Publications

2017

Taylor, R. C.; Page, R.A.; Klein,B.A.; Ryan, M.J.; and Hunter, K.L. (2017). Perceived Synchrony of Frog Multimodal Signal Components Is Influenced by Content and Order. Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Taylor, R. C. (2017). Sensory Biology: How Female Treefrogs Pick Mates at a Noisy Party.Current Biology, 27(5), R188-R190.

2016

Gomes, D.G.E.; Page, R.A.; Geipel, I.; Taylor, R.C.; Ryan, M.J.; and Halfwerk, W. 2016. Bats perceptually weight prey cues across sensory systems when hunting in noise. Science 535(6305):1277-1280 [doi:10.1126/science.aaf7934]

Laird, K.L.; Clements, P.; Hunter, K.L.; and 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

Stange, N.; Page, R.A.; Ryan, M.J.; and Taylor, R.C. In press. Interactions between complex multisensory signal components result in unexpected mate choice responses. Animal Behaviour

2015

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

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

Smith, W., Frye, C.T., Veliz, E., S. Hiebler, 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.

2014

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

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 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.05.068

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 doi:10.1242/jeb.107482

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

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. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12337

2013

Taylor, R.C., and M.J. Ryan. 2013. Interactions of Multisensory Components Perceptually Rescue Túngara Frog Mating Signals. Science 371: 273-4

2012

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

2011

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

Martin, C., Guy, L., and R. C. Taylor. 2011. Male position relative to foam nests influences female mate choice in the t?ngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus. Journal of Herpetology, 45:178-180.

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

2010

Nolen, C., A. Noyes, A. Bennett, R. Hunter and K. L. Hunter. 2010. Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) reveal genetic variation among Mid-Atlantic populations of threatened Amaranthus pumilus and phylogenetic relationships. Castanea 75: 506-515.

2008

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

2007

Taylor, R. C., B. W. Buchanan, and J. L. Doherty. 2007. Sexual Selection in the Squirrel Treefrog, Hyla squirella: The Role of Multimodal Cue Assessment in Female Choice. Animal Behaviour, 74:1753?1763.

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

2006

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

2005

Hunter, K. L. and R. B. Hunter. 2004. Marigold cell size and polyploidy. Pages 125-133 in Tested studies for laboratory teaching, Volume 25 (M.A. O?Donnell, Editor). Proceedings of the 25th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).

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

2002

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

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

2001

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

Hunter, K.L., J.L. Betancourt, B.R. Riddle, T.R. Van Devender, K. L. Cole, and W.G. Spaulding. 2001. Ploidy race distributions since the Last Glacial Maximum in the North American desert shrub, Larrea tridentata. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10:521-533.

1996

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

1994

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