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Catherine A. Toft
Researcher at University of California, Davis
Publications - 30
Citations - 1913
Catherine A. Toft is an academic researcher from University of California, Davis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Shrub. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 30 publications receiving 1836 citations. Previous affiliations of Catherine A. Toft include University of California.
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Feeding ecology of thirteen syntopic species of anurans in a seasonal tropical environment.
TL;DR: Investigating the diets and patterns of coexistence in this group of ecologically similar species of anurans at the Río Llullapichis in Amazonian Perú finds similarity in diet within guilds tends to be lowest in the dry season when food is less abundant, suggesting that food is in short supply in thedry season.
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Principles for the conservation of wild living resources
Marc Mangel,Lee M. Talbot,Gary K. Meffe,M. Tundi Agardy,Dayton L. Alverson,Jay Barlow,Daniel B. Botkin,Gerardo Budowski,Tim W. Clark,Justin Cooke,Ross H. Crozier,Paul K. Dayton,Danny L. Elder,Charles W. Fowler,Silvio Funtowicz,Jarl Giske,Rober J. Hofman,Sidney J. Holt,Stephen R. Kellert,Lee A. Kimball,Donald Ludgwig,Kjartan Magnusson,Ben S. Malayang,Charles Mann,Elliott A. Norse,Simon Northridge,William F. Perrin,Charles Perrings,Randall M. Peterman,George B. Rabb,Henry A. Regier,John E. Reynolds,Kenneth E. Sherman,Michael P. Sissenwine,Time D. Smith,Anthony M. Starfield,Robert J. Taylor,Michael F. Tillman,Catherine A. Toft,John R. Twiss,James E. Wilen,Truman P. Young +41 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe broadly applicable principles for the conservation of wild living resources and mechanisms for their implementation, and illustrate the derivation of, and amplify the meaning of, the principles, and discuss mechanisms for implementation.
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Parasite-host coevolution
TL;DR: Empirical studies and mathematical models are elucidating the conditions under which parasite-host systems can coevolve to intermediate and high levels of parasite virulence - and when they can coEVolve to commensalism and mutualism.
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Nest poaching in Neotropical parrots
Timothy F. Wright,Catherine A. Toft,Ernesto Enkerlin-Hoeflich,Jaime Gonzalez-Elizondo,Mariana Albornoz,Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro,Franklin Rojas-Suárez,Virginia Sanz,Ana Trujillo,Steven R. Beissinger,A Vicente Berovides,A Xiomara Gálvez,Ann T. Brice,Kim Joyner,Jessica R. Eberhard,James Gilardi,Susan E. Koenig,Scott H. Stoleson,Paulo Martuscelli,J. Michael Meyers,Katherine Renton,Angélica M. Rodríguez,Ana C. Sosa-Asanza,Francisco J. Vilella,James W. Wiley +24 more
TL;DR: In this article, rates of mortality due to nest poaching in 23 studies of Neotropical parrots, representing 4024 nesting attempts in 21 species and 14 coun- tries, were calculated.
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Seasonal Variation in Populations of Panamanian Litter Frogs and Their Prey: A Comparison of Wetter and Drier Sites
TL;DR: It is suggested that neither moisture nor food abundance alone influences the abundance or the diversity of litter frogs at these two sites in Panamá.