Research Assistant Professor
Department of Ecology & Evolution
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245
Office: 653 Life Sciences Building
Tel.: (631) 632-8600
Fax: (631) 632-7626
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NatureServe
4600 N. Fairfax Dr., 7th Floor
Arlington, VA 22203
Tel: 703-908-1800
Fax: 703-229-1670
email: ana.davidson[at]stonybrook.com
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245
Office: 653 Life Sciences Building
Tel.: (631) 632-8600
Fax: (631) 632-7626
&
NatureServe
4600 N. Fairfax Dr., 7th Floor
Arlington, VA 22203
Tel: 703-908-1800
Fax: 703-229-1670
email: ana.davidson[at]stonybrook.com
Currently I am a Research Assistant Professor working with Dr. Catherine Graham at Stony Brook University (SBU) and Drs. Bruce Young and Thomas Brooks at NatureServe, under their Dimensions of Biodiversity grant from the National Science Foundation. Previously I was a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Gerardo Ceballos at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Dr. James H. Brown at the University of New Mexico (UNM).
I conduct research in two primary areas: community ecology and macroecology. I use manipulative field experiments, ecoinformatics, and statistical modeling to address questions on the ecology and conservation of biological diversity at both local and global scales. My community ecology research focuses on understanding the drivers of community structure and biodiversity, often in the context of global change. I have explored these relationships largely by focusing on the roles of keystone rodent species, ecosystem engineers, and mammalian herbivores in grassland systems. My macroecology research addresses questions in basic ecology and those related to the large-scale conservation challenges that face our planet, such as global biodiversity loss and extinction risk.
I conduct research in two primary areas: community ecology and macroecology. I use manipulative field experiments, ecoinformatics, and statistical modeling to address questions on the ecology and conservation of biological diversity at both local and global scales. My community ecology research focuses on understanding the drivers of community structure and biodiversity, often in the context of global change. I have explored these relationships largely by focusing on the roles of keystone rodent species, ecosystem engineers, and mammalian herbivores in grassland systems. My macroecology research addresses questions in basic ecology and those related to the large-scale conservation challenges that face our planet, such as global biodiversity loss and extinction risk.
