2024
Wolfe JD, D Luther, V Jirinec, J Collings, EI Johnson, RO Bierregaard Jr, PC Stouffer. 2024. Climate
change aggravates bird mortality in pristine tropical forests. Science Advances. Accepted Sept 10
2024.
Jin et al. 2024. Avian Diversity Across Guilds in North America versus Vegetation Structure as
Measured by the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI). Remote Sensing of the
Environment. 315, 114446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114446
Brawn J1, D Luther1, Q Mingxin, S Farenelli, WJ Cooper, F Rong. 2024. Prospects for Neotropical
forest birds and their habitats under contrasting emissions scenarios. Global Change Biology.
30:e17544. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17544 . 1indicates equal authorship.
Roberts J**, and D Luther. 2024. Captive birds exhibit greater foraging efficiency and vigilance after anti-
predator training. Behavioral Ecology. Aerae051. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae051
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Herrera D**, M Fidino, D Luther, J Mullinax, T Gallo 2024. Historical park planning is associated with modern-day
patterns of bird diversity in cities. Landscape and Urban Planning. 249:105132. https://doi.org/10.1016/
j.landurbplan.2024.105132
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Luther D, JD Wolfe, E Johnson, PC Stouffer, J Batchelor*, C Tarwater. 2024. Habitat use of Amazonian birds varies by
age and foraging guild along a disturbance gradient. Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences B.
291:20240866. http://doi.org/10/1098/rspb.2024.0866
Siegel T**, WJ Cooper, RE Forkner, WF Laurance, JL Camargo, D Luther. 2024. Forest fragmentatio
effects on mutualistic interactions: Frugivorous birds and fruiting trees. Oikos. Accepted. http://doi.org/10.1111/
oik.10383
Farinelli S**, L Keith-Diagne, J Garnica, J Keiman, D Luther. 2024. Quantifying survey effort of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) to detect Amazonian manatees. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals. 19(1), 42-60.
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2023
Rios-Chelen A, D Luther, D Potvin and C Templeton. 2023. Editorial: Effects of noise on organisms: from mechanisms to
ecological consequences. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution – Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology section.
11, 1348098.
Seigel T**, A Magrach, B Laurance, and D Luther. 2023. A global meta-analysis of the impacts of
forest fragmentation on biotic mutualisms and antagonisms. Conservation Biology. 38(3) e14206. https://
doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14206
Hertel S**, and D Luther. 2023. The role of social and political factors in the success of rewilding
projects. Frontiers in Conservation Science. 4: 1020530. http://doi:10.3389/fcosc.2023.1205380
Coddington C**, J Cooper, C Rutt, K Mokross, B Amaral, P Stouffer, D Luther. 2023. Amazonian
mixed-species flocks demonstrate flexible preferences for vertical forest structure. Ecosphere. 2023;14e:4720. https://
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4720
Pollock H, C Rutt, W Cooper, J Brawn, Z Cheviron, D Luther. 2023. Equivocal support for the climate
variability hypothesis within a Neotropical bird assemblage. Ecology e4206. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4206
Luther, D. 2023. Book Review: A Wing and A Prayer: The race to save our vanishing species. Ornithological Applications.
125. 1-2.
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Carvalho et al. 2023. Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research. Current Biology. 1-9.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.077
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Cooper J, W McShea, M Songer, Q Huang, D Luther. 2023. Harmonizing spatial scales and ecologicaltheories to predict
avian richness and functional diversity within forest ecosystems. Royal Proceedings B. 290:2030742.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0742
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Rutt C, P Stouffer, B Amaral, D Luther. 2023. Long-term capture data reveal Amazonian birds shift daily
activity patterns. Oikos. 2023 e09670. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09670
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Roberts J** and D Luther. 2023. An exploratory analysis of behavior-based and other management
techniques to improve avian conservation translocations. Biological Conservation.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109941
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Coddington C**, J Cooper, and D Luther . 2023. Avian breeding activity declines after forest fragment isolation.
Conservation Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14063
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2022
Coddington C**, J Cooper, D Luther. 2022. Forest structure predicts species richness and functional
diversity in Amazonian mixed-species bird flock. Biotropica. 00:1-13 http://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13201
Rutt C, P Stouffer, J Cooper, C Vargas, T Costa, M Cohn-Haft, D Luther. 2022. Low species turnover of
upland Amazonian birds in the absence of physical barriers. Diversity and Distributions. Accepted
Nov 22 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13662
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Luther D et al. 2022. Long-term changes in avian biomass and functional diversity within disturbed
and undisturbed Amazonian rainforest. Royal Society Proceedings B. 289: 20221123.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1123
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Kazo L,** T Lovejoy, and D Luther. 2022. Effects of forest fragmentation on body condition of
understory birds at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Amazonia. Biotropica. 54
(4): 852-859. http://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13108
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Clark JD**, PB Benham, JE Maldonado, D Luther, HC Lim. 2022. Maintenance of local adaption
despite gene flow in a coastal songbird. Evolution. 76(7): 1481-1494. http://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14538
Coddington C,** C Dove, D Luther. 2022. Microscopic analysis of the plumulaceous feather
characteristics of Cathartiformes and Accipitriformes in North America. Journal of Raptor Research.
56: 75-88. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-21-16
2021
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Luther D and EP Derryberry. 2021. Editorial: Behavioral adaptations to life in the city. Frontiers in
Ecology and Evolution. 448. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.716713
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Griffiths B**, M Bowler, WJ Cooper, M Gilmore, D Luther. 2021. Dissimilarities in species.
assemblages among Amazonian mineral licks. Biotropica. 53(5): 1255-1260.
http://doi:10.1111/btp.13012
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Luther et al. 2021. Conservation actions benefit the most threatened species: A 13-year assessment
of Alliance for Zero Extinction species. Conservation Science in Practice. 3;e510.
http://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.510
Derryberry EP and D Luther. 2021. What is known-and not known-about acoustic communication in
an urban soundscape. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61(5): 1783-1794.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab131
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Roberts JL**, WJ Cooper, D Luther. 2021. Global assessment of forest quality for threatened
terrestrial vertebrate species in need of conservation translocation programs. PloS One, 16(4): e0249378.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249378
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Smith S**, E Derryberry, J Phillips, D Luther. 2021. Long-term changes of plumage between urban
and rural populations of White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys). Journal of Urban
Ecology. 7(1): juaa038. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juaa038
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2020
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Phillips J, D Luther, WJ Cooper, EP Derryberry. 2020. Territory quality predicts vocal performance.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8, 587120. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.587120
Luther D, C Beatty, WJ Cooper, N Cox, S Farinelli**, M Foster, J Lamoreux, PJ Stephenson, T
Brooks. 2020. Global assessment of critical forest and landscape restoration needs for threatened terrestrial
vertebrate species. Global Ecology and Conservation. 24, e01359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01359
Griffiths B**, M Bowler, M Gilmore, D Luther. 2020. Temporal patterns of visitation of birds and
mammals at mineral licks in the Peruvian amazon. Ecology and Evolution. 10 (24), 14152-14164.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7006
Derryberry EP, J Phillips, G Derryberry, MJ Blum, D Luther. 2020. Singing in a silent spring: birds
respond to a half-century soundscape reversion during the COVID-19 shutdown. Science. 370
(6516): 575-579. http://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd5777
Luther D, WJ Cooper, J Wolfe, R Bierregaard Jr, A Gonzalez, T Lovejoy. 2020. Tropical forest
fragmentation and isolation; Is community decay a random process. Global Ecology and
Conservation. 23, e01168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01168
Cooper WJ**. WJ McShea, T Forrester, and D Luther. 2020. The value of local habitat heterogeneity
and productivity for estimating avian species richness and species of concern. Ecosphere. 11(5)
e159062. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3107
Wolfe J; Philip C Stouffer; Richard O. Bierregaard; D Luther; Thomas E. Lovejoy. 2020.
Effects of a regenerating matrix on the survival of birds in tropical forest fragments. Avian
Research. 11 (1): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00193-x
Phillips J., C Rochefort*, S Lipshutz**, GE Derryberry, D Luther, EP Derryberry. 2020. Increased
attenuation and reverberation are associated with lower maximum frequencies and narrow bandwidth
of bird songs in cities. Journal of Ornithology. 161 (2): 593-608.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-020-01751-2
2019
Gentry KE, D Luther. 2019. Immediate signaling flexibility in the model system Zonotrichia
Leucophrys nuttalli. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 146(4): 2895. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5137043
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Cooper WJ**, WJ McShea, D Luther, and T Forrester. 2019. Incorporating local habitat
heterogeneity and productivity measures when modeling vertebrate richness. Environmental Conservation.
49(1):7-14. https://doi:10.1017/S0376892919000328
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Moseley D, JN Phillips, EP Derryberry, and D Luther. 2019. Evidence for differing trajectories of
song in urban and rural populations. Behavioral Ecology. 30(6): 1734-1742.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arz142
Johnson A**, Sillett, T, Luther, D, Hermann, V Akre, T, McShea. 2019. Effects of habitat
Management on overwintering grassland bird communities. Journal of Wildlife Management.
83(7):1515-1267. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21730
Luther D and K Gentry**. 2019. Funding and conservation actions for vertebrate species listed under
the Endangered Species Act, is it enough? Endangered Species Reports 39: 105-114.
https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00965
Golden Kroner R, et al. 2019. The uncertain future of protected lands and waters. Science 364(6443):
881- 886. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aau5525
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Gentry K** and D Luther. 2019. Noise-induced vocal plasticity in urban white-crowned sparrows
Does not involve adjustment of trill performance components. Scientific Reports. 9(1): 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36276-5
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2018
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Moseley D, G Derryberry, R Danner, D Luther, E Derryberry. 2018. Acoustic adaptation to city
noise through vocal learning by a songbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285(1888):
20181356. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1356
Phillips J, K Gentry**, D Luther, E Derryberry. 2018. Surviving in the city: higher apparent survival
for urban birds but worse condition on noisy territories. Ecosphere. 9(9): e02440.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2440
2017
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Gentry K**, Luther D. 2017. Spatiotemporal patterns of avian vocal activity in relation to urban and
rural background noise. Journal of Ecoacoustics. 1(1):5. https://doi.org/10.22261/jea.z9tqhu
Gentry K**, Derryberry E, Danner R, Danner J, Luther D. 2017. Immediate signaling flexibility in
response to experimental noise in urban, but not rural White-crowned Sparrows. Ecosphere 8(8):
e01916. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1916
Gentry K**, Mckenna M, Luther D. 2017. Evidence of suboscine song plasticity in response to
traffic noise fluctuations and temporary road closures. Bioacoustics 27(2): 165 – 181.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2017.1303645
Luther D, Danner R, Danner J, Gentry K**, & Derryberry E. 2017. The relative response of
songbirds to shifts in song amplitude and song minimum frequency. Behavioral Ecology 28(2): 391-
397. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arw172
Derryberry E, Gentry K**, Danner R, Danner JE, Derryberry GE, Phillips JN**, Lipshutz SE**, ... &
Luther D. 2017. White-crowned sparrow males show immediate flexibility in song amplitude but not
in song minimum frequency in response to changes in noise levels in the field. Ecology and
Evolution 7(13): 4991-5001. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3037
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2016
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Luther D, Skelton J, Fernandez* C, Walters JR. 2016. Conservation action implementation, funding,
and population trends of birds listed on the Endangered Species Act. Biological Conservation
197: 229-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.03.019
Derryberry E, Danner R, Danner JE, Derryberry GE, Phillips JN, Lipshutz SE, Gentry
KE, & Luther D. 2016. Patterns of Song across Natural and Anthropogenic
Soundscapes Suggest That White-Crowned Sparrows Minimize Acoustic Masking and Maximize
Signal Content. PloS one, 11(4): e0154456. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154456
Luther D and R Danner. 2016. Birds with larger bills are more active in the heat: Support for the
bill as a thermoregulatory organ. Auk 133(4): 770-778. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-16-6.1
Luther D, Brooks T, Butchart S, Hayward M, Lamoreux J, Kester M**, Upgren A. 2016.
Determinants of bird conservation action implementation and associated population trends of
threatened species. Conservation Biology 30(6): 1338 – 1346. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12757
Danner R, Olsen B, Luther D. 2016. Migratory status, winter subspecies interactions, and habitat
segregation of Atlantic song sparrow Melospiza melodia atlantica. Wilson Ornithological Journal
128(2): 434 - 437. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-128.2.434
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2015 - 2011
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Schwebach, J. R, D. Gerasimova, D Luther, AB Verhoeven, CP Davis, M Gostel, C Romulo, L
Schreffler**, P Seshaiyer, JK Nelson. 2015. Advancing graduate education and faculty development
with discipline based education research and the SIMPLE framework: Design memos in biology for
active teaching. Athens Journal of Education. 3(3):211-223.
Luther D, J. Phillips**, E.P. Derryberry. 2015. Not so sexy in the city: urban birds adjust songs to
noise but compromise vocal performance. Behavioral Ecology. 27(1):332-340.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv162
Swaddle, JP, CD Francis, JR Barber, CB Cooper, CM Kyba, DM Dominoni, G Shannon, E
Aschehoug, SE Goodwin, AY Kawahara, D Luther, K Spoelstra, M Voss, T Longcore. 2015. A
framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution. 30 (9): 550-560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.009
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Luther, D and J. Magnotti*. 2014. Can animals detect differences in vocalizations adjusted for
anthropogenic noise? Animal Behaviour. 92, 111-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.03.033
Luther, D. 2014. The invasion of terrestrial fauna into marine habitat: Birds in mangroves. In
Invasion Biology and Ecosystem Theory – Insights from a continent in transition. Pages 103-117.
Eds Gordon, I. and H. Prins. Cambridge Press, Cambridge UK.
Luther, D. and R. Greenberg. 2014. Contributing factors to bill morphology: Climate, habitat, and
sex. Ecology and Evolution. 4 (6), 699-705. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.911
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Luther, D. and K. Gentry**. 2013. Sources of background noise and their influence on animal
communication. Behaviour. 150: 1045-1068. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003054
Luther, D. and E. Derryberry. 2012. Birdsongs keep pace with city life: changes in song over time
in an urban songbird affects communication. Animal Behaviour. 83: 1059 – 1066.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.034
Greenberg, R, R. Danner, B. Olsen, and D. Luther. 2012. High summer temperature explains bill size
variation in salt marsh sparrows. Ecography. 35: 146 – 152.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07002.x
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Dowling*, J, D. Luther, P. Marra. 2011. Comparative effects of urban development and
anthropogenic noise on bird songs. Behavioral Ecology 23: 201 – 209.
https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr176
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Luther D., and R. Greenberg. 2011. The island syndrome in coastal wetland ecosystems:
convergent evolution of large bills in mangrove passerines. Auk. 128 (2): 201 – 204.
https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2011.10262
2010 and earlier
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Luther, D., M.A. Acevedo, M.I. Herrera Montes, A.R. Estrada, T.M. Aide. 2010. Is congener
abundance related to vocal adjustments that minimize acoustic interference? Caribbean Journal of
Science. 2(3): 143 – 150. https://doi.org/10.18475/cjos.v46i2.a3
Luther, D. and L. Baptista. 2010. Urban noise and the cultural evolution of bird songs.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277: 469 – 473.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1571
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Luther, D. and R. Greenberg. 2009. A global perspective on the evolution and conservation of
terrestrial vertebrate species in mangroves. BioScience. 59: 602 – 612.
https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.7.11
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Luther, D. 2009. The influence of the acoustic community on songs of birds in a
Neotropical rainforest. Behavioral Ecology. 20: 864 – 871. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arp074
Luther, D. and R.H. Wiley. 2009. The evolution of communication: a comparison of production and
perception in songs of Neotropical birds. Biology Letters. 5: 183 – 187.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0733
Luther, D. 2008. Signaler: receiver coordination and the timing of communication in Amazonian birds.
Biology Letters. 4: 651-654. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0406
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Luther, D. et al. 2008. Assessing the impact of local habitat variables and landscape context on
riparian birds in agricultural, urbanized, and native landscapes. Biodiversity and Conservation.
17: 1923 – 1935. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-008-9332-5
NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Epstein E and D Luther. 2021 Survey of cell and molecular biology Laboratory Manual Biology 105,
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Epstein E and D Luther. 2021 Survey of Biodiversity and Ecology Laboratory Manual Biology 102,
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Luther. 2018. Introductory Biology for Non-majors Laboratory Manual Biology 106, Fourth Edition.
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Luther. 2018. Introductory Biology for Non-majors Laboratory Manual Biology 103, Third Edition.
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Luther. 2015. Introductory Biology for Non-majors Laboratory Manual Biology 104, Third Edition.
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Luther. 2014. Introductory Biology for Non-majors Laboratory Manual Biology 104, Second Edition.
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Luther. 2013. Introductory Biology for Non-majors Laboratory Manual Biology 103, Second Edition.
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Luther. 2012. Introductory Biology for Non-majors Laboratory Manual Biology 104, First Edition.
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Luther. 2011. Introductory Biology for Non-majors Laboratory Manual Biology 103, First Edition.
Hayden-McNeil Publishing, Inc., Plymouth MI.
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Luther, D.A. 2009. Mangrove Hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S.
Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online:
http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=25358
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Luther, D.A. 2009. Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird (Lepidopyga lilliae), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S.
Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online:
http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=25190