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Overview

Jason Newton is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications in related subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies

Jason Newton has published numerous papers. Some recent examples include:

  • "Carbon burial over the last four millennia is regulated by both climatic and land use change" (2020), published in Global Change Biology
  • "Intra-specific Niche Partitioning in Antarctic Fur Seals, Arctocephalus gazella" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Interspecific and intraspecific foraging differentiation of neighbouring tropical seabirds" (2021), published in Movement Ecology
  • "Temporal dynamics in zooplankton δ13C and δ15N isoscapes for the North Atlantic Ocean: Decadal cycles, seasonality, and implications for predator ecology" (2022), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Sexual segregation of gannet foraging over 11 years: movements vary but isotopic differences remain stable" (2021), published in Marine Ecology Progress Series

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Stephen C. Votier
  • Rona A. R. McGill
  • Stuart Bearhop
  • Ana Beatriz Navarro
  • Luís Fábio Silveira

Jason Newton has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Marine Biology
  • Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
  • Ecology and Evolution

This combination of fields, topics, co-authors, and publication venues reflects a focused engagement with ecological and environmental sciences, especially in the study of marine and wildlife ecology through isotope analysis techniques.

Best Publications

  • Assortative Mating as a Mechanism for Rapid Evolution of a Migratory Divide

    Stuart Bearhop;Wolfgang Fiedler;Robert W. Furness;Stephen C. Votier

  • Individual responses of seabirds to commercial fisheries revealed using GPS tracking, stable isotopes and vessel monitoring systems

    Stephen C. Votier;Stuart Bearhop;Matthew J. Witt;Richard Inger

  • Seasonal matching of habitat quality and fitness in a migratory bird

    Tómas Grétar Gunnarsson;Jennifer A Gill;Jason Newton;Peter M Potts

  • Ecological, morphological and genetic divergence of sympatric North Atlantic killer whale populations

    Andrew David Foote;Andrew David Foote;James Newton;Stuart Brannon Piertney;Eske Willerslev

  • Long-term individual foraging site fidelity--why some gannets don't change their spots.

    Ewan D. Wakefield;Ian R. Cleasby;Ian R. Cleasby;Stuart Bearhop;Thomas W. Bodey

  • Migratory dichotomy and associated phenotypic variation in marine turtles revealed by satellite tracking and stable isotope analysis

    Judith A. Zbinden;Stuart Bearhop;Philip Bradshaw;Bronwen Gill

  • Inter-colony movements, at-sea behaviour and foraging in an immature seabird: results from GPS-PPT tracking, radio-tracking and stable isotope analysis

    Stephen C. Votier;W. James Grecian;Samantha Patrick;Jason Newton

  • Carry‐over effects reveal reproductive costs in a long‐distance migrant

    Richard Inger;Xavier A. Harrison;Graeme D. Ruxton;Jason Newton

  • Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Müllerian co-mimics

    Markos A. Alexandrou;Claudio Oliveira;Marjorie Maillard;Rona A. R. McGill

  • Source and Health Implications of High Toxic Metal Concentrations in Illicit Tobacco Products

    W. Edryd Stephens;Angus Calder;Jason Newton

  • Temporal and intrapopulation variation in prey choice of wintering geese determined by stable isotope analysis

    Richard Inger;Graeme D. Ruxton;Jason Newton;Kendrew Colhoun

  • Rates of mass gain and energy deposition in red knot on their final spring staging site is both time‐ and condition‐dependent

    Philip W. Atkinson;Allan J. Baker;Karen A. Bennett;Nigel A. Clark

  • Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio profiling of sperm whale teeth reveals ontogenetic movements and trophic ecology

    Sónia Mendes;Jason Newton;Robert J. Reid;Alain F. Zuur

  • The ecological significance of tool use in New Caledonian crows.

    Christian Rutz;Lucas A. Bluff;Nicola Reed;Jolyon Troscianko

  • The oxygen‐isotopic record in enstatite meteorites

    J. Newton;J. Newton;I. A. Franchi;C. T. Pillinger

  • Acfer 094, a uniquely primitive carbonaceous chondrite from the Sahara

    J. Newton;A. Bischoff;J. W. Arden;I. A. Franchi

  • Sexual segregation in a wide-ranging marine predator is a consequence of habitat selection

    Ian R. Cleasby;Ian R. Cleasby;Ewan D. Wakefield;Ewan D. Wakefield;Tom W. Bodey;Richard D. Davies

  • Sex-specific foraging behaviour in northern gannets Morus bassanus: incidence and implications

    C. Stauss;S. Bearhop;T. W. Bodey;Stefan Garthe

  • Unravelling the migration and moult strategies of a long-distance migrant using stable isotopes: Red Knot Calidris canutus movements in the Americas

    Philip W. Atkinson;Allan J. Baker;Richard M. Bevan;Nigel A. Clark

  • Colonisation of urban environments is associated with reduced migratory behaviour, facilitating divergence from ancestral populations

    Karl L. Evans;Jason Newton;Kevin J. Gaston;Stuart P. Sharp

  • Stable Isotope Ecology

    Jason Newton

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Sarah Spiegel
Sarah Spiegel Virginia Commonwealth University
Richard Inger
Richard Inger University of Exeter
Susan Waldron
Susan Waldron University of Glasgow
Colin E. Adams
Colin E. Adams University of Glasgow
Samantha C. Patrick
Samantha C. Patrick University of Liverpool
Sheldon Milstien
Sheldon Milstien Virginia Commonwealth University
Mark H. Garnett
Mark H. Garnett University of Glasgow
Rona A. R. McGill
Rona A. R. McGill University of Glasgow

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