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Dr. Ronald J. Sarno, Ph. D.,  Assistant Professor                      

 

 Hofstra University                                                          office: 516-463-4266
Department of Biology - 228 Gittleson Hall                           fax: 516-463-5112
Hempstead, NY 11549-1000                          e-mail: ronald.sarno@hofstra.edu

Recent Publications

Mrykalo, R., M. M. Grigione, and R. J. Sarno (Submitted). Comparison of diet and potential prey for urban and rural burrowing owls during the breeding period. Journal of Raptor Research.
 
Manning, D.L., M.M. Grigione, R. Izurieta, S. Clavio, and R.J. Sarno. (Submitted). Novel enteric parasites of Canis latrans discovered by non-invasive monitoring in Florida, USA.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
 
Sarno, R.J., Gonzalez, B., C. Bonacic, B. Zapata, S. J. O’Brien, and W. E. Johnson. (Submitted). Molecular genetic evidence for social group disruption of wild vicunas Vicugna vicugna captured for wool harvest in Chile. Small Ruminant Research.
 
Sarno, R.J., M. M. Grigione, Arvidson LD. (2008). The response of an open-habitat ungulate to the presence of predator urine. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 81:179-183.
 
Marker, L.L., A. J. Wilkerson, R. J. Sarno, J. Martenson, C. Breitenmoser-Wursten, S.J. O’Brien, and W.E. Johnson. (2008).  Molecular Genetic Insights on Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Ecology and Conservation in Namibia. Journal of Heredity 99:2-13

                                         

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Mrykalo, R., M. M. Grigione, and R. J. Sarno (2007). Home range and dispersal of Juvenile Florida Burrowing Owls. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:275-279.
 
Mueller, M., M. Grigione, R.J. Sarno (2007). Distribution of the Florida Burrowing Owl: the potential importance of non-urban areas. Journal of Raptor Research 41:222-226.
 
Sarno, R.J., M.S. Bank, H.A. Stern, and W.L. Franklin. (2006). Effects of age, season, and social dynamics on juvenile guanaco subordinate behavior. Journal of Mammalogy 87:41-47.
 
Mueller, M., P. Nixon, R. M. Mrykalo, M. M. Grigione, R.J. Sarno (2005). Florida Burrowing Owls and cattle could benefit each other.  Florida Cattleman and Livestock Journal 69:70-71.
 
Yamaguchi, N., R.J. Sarno, W.E. Johnson, M. O’Connell, S.J. O’Brien, and D.W. Macdonald. 2004. Multiple paternity, male manipulation and reproductive tactics of mink. Journal of Mammalogy  85:432–439.
 
Sarno, R.J., L. Villalba, C. Bonacic, B. Gonzalez, B. Zapata, D.W. MacDonald, S. J. O’Brien, and W. E. Johnson. 2004. Phylogeography and subspecies assessment of vicuñas in Chile and Bolivia utilizing mtDNA and microsatellite markers: implications for vicuña conservation and management.  Conservation Genetics 5:89-102.
 
Sarno, R.J., M.S. Bank, H.A. Stern, and W.L. Franklin. 2003. Forced dispersal of juvenile guanacos (Lama guanicoe): causes, variation, and fates of individuals dispersing at different times. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54:22-29.
 
Bank, M.S., Sarno, R.J., and Franklin, W.L. 2003. Distribution and selection of mating sites by guanacos: implications for ephemeral wetland conservation in southern Chile. Biological Conservation 112:427-434.
 
Sarno, R.J., M. Grigione, L. Villalba, S. Aguilar, J. Rushton. 2003. Conservación y uso económico de vicuñas en Bolivia. En: Actas del III Congreso Mundial de Camélidos 1013-1016. Potosi, Bolivia.
 
Bank, M.S., R.J. Sarno, N.C. Campbell, and W.L. Franklin. 2002. Predation of guanacos by southernmost mountain lions (Puma concolor) during a historically severe winter in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Journal of Zoology, London 258:215-222.
 
Sarno, R.J., W.L. Franklin, S.J. O’Brien, and W.E. Johnson. 2001. Assessing genetic differentiation between an island and mainland population of guanacos in southern Chile utilizing mtDNA and microsatellite markers. Animal Conservation  4 (2): 93-101.

                                         

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