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Overview

Charles C. Davis is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science.

The scientist's work covers various subfields, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Core topics in their research include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Recent publications by Charles C. Davis illustrate the broad scope and focus of their research. Notable papers include:

  • "Digitization and the Future of Natural History Collections," 2020, BioScience
  • "Prickly waterlily and rigid hornwort genomes shed light on early angiosperm evolution," 2020, Nature Plants
  • "The Perfect Storm: Gene Tree Estimation Error, Incomplete Lineage Sorting, and Ancient Gene Flow Explain the Most Recalcitrant Ancient Angiosperm Clade, Malpighiales," 2020, Systematic Biology
  • "Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "The herbarium of the future," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Charles C. Davis collaborates frequently with other researchers. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Aaron M. Ellison (20 joint publications)
  • Daniel Park (17 joint publications)
  • Goia de Mattos Lyra (13 joint publications)
  • Zhenxiang Xi (12 joint publications)
  • Susan J. Mazer (11 joint publications)

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with the highest number of contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 14 publications
  • New Phytologist, 11 publications
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 6 publications
  • Current Biology, 4 publications
  • Systematic Biology, 3 publications

In addition to journal articles, Charles C. Davis has contributed to book publications. Among these is a publication with UNESCO, titled "A study of the crab pot as a fishing gear," released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • The deepest divergences in land plants inferred from phylogenomic evidence.

    Yin Long Qiu;Libo Li;Libo Li;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Zhiduan Chen

  • Angiosperm phylogeny: 17 genes, 640 taxa

    Douglas E. Soltis;Stephen A. Smith;Nico Cellinese;Kenneth J. Wurdack

  • Phylogenetic patterns of species loss in Thoreau's woods are driven by climate change

    Charles G. Willis;Brad Ruhfel;Richard B. Primack;Abraham J. Miller-Rushing

  • Rosid Radiation and the Rapid Rise of Angiosperm-Dominated Forests

    Hengchang Wang;Michael J. Moore;Pamela S. Soltis;Charles D. Bell

  • Laurasian migration explains Gondwanan disjunctions: Evidence from Malpighiaceae

    Charles C. Davis;Charles D. Bell;Sarah Mathews;Michael J. Donoghue

  • Explosive Radiation of Malpighiales Supports a Mid‐Cretaceous Origin of Modern Tropical Rain Forests

    Charles C. Davis;Campbell O. Webb;Kenneth J. Wurdack;Carlos A. Jaramillo

  • Widespread sampling biases in herbaria revealed from large-scale digitization

    Barnabas H. Daru;Daniel S. Park;Richard B. Primack;Charles G. Willis

  • Phylogenomics and a posteriori data partitioning resolve the Cretaceous angiosperm radiation Malpighiales

    Zhenxiang Xi;Brad R. Ruhfel;Brad R. Ruhfel;Hanno Schaefer;Hanno Schaefer;André M. Amorim

  • Malpighiales Phylogenetics: Gaining Ground on One of the Most Recalcitrant Clades in the Angiosperm Tree of Life

    Kenneth J. Wurdack;Charles Cavender Davis

  • The abiotic and biotic drivers of rapid diversification in Andean bellflowers (Campanulaceae).

    Laura P. Lagomarsino;Fabien L. Condamine;Alexandre Antonelli;Andreas Mulch

  • Implementing and testing the multispecies coalescent model: A valuable paradigm for phylogenomics

    Scott V. Edwards;Zhenxiang Xi;Axel Janke;Brant C. Faircloth

  • Old Plants, New Tricks: Phenological Research Using Herbarium Specimens

    Charles G. Willis;Elizabeth R. Ellwood;Richard B. Primack;Charles C. Davis

  • Favorable climate change response explains non-native species' success in Thoreau's woods.

    Charles G. Willis;Charles G. Willis;Brad R. Ruhfel;Richard B. Primack;Abraham J. Miller-Rushing

  • Host-to-Parasite Gene Transfer in Flowering Plants: Phylogenetic Evidence from Malpighiales

    Charles Cavender Davis;Kenneth J. Wurdack

  • Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene.

    Emily K. Meineke;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies;Barnabas H. Daru;Charles C. Davis

  • A complete generic phylogeny of Malpighiaceae inferred from nucleotide sequence data and morphology

    Charles Cavender Davis;William R. Anderson

  • Herbarium records are reliable sources of phenological change driven by climate and provide novel insights into species’ phenological cueing mechanisms

    Charles C. Davis;Charles G. Willis;Bryan Connolly;Courtland Kelly

  • Coalescent versus Concatenation Methods and the Placement of Amborella as Sister to Water Lilies

    Zhenxiang Xi;Liang-Liang Liu;Joshua S. Rest;Charles C. Davis

  • The importance of phylogeny to the study of phenological response to global climate change.

    Charles C. Davis;Charles G. Willis;Charles G. Willis;Richard B. Primack;Abraham J. Miller-Rushing;Abraham J. Miller-Rushing

  • Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene

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  • Phylogenetic analyses of basal angiosperms based on nine plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear genes

    Yin Long Qiu;Yin Long Qiu;Yin Long Qiu;Olena Dombrovska;Olena Dombrovska;Olena Dombrovska;Jungho Lee;Jungho Lee;Jungho Lee;Libo Li;Libo Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron M. Ellison
Aaron M. Ellison Harvard University
Richard B. Primack
Richard B. Primack Boston University
Hanno Schaefer
Hanno Schaefer Technical University of Munich
Liang Liu
Liang Liu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Michael J. Donoghue
Michael J. Donoghue Yale University
T. Jonathan Davies
T. Jonathan Davies University of British Columbia
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Sarah Mathews
Sarah Mathews Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Peter K. Endress
Peter K. Endress University of Zurich
Yin Long Qiu
Yin Long Qiu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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