Publications

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Peer-reviewed Publications

In Prep/Review/Revision

Moldowan, P.D., Brooks, R.J., and Litzgus, J.D. In prep. Sex, shells, and weaponry: coercive reproductive tactics in the Midland Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta marginata.

Moldowan, P.D., M.G. Keevil, R.J. Brooks, and J.D. Litzgus. In prep. Challenges and costs of overwintering at a geographic range extreme: Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) case studies from Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario.

2018

Moldowan, P.D., Brooks, R.J., and Litzgus, J.D. Accepted. Sex-biased seasonal capture rates in the Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta. The Canadian Field-Naturalist.

2017

Moldowan, P.D., Brooks, R.J., and Litzgus, J.D. 2017. Assessing head morphology dimorphism in the Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) using a photographic questionnaire. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 16(1): 76-82. [PDF]

2016

Moldowan, P.D., and H. Kitching. 2016. Observation of an Eastern Wolf (Canis sp. cf. lycaon) caching food in a Sphagnum bog in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 130(4): 351-354. [PDF]

Moldowan, P.D., T.M. Laverty, C.J. Emmans, and R.C. Stanley. 2016. Diet, gastric parasitism, and injuries of caimans (Caiman, Melanosuchus, and Paleosuchus) in the Peruvian Amazon. South American Journal of Herpetology 11(3): 176-182. [PDF]

Moldowan, P.D., Brooks, R.J., and Litzgus, J.D. 2016. Quantification of cranial and tomiodont dimorphism in Testudines using the Midland Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta marginata. Zoomorphology 135(4): 499-510. [PDF]

Moldowan, P.D. 2016. Bothrops atrox (Common Lancehead). Diet and fang replacement. Herpetological Review 47(3): 473-474. [PDF]

Moldowan, P.D., Copsey, J.A., Zuël, N., Tatayah. V, and Cole, N. 2016. Sticks and stones: notes on the ecology and conservation of an endemic stick insect (Apterograeffea marshallae) and the restoration of an island ecosystem. Phelsuma 24(2016): 72-79. [PDF]

Moldowan, P.D., Brooks, R.J., and Litzgus, J.D. 2016. Turtles with “teeth”: beak morphology of Testudines with a focus on the tomiodonts of Painted Turtles (Chrysemys spp.). Zoomorphology 135(1): 121-135. [PDF]

2015

Moldowan, P.D., M.G. Keevil, P.B. Mills, R.J. Brooks, and J.D. Litzgus. 2015. Diet and feeding behaviour of Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina) and Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 29(4):403-408. [PDF]

Moldowan, P.D., M.G. Keevil, N. Koper, R.J. Brooks, and J.D. Litzgus. 2015. Growth and sexual maturity of a female Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) afflicted with kyphosis. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 14: 157-160. [PDF]

Moldowan, P.D., Keevil, M.G., Kell, S., Brooks, R.J., and Litzgus, J.D. 2015. Anti-predator defences of Brown Bullheads (Ameiurus nebulosus) and interactions with Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina). The Canadian Field-Naturalist 129(2): 189-193. [PDF]

Bobbie, C.B., Moldowan, P.D., and Bobbie, B.A. 2015. Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle). Waterfowl predation. Herpetological Review 46(1): 77. [PDF, see page 77]

Baxter-Gilbert, J., Riley, J.L., Moldowan, P.D., and Litzgus, J.D. 2015. Sistrurus catenatus catenatus (Eastern Massasauga) and Nerodia sipedon sipedon (Northern Watersnake). Diet, road mortality, and foreign objects. Herpetological Review 46(1): 107. [PDF, see page 107]

2013

Moldowan, P.D., LeGros, D.L., and Tattersall, G.J. 2013. Lithobates sylvaticus (Wood Frog). Davian Behaviour. Herpetological Review 44(2): 297. [PDF]

Boyle, S.P., and Moldowan, P.D. 2013. Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander). Terrestrial oviposition. Herpetological Review 44(1): 113-114. [PDF]

2011

Riley, J.L., Keevil, M., Moldowan, P., and Litzgus, J.D. 2011. Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding’s Turtle). Record egg size. Herpetological Review 42(3): 417-418. [PDF]

Book Contributions

Tailed Amphibians of Japan (original by I. Sato 1943), undergoing translation and republication [2019] (editorial)
Species Conservation: Lessons from Islands (2018) by JA Copsey, SA Black, JJ Groombridge and CG Jones (written)
Wildlife on Roads, a Handbook (2018) by K.E. Gunson and F.W. Schueler (editorial and photographic)
Mammals of Algonquin Provincial Park (2018) by D. Strickland, R. Rutter and S. Dobbyn (photographic)
North American Amphibians, Distribution and Diversity (2013) by D.A. Green, L.A. Weir, G.S. Casper, and M. Lannoo (photographic)

"Popular" Writing

Moldowan, P.D. 2016. Antler flies and the moose antler - an ecosystem unto itself! Conservation Science at your Dorrstep blog series, Ontario Nature. <Web Link>

Moldowan, P.D. 2016. Crown jewels in Canadian herpetology and herpetoculture: a tribute to Karel Fortyn, his Orinoco Crocodiles, and the Seaway Serpentarium. The Canadian Herpetologist 6(1): 7-14. [PDF]

Canada's New Noah blog series on wildlife research and conservation in Mauritius, via Wildlife Preservation Canada. <Web Link>

Moldowan, P.D. 2015. Secret love life of the Painted Turtle. The Raven, a natural and cultural history digest. Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. [PDF]

Moldowan, P.D. 2015. 'Twas the night before field season. The Canadian Herpetologist 5(1): 6-7. [PDF]

Moldowan, P. 2014 (revised 2018). The Harbinger of Spring, the Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum). In The Year of the Salamander and Natural Heritage Education, Ontario Parks. <Web Link 1> <Web Link 2>

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