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- PhD Ecology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Biology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
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- Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems (2015) (2322)
- Seed dispersal and frugivory : ecology, evolution, and conservation (2002) (795)
- Corridors affect plants, animals, and their interactions in fragmented landscapes (2002) (564)
- Are Plant Populations Seed Limited? A Critique and Meta‐Analysis of Seed Addition Experiments (2007) (475)
- CORRIDOR USE BY DIVERSE TAXA (2003) (414)
- Spatial and Temporal Variation in Costa Rican Fruit and Fruit‐Eating Bird Abundance (1988) (404)
- Secondary Metabolites Of Fleshy Vertebrate‐Dispersed Fruits: Adaptive Hypotheses And Implications For Seed Dispersal (1997) (383)
- Directed seed dispersal by bellbirds in a tropical cloud forest. (1998) (362)
- Effects of elemental composition on the incorporation of dietary nitrogen and carbon isotopic signatures in an omnivorous songbird (2003) (357)
- Seed Size and Fruit-Handling Techniques of Avian Frugivores (1987) (349)
- Effects of Landscape Corridors on Seed Dispersal by Birds (2005) (346)
- Corridors Increase Plant Species Richness at Large Scales (2006) (331)
- Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough? (2010) (329)
- Evolutionary Precursors of Long-Distance Migration: Resource Availability and Movement Patterns in Neotropical Landbirds (1992) (327)
- Arrival and Survival in Tropical Treefall Gaps (1989) (304)
- How plant¿animal interactions signal new insights in communication (2004) (290)
- Tropical wet forest treefall gaps and distributions of understory birds and plants (1988) (284)
- Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds (2010) (277)
- A meta-analysis of the effect of gut treatment on seed germination. (2002) (255)
- COMPLEX ANT-PLANT INTERACTIONS: RAIN FOREST ANTS AS SECONDARY DISPERSERS AND POST-DISPERSAL SEED PREDATORS' (1993) (250)
- Squeezed at the top: Interspecific aggression may constrain elevational ranges in tropical birds. (2010) (242)
- Natural History's Place in Science and Society (2014) (237)
- Assessing recruitment limitation: concepts, methods and case-studies from a tropical forest. (2002) (205)
- IT TAKES GUTS (AND MORE) TO EAT FRUIT: LESSONS FROM AVIAN NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY (2001) (198)
- Effects of gut passage on seed germination: do experiments answer the questions they ask? (2005) (186)
- Landscape connectivity promotes plant biodiversity spillover into non-target habitats (2009) (177)
- The movement ecology and dynamics of plant communities in fragmented landscapes (2008) (160)
- Digestive Responses of Temperate Birds Switched to Fruit or Insect Diets (1989) (154)
- Dispersers shape fruit diversity in Ficus (Moraceae) (2010) (153)
- 1 Maintenance of Tree Diversity in Tropical Forests (2002) (153)
- WHY ARE SOME FRUITS TOXIC? GLYCOALKALOIDS IN SOLANUMAND FRUIT CHOICE BY VERTEBRATES (1997) (152)
- Evolutionary ecology of pungency in wild chilies (2008) (151)
- Effects of dung and seed size on secondary dispersal, seed predation, and seedling establishment of rain forest trees (2004) (151)
- Seed predation, not seed dispersal, explains the landscape‐level abundance of an early‐successional plant (2006) (141)
- Experimental evidence does not support the Habitat Amount Hypothesis (2017) (139)
- Digestive System Trade-offs and Adaptations of Frugivorous Passerine Birds (1990) (139)
- Fruit Choice in Neotropical Birds: The Effect of Distance Between Fruits on Preference Patterns (1984) (138)
- DO FRUGIVORES RESPOND TO FRUIT HARVEST? AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SHORT‐TERM RESPONSES (2003) (134)
- Physiological Basis and Ecological Consequences of Sugar Preferences in Cedar Waxwings (1989) (131)
- AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF WHETHER HABITAT CORRIDORS AFFECT POLLEN TRANSFER (2005) (131)
- Evolutionary Implications of Fruit-Processing Limitations in Cedar Waxwings (1991) (126)
- How fragmentation and corridors affect wind dynamics and seed dispersal in open habitats (2014) (123)
- Modelling long‐distance seed dispersal in heterogeneous landscapes (2008) (123)
- Cues, strategies, and outcomes: how migrating vertebrates track environmental change (2014) (121)
- Seed-eaters: seed dispersal, destruction and demography. (2002) (118)
- Discovery of a Viral NLR Homolog that Inhibits the Inflammasome (2011) (110)
- The role of chromatic and achromatic signals for fruit detection by birds (2006) (107)
- Urban mockingbirds quickly learn to identify individual humans (2009) (106)
- Loss of animal seed dispersal increases extinction risk in a tropical tree species due to pervasive negative density dependence across life stages (2015) (104)
- Methods of seed processing by birds and seed deposition patterns (1986) (103)
- Fruit Fate, Seed Germination and Growth of an Invasive Vine – an Experimental Test of ‘sit and Wait’ Strategy (2001) (100)
- ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF SOLANUM FRUIT GLYCOALKALOIDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FRUGIVORY AND SEED DISPERSAL (1997) (97)
- SUGAR-TASTING ABILITY AND FRUIT SELECTION IN TROPICAL FRUIT-EATING BIRDS (1987) (96)
- SPATIAL ECOLOGY OF PREDATOR–PREY INTERACTIONS: CORRIDORS AND PATCH SHAPE INFLUENCE SEED PREDATION (2003) (92)
- Primate frugivory in two species-rich neotropical forests: implications for the demography of large-seeded plants in overhunted areas. (2002) (91)
- A synthetic diet for fruit-eating birds (1987) (90)
- Spatial and temporal variation in fruit use by wildlife in a forested landscape (2002) (90)
- Determinants of partial bird migration in the Amazon Basin. (2010) (88)
- Seasonality of fruiting and food hoarding by rodents in neotropical forests: consequences for seed dispersal and seedling recruitment. (2002) (88)
- A field test of the directed deterrence hypothesis in two species of wild chili (2006) (86)
- Digestive modulation in a seasonal frugivore, the American robin (Turdus migratorius). (1992) (85)
- Plants as Reef Fish: Fitting the Functional Form of Seedling Recruitment (2007) (82)
- Potential Negative Ecological Effects of Corridors (2014) (81)
- Extinct pigeons and declining bat populations: are large seeds still being dispersed in the tropical Pacific? (2002) (80)
- Ongoing accumulation of plant diversity through habitat connectivity in an 18-year experiment (2019) (79)
- Habitat-dependent fruiting behaviour of an understorey tree, Miconia centrodesma, and tropical treefall gaps as keystone habitats for frugivores in Costa Rica (1990) (78)
- Frugivory and seed dispersal in degraded tropical East Asian landscapes. (2002) (77)
- Austral Migrants and the Evolution of Migration in New World Birds: Diet, Habitat, and Migration Revisited (1998) (76)
- The seed-dispersers and fruit syndromes of Myrtaceae in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. (2002) (75)
- Have frugivores influenced the evolution of fruit traits in New Zealand (2002) (71)
- Control of gut retention time by secondary metabolites in ripe Solanum fruits (1998) (70)
- Landscape corridors can increase invasion by an exotic species and reduce diversity of native species. (2014) (70)
- The role of fruit traits in determining fruit removal in East Mediterranean ecosystems. (2002) (68)
- The role of vertebrates in the diversification of new world mistletoes. (2002) (66)
- REFLECTIONS ACROSS HEMISPHERES: A SYSTEM-WIDE APPROACH TO NEW WORLD BIRD MIGRATION (2004) (65)
- The evolutionary triad of microbes, fruits, and seed dispersers: an experiment in fruit choice by cedar waxwings, Bombycilla cedrorum (1990) (65)
- Prospects for conserving biodiversity in Amazonian extractive reserves (2002) (64)
- Costs and benefits of capsaicin-mediated control of gut retention in dispersers of wild chilies. (2008) (64)
- Where did the Chili Get its Spice? Biogeography of Capsaicinoid Production in Ancestral Wild Chili Species (2006) (63)
- Test, Rejection, and Reformulation of a Chemical Reactor–Based Model of Gut Function in a Fruit‐Eating Bird (1999) (63)
- Exploring the link between animal frugivory and plant strategies: the case of primate fruit processing and post-dispersal seed fate. (2002) (63)
- Migration Timing and Wintering Areas of Three Species of Flycatchers (Tyrannus) Breeding in the Great Plains of North America (2013) (62)
- Limitations of animal seed dispersal for enhancing forest succession on degraded lands. (2002) (62)
- Animal behaviour: Use of dung as a tool by burrowing owls (2004) (62)
- Gut passage of insects by european starlings and comparison with other species (1994) (60)
- Mechanistic models for tree seed dispersal by wind in dense forests and open landscapes. (2002) (60)
- Spatial components of fruit display in understory trees and shrubs (1986) (60)
- Conversion of Nitrogen to Protein and Amino Acids in Wild Fruits (2000) (60)
- Contagious seed dispersal beneath heterospecific fruiting trees and its consequences (2004) (59)
- An Experimental Test of Dietary Enzyme Modulation in Pine Warblers Dendroica pinus (1999) (58)
- Effects of temperature and food on incubation behaviour of the northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos (2008) (58)
- When condition trumps location: seed consumption by fruit-eating birds removes pathogens and predator attractants (2013) (57)
- Habitat corridors function as both drift fences and movement conduits for dispersing flies (2005) (57)
- How do Frugivores Process Fruit? Gastrointestinal Transit and Glucose Absorption in Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla Cedrorum) (1992) (55)
- Potential consequences of extinction of frugivorous birds for shrubs of a tropical wet forest. (2002) (54)
- The influence of habitat fragmentation on multiple plant-animal interactions and plant reproduction. (2015) (54)
- Patterns of fruit-frugivore interactions in two Atlantic Forest bird communities of South-eastern Brazil: implications for conservation. (2002) (53)
- WINTERING YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS (DENDROICA CORONATA) TRACK MANIPULATED ABUNDANCE OF MYRICA CERIFERA FRUITS (2004) (53)
- Mast seeding and predator-mediated indirect interactions in a forest community: Evidence from post-dispersal fate of rodent-generated caches． (2002) (52)
- The importance of long-distance seed dispersal for the demography and distribution of a canopy tree species. (2014) (50)
- A simple method for tracking vertebrate-dispersed seeds. (2000) (49)
- The Evolutionary Ecology of Ethanol Production and Alcoholism1 (2004) (48)
- Secondary dispersal of Jeffrey pine seeds by Rodent Scatter-hoarders: the roles of pilfering, recaching and a variable environment. (2002) (48)
- Cold temperature increases winter fruit removal rate of a bird-dispersed shrub (2004) (47)
- FRUIT ABUNDANCE AND LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OF WINTERING HERMIT THRUSHES (CATHARUS GUTTATUS) AND YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS (DENDROICA CORONATA) IN SOUTH CAROLINA (2004) (47)
- Why some fruits are green when they are ripe: carbon balance in fleshy fruits (1991) (46)
- Effectiveness of seed dispersal by Cercopithecus monkeys: implications for seed input into degraded areas. (2002) (45)
- The frugivorous diet of the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus, in Brazil: ecology and conservation. (2002) (44)
- Removal of seeds from frugivore defecations by ants in a Costa Rican rain forest (1993) (43)
- Long-Distance Bird Migration within South America Revealed by Light-Level Geolocators (2013) (42)
- Connectivity from a different perspective: comparing seed dispersal kernels in connected vs. unfragmented landscapes. (2016) (41)
- Protein Requirements of a Specialized Frugivore, Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) (2001) (41)
- Vertebrate herbivory impacts seedling recruitment more than niche partitioning or density-dependent mortality. (2012) (40)
- Seed dispersal of mimetic fruits: parasitism, mutualism, aposematism or exaptation? (2002) (40)
- Evaluating conceptual models of landscape change (2017) (38)
- Mistletoes as parasites and seed-dispersing birds as disease vectors: current understanding, challenges and opportunities. (2002) (37)
- Is most glucose absorbed passively in northern bobwhite (1996) (37)
- Effects of prescribed fire on an ant community in Florida pine savanna (2003) (37)
- Seasonal differences in rainfall, food availability, and the foraging behavior of Tropical Kingbirds in the southern Amazon Basin (2010) (37)
- Why are not all chilies hot? A trade-off limits pungency (2012) (35)
- Fruit Production in Mature and Recently Regenerated Forests of the Appalachians (2007) (34)
- Seed Dispersal and Frugivory (2002) (34)
- The influence of morphology on fruit choice in neotropical birds (1986) (33)
- Evolutionary ecology of secondary compounds in ripe fruit: case studies with capsaicin and emodin. (2007) (33)
- Secondary Metabolites as Traits of Ripe Fleshy Fruits: A Response to Eriksson and Ehrlén (1998) (31)
- Roles of Seed and Establishment Limitation in Determining Patterns of Afrotropical Tree Recruitment (2013) (28)
- Assessing positive and negative ecological effects of corridors. (2011) (28)
- Secondary metabolites of ripe fleshy fruits: ecology and phylogeny in the genus Solanum. (2002) (26)
- Why We Should Adopt a Broader View of Neotropical Migrants (1994) (26)
- The Role of Young, Recently Disturbed Upland Hardwood Forest as High Quality Food Patches (2011) (26)
- Out of one shadow and into another: causes and consequences of spatially contagious seed dispersal by frugivores. (2007) (24)
- Butterfly distribution in fragmented landscapes containing agroforestry practices in Southeastern Brazil (2013) (23)
- Using Historical and Experimental Data to Reveal Warming Effects on Ant Assemblages (2014) (23)
- Habitat patch shape, not corridors, determines herbivory and fruit production of an annual plant. (2012) (22)
- Contributions of seed dispersal and demography to recruitment limitation in a Costa Rican cloud forest. (2002) (22)
- Plant-animal coevolution: is it thwarted by spatial and temporal variation in animal foraging? (2002) (22)
- A test of an expert-based bird-habitat relationship model in South Carolina (2002) (21)
- Bird migration within the Neotropics (2020) (21)
- Achieving Broader Impacts in the National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology (2015) (20)
- An evaluation of vertebrate seed dispersal syndromes in four species of black nightshade (Solanum sect. Solanum) (1996) (20)
- Mean body size predicts colony performance in the common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) (2018) (20)
- Patterns of partial avian migration in northern and southern temperate latitudes of the New World (2012) (19)
- Testing the relative importance of local resources and landscape connectivity on Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera, Apidae) colonies (2017) (19)
- Towards a mechanistic interpretation of bird migration in South America (2006) (16)
- Disentangling fragmentation effects on herbivory in understory plants of longleaf pine savanna. (2016) (15)
- Long-term patterns of fruit production in five forest types of the South Carolina upper coastal plain (2012) (15)
- Facultative ripening in Hamelia patens (Rubiaceae): effects of fruit removal and rotting (1987) (15)
- The Effects of Silica Fertilizer as an Anti-Herbivore Defense in Cucumber (2017) (14)
- Landscape heterogeneity is key to forecasting outcomes of plant reintroduction. (2019) (12)
- Teaching Biodiversity to Students in Inner City & Under-Resourced Schools (2007) (12)
- EVOLUTIONARY PRECURSORS OF LONG-DISTANCE MIGRATION: (1992) (11)
- Habitat corridors alter relative trophic position of fire ants (2012) (11)
- Landscape Corridors Promote Long-Distance Seed Dispersal by Birds During Winter but Not During Summer at an Experimentally Fragmented Restoration Site (2013) (11)
- Harvest and management of forest fruits by humans: implications for fruit-frugivore interactions. (2002) (11)
- Morphological and Genetic Variation Between Migratory and Non-migratory Tropical Kingbirds During Spring Migration in Central South America (2010) (10)
- Gut passage and secondary metabolites alter the source of post-dispersal predation for bird-dispersed chili seeds (2016) (10)
- Are plant species that need gaps for recruitment more attractive to seed-dispersing birds and ants than other species? (2002) (10)
- Breeding latitude predicts timing but not rate of spring migration in a widespread migratory bird in South America (2019) (9)
- Testing effects of invasive fire ants and disturbance on ant communities of the longleaf pine ecosystem (2021) (8)
- Seasonal home range size of tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) in the southern Amazon Basin (2010) (7)
- Does Gut Passage Affect Post-dispersal Seed Fate in a Wild Chili, Capsicum annuum? (2014) (7)
- Foraging ovenbird follows Armadillo (1999) (6)
- Adding SPICE to Science. (2005) (5)
- The Gray-breasted Crake (Laterallus exilis) in Costa Rica: Vocalizations, distribution, and interactions with White-throated crakes (L. albigularis) (1988) (5)
- Assessing the effects of sodium on fire ant foraging in the field and colony growth in the laboratory (2014) (5)
- Broader Impacts from an inside perspective (2013) (4)
- Long-term monitoring of fleshy fruit and hard mast production and seasonal bird distribution at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. (2009) (4)
- Habitat fragmentation alters the distance of abiotic seed dispersal through edge effects and direction of dispersal. (2021) (3)
- Classic Lessons 2.0: What kind of person becomes a scientist? (2018) (2)
- Ecology on the Runway: Engaging the Public in Unexpected Places (2017) (2)
- Testing the relative importance of local resources and landscape connectivity on Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera, Apidae) colonies (2017) (2)
- Fruit choice in neotropical birds: The influence of context on fruit selection (1984) (2)
- Differentiation during fig ontogeny suggests opposing selection by mutualists (2020) (1)
- Seasonal and Interspecific Variation in Frugivory by a Mixed Resident-Migrant Overwintering Songbird Community (2021) (1)
- Agroforestry Information Dissemination and the Social Learning Theory in Pontal do Paranapanema, São Paulo, Brazil (2014) (0)
- Transient effects of corridors on polygyne fire ants over a decade (2022) (0)
- Gut passage and secondary metabolites alter the source of post-dispersal predation for bird-dispersed chili seeds (2016) (0)
- THE GRAY-BREASTED CRAKE ( LA 27 X 4 LLUS EXILIS ) IN COSTA RICA : VOCALIZATIONS , DISTRIBUTION , AND INTERACTIONS WITH WHITE-THROATED CRAKES ( ~ 5 . ALBIGULARIS ) l (2001) (0)
- Butterfly distribution in fragmented landscapes containing agroforestry practices in Southeastern Brazil (2013) (0)
- Changing patterns of nest predation and predator communities along a tropical elevation gradient. (2023) (0)
- Complexity at large (2003) (0)
- AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE PREDATOR SATIATION HYPOTHESIS: AT WHAT LEVEL MIGHT IT APPLY? (2020) (0)
- Reviewers for the Journal of Field Ornithology (2002) (0)
- Seed dispersal and frugivory: ecology, evolution and conservation. Third International Symposium-Workshop on Frugivores and Seed Dispersal, São Pedro, Brazil, 6-11 August 2000 (2002) (0)
- Cues, strategies, and outcomes: how migrating vertebrates track environmental change (2014) (0)
- Alphabetical Table of Contents of Authors (1998) (0)
- Reviewers for the Auk 2009 (2009) (0)
- REVIEWERS FOR THE AUK, 2003 (2003) (0)
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