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34
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3608
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7715
National Ranking
2584

Overview

David H. Ward is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to environmental and earth sciences, with a strong focus on ecological and planetary studies.

The main fields of study in Ward's work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader fields, Ward has concentrated on several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Plant Science

Ward's research topics reflect a focus on marine and coastal ecosystems as well as avian studies. These include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Marine and fisheries research

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, often producing multiple works in the same journals or compilations. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Nature Plants
  • Global Change Biology
  • Ornithological Applications

Ward often collaborates with several coauthors who have contributed consistently to research outputs. Frequent collaborators are:

  • Kyle R. Hogrefe
  • Damian M. Menning
  • Sandra L. Talbot
  • Tyronne F. Donnelly
  • Richard B. Lanctot

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Ward cover a range of ecological and environmental topics. These include:

  • Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain, 2020, Ornithological Applications
  • Ocean current patterns drive the worldwide colonization of eelgrass (Zostera marina), 2023, Nature Plants
  • Mate fidelity improves survival and breeding propensity of a long-lived bird, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Providing a framework for seagrass mapping in United States coastal ecosystems using high spatial resolution satellite imagery, 2023, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Predictors of invertebrate biomass and rate of advancement of invertebrate phenology across eight sites in the North American Arctic, 2021, Polar Biology

Best Publications

  • Forging at Different Spatial Scales: Dorcas Gazelles Foraging for Lilies in the Negev Desert

    David Ward;David Saltz

  • The Event Book System: a community-based natural resource monitoring system from Namibia

    Greg Stuart-Hill;Richard Diggle;Bevan Munali;Jo Tagg

  • North American Brant: effects of changes in habitat and climate on population dynamics

    David H. Ward;Austin Reed;James S. Sedinger;Jeffery M. Black

  • The role of satisficing in foraging theory

    David Ward

  • Distribution and stability of eelgrass beds at Izembek Lagoon, Alaska

    David H. Ward;Carl J. Markon;David C. Douglas

  • Brant (Branta bernicla)

    Tyler L. Lewis;David H. Ward;James S. Sedinger;Austin Reed

  • Long-term change in eelgrass distribution at Bahía San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico, using satellite imagery

    David H. Ward;Alexandra Morton;T. Lee Tibbitts;David C. Douglas

  • Phenological advancement in arctic bird species: relative importance of snow melt and ecological factors

    Joseph R. Liebezeit;K. E. B. Gurney;Michael E. Budde;Steve Zack

  • Annual variations of biomass and photosynthesis in Zostera marina at its southern end of distribution in the North Pacific

    Alejandro Cabello-Pasini;Raquel Muñiz-Salazar;David H Ward

  • Current status and recent dynamics of the Black Brant Branta bernicla breeding population

    James S. Sedinger;Calvin J. Lensink;David H. Ward;Michael W. Anthony

  • Population genetic structure of annual and perennial populations of Zostera marina L. along the Pacific coast of Baja California and the Gulf of California.

    Raquel Muñiz-Salazar;Sandra L. Talbot;George K. Sage;David H. Ward

  • Carryover effects associated with winter location affect fitness, social status, and population dynamics in a long-distance migrant.

    James S. Sedinger;Jason L. Schamber;David H. Ward;Christopher A. Nicolai

  • Seasonal and annual survival of adult Pacific brant

    David H. Ward;Eric A. Rexstad;James S. Sedinger;Mark S. Lindberg

  • Effects of harness-attached transmitters on premigration and reproduction of brant

    David H. Ward;Paul L. Flint

  • Fidelity and breeding probability related to population density and individual quality in black brent geese Branta bernicla nigricans.

    James S. Sedinger;N.D. Chelgren;David H. Ward;M.S. Lindberg

  • Vegetation‐environment relationships in a Negev Desert erosion cirque

    David Ward;David Ward;Linda Olsvig-Whittaker;Michael Lawes;Michael Lawes

  • Plant Species Diversity at the Junction of Two Desert Biogeographic Zones

    David Ward;Linda Olsvig-Whittaker

  • Change in Abundance of Pacific Brant Wintering in Alaska: Evidence of a Climate Warming Effect?

    David H. Ward;Christian P. Dau;T. Lee Tibbitts;James S. Sedinger

  • Response of fall-staging brant and Canada geese to aircraft overflights in southwestern Alaska

    David H. Ward;Robert A. Stehn;Wallace P. Erickson;Dirk V. Derksen

  • Life‐history tradeoffs revealed by seasonal declines in reproductive traits of Arctic‐breeding shorebirds

    Emily L. Weiser;Emily L. Weiser;Stephen C. Brown;Richard B. Lanctot;H. River Gates

  • Effects of geolocators on hatching success, return rates, breeding movements, and change in body mass in 16 species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds

    Emily Weiser;Richard B. Lanctot;Stephen C. Brown;José A. Alves;José A. Alves

  • Local perceptions of trophy hunting on communal lands in Namibia

    Hilma N. Angula;Greg Stuart-Hill;David Ward;Greenwell Matongo

  • Autumn use of Izembek Lagoon, Alaska, by brant from different breeding areas

    Austin Reed;Robert A. Stehn;David H. Ward

  • Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates

    Eunbi Kwon;Emily L. Weiser;Richard B. Lanctot;Stephen C. Brown

  • Early environment and recruitment of Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) into the breeding population

    James S. Sedinger;Mark P. Herzog;David H. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

James S. Sedinger
James S. Sedinger University of Nevada Reno
Brett K. Sandercock
Brett K. Sandercock Kansas State University
David B. Lank
David B. Lank Simon Fraser University
Richard B. Lanctot
Richard B. Lanctot United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Erica Nol
Erica Nol Trent University
Joël Bêty
Joël Bêty Université du Québec à Rimouski
Sandra L. Talbot
Sandra L. Talbot United States Geological Survey
Joel A. Schmutz
Joel A. Schmutz United States Geological Survey
Daniel Esler
Daniel Esler United States Geological Survey
Mark S. Lindberg
Mark S. Lindberg University of Alaska Fairbanks

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