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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

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