2026 T. Jonathan Davies: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	68	1513	1446	89	84	196	19651

Overview

T. Jonathan Davies is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on the subfields of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Plant Science.

Their scientific work concentrates on main topics including Plant and animal studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Zoonotic diseases and public health, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

T. Jonathan Davies has authored multiple research papers published in respected academic journals. Selected recent publications include:

"Ecophylogenetics redux" (2021), published in Ecology Letters
"Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene" (2021), published in Nature Communications
"Interconnecting global threats: climate change, biodiversity loss, and infectious diseases" (2024), published in The Lancet Planetary Health
"Towards a phylogenetic ecology of plant pests and pathogens" (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
"Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity" (2022), published in Conservation Letters

Their frequent collaborators include Maxwell J. Farrell, Michelle van der Bank, Barnabas H. Daru, Emily K. Meineke, and Charles C. Davis.

Throughout their career, T. Jonathan Davies has contributed extensively to various publication venues. Their frequent journal contributions include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Ecology Letters
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Biological Conservation

Best Publications

Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology.

John J. Wiens;David D. Ackerly;Andrew P. Allen;Brian L. Anacker

1977
Citations
Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

Félix Forest;Félix Forest;Richard Grenyer;Mathieu Rouget;T Jonathan Davies;T Jonathan Davies

1166
Citations
Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data.

Luke J Harmon;Luke J Harmon;Jonathan B Losos;T Jonathan Davies;Rosemary G Gillespie

937
Citations
A guide to phylogenetic metrics for conservation, community ecology and macroecology.

Caroline M. Tucker;Marc William Cadotte;Marc William Cadotte;Silvia B. Carvalho;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies

884
Citations
Darwin's abominable mystery: Insights from a supertree of the angiosperms

T. Jonathan Davies;Timothy G. Barraclough;Mark W. Chase;Pamela S. Soltis

695
Citations
Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates

Richard Grenyer;Richard Grenyer;C. David L Orme;Sarah F. Jackson;Gavin H. Thomas;Gavin H. Thomas

660
Citations
Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science

Stephanie Pau;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Benjamin I. Cook;T. Jonathan Davies

478
Citations
Phylogenetic diversity metrics for ecological communities: integrating species richness, abundance and evolutionary history

Marc W. Cadotte;T. Jonathan Davies;James Regetz;Steven W. Kembel;Steven W. Kembel

463
Citations
The predator-prey power law: Biomass scaling across terrestrial and aquatic biomes

Ian A. Hatton;Kevin S. McCann;John M. Fryxell;T. Jonathan Davies

367
Citations
Phylogeny and geography predict pathogen community similarity in wild primates and humans

T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies;Amy B Pedersen

341
Citations
Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals

Lauren B. Buckley;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies;David D. Ackerly;Nathan J. B. Kraft

323
Citations
Species co-existence and character divergence across carnivores

T. Jonathan Davies;Shai Meiri;Timothy G. Barraclough;Timothy G. Barraclough;John L. Gittleman

301
Citations
Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene.

Emily K. Meineke;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies;Barnabas H. Daru;Charles C. Davis

292
Citations
Global drivers of human pathogen richness and prevalence

Robert R. Dunn;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies;Nyeema C. Harris;Michael C. Gavin

288
Citations
Multigene Analyses of Monocot Relationships

Mark W. Chase;Michael F. Fay;Dion S. Devey;Oliver Maurin

286
Citations
Temporal Ecology in the Anthropocene

E.M. Wolkovich;B. I. Cook;B. I. Cook;K. K. McLauchlan;K. K. McLauchlan;T. J. Davies;T. J. Davies

283
Citations
Phylogenetic conservatism in plant phenology

T. Jonathan Davies;Elizabeth M. Wolkovich;Nathan J. B. Kraft;Nicolas Salamin;Nicolas Salamin

275
Citations
Savanna fire and the origins of the ‘underground forests’ of Africa

Olivier Maurin;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies;John E. Burrows;Barnabas H. Daru

254
Citations
Rarest of the rare: advances in combining evolutionary distinctiveness and scarcity to inform conservation at biogeographical scales

Marc W. Cadotte;T. Jonathan Davies;T. Jonathan Davies

253
Citations
Environmental energy and evolutionary rates in flowering plants

T. Jonathan Davies;Vincent Savolainen;Mark W. Chase;Justin Moat

250
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Gittleman University of Georgia

Vincent Savolainen Imperial College London

Timothy G. Barraclough University of Oxford

Nathan J. B. Kraft University of California, Los Angeles

Marc W. Cadotte University of Toronto

Benjamin I. Cook Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Elizabeth M. Wolkovich University of British Columbia

Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne

Lauren B. Buckley University of Washington

Michelle van der Bank University of Johannesburg

External Links

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