Carlos Davidson

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

Davidson, C. 2004. Declining downwind: Amphibian population declines in California and historic pesticide use. Ecological Applications 14:1892-1902.

Conlon, J. M., A. Sonnevend, C. Davidson, D. Smith and P. F. Nielsen. 2004. The ascaphins: a family of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the most primitive extant frog, Ascaphus truei. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 320:170-175.

Conlon, J. M., A. Sonnevend, M. Patel, C. Davidson, P. F. Nielsen, T. Pal and L. A. Rollins-Smith. 2003. Isolation of peptides of the bevinin-1 family with potent cadidacidal activity from the skin secretions of the frog Rana boylii. Journal of Peptide Research 62:207-213.

Davidson, C., H. B. Shaffer, and M. R. Jennings. 2002. Spatial tests of the pesticide drift, habitat destruction, UV-B and climate change hypotheses for California amphibian declines. Conservation Biology 16: 1588-1601. [abstract] [full text pdf]

Davidson, C., H. B. Shaffer, and M. R. Jennings. 2001. Declines of the California red-legged frog: Spatial analysis of climate, UV-B, habitat and pesticides hypotheses. Ecological Applications 11:464-479. [abstract] [full text pdf] [better figure 2]

Davidson, C. 2000. Economic growth and the environment: Alternatives to the limits paradigm. BioScience 50:433-440. [full text pdf]

Davidson, C. 1998. Issues in measuring landscape fragmentation. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 26:32-37.

Shaffer, H. B., R. N. Fisher, and C. Davidson. 1998. The role of natural history collections in documenting species declines. Trends and Reviews in Evolution and Ecology 13:27-30. [full text pdf]

  

Book Chapters

Davidson, C. and G. M. Fellers. In press. Species account: Bufo canorus. In Status and Conservation of United States Amphibians. M. J. Lannoo editor. Book ms. in prep. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Vredenberg V., G. M. Fellers and C. Davidson. In press. Species account: Rana muscosa. In Status and Conservation of United States Amphibians. M. J. Lannoo editor. Book ms. in prep. Smithsonian Institution Press.

 

Audio Publications

Davidson, C. 1996. Audio field guide to the frog and toad calls of the Rocky Mountains and Southwest. CD/Cassette and booklet. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY. [more info]

Davidson, C. 1995. Audio field guide to frog and toad calls of the Pacific Coast. CD/Cassette and booklet. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.

 

Selected agency reports

Davidson, C. 1995. An evaluation of six types of wildlife habitat models. Unpublished manuscript. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station and Region 5, San Francisco Ca.

Welsh, H., C. Davidson, A. Lind, and P. Manley. 1995. A comparison of wildlife habitat modeling approaches using the tailed frog. A report to the California Interagency Wildlife Task Group and the California Department of Fish and Game. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station and Region 5, San Francisco Ca.

Manley, P. and C. Davidson. 1993. Assessing risks and setting priorities for neotropical migrant birds in California. In Sharply Evans, Susan, ed. 1994. The Neotropical migrant bird reference book, Vol. II. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, San Francisco Ca. 1993.

Davidson, C. and P. Manley. 1992. An evaluation of a risk analysis for neotropical migrant birds in the western U.S. Submitted to the research committee of Partners in Flight - The Neotropical Migrant Bird Conservation Program.

 

Selected economics publications

Davidson, C. and M. Reich. 1988. Income inequality: An inter-industry analysis. Industrial Relations, 27:263-286.

Davidson, C. 1990. The Future Job Market for Lawyers in California: 1990-2000. Prepared for the University of California, Office of the President, Academic Affairs, along with similar studies for engineers and holders of MBA degrees.

Davidson, C. 1989. The Impact of Out-Of-Area Workers in Non-Residential Construction on Contra Costa County: A Case Study of the USS-POSCO Modernization. Prepared for the Out-Of-Area Worker Task Force of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors.

Davidson, C. 1988. The Closure of Karkar Electronics San Francisco California: Preliminary Economic Impact Analysis. Labor Research Group, Inc.