Publications
Courtney Whitcher, Santiago R Ron, Fernando Ayala-Varela, Andrew Crawford, Valia Herrera-Alva, Ernesto Castillo-Urbina, Felipe Grazziotin, Randi M Bowman, Alan R Lemmon, & Emily Moriarty Lemmon. (2023). Evidence for ecological tuning of novel anuran biofluorescent signals.
Preprint: BioRxiv, 2023.07.25.550432. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.25.550432
Submitted to Nature Communications August 7, 2023. In Review.
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Whitcher C, Beaver L*, Lemmon EM. The effect of biofluorescence on predation upon Cope's gray treefrog: A clay model experiment. Behavioural Processes. 2024 Jan 24;215:104996. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2024.104996.
J.D. Curlis, P. Cerda, A. Davis Rabosky, M. Grundler, I. Holmes, B. Sealey, C. Whitcher, M. Grundler, and E. Westeen. Geographic Distribution Note: Bromeliohyla bromeliacia (Bromeliad Treefrog). 2020. Herpetological Review.
J.D. Curlis, P. Cerda, A. Davis Rabosky, M. Grundler, I. Holmes, B. Sealey, C. Whitcher, M. Grundler, and E. Westeen. Geographic Distribution Note: Rhadinella kinkelini (Kinkelin's Graceful Brownsnake). 2020. Herpetological Review.
J.D. Curlis, P. Cerda, A. Davis Rabosky, M. Grundler, I. Holmes, B. Sealey, C. Whitcher, M. Grundler, and E. Westeen. Geographic Distribution Note: Sibon dimidiatus (Slender Snail Sucker). 2020. Herpetological Review.
Whitcher C. 2020. New Accounts of Biofluorescence in Several Anuran Genera (Hylidae, Microhylidae, Ranidae, Leptodactylidae) with Comments on Intraspecific Variation. Herpetology Notes 13: 443-447.
Makowicz AM, Daniel MJ, Jones BC, Rivers PR, Dye M, Kuzel MR, Guerrera AG, Kettelkamp S, Whitcher C, DuVal EH. 2020. Foundations and frontiers in mate choice. Evolution. doi:10.1111/evo.14018
Santa-Cruz, R, von May, R., Catenazzi, A., Whitcher, C., Lopez Tejeda, E., Rabosky, D. 2019. “A New Species of Terrestrial-Breeding Frog (Amphibia, Strabomantidae, Noblella) from the Upper Madre De Dios Watershed, Amazonian Andes and Lowlands of Southern Peru.” Diversity 11(9): 145.
Peer Reviewed Manuscripts
Other Publications
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Whitcher, C. (2021), From the Shelves of the Collection. Pp. 252 -258. In Letters from Michigan Herpetology (G. Schneider, L. Trueb, eds). The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. https://doi.org/10.7302/3703
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Callaghan, B., Mitchinson, O., Ruiz, J., Whitcher, C. 2017. The Distribution and Effect of Non-Native Earthworms on Soil Structure in Northern Michigan. Deep Blue.
Publications in Preparation
Whitcher, C., Dill-Orrico, V., Ron, S., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Lemmon, A., Lemmon, E. (MS). Phylogenetics, biogeography, and life history evolution in the tropical treefrog genus Dendropsophus. Manuscript to be submitted to Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Fall 2023.
Rothman, E.*, Whitcher, C., Lemmon, E. (MS) Acoustic signal evolution in the speciose tropical frog genus Dendropsophus. Manuscript to be submitted Fall 2023.
Burke, H.*, Serano, L.*, Whitcher, C. (MS) Assessing the effectiveness of the Finding Fluorescence citizen science resource. Manuscript to be submitted Winter 2023.
Whitcher, C., et al. (MS) The effect of biofluorescence on mate choice in the Squirrel Treefrog. Manuscript in preparation.
Whitcher, C., et al. (MS) The evolution of biofluorescence across Hylidae and its effect on the speciation rate within the Dendropsophus genus. Manuscript in preparation.
Whitcher, C., von May, R., Rabosky, D. (MS) Ecomorphological structure of a diverse tropical anuran community. Manuscript in preparation.
*Undergraduate mentored
Presentations
Evidence for Ecological Tuning of Novel Anuran Biofluorescent Signals. Invited Oral presentation for JMIH symposium: Amphibian vision: the roles of ecology and ontogeny in the evolution of a key sensory system, Norfolk, VA, July 2023.
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Evidence for ecological tuning of novel anuran biofluorescent signals. Oral presentation at the Evolution Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2023.
Finding Fluorescence. Invited Oral presentation. The Explorers Club Headquarters; ECAD 2023, Manhattan, NY, April 21, 2023.
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The discovery, description, and evolution of treefrog biofluorescence. Oral Presentation. Florida State University Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar. January 2023.
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Phylogenetics, biogeography, and life history evolution in the tropical treefrog genus Dendropsophus. Oral presentation at the Evolution Conference. Online. June 2021.
Acoustic signal evolution in the speciose tropical frog genus Dendropsophus. Author of Oral presentation at the Evolution Conference. Online. June 2021. Presenter: Emily Rothman*
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The Phylogeny of Tropical Treefrogs of the Genus Dendropsophus. Oral presentation at the Society for Systematic Biologists Conference, Gainesville, FL, January 5, 2020.
*Undergraduate mentored
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Research
Presentations
Outreach
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Glowing Frogs with Courtney Whitcher. Invited Oral presentation for Exploring by the Seat of Your Pants: Live Lessons. Online. June 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVplzgfLdAo
Finding Fluorescence: Discover the Unseen World Around Us. Invited Oral presentation for the Florida Native Plant Society Monthly Meeting. Online. April 2021.
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Finding Fluorescence: Discover the Unseen World Around Us. Invited Oral presentation for the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Lunch and Learn Series. Online. October 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ky5oJNGZc0
Finding Fluorescence: Discover the Unseen World Around Us. Oral presentation for the Tallahassee Museum, Museum Mixology Series. Online. September 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rePL8KW4DYM