Publications
 
Heaton, J. S., Cablk, M. E., Nussear, K. E., Esque, T. C., Medica, P. A., Sagebiel, J. C., Francis, S. (In Press-2008). A comparison of human versus wildlife detector dog investigator effects. Southwestern Association of Naturalist
 
Heaton, J. S., Nussear, K. E., Esque, T. C., Inman, R., Davenport, F. M., Leuteritz, T. E., Medica, P. A., Strout, N. W., Burgess, P. A., Benvenuti, L. (2008). Spatially explicit decision support for selecting translocation areas for Mojave desert tortoises. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17:575-590
 
Cablk, M. E., Sagebiel, J. C., Heaton, J. S., Valentin, C. (2008). Olfaction-based Detection Distance: A Quantitative Analysis of How Far Away Dogs Recognize Tortoise Odor and Follow it to Source. Sensors, 2008, 8, 2208-2222.
 
Nussear, K. E., Esque, T. C., Heaton, J. S., Cablk, M. E., Drake, K. K., Valentin, C., Yee, J. L., Medica, P. A. (2008). Are wildlife detector dogs or people better at finding desert tortoises(Gopherus agassizii)?. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 3(1):103-115.
 
Heaton, J. S., E. Aldrich, L. Allison, S. Corn, R. Marlow, P. Medica, K. Nussear, R. Patil. (2008). 2008 Desert Tortoise Population Monitoring Handbook. U.S. Fish and Wildlife.
 
Webb, R. H., Fenstermaker, L. F., Heaton, J. S., Hughson, D. L., McDonald, E. V., Miller, D. M. (2008). The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability Revisited. In R. H. Webb. L. F. Fenstermaker, J. S. Heaton, D. L. Hughson, E. V. McDonald, D. M. Miller (Ed.), The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability. University of Nevada Press.
 
Webb, R. H., Fenstermaker, L. F., Heaton, J. S., Hughson, D. L., McDonald, E. V., Miller, D. M. (2008). Preface. In R. H. Webb, L. F. Fenstermaker, J. S. Heaton, D. L. Hughson, E. V. McDonald, D. M. Miller (Ed.), The Mojave
Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability. University of Nevada Press.
 
Webb, R. H., Heaton, J. S., Miller, D. M. (2008). Threats through Time; Introduction. In Webb, R. H., L. F. Fenstermaker, J. S. Heaton, D. L. Hughson, E. V. McDonald, D. M. Miller (Ed.), The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability. University of Nevada Press.
 
Webb, R. H., Fenstermaker, L. F., Heaton, J. S., Hughson, D. L., McDonald, E. V. and Miller, D. M. (Eds). (2008). The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability. University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada.
 
Heaton, J. S., E. Aldrich, L. Allison, S. Corn, R. Marlow, P. Medica, K. Nussear, R. Patil. (2008). 2008 Desert Tortoise Population Monitoring Handbook. U.S. Fish and Wildlife. (alphabetical after first author).
 
Heaton, J. S., and M. Brenneman. (2007) 2001-2005 Desert Tortoise Population Monitoring Final Database. CD submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
 
Heaton, J. S., and M. Brenneman. (2007). 2007 Desert Tortoise Population Monitoring Final Database. CD submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
 
Heaton, J. S., and M. Brenneman. (2007) 2001-2005 Desert Tortoise Population Monitoring Final Database. CD submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
 
Cablk, M. E., Heaton, J. S. (2006). Accuracy and reliability of dogs in surveying for desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Ecological Applications, 16(5), 1926-1935.
 
Heaton, J. S. 2006. “2005 Distance Sampling Perceived Threat Data Analysis” (42pp). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
 
Allison, L. J., R. C. Averill-Murray, M. Brenneman, P. S. Corn, C. Everly, J. S. Heaton, R. W. Marlow, P. A. Medica, C. R. Tracy 2006. “Range-wide monitoring of the Mojave population of the desert tortoise: 2001-2005 summary report” (96pp). United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
 
Tracy, C. R., R. Averill-Murray, W. I. Boarman, D. Delehanty, J. Heaton, E. McCoy, D. Morafka, K. Nussear, B. Hagerty, P. Medica. 2004. “Desert Tortoise Recovery Plan Assessment” (276pp including Appendices). Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.