Selected Publications (click here for full CV)

Lehtinen, R.M. In review. Contrasting population structures: metapopulation and source-sink structure in two tropical frogs. Oecologia.

Lehtinen, R.M., M.J. Lannoo and R.J. Wassersug. 2004. Phytotelm breeding anurans: past, present and future research. Pp. xxx-xxx In: Ecology and Evolution of Phytotelmic Anurans. R.M. Lehtinen (ed.). Special Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, No. 4.

Lehtinen, R.M., C.Richards and R.A. Nussbaum. 2004. Evolution of a complex reproductive trait: phytotelm breeding in mantellid frogs from Madagascar. Pp. xxx-xxx In: Ecology and Evolution of Phytotelmic Anurans. R.M. Lehtinen (ed.). Special Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, No. 4.

Lehtinen, R.M. 2004. Tests for competition, cannibalism and priority effects in two phytotelm-dwelling tadpoles from Madagascar. Herpetologica 60:1-13. (pdf)

Lehtinen, R.M. 2003. Parental care and reproduction in two species of Mantidactylus (Anura: Mantellidae). Journal of Herpetology 37:766-768. (pdf)

Lehtinen, R.M. and R.A. Nussbaum. 2003. Parental care: a phylogenetic perspective. pp. 343-386 In: Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Anura, B.G.M. Jamieson (ed.). Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, NH, U.S.A.

Lehtinen, R.M. and J.-B. Ramanamanjato and J. G. Raveloarison. 2003. Edge effects and extinction proneness in a herpetofauna from Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:1357-1370. (pdf)

Lehtinen, R.M. 2002. The use of screw pines (Pandanus spp.) by amphibians and reptiles in Madagascar. The Herpetological Bulletin 82:20-25. (pdf)

Lehtinen, R.M. 2002. A historical study of the distribution of Blanchard’s cricket frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) in southeastern Michigan. Herpetological Review 33:194-197. (pdf)

Lehtinen, R. M. and S.M. Galatowitsch. 2001. Amphibian colonization of restored wetlands in Minnesota. American Midland Naturalist 145:388-396. (pdf)

Whited, D., S. Galatowitsch, J.R. Tester, K. Schik, R. Lehtinen and J. Husveth. 2000. The importance of local and regional factors in predicting effective conservation strategies for wetland bird communities in agricultural and urban landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning 49:49-65.

Lehtinen, R.M., S.M. Galatowitsch, and J.R. Tester. 1999. Consequences of habitat loss and fragmentation for wetland amphibian assemblages. Wetlands 19: 1-12. (pdf)

Madejczyk, J.C., N.D. Mundahl, and R.M. Lehtinen. 1998. Fish assemblages of natural and artificial habitats within the channel border of the Upper Mississippi River. American Midland Naturalist 139: 296-310.

Lehtinen, R.M., N.D. Mundahl, and J.C. Madejczyk. 1997. Autumn use of woody snags by fish in backwater and channel border habitats of Pool 6, Upper Mississippi River, USA. Environmental Biology of Fishes 49:7-19. (pdf)