Andrew B. Davies

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
72 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Andrew B. Davies is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew B. Davies has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 33 papers in Ecology and 31 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Andrew B. Davies's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (28 papers) and Plant and animal studies (26 papers). Andrew B. Davies is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (36 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (28 papers) and Plant and animal studies (26 papers). Andrew B. Davies collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. Andrew B. Davies's co-authors include Gregory P. Asner, Catherine L. Parr, Berndt J. van Rensburg, Paul Eggleton, Philip G. Brodrick, Mark P. Robertson, Shawn Leroux, Oswald J. Schmitz, Trisha B. Atwood and Tyler C. Coverdale and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andrew B. Davies

71 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Impacts of large herbivores on terrestrial ecosystems

2023 104 citations Tyler C. Coverdale, Andrew B. Davies et al. profile →
Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions

2023 92 citations Oswald J. Schmitz, Trisha B. Atwood et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew B. Davies United States	28	1.2k	985	606	599	570	72	2.4k
Tobias Kawohl Germany	5	827 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	735 1.2×	879 1.5×	339 0.6×	7	2.8k
Rodrigo Wilber Soria-Auza Bolivia	8	896 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	748 1.2×	935 1.6×	354 0.6×	12	2.9k
Mao‐Ning Tuanmu United States	24	1.5k 1.3×	931 0.9×	1000 1.7×	426 0.7×	161 0.3×	39	2.8k
Andrew M. Latimer United States	33	1.5k 1.2×	2.0k 2.0×	1.5k 2.5×	1.0k 1.7×	421 0.7×	78	3.8k
Dana L. Thomas United States	20	2.5k 2.1×	731 0.7×	692 1.1×	387 0.6×	207 0.4×	45	3.5k
Jon M. Yearsley United Kingdom	28	1.1k 0.9×	649 0.7×	694 1.1×	633 1.1×	566 1.0×	67	2.5k
Wayne E. Thogmartin United States	34	2.0k 1.6×	995 1.0×	947 1.6×	1.1k 1.9×	422 0.7×	159	3.6k
Markus Erhard Germany	14	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 2.0×	430 0.7×	190 0.3×	25	2.9k
Heather J. Lynch United States	32	2.3k 1.9×	630 0.6×	785 1.3×	321 0.5×	203 0.4×	107	3.1k
Niels Martin Schmidt Denmark	38	2.4k 2.0×	802 0.8×	824 1.4×	952 1.6×	361 0.6×	159	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrew B. Davies

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew B. Davies

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Coverdale, Tyler C., et al.. (2025). Quantifying aboveground herbaceous biomass in grassy ecosystems: a comparison of field and high‐resolution UAV‐LiDAR approaches. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 12(1). 38–57. 1 indexed citations

Davies, Andrew B., et al.. (2025). Consistent patterns of LiDAR-derived measures of savanna vegetation complexity between wet and dry seasons. Ecological Indicators. 170. 113061–113061. 1 indexed citations

Allison, Steven, Andrew B. Davies, Habacuc Flores‐Moreno, et al.. (2024). The challenge of estimating global termite methane emissions. Global Change Biology. 30(6). e17390–e17390. 1 indexed citations

Boucher, Peter B., Jeffrey King, Christopher C. M. Baker, et al.. (2024). Automated detection of an insect‐induced keystone vegetation phenotype using airborne LiDAR. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 15(5). 978–993. 2 indexed citations

Smit, Izak P. J., et al.. (2024). Mapping tree canopy thermal refugia for birds using biophysical models and LiDAR. International Journal of Biometeorology. 69(10). 2461–2474. 1 indexed citations

Davies, Andrew B., et al.. (2024). Spatial ecology, biodiversity, and abiotic determinants of Congo's bai ecosystem. Ecology. 105(11). e4419–e4419. 2 indexed citations

Bruyn, P J Nico de, et al.. (2023). Are hippos Africa's most influential megaherbivore? A review of ecosystem engineering by the semi‐aquatic common hippopotamus. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 98(5). 1509–1529. 21 indexed citations

Davies, Andrew B., et al.. (2023). Feedback loops between 3D vegetation structure and ecological functions of animals. Ecology Letters. 26(9). 1597–1613. 19 indexed citations

Coverdale, Tyler C. & Andrew B. Davies. (2023). Unravelling the relationship between plant diversity and vegetation structural complexity: A review and theoretical framework. Journal of Ecology. 111(7). 1378–1395. 53 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yong, William J. Bond, Thomas W. Boutton, et al.. (2023). Soil carbon in tropical savannas mostly derived from grasses. Nature Geoscience. 16(8). 710–716. 33 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Oswald J., Trisha B. Atwood, Elisabeth S. Bakker, et al.. (2023). Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions. Nature Climate Change. 13(4). 324–333. 92 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Yong, John R. Butnor, Corli Coetsee, et al.. (2022). Limited increases in savanna carbon stocks over decades of fire suppression. Nature. 603(7901). 445–449. 62 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yong, A. Carla Staver, & Andrew B. Davies. (2022). Species‐level termite methane production rates. Ecology. 104(2). e3905–e3905. 6 indexed citations

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Parr, Catherine L., et al.. (2021). Mammalian herbivore movement into drought refugia has cascading effects on savanna insect communities. Journal of Animal Ecology. 90(7). 1753–1763. 4 indexed citations

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Davies, Andrew B., Philip G. Brodrick, Catherine L. Parr, & Gregory P. Asner. (2020). Resistance of mound-building termites to anthropogenic land-use change. Environmental Research Letters. 15(9). 94038–94038. 23 indexed citations

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Davies, Andrew B., et al.. (2018). Understanding and managing surface subsidence at New Gold's New Afton block cave operation. 675–688. 3 indexed citations

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Davies, Andrew B., et al.. (2018). Woody encroachment slows decomposition and termite activity in an African savanna. Global Change Biology. 24(6). 2597–2606. 25 indexed citations

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Davies, Andrew B. & Gregory P. Asner. (2014). Advances in animal ecology from 3D-LiDAR ecosystem mapping. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 29(12). 681–691. 287 indexed citations

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Davies, Andrew B., Paul Eggleton, Berndt J. van Rensburg, & Catherine L. Parr. (2012). The pyrodiversity–biodiversity hypothesis: a test with savanna termite assemblages. Journal of Applied Ecology. 49(2). 422–430. 88 indexed citations

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Davies, Andrew B., Catherine L. Parr, & Berndt J. van Rensburg. (2010). Termites and fire: Current understanding and future research directions for improved savanna conservation. Austral Ecology. 35(4). 482–486. 22 indexed citations

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