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Overview

Daniel S. Karp is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing significantly across various related subfields and topics.

The scientist's main subfields of study include:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Insect Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Plant Science

The primary topics addressed in their work encompass:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Daniel S. Karp has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several key scientific venues. They have published the most in:

  • Ecological Applications
  • Ecology Letters
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Their recent papers highlight a range of ecological and agricultural topics, including:

  • "Landscape simplification increases vineyard pest outbreaks and insecticide use," 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "Role of soil in the regulation of human and plant pathogens: soils' contributions to people," 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture," 2024, Science
  • "Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability," 2022, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • "The Good, the Bad, and the Risky: Can Birds Be Incorporated as Biological Control Agents into Integrated Pest Management Programs?" 2020, Journal of Integrated Pest Management

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Elissa M. Olimpi
  • Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer
  • Claire Kremen
  • Karina García
  • David J. Gonthier

Best Publications

  • Essential biodiversity variables

    H M Pereira;S Ferrier;M Walters;G N Geller

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition

    Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca E Chaplin-Kramer;Timothy D. Meehan;Emily A. Martin

  • Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought

    William R. L. Anderegg;Alexandra G. Konings;Anna T. Trugman;Kailiang Yu

  • When natural habitat fails to enhance biological pest control – Five hypotheses ☆

    Teja Tscharntke;Daniel S. Karp;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Péter Batáry

  • Forest bolsters bird abundance, pest control and coffee yield.

    Daniel S. Karp;Chase D. Mendenhall;Randi Figueroa Sandí;Nicolas Chaumont

  • Functional traits in agriculture: agrobiodiversity and ecosystem services

    Stephen A Wood;Daniel S Karp;Daniel S Karp;Fabrice A J DeClerck;Claire Kremen

  • Intensive agriculture erodes β‐diversity at large scales

    Daniel S. Karp;Andrew J. Rominger;Jim Zook;Jai Ranganathan

  • Predicting biodiversity change and averting collapse in agricultural landscapes

    Chase D. Mendenhall;Daniel S. Karp;Christoph F. J. Meyer;Elizabeth A. Hadly

  • Bird and bat predation services in tropical forests and agroforestry landscapes

    Bea Maas;Bea Maas;Daniel S. Karp;Daniel S. Karp;Sara Bumrungsri;Kevin Darras

  • Loss of avian phylogenetic diversity in neotropical agricultural systems.

    Luke O. Frishkoff;Daniel S. Karp;Daniel S. Karp;Leithen K. M’Gonigle;Chase D. Mendenhall

  • Key knowledge gaps to achieve global sustainability goals

    Matías E. Mastrángelo;Natalia Pérez-Harguindeguy;Lucas Enrico;Elena Bennett

  • A Global System for Monitoring Ecosystem Service Change

    Heather Tallis;Harold Mooney;Sandy Andelman;Patricia Balvanera

  • Climate change and habitat conversion favour the same species.

    Luke O. Frishkoff;Luke O. Frishkoff;Daniel S. Karp;Jon R. Flanders;Jim Zook

  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems

    K. Garbach;J.C. Milder;M. Montenegro;D.S. Karp

  • Cascading effects of insectivorous birds and bats in tropical coffee plantations

    Daniel S. Karp;Gretchen C. Daily

  • Resilience and stability in bird guilds across tropical countryside

    Daniel S. Karp;Guy Ziv;Jim Zook;Paul R. Ehrlich

  • Landscape simplification increases vineyard pest outbreaks and insecticide use

    Daniel Paredes;Jay A. Rosenheim;Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer;Silvia Winter

  • The eco-evolutionary impacts of domestication and agricultural practices on wild species.

    Martin M. Turcotte;Hitoshi Araki;Daniel S. Karp;Katja Poveda

  • A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production

    Matteo Dainese;Emily A. Martin;Marcelo A. Aizen;Matthias Albrecht

  • Comanaging fresh produce for nature conservation and food safety

    Daniel S. Karp;Daniel S. Karp;Sasha Gennet;Christopher Kilonzo;Melissa Partyka

Frequent Co-Authors

Claire Kremen
Claire Kremen University of British Columbia
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer Stanford University
Robin Naidoo
Robin Naidoo University of British Columbia
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily Stanford University
Kai M. A. Chan
Kai M. A. Chan University of British Columbia
Katja Poveda
Katja Poveda Cornell University
Mattias Jonsson
Mattias Jonsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Teja Tscharntke
Teja Tscharntke University of Göttingen
William R. L. Anderegg
William R. L. Anderegg University of Utah
Elizabeth A. Hadly
Elizabeth A. Hadly Stanford University

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