Mandy Tocher

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Mandy Tocher is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Mandy Tocher has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 8 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Mandy Tocher's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (10 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Mandy Tocher is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (10 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Mandy Tocher collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and Sweden. Mandy Tocher's co-authors include Oliver Berry, Stephen D. Sarre, Richard O. Bierregaard, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos, William F. Laurance, Barbara L. Zimmerman, Jay R. Malcolm, Sérgio Henrique Borges, Claude Gascon and Thomas Ε. Lovejoy and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Molecular Ecology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Mandy Tocher

17 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Matrix habitat and species richness in tropical forest remnants

1999 630 citations Claude Gascon, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy et al. Biological Conservation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mandy Tocher New Zealand	9	688	500	383	318	278	17	1.1k
Sérgio Henrique Borges Brazil	15	570 0.8×	692 1.4×	296 0.8×	370 1.2×	168 0.6×	38	1.1k
Jérôme Pellet Switzerland	17	642 0.9×	475 0.9×	509 1.3×	330 1.0×	155 0.6×	37	1.1k
Jeffrey R. Row Canada	18	877 1.3×	343 0.7×	549 1.4×	248 0.8×	290 1.0×	36	1.2k
Alaric Fisher Australia	16	1.0k 1.5×	376 0.8×	308 0.8×	249 0.8×	303 1.1×	32	1.3k
Marc Cheylan France	22	567 0.8×	522 1.0×	646 1.7×	218 0.7×	310 1.1×	55	1.2k
Eric Yensen United States	13	759 1.1×	510 1.0×	296 0.8×	321 1.0×	168 0.6×	37	1.1k
Roberto Carbonell Spain	22	787 1.1×	438 0.9×	226 0.6×	400 1.3×	164 0.6×	51	1.2k
M. Caitlin Fisher‐Reid United States	7	492 0.7×	316 0.6×	354 0.9×	333 1.0×	201 0.7×	14	1.0k
Leonardo Vignoli Italy	17	501 0.7×	311 0.6×	536 1.4×	255 0.8×	117 0.4×	104	970
Christine Griffiths United Kingdom	9	509 0.7×	493 1.0×	215 0.6×	185 0.6×	123 0.4×	17	931

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mandy Tocher

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All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

Wren, Sally, Phillip J. Bishop, Ben D. Bell, et al.. (2023). A review of New Zealand native frog translocations: lessons learned and future priorities. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 3 indexed citations

Germano, Jennifer, et al.. (2023). The conservation long game: Leiopelma species climate envelopes in New Zealand under a changing climate. New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 3 indexed citations

Patrick, Brian, et al.. (2014). Guidelines for undertaking rapid biodiversity assessments in terrestrial and marine environments in the Pacific. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 5 indexed citations

Newman, Donald G., Ben D. Bell, Phillip J. Bishop, et al.. (2010). Conservation status of New Zealand frogs, 2009. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 37(2). 121–130. 19 indexed citations

Tocher, Mandy. (2009). Life history traits contribute to decline of critically endangered lizards at Macraes Flat, Otago. 11 indexed citations

Whitaker, Tony, et al.. (2007). Conservation of lizards in Otago Conservancy. 6 indexed citations

Tocher, Mandy, et al.. (2006). A MODELLING APPROACH TO DETERMINE A TRANSLOCATION SCENARIO FOR THE ENDANGERED NEW ZEALAND FROG LEIOPELMA HAMILTONI. Herpetological Journal. 16(2). 97–106. 22 indexed citations

Tocher, Mandy. (2006). Survival of Grand and Otago Skinks Following Predator Control. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70(1). 31–42. 19 indexed citations

Berry, Oliver, Mandy Tocher, Dianne Gleeson, & Stephen D. Sarre. (2005). Effect of Vegetation Matrix on Animal Dispersal: Genetic Evidence from a Study of Endangered Skinks. Conservation Biology. 19(3). 855–864. 90 indexed citations

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Pledger, Shirley & Mandy Tocher. (2005). The inter-island translocation of the New Zealand frog Leiopelma hamiltoni. 2(4). 401–413. 16 indexed citations

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Berry, Oliver, Mandy Tocher, & Stephen D. Sarre. (2004). Can assignment tests measure dispersal?. Molecular Ecology. 13(3). 551–561. 265 indexed citations

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Tocher, Mandy. (2003). The diet of grand skinks (Oligosoma grande) and Otago skinks (O. otagense) in Otago seral tussock grasslands. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 30(3). 243–257. 17 indexed citations

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Gascon, Claude, Thomas Ε. Lovejoy, Richard O. Bierregaard, et al.. (1999). Matrix habitat and species richness in tropical forest remnants. Biological Conservation. 91(2-3). 223–229. 630 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tocher, Mandy. (1996). The effects of deforestation and forest fragmentation on a central Amazonian frog community. University of Canterbury Research Repository (University of Canterbury). 1 indexed citations

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Tocher, Mandy & William Davison. (1996). Differential thermal acclimation of metabolic rate in two populations of the New Zealand common geckoHoplodactylus maculatus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology. 275(1). 8–14. 7 indexed citations

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Tocher, Mandy. (1993). Critical minimum body temperatures of Hoplodactylus maculatus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from New Zealand. University of Canterbury Research Repository (University of Canterbury). 5 indexed citations

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Tocher, Mandy. (1992). The New Zealand common gecko Hoplodactylus maculatus: an ecophysiological comparsion of two isolated populations. University of Canterbury Research Repository (University of Canterbury). 5 indexed citations

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