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Overview

Tim Caro is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States, focusing on research primarily within Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Social Psychology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics covered in their research include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Plant and animal studies, melanin and skin pigmentation, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Tim Caro has contributed to publications in various scientific venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Science
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Conservation Letters
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Recent papers authored by Tim Caro include:

  • "An inconvenient misconception: Climate change is not the principal driver of biodiversity loss," 2022, Conservation Letters
  • "Coloration in Mammals," 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Towards an ecology of protective coloration," 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Their frequent coauthors comprise:

  • Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
  • Andrew P. Dobson
  • Manisha Koneru
  • Zeke W. Rowe
  • Theodore Stankowich

Tim Caro's work addresses issues related to biodiversity loss, animal coloration, and ecological dynamics. Their collaborative efforts also include contributions to studies that examine the broader impact of climate change and carbon sinks in ecosystems, often coauthoring with researchers like Andrew P. Dobson.

Best Publications

  • Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals

    T. M. Caro

  • Interspecific Killing among Mammalian Carnivores

    Francisco Palomares;T.M. Caro

  • On the Use of Surrogate Species in Conservation Biology

    T. M. Caro;Gillian O'Doherty

  • Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains: Group Living in an Asocial Species

    T. M. Caro

  • The biology of color

    Innes C. Cuthill;William L. Allen;Kevin Arbuckle;Barbara Caspers

  • Top Predators as Conservation Tools: Ecological Rationale, Assumptions, and Efficacy

    Fabrizio Sergio;Tim Caro;Danielle Brown;Barbara Clucas

  • Is there teaching in nonhuman animals

    T M Caro;M D Hauser

  • The Adaptive Significance of Coloration in Mammals

    Tim Caro

  • Ecological and genetic factors in conservation: a cautionary tale

    TM Caro;MK Laurenson

  • The potential for interspecific competition among African carnivores

    T.M Caro;C.J Stoner

  • Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence

    C. Packer;A. Loveridge;S. Canney;Timothy Caro

  • Flagship species on covers of US conservation and nature magazines

    Barbara Clucas;Katherine McHugh;Tim Caro

  • Behavior and conservation: a bridge too far?

    Tim Caro

  • Effects of Trophy Hunting on Lion and Leopard Populations in Tanzania

    Craig Packer;H. Brink;B. M. Kissui;H. Maliti

  • Behavioral ecology and conservation biology

    T. M. Caro

  • Organization and ontogeny of alternative tactics

    T.M. Caro;Patrick Bateson

  • East African cheetahs: evidence for two population bottlenecks?

    Stephen J. O'Brien;David E. Wildt;Mitchell Bush;Timothy M. Caro

  • Worldwide prevalence of lentivirus infection in wild feline species: epidemiologic and phylogenetic aspects.

    R A Olmsted;R Langley;M E Roelke;R M Goeken

  • Pursuit-deterrence revisited

    T.M. Caro

  • Adaptive significance of antipredator behaviour in artiodactyls

    T.M Caro;C.M Graham;C.J Stoner;J.K Vargas

  • Umbrella species: critique and lessons from East Africa

    T. M. Caro;T. M. Caro

Frequent Co-Authors

Monique Borgerhoff Mulder
Monique Borgerhoff Mulder University of California, Davis
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
Craig Packer
Craig Packer University of Minnesota
Sarah M. Durant
Sarah M. Durant Zoological Society of London
Paul W. Sherman
Paul W. Sherman Cornell University
Mark W. Schwartz
Mark W. Schwartz University of California, Davis
Christian Kiffner
Christian Kiffner Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
H. Bradley Shaffer
H. Bradley Shaffer University of California, Los Angeles
Colin M. Beale
Colin M. Beale University of York
Marc D. Hauser
Marc D. Hauser Harvard University

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