David G. Jenkins

David G. Jenkins is a Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Central Florida. His research integrates community ecology, biogeography, and conservation, focusing on diversity, dispersal, and species distributions across scales. The d3 lab studies isolated wetlands, invasive species, and metacommunity dynamics using multi-taxa approaches.

Research emphasizes spatial ecology, biodiversity responses to disturbance, and conservation applications. Recent work examines beta diversity scaling, land-use impacts on wetlands, and human appropriation of ecological resources.

Publications address biogeographic principles across taxa, grassland-wetland interactions, and socio-ecological drivers of global change. Teaching includes ecology and conservation courses.