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David J. Ayre publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David J. Ayre sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 136 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

David J. Ayre D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David J. Ayre sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David J. Ayre is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia and focuses primarily on Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Oceanography.

The main topics of David J. Ayre's work cover a range of ecological and environmental concerns such as:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management

The scientist has published articles in several venues, including:

  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Austral Ecology
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers by David J. Ayre include:

  • "Dietary analysis and mesocosm feeding trials confirm the eastern rock lobster (" (2021) - Marine and Freshwater Research
  • "Effects of habitat on predation of ecologically important sea urchin species on east coast Australian temperate reefs in tethering experiments" (2023) - Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • "Long inter-fire intervals do not guarantee a large seed bank in a serotinous shrub (Banksia spinulosa Sm.)" (2020) - Journal of Ecology
  • "Non-lethal sampling does not misrepresent trophic level or dietary sources for Sagmariasus verreauxi (eastern rock lobster)" (2022) - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • "High adult mortality and failure of recruitment in a population of Banksia spinulosa following high-intensity fire" (2022) - Austral Ecology

Frequent collaborators include several researchers with whom multiple publications have been coauthored, such as:

  • Nathan A. Knott
  • Jeremy K. Day
  • Daniel S. Swadling
  • Robert J. Whelan
  • Megan J. Huggett

Best Publications

  • Genotypic diversity and gene flow in brooding and spawning corals along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

    David J. Ayre;Terence P. Hughes

  • Climate change, genotypic diversity and gene flow in reef-building corals

    David J. Ayre;P. Hughes

  • The Role of Hybridization in the Evolution of Reef Corals

    Bette L. Willis;Madeleine J.H. van Oppen;David J. Miller;Steve V. Vollmer

  • Does life history predict past and current connectivity for rocky intertidal invertebrates across a marine biogeographic barrier

    David Ayre;Todd Minchinton;Cecile Perrin

  • The evolutionary ecology of corals.

    Terence P. Hughes;David Ayre;Joseph H. Connell

  • Genetic differentiation, reproductive mode, and gene flow in the brooding coral Pocillopora damicornis along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    David J. Ayre;Terence P. Hughes;Rachel J. Standish

  • Sexual and asexual production of planulae in reef corals

    D. J. Ayre;J. M. Resing

  • Factors controlling fruit set in hermaphroditic plants: Studies with the Australian proteaceae

    David J. Ayre;Robert J. Whelan

  • EVIDENCE FOR RESTRICTED GENE FLOW IN THE VIVIPAROUS CORAL SERIATOPORA HYSTRIX ON AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF.

    David J. Ayre;Sandra Dufty

  • The role of sexual and asexual reproduction in structuring high latitude populations of the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis.

    K J Miller;D J Ayre

  • Asexual reproduction and genetic determination of growth form in the coral Pavona cactus: biochemical genetic and immunogenic evidence.

    Bette L. Willis;David J. Ayre

  • The effects of sexual and asexual reproduction on geographic variation in the sea anemone Actinia tenebrosa.

    D. J. Ayre

  • Population structure in the coral Pavona cactus : clonal genotypes show little phenotypic plasticity

    D. J. Ayre;B. L. Willis

  • Population structure is not a simple function of reproductive mode and larval type: insights from tropical corals

    Karen J. Miller;David J. Ayre

  • Microsatellite diversity and genetic structure of fragmented populations of the rare, fire-dependent shrub Grevillea macleayana.

    Phillip R. England;Annette V. Usher;Robert J. Whelan;David J. Ayre

  • Physical dormancy in a changing climate

    Alice R. Hudson;David J. Ayre;Mark K. J. Ooi

  • Where do clonal coral larvae go? Adult genotypic diversity conflicts with reproductive effort in the brooding coral Pocillopora damicornis

    David J. Ayre;Karen J. Miller

  • Genetic evidence for contrasting patterns of dispersal in solitary and colonial ascidians

    D. J. Ayre;A. R. Davis;M. Billingham;T. Llorens

  • Panmixia in Pocillopora verrucosa from South Africa

    T. Ridgway;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. J. Ayre

  • Patterns of hybridization and asymmetrical gene flow in hybrid zones of the rare Eucalyptus aggregata and common E. rubida.

    David Field;David Ayre;Robert Whelan;A. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Whelan
Robert J. Whelan University of Wollongong
Mark K. J. Ooi
Mark K. J. Ooi University of New South Wales
Andrew G. Young
Andrew G. Young Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Andrew R. Davis
Andrew R. Davis University of Wollongong
Bette L. Willis
Bette L. Willis James Cook University
Richard K. Grosberg
Richard K. Grosberg University of California, Davis
Sharon A. Robinson
Sharon A. Robinson University of Wollongong
Terry P. Hughes
Terry P. Hughes James Cook University
Quan Hua
Quan Hua Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
David Fink
David Fink Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

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