Dwight P. Lawson

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(10), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(7), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(4), Species Distribution and Climate Change(3), Turtle Biology and Conservation(3)

Publications17 total

Phylogeny of African Long-Fingered Frogs (Arthroleptidae: Cardioglossa) Reveals Recent Allopatric Divergences in Coloration
Ichthyology & Herpetology·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Evolution of the African slippery frogs (Anura: <i>Conraua</i>), including the world’s largest living frog
Zoologica Scripta·2020· 9 cited
8. Reproduction in Giant Pandas
2019
Krogh’s Principle and Why the Modern Zoo Is Important to Academic Research
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2018· 7 cited
Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)
Chelonian Conservation and Biology·2018· 250 citedOpen Access
Maximizing the contribution of science in zoos and aquariums: organizational models and perceptions
Zoo Biology·2008· 17 cited
Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions
Science·2006· 306 cited
Habitat Use, Home Range, and Activity Patterns of Hingeback Tortoises, Kinixys erosa and K. homeana, in Southwestern Cameroon
Chelonian Conservation and Biology·2006· 20 citedOpen Access
Monitoring <i>Crocodylus porosus</i> populations in the Northern Territory of Australia: a retrospective power analysis
Wildlife Research·2001· 32 cited
<i>Atheris subocularis</i>(Serpentes: Viperidae) Revisited: Molecular and Morphological Evidence for the Resurrection of an Enigmatic Taxon
Copeia·2001· 7 cited
Morphometrics and sexual dimorphism of the hinge‐back tortoises<i>Kinixys erosa</i>and<i>Kinixys homeana</i>(Reptilia: Testudinidae) in southwestern Cameroon
African Journal of Herpetology·2001· 11 cited
A Redescription of Atheris squamigera (Serpentes: Viperidae) with Comments on the Validity of Atheris anisolepis
Journal of Herpetology·2000· 5 cited
A NEW CAECILIAN FROM CAMEROON, AFRICA (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA: SCOLECOMORPHIDAE)
2000· 11 cited
A new species of arboreal viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Atheris) from Cameroon, Africa
Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)·1999· 7 citedOpen Access
Sexual dimorphism and reproduction of the pitviper Porthidium ophryomegas (Serpentes: Viperidae) in Guatemala
Revista de Biología Tropical·1996· 3 citedOpen Access
Woody species invasion on a Minnesota sand plain
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University)·1996
A preliminary checklist of the plants of the closed canopy communities of False Bay Park, Zululand
1987

Frequent Co-authors

Joseph R. Mendelson(2), Michael Lau(2), Rebecca J. Snyder(2), David C. Blackburn(2), Stuart V. Nielsen(2), Mareike Hirschfeld(2), Mark‐Oliver Rödel(2), Paul C. Ustach(2), Karen R. Lips(1), Ronald W. Gagliardo(1), George B. Rabb(1), James P. Collins(1), Jay E. Diffendorfer(1), Peter Daszak(1), Roberto Ibáñez D.(1), Kevin C. Zippel(1), Kevin M. Wright(1), Simon N. Stuart(1), Claude Gascon(1), Hélio Ricardo Silva(1)