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Andrew K. Davis is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their work particularly focuses on ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, and insect science, with a significant emphasis on animal behavior, reproduction, and the ecology and behavior of insects and arachnids.

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Davis has contributed to various scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Insects
  • Arthropoda
  • Physiological Entomology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Preprints.org

Their recent notable papers are:

  • "A poor substitute for the real thing: captive-reared monarch butterflies are weaker, paler and have less elongated wings than wild migrants" (2020) published in Biology Letters
  • "Parasite dynamics in North American monarchs predicted by host density and seasonal migratory culling" (2022) published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Opposing global change drivers counterbalance trends in breeding North American monarch butterflies" (2022) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Physiological evaluation of newly invasive jorō spiders (Trichonephila clavata) in the southeastern USA compared to their naturalized cousin, Trichonephila clavipes" (2022) published in Physiological Entomology
  • "Effects of Salinity on Hatchling Diamond-Backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Growth, Behavior, and Stress Physiology" (2021) published in Herpetologica

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • William E. Snyder
  • Farran M. Smith
  • Sonia Altizer
  • Michael S. Crossley
  • Matthew D. Moran

Best Publications

  • The use of leukocyte profiles to measure stress in vertebrates: a review for ecologists

    A. K. Davis;D. L. Maney;J. C. Maerz

  • In situ formation of lead phosphates in soils as a method to immobilize lead.

    Michael V. Ruby;Andy. Davis;Andrew. Nicholson

  • MARINE BIOFOULING: A STICKY PROBLEM

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  • Bioavailability of arsenic and lead in soils from the Butte, Montana, mining district

    Andy Davis;Michael V. Ruby;Paul D. Bergstrom

  • Micromineralogy of mine wastes in relation to lead bioavailability, Butte, Montana

    Andy Davis;John W. Drexler;Michael V. Ruby;Andrew Nicholson

  • Effect of handling time and repeated sampling on avian white blood cell counts

    Andrew K. Davis

  • Peer reviewed: understanding the water quality of pit lakes.

    Glenn C. Miller;W. Berry Lyons;Andy Davis

  • Populations of Monarch butterflies with different migratory behaviors show divergence in wing morphology.

    Sonia Altizer;Andrew K. Davis

  • Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection dynamics in a house finch population: seasonal variation in survival, encounter and transmission rate

    Cristina R. Faustino;Christopher S. Jennelle;Véronique Connolly;Andrew K. Davis

  • Understanding the water quality of pit lakes

    G. C. Miller;W. B. Lyons;A. Davis

  • The use of glucocorticoid hormones or leucocyte profiles to measure stress in vertebrates: What’s the difference?

    Andrew K. Davis;Donna L. Maney

  • Leukocyte Profiles in Wild House Finches with and without Mycoplasmal Conjunctivitis, a Recently Emerged Bacterial Disease

    Andrew K. Davis;Katherine C. Cook;Sonia Altizer

  • Dynamics of a novel pathogen in an avian host: Mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in house finches.

    André A. Dhondt;Sonia Altizer;Evan G. Cooch;Andrew K. Davis

  • The fall migration flyways of monarch butterflies in eastern North America revealed by citizen scientists

    Elizabeth Howard;Andrew K. Davis

  • Temperature variability and moisture synergistically interact to exacerbate an epizootic disease.

    Thomas R. Raffel;Neal T. Halstead;Taegan A. McMahon;Andrew K. Davis

  • Variation in thermally induced melanism in monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from three North American populations

    Andrew K. Davis;Bethany D. Farrey;Sonia Altizer

  • The Geochemistry of Chromium Migration and Remediation in the Subsurface

    Andy Davis;Roger L. Olsen

  • Do Healthy Monarchs Migrate Farther? Tracking Natal Origins of Parasitized vs. Uninfected Monarch Butterflies Overwintering in Mexico.

    Sonia Altizer;Keith A. Hobson;Keith A. Hobson;Andrew K. Davis;Jacobus C. De Roode

  • Age, sex, and season affect the risk of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis in a southeastern house finch population

    Sonia Altizer;Andrew K Davis;Katherine C Cook;John J Cherry

  • Comparison of Hematological Stress Indicators in Recently Captured and Captive Paedomorphic Mole Salamanders, Ambystoma talpoideum

    Andrew K. Davis;John C. Maerz

  • An Analysis of Soil Arsenic Records of Decision

    Andy Davis;D. Sherwin;R. Ditmars;K. A. Hoenke

  • Groundwater transport of arsenic and chromium at a historical tannery, Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    Andy Davis;J. Houston Kempton;Andrew Nicholson;Bruce Yare

  • Cryptic infection of a broad taxonomic and geographic diversity of tadpoles by Perkinsea protists

    Aurélie Chambouvet;Aurélie Chambouvet;David J. Gower;Miloslav Jirků;Michael J. Yabsley

  • Citizen Science Observations of Monarch Butterfly Overwintering in the Southern United States

    Elizabeth Howard;Harlen Aschen;Andrew K. Davis

  • The Redder the Better: Wing Color Predicts Flight Performance in Monarch Butterflies

    Andrew K. Davis;Jean Chi;Catherine Bradley;Sonia Altizer

  • Discovery of a novel alveolate pathogen affecting southern leopard frogs in Georgia: Description of the disease and host effects

    Andrew K. Davis;Michael J. Yabsley;M. Kevin Keel;John C. Maerz

  • Stress responses and disease in three wintering house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) populations along a latitudinal gradient

    Karin M. Lindström;Dana M. Hawley;Andrew K. Davis;Martin Wikelski

  • POPULATIONS OF MONARCH BUTTERFLIES WITH DIFFERENT MIGRATORY BEHAVIORS SHOW DIVERGENCE IN WING MORPHOLOGY: WING MORPHOLOGY AND MONARCH MIGRATION

    Sonia Altizer;Andrew K. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Maerz
John C. Maerz University of Georgia
Sonia Altizer
Sonia Altizer University of Georgia
Lincoln P. Brower
Lincoln P. Brower Sweet Briar College
Michael J. Yabsley
Michael J. Yabsley University of Georgia
André A. Dhondt
André A. Dhondt Cornell University
Stephen B. Thomas
Stephen B. Thomas University of Maryland, College Park
Dana M. Hawley
Dana M. Hawley Virginia Tech
Aaron T. Fisk
Aaron T. Fisk University of Windsor
Thomas A. Richards
Thomas A. Richards University of Oxford
Timothy E. Link
Timothy E. Link University of Idaho

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