Leann Kanda

Associate Professor, Biology

Publications

Works Published: (née Kellogg)

Kanda, L.L., D.A. Bernasconi, and J.C. Beasley. (in press) Virginia opossum. Chapter In Wild Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America , 2nd Edition. T.L. Hiller, R.D. Applegate, R.D. Bluett, S.N. Frey, E.M. Gese, and J.F. Organ, Editors. Wildlife Ecology Institute, Helena, Montana.

Kanda, L.L., B. Donnelly, C. Gallego Lazo, B.S. Hayes, E. Almeida, E. Conklin, A. Gepner, A. Hatfield, and A. Moore (2026) Wide recreational trails are semi-barriers to deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus ) in small forest preserves. Ecosphere 2026:17:e70578.

Kanda, L.L. (2024) Under tension, under pressure, making waves: Reconstructing the historic Fortuny Delphos pleats. Dress 50(1): 81-100. doi.org/10.1080/03612112.2024.2312021 (peer-review scholarship outside biology)

Kanda, L.L., A. Abdulhay, and C. Erickson (2017) Adult wheel access does not change activity or boldness temperaments in Siberian dwarf hamsters (Phodopus sungorus ). Behavioral Processes 138:82-90.

Kanda, L.L., J. Confer, and R.L. Kellogg (2016) Northern Saw-whet Owl captures correlate with the lunar cycle during fall migration. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128(3): 535-542.

Grazul, H. L.L. Kanda, D. Gondek. (2016) Impact of probiotic supplements on microbiome diversity following antibiotic treatment of mice. Gut Microbes 7(2): 101-114.

Kanda, L.L., and J. Hatzel. (2014) Individual differences in a novel environment do not reflect field measures in muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus ). Ethology, Ecology, & Evolution. doi 10.1080/03949370.2014.928653.

Confer, J., L.L. Kanda, and I. Li. (2014) Northern Saw-whet Owl: Regional patterns for fall migration and demographics revealed by banding data. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 126(2): 305-320. doi 10.1676/13-011.1

Brenner, J. and L.L. Kanda. (2013) Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare ) invades lands surrounding pastures in Sonora, Mexico. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 6(1):187-195.

Kanda, L.L., L. Louon and K. Straley. (2012) Stability in activity and boldness across time and context in captive Siberian dwarf hamsters. Ethology, 118:518-533.

Kanda, L.L. and R. Wagner. (2010) "I see you": Na'vigating the bridge between scientific observation and religious apprehension in Avatar. Journal of Religion and Film, 14(1). http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/Vol14no1/Reviews/WagnerKanda_Avatar.html

Kanda, L. L., T.K. Fuller, P.R. Sievert, and R.L. Kellogg. (2009) Seasonal source-sink dynamics at the edge of a species’ range. Ecology, 90(6):1574-1585.

Kanda, L.L., T.K. Fuller, and P.R. Sievert. (2006) Landscape associations of road-killed Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana ) in central Massachusetts. American Midland Naturalist, 156:128-134.

King, R.L., A.L. Rosenberger, and L.L. Kanda. (2005) Artificial neural networks and 3D digital morphology: a pilot study. Folia Primatologica, 76:303-324.

Kanda, L.L., T.K. Fuller, and K.D. Friedland. (2005) Temperature sensor evaluation of opossum winter activity. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 33(4):1425-1431.

Kanda, L.L., T.K. Fuller, P.R. Sievert, and K.D. Friedland. (2005) Variation in winter microclimate and its potential influence on Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) survival in Amherst, Massachusetts. Urban Ecosystems, 8(2):215-225.

Kanda, L.L. (2005) Winter energetics of Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana ) and implications for the species’ northern distributional limit. Ecography, 28(6):731-744.

Kanda, L.L., and T.K. Fuller. (2004) Demographic responses of Virginia opossums to limitation at their northern boundary. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82(7):1126-1134.


Kellogg, L.L. (2001) Limitations on the distributions of North American carnivores. Pages 10-16 In Carnivore Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation, T.K. Fuller and P.R. Sievert, Editors. Departmental Report Series No. 3, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.


Goodenough, J. and L.L. Kellogg, eds. (2001) Laboratory Exercises for Introductory Biology, 5th ed. Kendall /Hunt, Iowa.


Goodenough, J. and L.L. Kellogg, eds. (2000) Laboratory Exercises for Introductory Biology, 4th ed. Kendall /Hunt, Iowa.