Leberg Publications : Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology : UL Lafayette

Some selected publications, including pdf links when available

Green, C., P.L. Leberg, and M. Luentz. Evaluation of aerial sampling methods for detecting waterbird colonies. Waterbirds. In press.

Purcell, K.M., P.L. Klerks, and P.L. Leberg. Adaptation to sea level rise: does local adaptation influence the demography of coastal fish populations. J. Fish Biology. In press

Hitch A.T., S.B.Martin, S.B., K.M. Purcell, P.L. Klerks and P.L. Leberg. Interactions of salinity, marsh fragmentation and submerged aquatic vegetation on resident nekton assemblages of coastal marsh ponds. Estuaries and Coasts Accepted with revision.

Martin, S.B., A.T. Hitch, K.M. Purcell, P.L. Klerks and P.L. Leberg. 2009: Life history variation along a salinity gradient in coastal marshes. Aquatic Biology 8:15-28.

Leberg, P.L., N.R.G. Athrey, K.R. Barr, D.L. Lindsay, R.F. Lance, J. Etterson, and R.M. Holmstrom. Implications of landscape alteration for the conservation of genetic diversity of endangered species. In Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation (DeWoody, A., J. Bickham, C. Michler, K. Nichols, G. Rhodes, and K. Woeste, eds). Cambridge University Press, In press.

Martin, S., J. Albert, and P. Leberg. The evolution of the poeciliid gonopodium: Integrating morphological and behavioral traits. In: M. Uribe and H. Grier, eds. Viviparous Fishes II. New Life Publications, Homestead, FL. In press
Fyke, J., R. Bowen, N.R.G. Athrey, P.L. Leberg, O.E. Rhodes, Jr. 2009. Development of twenty-five polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis). Conservation Genetics. 10:1021-1023.
Barr, K.R., D.L. Lindsay, N.R.G. Athrey, R.F. Lance, S. A. Tweddale, T. J. Hayden, and P. L. Leberg. 2008. Population structure in an endangered songbird: maintenance of genetic differentiation despite high vagility and significant population recovery. Molecular Ecology. 17: 3628-3639.
Lindsay, D. L., K. R. Barr, R. Lance, S. A. Tweddale, T. J. Hayden, and P. L. Leberg. 2008. Habitat fragmentation and genetic diversity of an endangered, migratory songbird, the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia). Molecular Ecology. 17: 2122 - 2133.
Green, M. C., M. C. Luent, C. W. Jeske, T., Michot, P. L. Leberg. 2008. Comparison and assessment of aerial and ground estimates of waterbird colonies. Journal of Wildlife Management. 72: 697–706.
Purcell, K. B., A. T. Hitch, P.L. Klerks, and P. L. Leberg. 2008. Adaptation as a potential response to sea-level rise: a genetic basis for salinity tolerance in populations of a coastal marsh fish. Evolutionary Applications. 1: 155-160.
Athrey, N.R.G., P.L. Leberg and P.L. Klerks. 2007. Laboratory culturing and selection for increased resistance to cadmium both reduce genetic variation in the least killifish Heterandria formosa. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 26: 1916-1921.
Leberg, P. L., M. C. Green, B. A. Adams, K. M. Purcell, and M. C. Luent. 2007. Response of waterbird colonies in southern Louisiana to recent hurricanes. Animal Conservation. 10: 502-508.
Leberg, P. L. and B.D. Firman. 2007. Role of inbreeding depression and purging in captive breeding and restoration programs. Molecular Ecology. 334-343.
Barr, K. R., G. Dharmarajan, O. E. Rhodes Jr., R. Lance, and P. L. Leberg. 2007. Novel microsatellite loci for the study of the Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus). Molecular Ecology Notes 7:1067-1069.
Hitch, A. T. and P. L. Leberg. 2007. Breeding distributions of North American bird species moving north as a result of global climate change. Conservation Biology. 21: 534–539.
Heltzel, J. M. and P. L. Leberg. 2006. Effects of selective logging on breeding birds in bottomland hardwood forests in Louisiana. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1416-1424.
Green, M. C. and P. L. Leberg. 2006. Sociality among foraging Ardeidae: Does plumage coloration influence nearest neighbor spacing? American Midland Naturalist 156:344-352.
Liebgold, E. B., P. R. Cabe, R. G. Jaeger, and P. L. Leberg. 2006. Multiple paternity in a salamander with socially monogamous behavior. Molecular Ecology 15:4153-4160.
Green, M. C., J. L. Waits, M. L. Avery, M. E. Tobin, and P. L. Leberg. 2006. Microsatellite variation of double-crested cormorant breeding populations in eastern North America. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:579-583.
Green, M. C. and P. L. Leberg. 2005. Influence of plumage colouration on prey response: Does habitat alter heron crypsis to prey? Animal Behaviour 70:1203-1208.
Leberg, P. L. 2005. Genetic approaches for estimating the effective size of populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:1385–1399.
Ferrara, F. J. and P. L. Leberg. 2005. Monitoring temporal variation in bat use of bridge roosts. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:1113-1122.
Ferrara, F. J. and P. L. Leberg. 2005. Characteristics of positions selected by day-roosting bats under bridges in Louisiana.   Journal of Mammalogy 86:729–735.
Green, M. C. and P. L. Leberg. 2005. Flock formation and the role of plumage colouration in Ardeidae. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83:683-693.
Oyler, S. and P. L. Leberg. 2005. Conservation genetics in wildlife biology in Research and Management Techniques for Wildlife Investigations and Management, 6th Edition (C. Braun, ed.). Wildlife Society, Washington, DC. Pages 632-657.
Leberg, P. L., M. Carloss, L. Dugas, K. L. Pilgrim, L. S. Mills, M. C. Green, and D. Scognomillo. 2004.   Recent record of a cougar (Puma concolor) in Louisiana, with notes on diet, based on analysis of fecal materials. Southeastern Naturalist 3:653-658 2004.
Elderkin, C. L., E.J. Perkins, P. L. Leberg, P.L. Klerks, and R.F. Lance. 2004. Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of the genetic structure of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, in the Mississippi River. Freshwater Biology 49:1487-1494.
Neigel, J. E. and P. L. Leberg. 2004. A prototype object database for mitochondrial DNA variation. Journal of Heredity 95:85-88.
Waits, J. L., M. L. Avery, M. E. Tobin, and P. L. Leberg. 2003. Low mitochondrial DNA variation in Double-crested Cormorants in eastern North America. Waterbirds 26:196-200.
Leberg, P. L. 2002. Estimating allelic diversity: Effects of sample size and bottlenecks. Molecular Ecology 11:2445-2449.
Stockwell, C. A. and P. L. Leberg. 2002. Ecological genetics and the translocation of native fishes: Emerging experimental approaches. Western North American Naturalist 62:32-38.
Ji, W. and P. L. Leberg. 2002. A GIS-based approach for assessing the regional conservation status of genetic diversity: An example from the southern Appalachians. Environmental Management 29:531-544.
Pius, S. M. and P. L. Leberg. 2002. Experimental assessment of the influence of Gull-billed terns on nest site choice of Black Skimmers. Condor 104:174-177.
Lance, R. F., B. C. Hardcastle, and P. L. Leberg. 2001. Roost site selection by Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii). Journal of Mammalogy 82:166-172
Lewis, S. S., P. L. Klerks, and P. L. Leberg. 2001. Relationship between allozyme genotype and sensitivity to stressors in the western mosquitofish Gambusia affinis detected for elevated temperature but not mercury. Aquatic Toxicology 52:205-216.
Spencer, C. S., J. Neigel, and P. L. Leberg. 2000. Evaluation of the usefulness of microsatellite DNA for detecting demographic bottlenecks. Molecular Ecology 9:1517-1528.
Waits, J. A. and P. L. Leberg. 2000. Biases associated with population estimation using molecular tagging. Animal Conservation 3:191-199.
Lance, R. F., M. L. Kennedy, and P. L. Leberg. 2000. Classification bias in discriminant function analyses used to evaluate putatively different taxa. Journal of Mammalogy 81:245-249.
Leberg, P. L. and J. E. Neigel. 1999. Status of population genetics data in the literature: Assessment of the need for a community database. Evolution 53:1961-1965.
Waits, J. A. and P. L. Leberg. 1999. Advances in the use of molecular markers for studies of population size and movement. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 64:191-201.
Leberg, P. L. 1999. Using genetic markers to assess the success of translocation programs. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 64:174-190.
Mallach, T. and P. L. Leberg. 1999. Use of dredged material substrates by nesting terns and Black Skimmers.   Journal of Wildlife Management 63:137-146.
Leberg, P. L. and D. L. Ellsworth. 1999. Further evaluation of the genetic consequences of translocations on southeastern white-tailed deer populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:327-334.
Spencer, C. C., J. E. Neigel, K. T. Scribner, M. C. Wooten, C. A. Chlan, and P. L. Leberg. 1999. Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the Western Mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis. Molecular Ecology 8:157-158.
Leberg, P. L. 1998. Influence of complex sex determination on demographic stochasticity and population viability. Conservation Biology 12:456-459.
Pius, S. M. and P. L. Leberg. 1998. The protector species hypothesis: Do black skimmers find refuge from predators in gull-billed tern colonies? Ethology 104:273-284.
Klerks, P.L., P. L. Leberg, R. F. Lance, D. J. McMillin, and J. C. Means. 1997. Lack of development of pollutant-resistance and genetic differentiation in darter gobies (Gobionellus boleosoma) inhabiting a produced-water discharge site. Marine Environmental Research 44:377-395.
James, R. A., P. L. Leberg, J. M. Quattro, and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 1997. Genetic diversity in black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) from Belize. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 102:329-336.
Pius, S. M. and P. L. Leberg. 1997. Aggression and nest spacing in single and mixed species groups of seabirds. Oecologica 111:144-150.
Leberg, P. L., P. Deshotels, S. Pius, and M. Carloss. 1997. Nest sites of seabirds on spoil islands in coastal Louisiana. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 49:356-366.
Leberg, P. L., T. J. Spengler, and W. T. Barrow. 1996. Lipid and water depletion in migrating passerines following passage over the Gulf of Mexico.   Oecologica 106:1-7.
Richards, C. and P. L. Leberg. 1996. Evaluation of the effects of bottlenecks on changes in allele frequencies. Conservation Biology 10:832-839.
Torres, A. R. and P. L. Leberg. 1996. Initial changes in habitat and abundance of cavity-nesting birds and the Northern Parula following hurricane Andrew. Condor 98:483-490.
Quattro, J. M., P.L. Leberg, M. E. Douglas, and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 1996. Molecular evidence for a unique evolutionary lineage of an endangered Sonoran Desert fish (genus Poeciliopsis). Conservation Biology 10:128-135.
Leberg, P. L. and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 1996. Variation among desert topminnows in their susceptibility to attack by exotic parasites. Pages 216-222 in Ecosystem Management: Selected Readings (F. Samson and F. Knopf, eds.), Springer Verlag. Note: Reprint of 1994 article selected for book.
Leberg, P. L. 1996. Applications of allozyme electrophoresis in conservation biology. Pages 87-103 in Molecular Approaches in Conservation Biology (T. Smith and R. Wayne, eds.), Oxford University Press.
Lance, R. F., B. Bollich, C. L. Callahan, and P. L. Leberg. 1996. Surveying forest-bat communities with Anabat detectors. Pages 175-184 in Bats and Forests Symposium (R. Barclay and R. Brigham, eds.), B.C. Minister of Forestry, Victoria, B.C.
Spengler, T. J., P. L. Leberg, and W.T. Barrow. 1995. Comparison of condition indices in migratory passerines at a stopover site in coastal Louisiana. Condor 97:438-444.
Leberg, P. L., P. E. Stangel, H. O. Hillestad, L. R. Marchinton, and M. H. Smith. 1994. Genetic structure of reintroduced wild turkey and white-tailed deer populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 58:698-711.
Leberg, P. L. 1994. Genetic diversity, morphology, and demography of the Wild Turkey. Pages 126-131 in Forests and Wildlife: Towards the 21st Century (I. Thompson, ed.), International Union of Game Biologists.
Leberg, P. L. and R. C. Vrijenhoek. 1994. Variation among desert topminnows in their susceptibility to attack by exotic parasites. Conservation Biology 8:419-424.
Leberg, P. L. and M. H. Smith. 1993. Influence of density on growth of white-tailed deer. Journal of Mammalogy 74:723-731.
Leberg, P. L. 1993. Strategies for population reintroduction: Effects of genetic variability on population growth and size. Conservation Biology 7:194-199.
Stangel, P. W., P. L. Leberg, and J. I. Smith. 1992. Systematics and population genetics. Pages 18-28 in The Wild Turkey: Ecology and Management (J. Dickson, ed.), Stackpole Books.
Leberg, P. L. 1992. Effects of population bottlenecks on genetic diversity as measured by allozyme electrophoresis. Evolution 46:477-494.
Leberg, P. L. 1991. Effects of genetic variation on the growth of fish populations: Conservation implications. Journal of Fish Biology 37(A):193-195.
Leberg, P. L., M. H. Smith, and I. L. Brisbin, Jr. 1991. Influence of sex, environment, and genetic variation on post-natal growth of deer. Pages 343-350 in Second International Symposium on the Biology of Deer (R. Brown, ed.), Springer Verlag.
Lydeard, C., P. L. Leberg, and M. H. Smith. 1991. Effects of predation on structure of mosquitofish populations. Georgia Journal of Science 148:144-151.
Mulvey, M., J. M. Aho, C., Lydeard, P. L. Leberg, and M. H. Smith. 1991. Comparative population genetic structure of a parasite (Fascioloides magna) and its definitive host. Evolution 45:1628-1640.
Vrijenhoek, R. C. and P. L. Leberg. 1991. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Conservation Biology 5:249-251.
Leberg, P. L. 1991. Influence of fragmentation and bottlenecks on genetic divergence of wild turkey populations. Conservation Biology 5:522-530.
Leberg, P. L., M. H. Smith, I. L. Brisbin, and K. T. Scribner. 1991. Optimization strategies in a deer harvest program. Pages 555-558 in Global Trends in Wildlife Management (B. Bobek, K. Perzanowski, and W. L. Regelin, eds.). Swiat Press, Krakow, Poland.
Leberg, P. L. 1990. Genetic considerations in the design of introduction programs. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 55:609-619.
Leberg, P. L., M. H. Smith, and O. E. Rhodes. 1990. The association between heterozygosity and growth of deer fetuses is not explained by effects of the loci examined. Evolution 44:254-259.
Leberg, P. L., I. L. Brisbin, M. H. Smith, and G. C. White. 1989. Factors affecting the analysis of growth patterns of large mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 70:275-283.
Leberg, P. L. and M. L. Kennedy. 1988. Demography and habitat relationships of raccoons in western Tennessee. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 42:272-282.
Weckerly, F. W., P. L. Leberg, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 1987. Variation of weight and chest girth in white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 51:334-337.
Weckerly, F. W., P. L. Leberg, and M. L. Kennedy. 1987. Density of the virginia opossum (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) in western Tennessee. Tennessee Academy of Sciences 62:108-110.
Leberg, P. L. and M. L. Kennedy. 1987. Use of scent-station methodology to assess raccoon abundance. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 41:394-403.
Lydeard, C., P. L. Leberg, and G. D. Baumgardner. 1986. Additional notes on the taxonomic status of the coyote in Tennessee. Tennessee Academy of Sciences 61:41-45.
Kennedy, M. L., P. L. Leberg, and G. D. Baumgardner. 1986. Morphologic variation in the coyote, Canis latrans, in the southern United States. Southwestern Naturalist 31:139-148.
Leberg, P. L., M. L. Kennedy, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 1983. Opossum demography and scent-station visitation in western Tennessee. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 37:34-40.