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D-Index
68
Citations
19651
World Ranking
1509
National Ranking
88

T. Jonathan Davies publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where T. Jonathan Davies sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 196 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

T. Jonathan Davies D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where T. Jonathan Davies sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • Preserving the evolutionary potential of floras in biodiversity hotspots

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Phylogeny and geography predict pathogen community similarity in wild primates and humans

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

  • 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

  • Species co-existence and character divergence across carnivores

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

  • Biological collections for understanding biodiversity in the Anthropocene.

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

  • Global drivers of human pathogen richness and prevalence

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

  • Multigene Analyses of Monocot Relationships

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

  • 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

  • Phylogenetic conservatism in plant phenology

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Environmental energy and evolutionary rates in flowering plants

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

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Gittleman
John L. Gittleman University of Georgia
Vincent Savolainen
Vincent Savolainen Imperial College London
Timothy G. Barraclough
Timothy G. Barraclough University of Oxford
Nathan J. B. Kraft
Nathan J. B. Kraft University of California, Los Angeles
Marc W. Cadotte
Marc W. Cadotte University of Toronto
Benjamin I. Cook
Benjamin I. Cook Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Elizabeth M. Wolkovich
Elizabeth M. Wolkovich University of British Columbia
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
Lauren B. Buckley
Lauren B. Buckley University of Washington
Michelle van der Bank
Michelle van der Bank University of Johannesburg

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