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  • 2004 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

David A. Holway is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with substantial work also in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's scholarly output includes significant contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science, Plant Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's main research topics focus on areas including Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

David A. Holway's publication record shows frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Ecology
  • Biological Invasions
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Insects
  • Current Opinion in Insect Science

Recent published papers include:

  • Uneven substrates constrain walking speed in ants through modulation of stride frequency more than stride length, 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • Joint Impacts of Drought and Habitat Fragmentation on Native Bee Assemblages in a California Biodiversity Hotspot, 2021, Insects
  • Pervasive and persistent effects of ant invasion and fragmentation on native ant assemblages, 2020, Ecology
  • The importance of scavenging in ant invasions, 2021, Current Opinion in Insect Science
  • Historical resurvey indicates no decline in Argentine ant site occupancy in coastal southern California, 2020, Biological Invasions

Among frequent collaborators are:

  • Kathryn L. Cottingham
  • Nicholas J. Gotelli
  • Joseph B. Yavitt
  • William K. Michener
  • Karen Abbott

The scientist has been recognized with the Hellman Fellow award in 2004.

Best Publications

  • The Causes and Consequences of Ant Invasions

    David A. Holway;Lori Lach;Andrew V. Suarez;Neil D. Tsutsui

  • Reduced genetic variation and the success of an invasive species

    Neil D. Tsutsui;Andrew V. Suarez;David A. Holway;Ted J. Case

  • COMPETITIVE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THE DISPLACEMENT OF NATIVE ANTS BY THE INVASIVE ARGENTINE ANT

    David A. Holway

  • Patterns of spread in biological invasions dominated by long-distance jump dispersal: Insights from Argentine ants.

    Andrew V. Suarez;David A. Holway;Ted J. Case

  • The worldwide importance of honey bees as pollinators in natural habitats

    Keng-Lou James Hung;Jennifer M. Kingston;Matthias Albrecht;David A. Holway

  • Animal behavior : an essential component of invasion biology

    David A Holway;Andrew V Suarez

  • Loss of Intraspecific Aggression in the Success of a Widespread Invasive Social Insect

    David A. Holway;Andrew V. Suarez;Ted J. Case

  • Behavioral and genetic differentiation between native and introduced populations of the Argentine ant.

    Andrew V. Suarez;Neil D. Tsutsui;David A. Holway;Ted J. Case

  • Effect of Argentine ant invasions on ground-dwelling arthropods in northern California riparian woodlands

    David A. Holway

  • ROLE OF ABIOTIC FACTORS IN GOVERNING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INVASION: A TEST WITH ARGENTINE ANTS

    David A. Holway;Andrew V. Suarez;Ted J. Case

  • Factors governing rate of invasion: a natural experiment using Argentine ants.

    David A. Holway

  • Trophic ecology of invasive Argentine ants in their native and introduced ranges.

    Chadwick V. Tillberg;David A. Holway;Edward G. LeBrun;Andrew V. Suarez

  • Relationships among native and introduced populations of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) and the source of introduced populations

    Neil D. Tsutsui;Andrew V. Suarez;David A. Holway;Ted J. Case

  • Linking nutrition and behavioural dominance: carbohydrate scarcity limits aggression and activity in Argentine ants.

    Crystal D Grover;Adam D Kay;Jessica A Monson;Thomas C Marsh

  • Homogenization of ant communities in mediterranean California: The effects of urbanization and invasion

    David A. Holway;Andrew V. Suarez

  • Mechanisms of dispersed central-place foraging in polydomous colonies of the Argentine ant.

    David A. Holway;Ted J. Case

  • The role of opportunity in the unintentional introduction of nonnative ants

    Andrew V. Suarez;David A. Holway;Philip S. Ward

  • Spatiotemporal patterns of intraspecific aggression in the invasive Argentine ant

    Andrew V. Suarez;Andrew V. Suarez;David A. Holway;Dangsheng Liang;Neil D. Tsutsui;Neil D. Tsutsui

  • Abiotic factors control invasion by Argentine ants at the community scale.

    Sean B. Menke;David A. Holway

  • Nest-Site Selection and the Importance of Nest Concealment in the Black-Throated Blue Warbler

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  • Edge effects of an invasive species across a natural ecological boundary

    David A. Holway

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew V. Suarez
Andrew V. Suarez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ted J. Case
Ted J. Case University of California, San Diego
Neil D. Tsutsui
Neil D. Tsutsui University of California, Berkeley
Micky D. Eubanks
Micky D. Eubanks Texas A&M University
John S. Ascher
John S. Ascher National University of Singapore
Robert N. Fisher
Robert N. Fisher United States Geological Survey
John R. B. Lighton
John R. B. Lighton University of Nevada, Las Vegas
James C. Nieh
James C. Nieh University of California, San Diego
Philip S. Ward
Philip S. Ward University of California, Davis
Walter Jetz
Walter Jetz Yale University

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