Robert Barry Davis

https://www.etis.ee/CV/Robert Barry_Davis/est
12.04.1983
737 5838
robert.davis@ut.ee

Teenistuskäik

Töökohad ja ametid
01.01.2016–...   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituut, entomoloogia teadur (1,00)
01.05.2014–31.12.2015   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut, teadur (1,00)
01.01.2013–30.04.2014   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut, teadur (1,00)
01.01.2010–31.12.2012   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut, teadur (1,00)
01.01.2003–31.12.2004   
National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge (UK), Industrial Studentship
 
 
Haridustee
2006–2009   
University of York, PhD (Title: Insights into Hexapod Diversification Using the Supertree Approach)
2005–2006   
Bristol University, MSc Palaeobiology (with Distinction)
2001–2005   
University of Bath, BSc Applied Biology (Hons) (Grade - Upper Second)

Kvalifikatsioon

Teaduskraadid
Robert Barry Davis, doktorikraad, 2010, (juh) Peter J. Mayhew; Sandra L. Baldauf, Insights Into Hexapod Diversification Using the Supertree Approach, Yorki Ülikool.
 
 
Teadustöö põhisuunad
VALDKOND: 1. Bio- ja keskkonnateadused; 1.4. Ökoloogia, biosüstemaatika ja -füsioloogia

Jooksvad projektid

Lõppenud projektid

Juhendamisel väitekirjad

Publikatsioonid

Klass
Aasta
Publikatsioon
 
1.1.
2019
Javoiš, Juhan; Davis, Robert B.; Tammaru, Toomas (2019). A comparative morphometric study of sensory capacity in geometrid moths. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 32, 4, 380−389.10.1111/jeb.13422.
1.1.
2019
Holm, Sille; Javois, Juhan; Molleman, Freerk; Davis, Robert B.; Ounap, Erki; Roininen, Heikki; Tammaru, Toomas (2019). No Indication of High Host-Plant Specificity in Afrotropical Geometrid Moths. Journal of Insect Science, 19 (3), ARTN 1.10.1093/jisesa/iez028.
1.1.
2019
Holm,S.; Javoiš, J.; Kaasik, A.; Õunap, E.; Davis,R. B.; Molleman, F.; Roininen, H., and Tammaru, T. (2019). Size-related life-history traits in geometrid moths: a comparison of a temperate and a tropical community. Ecological Entomology.10.1111/een.12747 [ilmumas].
1.1.
2019
Molleman, F.; Javoiš, J.; Davis, R.B.; Whitaker, M.; Tammaru, T.; Prinzing, A.; Õunap, E.; Wahlberg, N.; Kodandaramaiah, U.; Aduse-Poku, K.; Kaasik, A.; Carey, J. (2019). Quantifying the effects of species traits on predation risk in nature: a comparative study of butterfly wing damage. Journal of Animal Ecology, xxxx, xx−xx [ilmumas].
1.1.
2018
Holm, Sille; Javois, Juhan; Ounap, Erki; Davis, Robert B.; Kaasik, Ants; Molleman, Freerk; Tasane, Tonis; Tammaru, Toomas (2018). Reproductive behaviour indicates specificity in resource use: phylogenetic examples from temperate and tropical insects. Oikos, 127 (8), 1113−1124.10.1111/oik.04959.
1.1.
2018
Tammaru, Toomas; Johansson, Niko R.; Õunap, Erki; Davis, Robert B. (2018). Day-flying moths are smaller: evidence for ecological costs of being large. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 31 (9), 1400−1404.10.1111/jeb.13306.
1.1.
2016
Davis, Robert Barry; Javoiš, Juhan; Kaasik, Ants; Õunap, Erki; Tammaru, Toomas (2016). An ordination of life histories using morphological proxies: capital vs. income breeding in insects. Ecology, 97, 2112−2124.10.1002/ecy.1435.
1.1.
2016
Holm, S.; Davis, R.B.; Javoiš, J.; Õunap, E.; Kaasik, A.; Molleman, F.; Tammaru, T. (2016). A comparative perspective on longevity: the effect of body size dominates over ecology in moths. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29 (12), 2422−2435.10.1111/jeb.12966.
1.1.
2013
Davis, Robert B.; Õunap, Erki; Javoiš, Juhan; Gerhold, Pille; Tammaru, Toomas (2013). Degree of specialization is related to body size in herbivorous insects: a phylogenetic confirmation. Evolution, 67 (2), 583−589.10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01776.x.
1.1.
2012
Davis, Robert B.; Javoiš, Juhan; Pienaar, Jason; Õunap, Erki; Tammaru, Toomas (2012). Disentangling determinants of egg size in the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) using an advanced phylogenetic comparative method. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25 (1), 210−219.10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02420.x.
1.1.
2011
Davis, Robert B; Nicholson, David B; Saunders, Emily LR; Mayhew, Peter J. (2011). Fossil gaps inferred from phylogenies alter the apparent nature of diversification in dragonflies and their relatives. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, 252.10.1186/1471-2148-11-252.
1.1.
2011
Molleman, F.; Javoiš, J.; Esperk, T.; Teder, T.; Davis, R.B.; Tammaru, T. (2011). Sexual differences in weight loss upon eclosion are related to life history strategy in Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Physiology, 57 (6), 712−722.
1.1.
2010
Davis, RB, Baldauf, SL; Mayhew, PJ. (2010). The origins of species richness in the Hymenoptera: insights from a family-level supertree. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10: 109, xx−xx.
1.1.
2010
Davis, RB; Baldauf, SL; Mayhew, PJ. (2010). Many hexapod groups originated earlier and withstood extinction events better than previously realized: inferences from supertrees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277, 1597−1606.
1.1.
2009
Davis, RB; Baldauf, SL; Mayhew, PJ. (2009). Eusociality and the success of the termites: insights from a supertree of dictyopteran families. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22 (8), 1750−1761.
1.1.
2007
Minter, NJ; Braddy, SJ, Davis RB. (2007). Between a rock and a hard place: arthropod trackways and ichnotaxonomy. Lethaia, 40 (4), 365−375.
1.1.
2007
Davis, RB; Minter, NJ; Braddy, SJ. (2007). The neoichnology of terrestrial arthropods. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 255, 284−307.
24.09.2019

Robert Barry Davis

https://www.etis.ee/CV/Robert Barry_Davis/eng
12.04.1983
737 5838
robert.davis@ut.ee

Career

Institution(s) and position(s)
01.01.2016–...   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Research Fellow of Entomology (1,00)
01.05.2014–31.12.2015   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu University, Research Fellow (1,00)
01.01.2013–30.04.2014   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu University, Research Fellow (1,00)
01.01.2010–31.12.2012   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu University, Research Fellow (1,00)
01.01.2003–31.12.2004   
National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge (UK), Industrial Studentship
 
 
Education
2006–2009   
University of York, PhD (Title: Insights into Hexapod Diversification Using the Supertree Approach)
2005–2006   
Bristol University, MSc Palaeobiology (with Distinction)
2001–2005   
University of Bath, BSc Applied Biology (Hons) (Grade - Upper Second)

Qualifications

Academic degrees
Robert Barry Davis, Doctor's Degree, 2010, (sup) Peter J. Mayhew; Sandra L. Baldauf, Insights Into Hexapod Diversification Using the Supertree Approach, University of York.
 
 
Field of research
FIELD OF RESEARCH: 1. Biosciences and Environment; 1.4. Ecology, Biosystematics and -physiology
 
 

Projects in progress

Completed projects

Dissertations under supervision

Publications

Category
Year
Publication
 
1.1.
2019
Javoiš, Juhan; Davis, Robert B.; Tammaru, Toomas (2019). A comparative morphometric study of sensory capacity in geometrid moths. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 32, 4, 380−389.10.1111/jeb.13422.
1.1.
2019
Holm, Sille; Javois, Juhan; Molleman, Freerk; Davis, Robert B.; Ounap, Erki; Roininen, Heikki; Tammaru, Toomas (2019). No Indication of High Host-Plant Specificity in Afrotropical Geometrid Moths. Journal of Insect Science, 19 (3), ARTN 1.10.1093/jisesa/iez028.
1.1.
2019
Holm,S.; Javoiš, J.; Kaasik, A.; Õunap, E.; Davis,R. B.; Molleman, F.; Roininen, H., and Tammaru, T. (2019). Size-related life-history traits in geometrid moths: a comparison of a temperate and a tropical community. Ecological Entomology.10.1111/een.12747 [forthcoming].
1.1.
2019
Molleman, F.; Javoiš, J.; Davis, R.B.; Whitaker, M.; Tammaru, T.; Prinzing, A.; Õunap, E.; Wahlberg, N.; Kodandaramaiah, U.; Aduse-Poku, K.; Kaasik, A.; Carey, J. (2019). Quantifying the effects of species traits on predation risk in nature: a comparative study of butterfly wing damage. Journal of Animal Ecology, xxxx, xx−xx [forthcoming].
1.1.
2018
Holm, Sille; Javois, Juhan; Ounap, Erki; Davis, Robert B.; Kaasik, Ants; Molleman, Freerk; Tasane, Tonis; Tammaru, Toomas (2018). Reproductive behaviour indicates specificity in resource use: phylogenetic examples from temperate and tropical insects. Oikos, 127 (8), 1113−1124.10.1111/oik.04959.
1.1.
2018
Tammaru, Toomas; Johansson, Niko R.; Õunap, Erki; Davis, Robert B. (2018). Day-flying moths are smaller: evidence for ecological costs of being large. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 31 (9), 1400−1404.10.1111/jeb.13306.
1.1.
2016
Davis, Robert Barry; Javoiš, Juhan; Kaasik, Ants; Õunap, Erki; Tammaru, Toomas (2016). An ordination of life histories using morphological proxies: capital vs. income breeding in insects. Ecology, 97, 2112−2124.10.1002/ecy.1435.
1.1.
2016
Holm, S.; Davis, R.B.; Javoiš, J.; Õunap, E.; Kaasik, A.; Molleman, F.; Tammaru, T. (2016). A comparative perspective on longevity: the effect of body size dominates over ecology in moths. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29 (12), 2422−2435.10.1111/jeb.12966.
1.1.
2013
Davis, Robert B.; Õunap, Erki; Javoiš, Juhan; Gerhold, Pille; Tammaru, Toomas (2013). Degree of specialization is related to body size in herbivorous insects: a phylogenetic confirmation. Evolution, 67 (2), 583−589.10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01776.x.
1.1.
2012
Davis, Robert B.; Javoiš, Juhan; Pienaar, Jason; Õunap, Erki; Tammaru, Toomas (2012). Disentangling determinants of egg size in the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) using an advanced phylogenetic comparative method. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25 (1), 210−219.10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02420.x.
1.1.
2011
Davis, Robert B; Nicholson, David B; Saunders, Emily LR; Mayhew, Peter J. (2011). Fossil gaps inferred from phylogenies alter the apparent nature of diversification in dragonflies and their relatives. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11, 252.10.1186/1471-2148-11-252.
1.1.
2011
Molleman, F.; Javoiš, J.; Esperk, T.; Teder, T.; Davis, R.B.; Tammaru, T. (2011). Sexual differences in weight loss upon eclosion are related to life history strategy in Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Physiology, 57 (6), 712−722.
1.1.
2010
Davis, RB, Baldauf, SL; Mayhew, PJ. (2010). The origins of species richness in the Hymenoptera: insights from a family-level supertree. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10: 109, xx−xx.
1.1.
2010
Davis, RB; Baldauf, SL; Mayhew, PJ. (2010). Many hexapod groups originated earlier and withstood extinction events better than previously realized: inferences from supertrees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277, 1597−1606.
1.1.
2009
Davis, RB; Baldauf, SL; Mayhew, PJ. (2009). Eusociality and the success of the termites: insights from a supertree of dictyopteran families. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22 (8), 1750−1761.
1.1.
2007
Minter, NJ; Braddy, SJ, Davis RB. (2007). Between a rock and a hard place: arthropod trackways and ichnotaxonomy. Lethaia, 40 (4), 365−375.
1.1.
2007
Davis, RB; Minter, NJ; Braddy, SJ. (2007). The neoichnology of terrestrial arthropods. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 255, 284−307.
24.09.2019
Detailne otsing
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ProgrammLiikNumberNimiProjekti algusProjekti lõppVastutav täitjaAsutusFinantseerijapoolne rahastamine
ETFETF9344 Vaksiklaste elukäigu evolutsiooni uuring uudsete fülogeneetilis-võrdlevate meetoditega01.01.201231.12.2015Robert Barry DavisTartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut46 440,00 EUR
ETFETF7699Elukäigu strateegiad vaksiklastel: fülogeneetilis-võrdlev uuring01.01.200831.12.2011Juhan JavoišEesti Maaülikool; Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut; Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond42 626,47 EUR
SFSF0180122s08Fülogeneetilised ja võrdlev-ökoloogilised uuringud loomadel01.01.200831.12.2013Toomas TammaruTartu Ülikool, Bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond; Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut; Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond1 158 238,49 EUR
ETFETF9215Troopiliste liblikate koosluse populatsiooniomaduste uuring võrdleval meetodil01.01.201231.12.2015Freerk MollemanTartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut48 000,00 EUR
IUTIUT20-33Võrdlevad uurimused evolutsioonilises putukaökoloogias: fülogeneesist rakendusliku populatsioonidünaamikani01.01.201431.12.2019Toomas TammaruTartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituut1 138 200,00 EUR