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Ecology and Evolution
Estonia
2025

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Ecology and Evolution

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  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award

Overview

John Davison is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications contributing to these areas.

The scientific contributions of John Davison cover various subfields, including Plant Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research also spans key topics such as Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by John Davison include:

  • Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2021, New Phytologist)
  • Plant functional groups associate with distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities (2020, New Phytologist)
  • Global diversity and distribution of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil (2023, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events (2024, Nature)
  • <scp>GlobalAMFungi</scp>: a global database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal occurrences from high-throughput sequencing metabarcoding studies (2023, New Phytologist)

John Davison collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Martin Zobel, Mari Moora, Maarja Öpik, Martti Vasar, and Siim-Kaarel Sepp. These collaborations highlight a network of researchers active in related scientific areas.

Their research has been published across a variety of scientific journals with notable concentrations in New Phytologist, Ecology Letters, Frontiers in Plant Science, Nature, and PLoS ONE. These venues reflect the multidisciplinary and integrative nature of their work.

Best Publications

  • The online database MaarjAM reveals global and ecosystemic distribution patterns in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota)

    Maarja Öpik;Alo Vanatoa;Elise Vanatoa;Mari Moora

  • Ecological assembly rules in plant communities--approaches, patterns and prospects.

    Lars Götzenberger;Francesco de Bello;Kari Anne Bråthen;John Davison

  • Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism

    J. Davison;M. Moora;M. Öpik;A. Adholeya

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

    Maarja Öpik;Martin Zobel;Juan J. Cantero;John Davison

  • Species richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: associations with grassland plant richness and biomass

    Inga Hiiesalu;Inga Hiiesalu;Meelis Pärtel;John Davison;Pille Gerhold

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in plant roots are not random assemblages

    John Davison;Maarja Öpik;Tim J. Daniell;Mari Moora

  • Fungal diversity regulates plant-soil feedbacks in temperate grassland

    Marina Semchenko;Jonathan W. Leff;Jonathan W. Leff;Yudi M. Lozano;Sirgi Saar;Sirgi Saar

  • Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    John Davison;Mari Moora;Marina Semchenko;Marina Semchenko;Sakeenah Binte Adenan

  • Communities of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Detected in Forest Soil Are Spatially Heterogeneous but Do Not Vary throughout the Growing Season

    John Davison;Maarja Öpik;Martin Zobel;Martti Vasar

  • Alien plants associate with widespread generalist arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal taxa: evidence from a continental‐scale study using massively parallel 454 sequencing

    Mari Moora;Silje Berger;John Davison;Maarja Öpik

  • Anthropogenic land use shapes the composition and phylogenetic structure of soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Mari Moora;John Davison;Maarja Öpik;Madis Metsis

  • Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils.

    Kelly S. Ramirez;Christopher G. Knight;Mattias de Hollander;Francis Q. Brearley

  • Late-Quaternary biogeographic scenarios for the brown bear (Ursus arctos), a wild mammal model species

    John Davison;Simon Y.W. Ho;Simon Y.W. Ho;Sarah C. Bray;Marju Korsten

  • The composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities differs among the roots, spores and extraradical mycelia associated with five Mediterranean plant species.

    Sara Varela-Cervero;Martti Vasar;John Davison;José Miguel Barea

  • Plant species richness belowground: higher richness and new patterns revealed by next‐generation sequencing

    Inga Hiiesalu;Maarja Öpik;Madis Metsis;Liisa Lilje

  • Sudden expansion of a single brown bear maternal lineage across northern continental Eurasia after the last ice age: a general demographic model for mammals?

    Marju Korsten;Simon Y. W. Ho;John Davison;Berit Pähn

  • Plant functional groups associate with distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities.

    John Davison;David García de León;David García de León;Martin Zobel;Martin Zobel;Mari Moora

  • Plant mycorrhizal status, but not type, shifts with latitude and elevation in Europe

    C. Guillermo Bueno;Mari Moora;Maret Gerz;John Davison

  • Europe‐wide biogeographical patterns in the diet of an ecologically and epidemiologically important mesopredator, the red fox Vulpes vulpes: a quantitative review

    Egle Soe;John Davison;Karmen Süld;Harri Valdmann

  • Uniting species- and community-oriented approaches to understand arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity

    Maarja Öpik;John Davison

  • Quantifying predation on folivorous insect larvae: the perspective of life‐history evolution

    Triinu Remmel;John Davison;Toomas Tammaru

  • Abundance of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) in relation to the density and distribution of badgers (Meles meles)

    R. P. Young;R. P. Young;J. Davison;I. D. Trewby;G. J. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Zobel
Martin Zobel University of Tartu
Maarja Öpik
Maarja Öpik University of Tartu
Mari Moora
Mari Moora University of Tartu
Martti Vasar
Martti Vasar University of Tartu
Urmas Saarma
Urmas Saarma University of Tartu
Meelis Pärtel
Meelis Pärtel University of Tartu
C. Guillermo Bueno
C. Guillermo Bueno Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Simon Y. W. Ho
Simon Y. W. Ho University of Sydney
Ilpo Kojola
Ilpo Kojola Natural Resources Institute Finland
Richard J. Delahay
Richard J. Delahay Animal and Plant Health Agency

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