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Overview

Dov F. Sax is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Animal and Plant Science Education

Key recent publications authored or co-authored by Sax include:

  • "Valuing the contributions of non-native species to people and nature," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "A species' response to spatial climatic variation does not predict its response to climate change," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Unifying climate change biology across realms and taxa," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "High-velocity upward shifts in vegetation are ubiquitous in mountains of western North America," 2023, PLOS Climate
  • "Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment," 2020, Global Change Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including:

  • Julian D. Olden
  • Daniel Perret
  • Martín A. Núñez
  • Martin A. Schlaepfer
  • Margaret E. K. Evans

Their work appears regularly in notable publication venues such as:

  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Global Change Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • PLOS Climate

Best Publications

  • Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography

    Gary G. Mittelbach;Douglas W. Schemske;Howard V. Cornell;Andrew P. Allen

  • The invasion paradox: reconciling pattern and process in species invasions.

    J. D. Fridley;J. J. Stachowicz;S. Naeem;D. F. Sax

  • Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions

    Dov F. Sax;John J. Stachowicz;James H. Brown;John F. Bruno

  • Species diversity: from global decreases to local increases

    Dov F. Sax;Steven D. Gaines

  • The Potential Conservation Value of Non‐Native Species

    Martin A. Schlaepfer;Martin A. Schlaepfer;Dov F. Sax;Julian D. Olden

  • Species invasions and extinction : The future of native biodiversity on islands

    Dov F. Sax;Steven D. Gaines

  • Balancing biodiversity in a changing environment: extinction debt, immigration credit and species turnover.

    Stephen T. Jackson;Dov F. Sax

  • The paradox of invasion

    Dov F. Sax;James H. Brown

  • Species Invasions Exceed Extinctions on Islands Worldwide: A Comparative Study of Plants and Birds

    Dov F. Sax;Steven D. Gaines;James H. Brown

  • Evidence for the Role of Infectious Disease in Species Extinction and Endangerment

    Katherine F. Smith;Dov F. Sax;Kevin D. Lafferty

  • Species Invasions: Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography

    Dov F.Sax;John J.Stachowicz;Steven D.Gaines

  • Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation.

    David M. Richardson;Jessica J. Hellmann;Jason S. McLachlan;Dov F. Sax

  • Climatic niche shifts between species' native and naturalized ranges raise concern for ecological forecasts during invasions and climate change

    Regan Early;Regan Early;Regan Early;Dov F. Sax

  • Latitudinal gradients and geographic ranges of exotic species: implications for biogeography

    D.F. Sax

  • Salt marsh persistence is threatened by predicted sea-level rise

    Sarah C. Crosby;Sarah C. Crosby;Dov F. Sax;Megan E. Palmer;Harriet S. Booth

  • Managed Relocation: Integrating the Scientific, Regulatory, and Ethical Challenges

    Mark W. Schwartz;Jessica J. Hellmann;Jason M. McLachlan;Dov F. Sax

  • Plant Biodiversity Change Across Scales During the Anthropocene.

    Mark Vellend;Lander Baeten;Antoine Becker-Scarpitta;Véronique Boucher-Lalonde

  • An Essay on Some Topics Concerning Invasive Species

    James H. Brown;Dov F. Sax

  • Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment.

    Franz Essl;Franz Essl;Bernd Lenzner;Sven Bacher;Sarah Bailey

  • Of mice and mammoths: generality and antiquity of the island rule

    Mark V. Lomolino;Alexandra A. van der Geer;George A. Lyras;Maria Rita Palombo

  • Effects of exotic species on evolutionary diversification.

    Mark Vellend;Luke J. Harmon;Julie L. Lockwood;Margaret M. Mayfield

  • Native and naturalized plant diversity are positively correlated in scrub communities of California and Chile

    Dov F. Sax

Frequent Co-Authors

Regan Early
Regan Early University of Exeter
James H. Brown
James H. Brown University of New Mexico
Mark Vellend
Mark Vellend Université de Sherbrooke
David M. Richardson
David M. Richardson Stellenbosch University
Mark W. Schwartz
Mark W. Schwartz University of California, Davis
Mark V. Lomolino
Mark V. Lomolino SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
John J. Stachowicz
John J. Stachowicz University of California, Davis
Osvaldo E. Sala
Osvaldo E. Sala Arizona State University
Jessica J. Hellmann
Jessica J. Hellmann University of Minnesota
Maria Rita Palombo
Maria Rita Palombo Sapienza University of Rome

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