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66
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627

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David Ward is affiliated with Kent State University in the United States, with a research focus primarily situated within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work spans various subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Plant Science.

The main topics in David Ward's research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

David Ward has contributed to several academic journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • African Journal of Range and Forage Science
  • Plant Ecology
  • Pedobiologia
  • Journal of Vegetation Science

Recent papers by David Ward include:

  • "Are there common assembly rules for different grasslands? Comparisons of long-term data from a subtropical grassland with temperate grasslands," 2020, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • "Are there phylogenetic differences in salivary tannin-binding proteins between browsers and grazers, and ruminants and hindgut fermenters?" 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Additional recent influential papers co-authored by others include topics such as plant community stability, the use of permanent plots for vegetation science, and foraging advantages in animals, illustrating an interdisciplinary approach crossing ecological and biological sciences.

Frequent co-authors in David Ward's scientific collaborations are:

  • Cynthia Perkovich
  • Tiffany Pillay
  • Enrique Valencia
  • Francesco de Bello
  • Kevin Kirkman

David Ward has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) twice, receiving this distinction in 1992 and 1997.

Best Publications

  • Do we understand the causes of bush encroachment in African savannas

    D Ward

  • Effects of rain, nitrogen, fire and grazing on tree recruitment and early survival in bush-encroached savanna, South Africa

    T. Kraaij;T. Kraaij;D. Ward;D. Ward

  • A patch-dynamics approach to savanna dynamics and woody plant encroachment – Insights from an arid savanna

    Kerstin Wiegand;Kerstin Wiegand;David Saltz;David Saltz;David Ward

  • Walter's two-layer hypothesis revisited - back to the roots!

    D. Ward;K. Wiegand;S. Getzin

  • Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

    Sally E. Koerner;Melinda D. Smith;Deron E. Burkepile;Niall P. Hanan

  • Large carnivores make savanna tree communities less thorny

    Adam T. Ford;Jacob R. Goheen;Tobias O. Otieno;Laura Bidner

  • Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale.

    Enrique Valencia;Francesco de Bello;Thomas Galland;Peter B Adler;Peter B Adler

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

    David Ward;David Saltz

  • The Biology of Deserts

    David Ward

  • Multi‐scale patterns and bush encroachment in an arid savanna with a shallow soil layer

    Kerstin Wiegand;Kerstin Wiegand;David Ward;David Ward;David Saltz;David Saltz

  • Cretaceous Extinctions: Multiple Causes

    J. David Archibald;W. A. Clemens;Kevin Padian;Timothy B Rowe

  • Predation Risk and Competition Affect Habitat Selection and Activity of Namib Desert Gerbils

    Jessica J. Hughes;David Ward;Michael R. Perrin

  • Leaf adaptations of evergreen and deciduous trees of semi-arid and humid savannas on three continents

    Kyle W. Tomlinson;Kyle W. Tomlinson;Lourens Poorter;Frank J. Sterck;Fabian Borghetti

  • Acacia trees as keystone species in Negev desert ecosystems

    Zuzana Munzbergova;Zuzana Munzbergova;David Ward

  • Predation risk and distance to cover affect foraging behaviour in Namib desert gerbils

    Jessica J. Hughes;David Ward

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

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

  • Land degradation is not a necessary outcome of communal pastoralism in arid Namibia

    David Ward;Ben T. Ngairorue;Johannes Kathena;Rana Samuels

  • Direct and indirect effects of a predatory backswimmer (Notonecta maculata) on community structure of desert temporary pools

    Leon Blaustein;Leon Blaustein;Burt P. Kotler;David Ward

  • Evolution of Plant Defenses in Nonindigenous Environments

    Colin M. Orians;David Ward

  • Biomass partitioning and root morphology of savanna trees across a water gradient

    Kyle W. Tomlinson;Frank J. Sterck;Frans Bongers;Dulce A. da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerstin Wiegand
Kerstin Wiegand University of Göttingen
William A. Berggren
William A. Berggren Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
David Saltz
David Saltz Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Jason R. Ali
Jason R. Ali Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden
Marie-Pierre Aubry
Marie-Pierre Aubry Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kate E. Watkins
Kate E. Watkins University of Oxford
Philip D. Gingerich
Philip D. Gingerich University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andrew S. Gale
Andrew S. Gale University of Portsmouth
Dennis V. Kent
Dennis V. Kent Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Henri Cappetta
Henri Cappetta University of Montpellier

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