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Nicholas B. Davies is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with focused subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics related to Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

Davies has contributed multiple papers published in the journal Zootaxa, including:

  • Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Families, monospecific species in Flosculariidae, species of Atrochidae, Conochilidae, and Limnias (2024, Zootaxa)
  • Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Floscularia (Monogononta; Flosculariidae) (2024, Zootaxa)
  • Key to sessile gnesiotrochan rotifers: Lacinularia and Sinantherina (Monogononta; Flosculariidae) (2025, Zootaxa)

Frequent collaborators include Alexandre Lafleur, Rick Hochberg, Elizabeth J. Walsh, and Robert L. Wallace, each actively contributing to multiple joint works with Davies.

The scientist's research output reflects a sustained interest in aquatic and marine ecosystems, focusing on the behavior and ecology of aquatic invertebrates and their interactions within the broader environmental context.

Best Publications

  • An introduction to behavioural ecology

    J. R. Krebs;N. B. Davies

  • Behavioural Ecology : An Evolutionary Approach

    J. R. Krebs;N. B. Davies

  • Cuckoos, cowbirds and other cheats

    N. B. Davies;David Quinn

  • Cuckoos versus reed warblers: Adaptations and counteradaptations

    N.B. Davies;M. de L. Brooke

  • Territorial defence in the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria): The resident always wins

    N.B. Davies

  • Deep croaks and fighting assessment in toads Bufo bufo

    N. B. Davies;T. R. Halliday

  • AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CO-EVOLUTION BETWEEN THE CUCKOO, CUCULUS CANORUS, AND ITS HOSTS. I. HOST EGG DISCRIMINATION

    N. B. Davies;M. De L. Brooke

  • Dunnock Behaviour and Social Evolution

    Nicholas B. Davies

  • Egg mimicry by cuckoos Cuculus canorus in relation to discrimination by hosts

    M. de L. Brooke;N. B. Davies

  • AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CO-EVOLUTION BETWEEN THE CUCKOO, CUCULUS CANORUS, AND ITS HOSTS. II. HOST EGG MARKINGS, CHICK DISCRIMINATION AND GENERAL DISCUSSION

    N. B. Davies;M. De L. Brooke

  • Prey selection and the search strategy of the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata): A field study on optimal foraging

    N.B. Davies

  • Owners and satellites: the economics of territory defence in the Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba

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  • An introduction to behavioural ecology, 2nd ed.

    John R. Krebs;Nicholas B. Davies;Jan Parr

  • Signals of need in parent–offspring communication and their exploitation by the common cuckoo

    R. M. Kilner;D. G. Noble;N. B. Davies

  • Optimal mate selection in the toad Bufo bufo

    N. B. Davies;T. R. Halliday

  • FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND A VARIABLE MATING SYSTEM IN THE DUNNOCK, PRUNELLA MODULARIS

    N. B. Davies;A. Lundberg

  • Competitive mate searching in male common toads bufo bufo

    N.B. Davies;T.R. Halliday

  • Recognition Errors and Probability of Parasitism Determine Whether Reed Warblers Should Accept or Reject Mimetic Cuckoo Eggs

    Nicholas Barry Davies;M. De L. Brooke;Alejandro Kacelnik

  • Cuckoo adaptations: trickery and tuning

    N.B. Davies

  • Sexual conflict and the polygamy threshold

    N.B. Davies

  • Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo

    H. Lisle Gibbs;Michael D. Sorenson;Karen Marchetti;Karen Marchetti;M. de L. Brooke

  • Ecological aspects of social evolution: Birds and mammals: edited by Daniel I. Rubenstein and Richard W. Wrangham, Princeton University Press, 1986. $65.00/£43.70 hbk, $23.50/£15.70 pbk (x + 551 pages) ISBN 0 691 08439 4

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Frequent Co-Authors

M. de L. Brooke
M. de L. Brooke University of Cambridge
Rebecca M. Kilner
Rebecca M. Kilner University of Cambridge
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Ben J. Hatchwell
Ben J. Hatchwell University of Sheffield
John R. Krebs
John R. Krebs University of Oxford
Michael D. Sorenson
Michael D. Sorenson Boston University
W. John Edmunds
W. John Edmunds London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mark Jit
Mark Jit New York University
H. Lisle Gibbs
H. Lisle Gibbs The Ohio State University
Naomi E. Langmore
Naomi E. Langmore Australian National University

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