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Overview

Douglas J. Levey is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a specialization in ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Their work spans various subfields including ecological modeling, nature and landscape conservation, and genetics.

The main topics Douglas J. Levey investigates include plant and animal studies, avian ecology and behavior, animal behavior and reproduction, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, and plant parasitism and resistance.

Douglas J. Levey has published numerous papers in a variety of scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Wild mockingbirds distinguish among familiar humans, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Changing patterns of nest predation and predator communities along a tropical elevation gradient, 2023, Ecology Letters
  • Testing effects of invasive fire ants and disturbance on ant communities of the longleaf pine ecosystem, 2021, Ecological Entomology
  • Habitat fragmentation alters the distance of abiotic seed dispersal through edge effects and direction of dispersal, 2021, Ecology
  • Bird migration within the Neotropics, 2020, The Auk

Douglas J. Levey frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Julian Resasco, Nick M. Haddad, Alex E. Jahn, Ellen I. Damschen, and Lars A. Brudvig. These collaborations have contributed to a consistent presence in ecological and environmental research literature.

Their research has appeared in respected publication venues such as Ecological Entomology, The Auk, Ecology, Ecology Letters, and Scientific Reports, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature and breadth of their scientific investigations.

Best Publications

  • Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth’s ecosystems

    Nick M. Haddad;Lars A. Brudvig;Jean Clobert;Kendi F. Davies

  • Corridors affect plants, animals, and their interactions in fragmented landscapes.

    Joshua J. Tewksbury;Douglas J. Levey;Nick M. Haddad;Sarah Sargent

  • Seed Dispersal and Frugivory : Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

    D.J. Levey;W.R. Silva;M. Galetti;W.M. van Helten

  • CORRIDOR USE BY DIVERSE TAXA

    Nick M. Haddad;David R. Bowne;Alan Cunningham;Brent J. Danielson

  • Spatial and Temporal Variation in Costa Rican Fruit and Fruit‐Eating Bird Abundance

    Douglas J. Levey

  • Are Plant Populations Seed Limited? A Critique and Meta‐Analysis of Seed Addition Experiments

    C. J. Clark;J. R. Poulsen;D. J. Levey;C. W. Osenberg

  • Corridors increase plant species richness at large scales

    Ellen I. Damschen;Nick M. Haddad;John L. Orrock;Joshua J. Tewksbury

  • Directed seed dispersal by bellbirds in a tropical cloud forest

    Daniel G. Wenny;Douglas J. Levey

  • Evolutionary Precursors of Long-Distance Migration: Resource Availability and Movement Patterns in Neotropical Landbirds

    Douglas J. Levey;F. Gary Stiles

  • Secondary Metabolites Of Fleshy Vertebrate‐Dispersed Fruits: Adaptive Hypotheses And Implications For Seed Dispersal

    Martin L. Cipollini;Douglas J. Levey

  • Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough?

    John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

  • SEED SIZE AND FRUIT-HANDLING TECHNIQUES OF AVIAN FRUGIVORES

    Douglas J. Levey

  • Effects of Landscape Corridors on Seed Dispersal by Birds

    Douglas J. Levey;Benjamin M. Bolker;Joshua J. Tewksbury;Sarah Sargent

  • Effects of elemental composition on the incorporation of dietary nitrogen and carbon isotopic signatures in an omnivorous songbird

    Scott F. Pearson;Scott F. Pearson;Douglas J. Levey;Cathryn H. Greenberg;Carlos Martinez del Rio

  • Arrival and Survival in Tropical Treefall Gaps

    Eugene W. Schupp;Henry F. Howe;Carol K. Augspurger;Douglas J. Levey

  • Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

    John Faaborg;Richard T. Holmes;Angela D. Anders;Keith L. Bildstein

  • Tropical wet forest treefall gaps and distributions of understory birds and plants

    Douglas J. Levey

  • How plant¿animal interactions signal new insights in communication

    H. Martin Schaefer;Veronika Schaefer;Douglas J. Levey

  • COMPLEX ANT-PLANT INTERACTIONS: RAIN FOREST ANTS AS SECONDARY DISPERSERS AND POST-DISPERSAL SEED PREDATORS'

    Douglas J. Levey;Margaret M. Byrne

  • Natural History's Place in Science and Society

    Joshua J. Tewksbury;John G. T. Anderson;Jonathan D. Bakker;Timothy J. Billo

Frequent Co-Authors

Joshua J. Tewksbury
Joshua J. Tewksbury University of Colorado Boulder
Nick M. Haddad
Nick M. Haddad Michigan State University
Ellen I. Damschen
Ellen I. Damschen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lars A. Brudvig
Lars A. Brudvig Michigan State University
John L. Orrock
John L. Orrock University of Wisconsin–Madison
Cathryn H. Greenberg
Cathryn H. Greenberg US Forest Service
Mauro Galetti
Mauro Galetti Sao Paulo State University
Carlos Martínez del Rio
Carlos Martínez del Rio University of Wyoming
John R. Poulsen
John R. Poulsen Duke University
Benjamin M. Bolker
Benjamin M. Bolker McMaster University

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