling the population dynamics and community impacts of Ambystoma tigrinum; a case study of phenotype plasticity. Mathematical Bioscience 288:35-45. DOI: 10.1016/J.MBS.2017.02.011.

• Moore2, M.P., H. H. Whiteman. 2016. Natal philopatry varies with larval condition in salamanders Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70:1247-1255 DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2133-z

• Whiteman, H. H., J. M. Doyle2, J. Earl2, C. Aubee1, R. Brown1, S. Thomason1, and T. Schoborg1. 2016. A PIT tagging technique for Ambystomatid salamanders. Herpetological Review 47:32-34.

• McCarthy1, M.L and H. H. Whiteman. 2016. A model of inter-cohort cannibalism and paedomorphosis in Arizona Tiger Salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum. International Journal of Biomathematics 9: DOI: 10.1142/S1793524516500303

• Moore2, M.P., T. Landberg3, H. H. Whiteman. 2015. Maternal investment mediates offspring life history variation with context-dependent fitness consequences. Ecology 96(9): 2499-2509

• Anderson2, T.L. and H. H. Whiteman. 2015. Asymmetric effects of intra- and interspecific competition on a pond-breeding salamander. Ecology 96(6): 1681-1690

• Earl2, J.E. and H. H. Whiteman. 2015. Are Commonly Used Fitness Predictors Accurate? A Meta-analysis of Amphibian Size and Age at Metamorphosis. Copeia. 103(2):297-309.

• Anderson2, T.L. and H. H. Whiteman. 2015. Non-additive effects of intra- and interspecific competition between two larval salamanders Journal of Animal Ecology. 84:765-772.

• Roberts1, C. P., C. J. Mecklin, H. H. Whiteman. 2014. Effects of Browsing by Captive Elk (Cervus canadensis) on a Midwestern Woody Plant Community. The American Midland Naturalist. 171:219-228.

• Croteau3, E. K., A. M. Krzton-Presson2, H. H. Whiteman. 2013. Identification of Nonnative Phragmites at Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area, Kentucky, Using Genetic Techniques. Castanea. 78(4): 323-328.

• Anderson2, T. L., C. L. Mott3, T. D. Levine, H. H. Whiteman. 2013. Life Cycle Complexity Influences Intraguild Predation and Cannibalism in Pond Communities. Copeia. 2013(2):284-291.

• Whiteman, H. H., S. A. Wissinger, M. Denoël3, C. J. Mecklin, N. M. Gerlanc3, J. J. Gutrich1. 2012. Larval growth in polyphenic salamanders: making the best of a bad lot. Oecologia. 168:109-118. DOI 10.1007/s00442-011-2076-z.

• Doyle2, J. M., J. R. Nolan and H. H. Whiteman. 2010. Effects of Relative Size on Growth Rate and Time to Metamorphosis in Mole Salamanders (Ambystoma talpoideum). Journal of Herpetology 44(4):601-609.

• Earl2, J. E. and H. H. Whiteman. 2010. Evaluation of Phosphate Toxicity in Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) Tadpoles. Journal of Herpetology 44:2:201-208.

• Wissinger, S. A., H. H. Whiteman, M. Denoël3, M. L. Mumford, and C. B. Aubee1. 2010. Consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of cannibalism in fluctuating age-structured populations. Ecology 91(2):549-559.

• Earl2, J. E. and H. H. Whiteman. 2009. Effects of pulsed nitrate exposure on amphibian development. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28:1331-1337.

• Wakano3, J.Y. and Whiteman H.H. 2008. Evolution of polyphenism: the role of density and relative body size on morph determination. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10:1157-1172.

• Meredith2, C. S. and H. H. Whiteman. 2008. Effects of nitrate on embryos of three amphibian species. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 80:529-533.

• Doyle2, J. M. and H. H. Whiteman. 2008. Paedomorphosis in Ambystoma talpoideum: effects of initial body size variation and density. Oecologia 156:87-94.

• Denoël3, M., H. H. Whiteman and S. A. Wissinger. 2007. Foraging tactics in alternative heterochronic salamander morphs: trophic quality of ponds matters more than water permanency. Freshwater Biology 52:1667-1676.

• Eden2, C. J., H. H. Whiteman, L. Duobinis-Gray and S. A. Wissinger. 2007. Accuracy Assessment of Skeletochronology in the Arizona Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum). Copeia 2007:471-477.

• Denoël3, M., H. H. Whiteman and S. A. Wissinger. 2006. Temporal shift of diet in alternative cannibalistic morphs of the tiger salamander. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89:373-382.

• Crook1, A. C. and H. H. Whiteman. 2006. An evaluation of MS-222 and benzocaine as anesthetics for metamorphic and paedomorphic tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum). American Midland Naturalist 155:417-421.

• Whiteman, H. H., J. D. Krenz, and R. D. Semlitsch. 2006. Intermorph breeding and the potential for reproductive isolation in polymorphic mole salamanders (Ambystoma talpoideum). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60:52-61.

• Denoël3, M., P. Joly, and H. H. Whiteman. 2005. Evolutionary ecology of facultative paedomorphosis in newts and salamanders. Biological Reviews 80:1-9.

• Whiteman, H. H. , and R. D. Semlitsch. 2005. Asymmetric reproductive isolation among polymorphic salamanders. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86:265-281.

• Whiteman, H.H. 2005. Environmentally-cued behavioral polymorphisms. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, M. Bekoff (ed)., Academic Press.

• Whiteman, H. H. and S. A. Wissinger. 2005. Amphibian population cycles and long-term data sets. In: M. L. Lanoo (ed.), Amphibian Declines: Conservation Status of U.S. Species, California University Press.

• Whiteman, H. H. 2004. Writing a RUI proposal: strategies for success. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly 25:72-76.

• Johnson1, E., H. H. Whiteman, and P. Bierzchudek. 2003. Potential of prey size and type to affect foraging asymmetries in tiger salamander larvae (Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum). Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1726-1735.

• Whiteman, H. H., J. P. Sheen1, E. Johnson1, A. VanDeusen1, R. T. Cargille1, and T. Sacco1. 2003. Heterospecific prey and trophic polyphenism in larval tiger salamanders. Copeia 2003:56-67.

• Currens, C. R., P. H. Niewiarowski, and H. H. Whiteman. 2002. Effects of temperature and time of day on the resting metabolic rates of paedomorphic and metamorphic mole salamanders, Ambystoma talpoideum. Copeia 2002:489-495.

• Whiteman, H. H. and N. L. Buschhaus. 2002. Behavioral thermoregulation in amphibian larvae. In: Ploger, B. and Yasukawa, K (eds.), Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field. Academic Press.

• Wissinger, S. A., H. H. Whiteman, G. L. Rouse, G. B. Sparks, and W. S. Brown. 1999. Foraging trade-offs along a predator-permanence gradient in subalpine wetlands. Ecology 80:2102-2116.

• Whiteman, H. H., J. J. Gutrich1, and R. S. Moorman1. 1999. Courtship behavior in a polymorphic population of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum. Journal of Herpetology 33:348-351.

• Bohonak, A. J. and H. H. Whiteman. 1999. Dispersal of the fairy shrimp Branchinecta coloradensis (Anostraca): Effects of hydroperiod and salamanders. Limnology and Oceanography 44:487-493.

• Wissinger, S. A., A. J. Bohonak, H. H. Whiteman, and W. S. Brown. 1999. Subalpine wetlands in Colorado: Habitat permanence, salamander predation and invertebrate communities. In: Bazter, D. P. and S. A. Wissinger (eds.), Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands of North America: Ecology and Management. John Wiley and Sons.

• Sheen1, J. P. and H. H. Whiteman. 1998. Head and body size relationships among polymorphic tiger salamander larvae from Colorado. Copeia 1998:1089-1093.

• Gutrich, J. J. and H. H. Whiteman. 1998. Analysis of the ecological risks associated with genetically engineered marine macroorganisms. In: Zilinskas, R. A. and P. J. Balint (eds.), Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

• Gutrich, J. J., H. H. Whiteman. and R. A. Zilinskas. 1998. Characteristics of marine ecosystems relevant to uncontained applications of genetically engineered organisms. In: Zilinskas, R. A. and P. J. Balint (eds.), Genetically Engineered Marine Organisms: Environmental and Economic Risks and Benefits. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

• Whiteman, H. H., R. D. Howard, X. Spray1, and J. McGrady-Steed. 1998. Facultative paedomorphosis in an Indiana population of the tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum. Herpetological Review 29:141-143.

• Whiteman, H. H. and R. D. Howard. 1998. Conserving alternative amphibian phenotypes: Is there anybody out there? In: Lannoo, M. J. (ed.), The Status and Conservation of Midwestern Amphibians, Iowa University Press.

• Whiteman, H. H. 1997. Maintenance of polymorphism promoted by sex-specific fitness payoffs. Evolution 51:2039-2044.

• Howard, R. D., R. S. Moorman1, and H. H. Whiteman. 1997. Differential effects of mate competition and mate choice on eastern tiger salamanders. Animal Behaviour 53:1345-1356.

• Whiteman, H. H., S. A. Wissinger, and W. S. Brown. 1996. Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum. Evolutionary Ecology 10: 429-442.

• Whiteman, H. H., R. D. Howard, and K. A. Whitten1. 1995. Effects of pH on embryo tolerance and adult behavior in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:1529-1537.

• Whiteman, H. H., T. M. Mills, D. E. Scott, and J. W. Gibbons. 1995. Confirmation of range extension in the pine woods snake, Rhadinaea flavilata. Herpetological Review 26:158.

• Whiteman, H. H., S. A. Wissinger, and A. J. Bohonak. 1995. Seasonal movement patterns in a high-elevation population of the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72:1780-1787.

• Howard, R. D., H. H. Whiteman, and T. I. Schueller. 1994. Sexual selection in American toads: a test of a good genes hypothesis. Evolution 48:1286-1300.

• Whiteman, H. H. 1994. Evolution of facultative paedomorphosis in salamanders. Quarterly Review of Biology 69:205-221.

• Parker, P. G. and H. H. Whiteman. 1993. Genetic diversity in fragmented populations of Clemmys guttata and Chrysemys picta marginata as shown by DNA fingerprinting. Copeia 1993:841-846.

• Wissinger, S. A. and H. H. Whiteman. 1992. Fluctuation in a Rocky Mountain population of salamanders: anthropogenic acidification or natural variation? Journal of Herpetology 26:377-391.

• Whiteman, H. H. and S. A. Wissinger. 1991. Differences in the antipredator behavior of three plethodontid salamanders to snake attack. Journal of Herpetology 25:352-355.

Other Publications

• Whiteman, H. 2021. Nature Heals All Wounds. Mountain Views Chronicle 15:20-22.

• Whiteman, H. 2021. Elk Are A Phoenix Rising From Appalachia’s Coal Ashes. Grist, May.

• Whiteman, H. 2020. Arrested Development. Natural History, February, 34-39.

• Whiteman, H. 2019. Backcountry Bluegrass Elk. Backcountry Journal, October issue.

• Whiteman, H. 2017. The Jacket. Pennsylvania Game News, Dec issue.

• Whiteman, H. 2011. Peterson’s Sley. Traditional Bowhunter, Aug-Sept issue.

• Whiteman, H. H. 2009. The tigers of Mexican Cut. In: Reaser, J. K. (ed.), Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with Reptiles and Amphibians. Hiraeth Press, San Francisco, CA.

• Whiteman, H. 2009 Guns, Greens and Obama: How Hunters Will Help Save the Wild. Emagazine.com.

• Whiteman, H. 2005. Creeping death. In: Bove, J. (ed.), The Back Road to Crazy: Stories from the Field. University of Utah Press.

• Whiteman, H. 2004. The secret lives of salamanders. Colorado Outdoors, May/June 2004. 

• Whiteman, H. 1993. The crossing. Pennsylvania Sportsman, September issue.

• Whiteman, H. 1991. Goose magic. Pennsylvania Game News, September issue.