James Utter

Office: 1017 SS Building
Tel: (914) 251-6642
Fax: (914) 251-6635
Email: james.utter@purchase.edu

Education

• Ph.D., 1971, Zoology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
• B.S., 1964, Biology and Secondary Education, State University College, Oneonta, NY

Professional Certification

1995-present: Professional Wetlands Scientist, Society of Wetland Scientist

Positions

• 1979– present: Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, Purchase College
• 1994-95: Adjunct Associate Professor, Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York
• 1987-90, 96- present: Chairman, Environmental Sciences Program, SUNY Purchase
• 1984-86: Chairman, Natural Sciences Division, SUNY Purchase
• 1982-83: Acting Dean, College of Letters & Science, SUNY Purchase
• 1980-82: Acting Dean of Natural Sciences, SUNY Purchase
• 1979-80: Chairman, Biology Program, SUNY Purchase
• 1971-75: Chairman, Environmental Sciences Program, SUNY Purchase
• 1971-78: Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences and Biology, SUNY Purchase
• 1970-71: Assistant Professor, University College, Rutgers University
• 1969: Visiting Instructor, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ
• 1964-70: Teaching Assistant, Douglass College, Rutgers University

Courses Taught

Conservation Biology, Environmental Education, Introduction to Environmental Sciences, Field Ornitology

Publications, Abstracts, and Reports

Dexter, B.L. and J.M. Utter. 1995. "Surface water impacts from the Westchester County Airport." Draft report to Natural Resources Defense Council.

Griffith, Carole and James M. Utter. "An analysis of banding and recovery records of the northern mockingbird to determine patterns of long-distance movement." Unpublished Manuscript.

Pierson, D., C. Parravano and J.M. Utter. "A study of the mechanisms affecting cation concentration in a suburban stream." Unpublished manuscript.

Safina, C. and J.M. Utter. 1989. "Food and winter home ranges of mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos)." Wilson Bull. 101:97-101.

Utter, J.M. 1970. "The ratio of daily energy expenditure (DEE) to standard metabolism (SMR) as a requirement for niche occupancy by endotherms." Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer., 51(4) : 29 (Abstr.).

Utter, J.M. 1971. "Daily energy expenditures of free-living purple martins (Progne subis) and mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) with a comparison of two northern populations of mockingbirds." Ph.D. Thesis, Rutgers University.

Utter, J.M. 1973. "Popluation biology at the boundary of a species range." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists Union.

Utter, J.M. 1975. "Larchmont Harbor Salt Marsh Ecosystems: Second Progress Report." Env. Sci. Program, Publ. 2, Div. Nat. Sci., S.U.N.Y., Purchase, NY.

Utter, J.M. 1975. "Function and environmental problems on two small salt marshes in suburban Westchester." Paper presented at Seventh Annual Long Island Sound Conference, University Institute of Oceanography, City University of New York, (11 January 1975).

Utter, J.M. 1982. "Resource Inventory and master plan for the Pawling Nature Reserve." Unpublished report to the Nature Conservancy.

Utter, J.M. 1987. "Ecological cover types of the Great Swamp, Putnam County, NY." Report to the Regional Plan Association and Putnam County Department of Planning.

Utter, J.M. 1992. "Response to National Environmental Education Center Proposal." Report to New York Zoological Society.

Utter, J.M. 1994. "Bog turtle survey of the Great Swamp in Putnam County, NY." Report to Putnam County Department of Planning.

Utter, J.M. 1994. "Recommendations for additional wetland areas to be included in New York State DP-22, the Great Swamp." Report to Putnam County Department of Planning.

Utter, J.M. 2001. "Birds of the Great Swamp." Friends of the Great Swamp Newsletter 1(2):1,4,7

Utter, J.M. and R. Drummond, Jr. 1986. "Winter Territory size and food resources of northern mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos)." Abst. Poster presented at International Behavioral Ecology Meeting, October 1986.

Utter, J.M., B. Farrell, F. Arengo, R. Drummond, C. Lindner, C. Smith, and C. Safina. 1996. "Overwinter decline in multiflora rose fruit on mockingbird territories." Abstr. paper presented at Wilson Ornithol. Soc. Ann. Meeting.

Utter, J.M., M. Goldin, and R. Frost. 1987. "Differential parental behavior in a New York population of northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)." Abstr.; paper presented at Animal Behavior Society Annual Meeting.

Utter, J.M., B.J. Hurley and G.C. Carruth. 1984. "Age, sex and origin of overwintering Northern Mockingbirds." Auk 101 (1, suppl.): 17AA. (Abstr.)

Utter, J.M. and A.W. Hurst. 1988. "The significance and management of relict populations of Chamaelirium luteum." Paper presented at 15th Annual Natural Areas Conference, Ecosystem Management: Rare Species and Significant Habitats, Syracuse, NY.

Utter, J.M. and Ann W. Hurst, 1990. "The Significance and Management of Relict Populations of Chamaelirium luteum (L.) Gray." Pgs. 180-184 in Ecosystem Management: Rare Species and Significant Habitats. NYS Museum Bull. 471. R. Mitchell, C. Sheviak, and D. Leopold (eds).

Utter, J.M., A. Hurst, K. Napolitano, E. Nudelman, and K. Venezia. 1987. "Flowering in a northern relict population of a dioecious forest perennial." Abstr. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.

Utter, J.M. and E.A. LeFebvre. 1970. "Energy expenditure for free flight by the purple martin (Progne subis)." Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 35: 713-719.

Utter, J.M. and E.A. LeFebvre. 1973. "Daily energy expenditure of purple martins (Progne Subis) during the breeding season: estimates using D2018 and time budget methods." Ecology, 54: 597-604.

Utter, J.M. and E.A. LeFebvre and J.S. Greenlaw. 1971. "A technique for sampling blood from smaller passerines." Auk, 88: 199-171.

Utter, J.M., K. Napolitano, and A. Hurst. 1985. "Population Study of Chamaelirium luteum in The Pawling Nature Reserve, Dutchess County, NY." Progress Report for 1985. Unpubl. report to the Nature Conservancy, Mount Kisco, NY.

Utter, J.M., A.J. Pisani, G.C. Cantatore, S.J. Rognalsen, and A.M. Wagner. 1996. "Decline in four populations of a rare lily, Chamaelirium luteum." Paper presented at New York Natural History Conference.

Utter, J.M. and P.L. Steineck. 1973. "Larchmont Harbor Salt Marsh Ecosystems: A Progress Report." Env. Sci. Program. SUNY Purchase.

Utter, J.M. and K. Venezia. 1984. "Population study of Chamaelirium luteum in The Pawling Nature Reserve, Dutchess County, New York. Progress Report for 1984." Unpubl. report to the Nature Conservancy, Mount Kisco, NY.

Utter, J. M. and W. Wallace, Jr. 1998. "Birds of the Great Swamp." List submitted to The Nature Conservancy, Heinemann Foundation, and general public circulation.