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Overview

Søren Toft is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and has a research focus spanning multiple areas within biological and environmental sciences. Their work predominantly concentrates on insect and arachnid ecology, behavior, and related ecological interactions.

They have published extensively across several fields of study, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. These contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding complex ecological systems and organismal biology.

Key subfields in their research include Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Ecological Modeling. These subfields emphasize the diverse nature of their scientific inquiries and the integration of evolutionary and ecological principles.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Søren Toft has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Trine Bilde, Kim Jensen, María J. Albo, Nuria Macías-Hernández, and Jesper Givskov Sørensen, demonstrating sustained scientific partnerships.

Publications featuring Søren Toft have appeared in a range of academic journals, with notable frequent publication venues being Ecological Entomology, Journal of Insect Conservation, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Molecular Ecology, and Systematic Biology.

Representative recent papers provide insight into the breadth and focus of their research:

  • "Sperm competition intensity affects sperm precedence patterns in a polyandrous gift-giving spider," 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • "The Non-Dereliction in Evolution: Trophic Specialisation Drives Convergence in the Radiation of Red Devil Spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae) in the Canary Islands," 2023, Systematic Biology
  • "Food quality of Ephestia eggs, the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi and mixed diet for Orius majusculus," 2020, Journal of Applied Entomology
  • "Contrasting patterns of food and macronutrient limitation in the field among co-existing omnivorous carnivores," 2021, Ecological Entomology
  • "The three-dimensional macronutrient niche of an invasive generalist predator," 2020, Ecological Entomology

Best Publications

  • Nutrient-Specific Foraging in Invertebrate Predators

    David Mayntz;David Raubenheimer;David Raubenheimer;Mor Salomon;Søren Toft

  • Growth, development, and survival of a generalist predator fed single- and mixed-species diets of different quality.

    Søren Toft;David H. Wise

  • Optimal foraging for specific nutrients in predatory beetles

    Kim Jensen;David Mayntz;Søren Toft;Fiona J. Clissold

  • Nutrient composition of the prey's diet affects growth and survivorship of a generalist predator.

    David Mayntz;Søren Toft

  • The value of Collembola from agricultural soils as food for a generalist predator

    Trine Bilde;Jørgen A. Axelsen;Søren Toft

  • Value of the Aphid Rhopalosiphum padi as Food for Cereal Spiders

    Soren Toft

  • Protein and carbohydrate composition of larval food affects tolerance to thermal stress and desiccation in adult Drosophila melanogaster.

    Laila H Andersen;Torsten N Kristensen;Volker Loeschcke;Søren Toft

  • Trophic specialisation in a predatory group: the case of prey-specialised spiders (Araneae).

    Stanislav Pekár;Soeren Toft

  • Role of granivory and insectivory in the life cycle of the carabid beetle Amara similata

    Helene Bracht Jörgensen;Søren Toft

  • Balancing of protein and lipid intake by a mammalian carnivore, the mink, Mustela vison

    David Mayntz;David Mayntz;Vivi Hunnicke Nielsen;Allan Sørensen;Søren Toft

  • Prey preference and egg production of the carabid beetle Agonum dorsale

    Trine Bilde;Søren Toft

  • Quantifying food limitation of arthropod predators in the field

    Trine Bilde;Søren Toft

  • Factors influencing cannibalism in the wolf spider Pardosa agrestis (Araneae, Lycosidae)

    Ferenc Samu;Søren Toft;Balázs Kiss

  • Nutritional value of cannibalism and the role of starvation and nutrient imbalance for cannibalistic tendencies in a generalist predator

    David Mayntz;David Mayntz;Søren Toft

  • Death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism.

    Trine Bilde;Cristina Tuni;Rehab Elsayed;Stanislav Pekár

  • Food preference, diet dependent fecundity and larval development in Harpalus rufipes (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

    Helene Bracht Jörgensen;Søren Toft

  • The quality of aphids as food for generalist predators: implications for natural control of aphids

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  • Behavioral and ecophysiological responses of a generalist predator to single- and mixed-species diets of different quality

    Søren Toft;David H. Wise

  • Temperature and prey capture: opposite relationships in two predator taxa

    Peter Dalgas Kruse;Søren Toft;Keith D. Sunderland

  • Nuptial gifts of male spiders: sensory exploitation of the female's maternal care instinct or foraging motivation?

    Trine Bilde;Cristina Tuni;Rehab Elsayed;Stanislav Pekár

  • Microcosm studies on control of aphids by generalist arthropod predators: Effects of alternative prey

    Michael Madsen;Steen Terkildsen;Søren Toft

Frequent Co-Authors

Trine Bilde
Trine Bilde Aarhus University
David Raubenheimer
David Raubenheimer University of Sydney
Stephen J. Simpson
Stephen J. Simpson University of Sydney
Jesper Givskov Sørensen
Jesper Givskov Sørensen Aarhus University
Martin Holmstrup
Martin Holmstrup Aarhus University
Torsten Nygaard Kristensen
Torsten Nygaard Kristensen Aalborg University
Fritz Vollrath
Fritz Vollrath University of Oxford
Johannes Overgaard
Johannes Overgaard Aarhus University
Yael Lubin
Yael Lubin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen
Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen Roskilde University

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