Cory A. Toth
Boise State University
18 Papers
68 Citations
Cory A. Toth is an academic researcher from Boise State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mystacina tuberculata & Lek mating. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 16 publications. Previous affiliations of Cory A. Toth include University of Auckland & Canadian Wildlife Service.
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Papers
Why conservation biology can benefit from sensory ecology
Davide M. Dominoni,Wouter Halfwerk,Emily Baird,Rachel T. Buxton,Esteban Fernández-Juricic,Kurt M. Fristrup,Megan F. McKenna,Daniel J. Mennitt,Elizabeth K. Perkin,Brett M. Seymoure,David C. Stoner,Jennifer B. Tennessen,Cory A. Toth,Luke P. Tyrrell,Ashley A Wilson,Clinton D. Francis,Neil H. Carter,Jesse R. Barber +17 more
TL;DR: It is argued that this framework can reveal the presence of ‘sensory danger zones’, hotspots of conservation concern where sensory pollutants overlap in space and time with an organism’s activity, and foster development of strategic interventions to mitigate the impact of sensory pollutants.
Phantom rivers filter birds and bats by acoustic niche.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used spectrally-altered river noise to explicitly test the effects of masking as a mechanism driving patterns, and found that birds and bats appear to switch hunting strategies from passive listening to aerial hawking as sound levels increase.
Is lek breeding rare in bats
Cory A. Toth,Stuart Parsons +1 more
TL;DR: The breeding behaviour of New Zealand's lesser short-tailed bat Mystacina tuberculata is used as a case study for the examination of potential lekking behaviour in bats, and the importance of such research for the development of effective conservation strategies is highlighted.
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Females as mobile resources: communal roosts promote the adoption of lek breeding in a temperate bat
TL;DR: Male singing roosts were significantly clustered in space, were defended by resident individuals, and were visited by females (who did not receive resources from males) for mating purposes, making New Zealand's lesser short-tailed bat only the second bat species worldwide confirmed to use a lek-mating system.
Natural noise affects conspecific signal detection and territorial defense behaviors in songbirds
Veronica A Reed,Cory A. Toth,Ryan N Wardle,Dylan G. E. Gomes,Dylan G. E. Gomes,Jesse R. Barber,Clinton D. Francis +6 more
TL;DR: Using landscape-scale playbacks of rushing rivers and crashing ocean surf, natural noise can impair territorial defense behaviors in songbirds, highlighting natural soundscapes as an under-appreciated axis of the environment.
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