 Adrian
Davis on the experimental
farm, University of Pretoria, with the
basic tools of the trade.
Photo by Christiaan Deschodt.
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Adrian Davis started out in the
U.K. but got bitten by the travel bug, so in 1971 he traveled
overland from Europe through Africa where he has been ever since.
He is currently based at the University of Pretoria, South Africa,
as a member of the Scarab Research Group in the Department of
Zoology & Entomology after stints at the University of Cape
Town and the overseas station of the Australian CSIRO Dung Beetle
Research Unit in Pretoria. Although he has dabbled in nesting
biology and ecophysiology of scarabaeine dung beetles, he has
been primarily interested in their spatial and temporal distribution
patterns from biogeographical down to community ecological scales
of organization. This groundwork has now evolved into an interest
in the historical origins of these patterns, which is assisted
by his taxonomic knowledge of the Afrotropical fauna.
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Dr Adrian L.V. Davis
Dept of Zoology & Entomology
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood Rd
PRETORIA 0002
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: 27 (0)12 420 2539
27 (0)72 211 3978
FAX: 27 (0)12 362 5242
EMAIL: adavis@zoology.up.ac.za |
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PUBLICATIONS
1. Davis, A.L.V. 1986. Three new species
of Afrotropical dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the
genera, Kheper Janssens, Gymnopleurus Illiger
and Onitis Fabricius, with notes on related species.
Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 49: 373-387.
2. Davis, A.L.V. 1987. Geographical distribution
of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and their seasonal
activity in south-western Cape Province. Journal of the Entomological
Society of Southern Africa 50: 275-285.
3. Davis, A.L.V., Doube, B.M. & Maclennan,
P.D. 1988. Habitat associations and seasonal abundance of dung
beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae)
in the Hluhluwe region of South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological
Research 78: 425-434.
4. Davis, A.L.V. 1989. Nesting of Afrotropical
Oniticellus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and its evolutionary
trend from soil to dung. Ecological Entomology 14: 11-21.
5. Davis, A.L.V. 1989. Residence and breeding
of Oniticellus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) within cattle
pads: inhibition by dung-burying beetles. Journal of the Entomological
Society of Southern Africa 52: 229-236.
6. Davis, A.L.V. 1993. Alpha diversity patterns
of dung beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae,
Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the winter rainfall region of South
Africa. African Entomology 1: 67-80.
7. Davis, A.L.V. & Dewhurst, C.F. 1993.
Climatic and biogeographical associations of Kenyan and north
Tanzanian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). African Journal
of Ecology 31: 290-306.
8. Davis, A.L.V. 1993. Biogeographical groups
in a southern African, winter rainfall, dung beetle assemblage
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) - consequences of climatic history
and habitat fragmentation. African Journal of Ecology 31: 306-327.
9. Davis, A.L.V. 1993. Annual age structure
patterns in Afrotropical dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
under winter rainfall climate. Journal of African Zoology 107:
397-411.
10. Davis, A.L.V. 1994. Associations of Afrotropical
Coleoptera (Scarabaeidae, Aphodiidae, Staphylinidae, Hydrophilidae,
Histeridae) with dung and decaying matter: implications for selection
of fly-control agents for Australia. Journal of Natural History
28: 383-399.
11. Davis, A.L.V. 1994. Compositional differences
between dung beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in
winter and summer rainfall climates. African Entomology 2: 45-51.
12. Davis, A.L.V. 1994. Habitat fragmentation
in southern Africa and distributional response patterns of five
specialist or generalist dung beetle families (Coleoptera). African
Journal of Ecology 32: 192-207.
13. Davis, A.L.V. 1994. Community organization
in a South African, winter rainfall, dung beetle assemblage (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae). Acta Oecologica 15: 727-738.
14. Davis, A.L.V. 1995. Daily weather variation
and temporal dynamics in an Afrotropical dung beetle community
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acta Oecologica 16: 641-656.
15. Davis, A.L.V. 1996. Habitat associations
in a South African, summer rainfall, dung beetle community (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae, Aphodiidae, Staphylinidae, Histeridae, Hydrophilidae).
Pedobiologia 40: 260-280.
16. Davis, A.L.V. 1996. Seasonal dung beetle
activity and dung dispersal in selected South African habitats:
implications for pasture improvement in Australia. Agriculture,
Ecosystems and Environment 58: 157-169.
17. Davis, A.L.V. 1996. Diel and seasonal community
dynamics in an assemblage of coprophagous, Afrotropical, dung
beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae s. str., Aphodiidae,
Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Journal of African Zoology 110: 291-308.
18. Davis, A.L.V. 1996. Community organization
in dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): differences in body
size and functional group structure between habitats. African
Journal of Ecology 34: 258-275.
19. Davis, A.L.V. 1997. Climatic and biogeographical
associations of southern African dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae
s. str.). African Journal of Ecology 35: 10-38.
20. Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H. & Harrison,
J. du G. 1999. New and threatened Afrotropical, dung beetle taxa
in the Gondwanaland tribe Canthonini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
African Entomology 7: 77-84.
21. Lobo, J.M. & Davis, A.L.V. 1999. An
intercontinental comparison of dung beetle diversity between two
mediterranean-climatic regions: local versus regional and historical
influences. Diversity and Distributions 5: 91-103.
22. Davis, A.L.V., Chown, S.L. & Scholtz,
C.H. 1999. Discontinuous gas-exchange cycles in Scarabaeus
dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): temperature dependence
and mass scaling. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72: 555-565.
23. Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H. & Chown,
S.L. 1999. Species turnover, community boundaries, and biogeographical
composition of dung beetle assemblages across an altitudinal gradient
in South Africa. Journal of Biogeography 26: 1039-1055.
24. Davis, A.L.V., Chown, S.L., McGeoch, M.A.
& Scholtz, C.H. 2000. A comparative analysis of metabolic
rate in six Scarabaeus species (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae) from southern Africa: further caveats when inferring
adaptations. Journal of Insect Physiology 46: 553-562.
25. Koch, S.O., Chown, S.L., Davis, A.L.V.,
Endrody-Younga, S. & Van Jaarsveld, A.S. 2000. Conservation
strategies for poorly surveyed taxa: a dung beetle (Coleoptera,
Scarabaeidae) case study from southern Africa. Journal of Insect
Conservation 4: 45-56.
26. Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2001.
Historical versus ecological factors influencing global patterns
of scarabaeine dung beetle diversity. Diversity and Distributions
7: 161-174.
27. Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H. & Harrison,
J. du G. 2001. Cladistic, phenetic, and biogeographical analysis
of the flightless dung beetle genus, Gyronotus van Lansberge
(Scarabaeidae), in threatened eastern afrotropical forests. Journal
of Natural History 35: 1607-1625.
28. Davis, A.L.V. 2002. Dung beetle diversity
in South Africa: influential factors, conservation status, data
inadequacies, and survey design. African Entomology 10: 53-65.
29. Davis, A.L.V., Van Aarde, R.J., Scholtz,
C.H. & Delport, J.H. 2002. Increasing representation of localized
dung beetles across a chronosequence of regenerating vegetation
and natural dune forest in South Africa. Global Ecology and Biogeography
11: 191-210.
30. Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H. & Philips,
T.K. 2002. Historical biogeography of scarabaeine dung beetles.
Journal of Biogeography 29: 1217-1256.
31. Davis, A.L.V., Van Aarde, R.J., Scholtz,
C.H. & Delport, J.H. 2003. Convergence between dung beetle
assemblages of a post-mining vegetational chronosequence and unmined
dune forest. Restoration Ecology 11: in press. |
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