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2022

Hamilton, O.R., Hunter, K.L., & Taylor, R.C. 2022. Physalaemus (Engystomops) pustulosus (túngara frog). Egg predation. Herpetological Review, 53(4), 655-656.

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James, L.S., Baier, A.L., Page, R.A., Clements, P., Hunter, K.L., Taylor, R.C., & Ryan, M.J. 2022. Cross-modal facilitation of auditory discrimination in a frog. Biology Letters, 18(6), 20220098.

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Coss, D.A., Ryan, M.J., Page, R.A., Hunter, K.L., & Taylor, R.C. 2022. Can you hear/see me? Multisensory integration of signals does not always facilitate mate choice. Behavioral Ecology,  33(5), 903-911. 

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2021

James, L.S., Taylor, R.C., Hunter, K.L., & Ryan, M.J. 2021. Evolutionary and allometric insights into anuran auditory sensitivity and morphology. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution, 97, 140-150. 

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Taylor, R.C., Wilhite, K.O., Ludovici, R.J., Mitchell, K.M., Halfwerk, W., Page, R.A., Ryan, M.J., & Hunter, K.L. 2021. Complex sensory environments alter mate choice outcomes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224.

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Coss, D.A., Hunter, K.L., & Taylor, R.C. 2021. Silence is sexy: soundscape complexity alters
mate choice in túngara frogs. Behavioral Ecology, 32(1), 49-59.

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2019

Cronin, A., Ryan, M.J., Page, R.A., Hunter, K.L., & Taylor, R.C. 2019. Environmental heterogeneity alters mate choice behavior for multimodal signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(43).

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Garcia, M.J., Cronin, A., Bowling, T., Bushera, H., Hunter, K.L., & Taylor, R.C. 2019. Dueling

frogs: do male green tree frogs (Hyla cinerea) eavesdrop on and assess nearby calling competitors? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 73(21).

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Garcia, M.J., Rodriguez-Brenes, S., Kobisk, A., Adler, L., Ryan, M.J., Taylor, R.C., & Hunter, K.L. 2019. Epigenomic changes in the túngara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus): possible effects of introduced fungal pathogen and urbanization. Evolutionary Ecology, 33(4).

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Holmgren, C.A., Hunter, K.L., & Betancourt, J.L. 2019. Creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) ploidy history along its diploid-tetraploid boundary in southeastern Arizona-southwestern New Mexico, USA. Journal of Arid Environments, 164, 7-11. 

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Taylor, R.C., Akre, K., & Wilczynski, W. 2019. Behavioral and neural auditory thresholds in a frog. Current Zoology, 65(3), 333-341.

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2018

Ryan, ​M.J., Page, R.A., Hunter, K.L., & Taylor, R.C. 2018. 'Crazy love': nonlinearity and irrationality in mate choice.

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2017

Taylor, R.C., Page, R.A., Klein, B.A., Ryan, M.J., & Hunter, K.L. 2017. Perceived synchrony of frog multimodal signal components is influenced by content and order. Integrative and Comparative Biology.

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Taylor, R.C. 2017. Sensory biology: how female treefrogs pick mates at a noisy party. Current Biology, 27(5), R188-R190.

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2016

Gomes, D.G.E., Page, R.A., Geipel, I., Taylor, R.C., Ryan, M.J., & Halfwerk, W. 2016. Bats perceptually weight prey cues across sensory systems when hunting in noise. Science, 535(6305), 1277-1280.

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Laird, K.L., Clements, P., Hunter, K.L., & Taylor, R.C. 2016. Multimodal signaling improves mating success in the green treefrog (Hyla cinerea), but may not help small males. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, 1517-1525.

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2015

Rhebergen, F., Taylor R.C., Ryan M. J., Page R. A., & Halfwerk, W. 2015. Multimodal cues improve prey localization under complex environmental conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282:20151403​.

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Ryan, M.J., & Taylor, R.C. 2015. Measures of mate choice: comment on Dougherty and Shuker. Behavioral Ecology, 26(2), 323-324.

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Smith, W., Frye, C.T., Veliz, E., Hiebler, S., Taylor, R.C., & Hunter, K.L. 2015. Genetic variability of Maryland and West Virginia populations of the federally endangered plant, Harperella nodosa (rose) (Apiaceae). Northeastern Naturalist, 22, 106-119.

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2014

Halfwerk, W., Jones, P.L., Taylor R.C., Ryan M.J., & Page, R.A. 2014. Risky ripples allow bats and frogs to eavesdrop on a multimodal sexual display. Science, 343, 413-416.

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Halfwerk, W., Page, R.A., Taylor, R.C., Wilson, P.S., & Ryan, M.J. 2014. Crossmodal comparisons of signal components allow for relative-distance assessment. Current Biology.

Halfwerk, W., Dixon, M.M., Ottens, K.J., Taylor, R.C., Ryan, M.J, Page, R.A., & Jones, P.L. 2014. Risks of multimodal signaling: bat predators attend to dynamic motion in frog sexual displays. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 3038-3044. 

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Bunting, S., Burnett, E., Hunter, R.B., Field, R., and Hunter, K.L. 2014. Incorporating molecular genetics into remote expedition fieldwork. Tropical Conservation Science, 7, 260-271.

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Holmgren, C.A., Betancourt, J.L., Pe alba, M.C., Delgadillo, J., Zuravnsky, K., Hunter, K.L., Rylander, K.A., & Weiss, J.L. 2014. Evidence against a Pleistocene desert refugium in the lower Colorado River basin. Journal of Biogeography, 41, 1769-1780.

2013

Taylor, R.C. & Ryan, M.J. 2013. Interactions of multisensory components perceptually rescue túngara frog mating signals. Science, 371, 273-274

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2012

Klein, B.A., Stein, J., & Taylor, R.C. 2012. Robots in the service of animal behavior. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 5, 467-473.

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2011

Taylor, R.C., Klein, B.A., & Ryan, M.J. 2011. Inter-signal interaction and uncertain information in anuran multimodal signals. Current Zoology, 57, 153-161.

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Martin, C., Guy, L., & Taylor, R.C. 2011. Male position relative to foam nests influences female mate choice in the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosusJournal of Herpetology, 45, 178-180.

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Taylor, R.C., Klein, B.A., Stein, J.. & Ryan, M.J. 2011. Multimodal signal variation in space and time: how important is matching a signal with its signaler? Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 815-820.

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2010

Nolen, C., Noyes, A., Bennett, A., Hunter, R., & Hunter, K.L. 2010. Inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) reveal genetic variation among mid-Atlantic populations of threatened Amaranthus umilus and phylogenetic relationships. Castanea, 75, 506-515.

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2008

Taylor, R.C., Klein, B.A., Stein, J., & Ryan, M.J. 2008. Faux frogs: multimodal signaling and the value of robotics in animal behaviour. Animal Behaviour, 76, 1089-1097.

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2007

Taylor, R.C., Buchanan, B.W., & Doherty, J.L. 2007. Sexual selection in the squirrel treefrog, Hyla squirella: the role of multimodal cue assessment in female choice. Animal Behaviour, 74, 1753-1763.

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Saltonstall, K., Glennon, K., Burnett, A., Hunter, R.B., & Hunter, K.L. 2007. Ploidy determination in North American Phragmites australis (Poaceae) using morphological measurements and flow cytometry. Rhodora, 109(940), 415-429.

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2005

Pauly, G.B., Bernal, X., & Taylor, R.C. 2005. Arboreality and parachuting in the red-snouted treefrog, Scinax ruberHerpetological Review, 36, 308-309.

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2004

Hunter, K.L. & R.B. Hunter. 2004. Marigold cell size and polyploidy. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 25, 125-133. Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).

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Swart, C.C., & Taylor, R.C. 2004. Behavioral interactions between the giantwater bug (Belostoma lutarium) and tadpoles of Bufo woodhousii. Southeastern Naturalist, 3, 13-24.

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2002

Smith, J.L., Hunter, K.L. & Hunter, R.B. 2002. Genetic variation in the terrestrial orchid, Tipularia discolor. Southeastern Naturalist, 1(1), 17-26.

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Hunter, K.L., Davis, R.S., Kohlhepp, K., & Hunter, R.B. 2002. Investigating polyploidy using marigold stomates and fingernail polish. American Biology Teacher, 64(5), 364-368.

2001

Taylor, R.C., Trexler, J.C., & Loftus, W.F. 2001. Separating the effects of intra-and interspecific age structured interactions in an experimental fish assemblage. Oecologia, 127, 143-152.​

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Hunter, K.L., Betancour, J.L., Riddle, B.R., Van Devender T.R., Cole, K.L., & Spaulding, W.G. 2001. Ploidy race distributions since the last glacial maximum in the North American desert shrub, Larrea tridentataGlobal Ecology and Biogeography, 10, 521-533.

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1996​

Buchanan, B.W. & Taylor, R.C. 1996. Lightening the load: micturition enhances jumping performance in squirrel treefrogs. Journal of Herpetology, 30, 410-413.​

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1994

Hunter, K.L. and McAuliffe, J.R. 1994. Elevational shifts of Coleogyne ramossissima in the Mojave Desert during the Little Ice Age. Quaternary Research, 42, 216-221.​

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