Peer-Reviewed

Books/Book Chapters

Johnson, W. C. (with 13 other panel members).  2005.  Endangered and threatened species of the Platte River. Report of the National Research Council for the National Academy of Science. National Academy Press, Washington,  DC .  299 pp.

Johnson, W. C. (with 12 other panel members).  2004.  Managing the Columbia River. Instream flows, water withdrawals, and salmon survival.  National Research Council for the National Academy of Science. National Academy Press, Washington,  DC .  246 pp.

Johnson, W. C. (with 12 other panel members).  2002.  The Missouri River ecosystem:  exploring the prospects for recovery.  Report of the National Research Council for the National Academy of Science. National Academy Press, Washington,  DC .  175 pp.

Johnson, W. Carter. 1981. Regional succession modeling in deciduous and coniferous forests of North America. pp. 52-65. IN: Reichle, D.E. (ed.) Dynamic Properties of Forest Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press. 600 pp.

Johnson, W. Carter, D.M. Sharpe, D.L. DeAngelis, D.E. Fields and R.J. Olson. 1981. Modeling seed dispersal and forest patch dynamics. pp. 215-239. IN: D.M. Sharpe and R.L. Burgess (eds.), Forest Island Dynamics in Man Dominated Landscapes. Springer-Verlag Publ. Inc. 315 pp.

Johnson, W. Carter and N. French. 1981. Contemporary developments in world ecology-Soviet Union. pp. 343-383. IN: Kormondy, E.J. and J.F. McCormick (eds.), Handbook of Contemporary Developments in World Ecology. Greenwood Press, Inc. 776 pp.

Articles

Millett, B.V., W.C. Johnson, and G.R. Guntenspergen. 2008. Climate trends in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America. Climatic Change (in press).

Voldseth, R.A., W.C. Johnson, T. Gilmanov, G.R. Guntenspergen, and B.V. Millett. 2007. Model estimation of land-use effects on water levels of northern prairie wetlands.  Ecological Applications 17:527-540.

Johnson, W.C., B.V. Millett, T. Gilmanov, R.A. Voldseth, G.R. Guntenspergen, and D.E. Naugle. 2005. Vulnerability of northern prairie wetlands to climate change.  BioScience 55(10):863-872.

Wald, E.J., S.L. Kronberg, G.E. Larson and W.C. Johnson. 2005. Dispersal of leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) seeds in the feces of wildlife.  American Midland Naturalist 154:342-357.

Boettcher, S.E. and W.C. Johnson. 2005. Cattle and wooded draws:  A second look.  Rangelands 27(4):40-42.

Shapley, M.D., W.C. Johnson, D.R. Engstrom, and W.R. Osterkamp. 2005. Late-Holocene flooding and drought in the Northern Great Plains, USA, reconstructed from tree rings, lake sediments, and ancient shorelines.  The Holocene 15(1):29-41.

Johnson, W.C., S.E. Boettcher, K.A. Poiani, and G. Guntenspergen. 2004. Influence of weather extremes on the water levels of glaciated prairie wetlands.  Wetlands 24(2):385-398.

Poiani, K.A. and W.C. Johnson. 2003. Simulation of hydrology and vegetation dynamics of prairie wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake Area. pp. 95-109 IN: T.C. Winter (ed.). Hydrological, chemical, and biological characteristics of a prairie pothole wetland complex under highly variable climate conditions, the Cottonwood Lake Area, east-central North Dakota.  U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1675. 109pp.

Johnson, W. C.  2002.  Riparian vegetation diversity along regulated rivers: contribution of novel and relict habitats.  Freshwater Biology (Special Issue) 47:749-760.

Osterkamp, W.R., Johnson, W.C. and Dixon, M.D. 2001.  Biophysical gradients related to channel islands, middle Snake River, Idaho. pp. 73-83 IN: Dorava, J., Palcsak, B., Fitzpatrick, F. and Montgomery, D. (eds.), Geomorphic Processes and Riverine Habitat.  American Geophysical Union Monograph, Washington, DC.  253 pp.

Johnson W.C. 2000. Tree recruitment and survival in rivers: influence of hydrological processes. Hydrological Processes 14:3051-3074.  John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. 

Johnson, W.C. and S.E. Boettcher. 2000. The Platte as a wooded river: A response to Currier and Davis. Great Plains Research 10(1):85-87.

Johnson, W.C. and S.E. Boettcher. 2000.  The presettlement Platte: wooded or prairie river? Great Plains Research 10(1):29-68.

Johnson, W.C. and  S.E. Boettcher. 1999. Restoration of the Platte River: what is the target? Land and Water 43(3):20-23.

Dixon, M.D. and W.C. Johnson. 1999.  Riparian vegetation along the middle Snake River: zonation, geographic trends and historical changes. Great Basin Nat. 59:18-34.

Naugle, D.E., K.F. Higgins, S.M. Nusser, and W.C. Johnson. 1999. Scale-dependent habitat use in three species of prairie wetland birds. Landscape Ecology 14:267-276.

Johnson, W.C. 1998. Red Lake Recovers. South Dakota Conservation Digest 65:10-11.

Johnson, W.C. 1998.  Adjustment of riparian vegetation to river regulation in the Great Plains, USA. Wetlands 18:608-618.

Clark, J.S., C. Fastie, G. Hurtt, S.T. Jackson. W.C. Johnson, G. King, M. Lewis, J. Lynch, S. Pacala, C. Prentice, E.W. Schupp, T. Webb III, P. Wyckoff. 1998.  Dispersal theory offers solutions to Reid's Paradox of rapid plant migration. BioScience 48:13-24.

Boettcher, S.E. and W.C. Johnson. 1997.  Restoring the presettlement landscape in Stanley County, SD. Great Plains Research 7:27-40.

Johnson, W.C., C.S. Adkisson, T.R. Crow, and M.D. Dixon. 1997.  Nut caching by the blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata L.): implications for tree demography. Amer. Midl. Nat. 138:357-370.

Johnson, W.C. 1997.  Equilibrium response of riparian vegetation to flow regulation in the Platte River, Nebraska. Regulated Rivers Research and Management 13:403-415.

Dixon, M.D., W.C. Johnson, and C.S. Adkisson. 1997. Effects of weevil larvae on acorn use by blue jays. Oecologia (Berlin) 111:201-208.

Dixon, M.D. and W.C. Johnson. 1997. Effects of caching on  acorn tannin levels and blue jay dietary performance. The Condor 99:756-764.

Poiani, K.A., W.C. Johnson, G.A. Swanson, and T.C. Winter. 1996. Climate change and northern prairie wetlands: simulations of long-term dynamics. Limnol. Oceanogr. 41:871-881.

Poiani, K.A., W.C. Johnson, and T. Kittel. 1995. Sensitivity of a prairie wetland to increased temperature and seasonal precipitation changes. Wat. Res. Bull. 31(2):283-294.

Johnson, W.C., M. Dixon, R. Simons, S. Jenson, and K. Larson. 1995. Mapping the response of riparian vegetation to possible flow reductions in the Snake River, Idaho. Geomorphology 13:159-173.