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Overview

Jim Hone is affiliated with the University of Canberra in Australia and focuses their research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Ecology, Small Animals, Agronomy and Crop Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed by Jim Hone's research include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Throughout their career, Jim Hone has published in a variety of scientific journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Australian Journal of Zoology
  • Ecology
  • BioScience
  • Journal of Wildlife Management

Recent papers by Jim Hone include:

  • How many feral pigs in Australia? An update, 2020, Australian Journal of Zoology
  • Evaluation Options for Wildlife Management and Strengthening of Causal Inference, 2023, BioScience
  • Causality and wildlife management, 2023, Journal of Wildlife Management

Other notable recent work in which Jim Hone is involved includes publications authored by frequent coauthors:

  • Christopher J. O'Bryan
  • Nicholas R. Patton
  • Jesse S. Lewis
  • Violeta Berdejo-Espinola
  • Derek R. Risch

Best Publications

  • How should pathogen transmission be modelled

    Hamish McCallum;Nigel Barlow;Jim Hone

  • Population growth rate and its determinants: an overview.

    Richard M. Sibly;Jim Hone

  • On the Regulation of Populations of Mammals, Birds, Fish, and Insects

    Richard M. Sibly;Daniel Barker;Michael C. Denham;Michael C. Denham;Michael C. Denham;Jim Hone;Jim Hone;Jim Hone

  • Feral pigs in Namadgi National Park, Australia: dynamics, impacts and management

    Jim Hone

  • Analysis of Vertebrate Pest Control

    Jim Hone

  • TESTING THE METABOLIC THEORY OF ECOLOGY: ALLOMETRIC SCALING EXPONENTS IN MAMMALS

    Richard P. Duncan;Richard P. Duncan;David M. Forsyth;Jim Hone

  • Estimates of maximum annual population growth rates (rm) of mammals and their application in wildlife management

    Jim Hone;Richard P. Duncan;Richard P. Duncan;David M. Forsyth

  • On the stability of populations of mammals, birds, fish and insects.

    Richard M. Sibly;Daniel Barker;Jim Hone;Mark Pagel

  • On rate of increase (r): patterns of variation in Australian mammals and the implications for wildlife management

    Jim Hone

  • Lamb predation and fox control in south-eastern Australia

    Carolyn Greentree;Glen Saunders;Lynette Mcleod;Jim Hone

  • Determinants of bird populations in an urban area

    F. Munyenyembe;J. Harris;J. Hone;H. Nix

  • USING ASPECTS OF PREDATOR-PREY THEORY TO EVALUATE HELICOPTER SHOOTING FOR FERAL PIG CONTROL

    David Choquenot;Jim Hone;Glen Saunders

  • Spatial and temporal aspects of vertebrate pest damage with emphasis on feral pigs

    Jim Hone

  • Disease transmission between and within species, and the implications for disease control

    Peter Caley;Jim Hone

  • Rate of Increase and Fertility Control

    Jim Hone

  • Wildlife Population Growth Rates

    Richard M. Sibly;J. Hone;T.H. Clutton-Brock

  • Analysis of Vertebrate Pest Control

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  • Visibility Bias in Aerial Survey: Mark-Recapture, Line-Transect or Both?

    Jeff Laake;Michelle J. Dawson;Jim Hone

  • Predator-Prey Theory and Feral Pig Control, with Emphasis on Evaluation of Shooting from a Helicopter

    Jim Hone

  • Climate, food, density and wildlife population growth rate

    Jim Hone;Tim H. Clutton‐Brock

  • Feral pig rooting in a mountain forest and woodland: distribution, abundance and relationships with environmental variables.

    Jim Hone

  • Evaluation of Fencing to Control Feral Pig Movement

    J Hone;B Atkinson

  • A Short-Term Evaluation of Feral Pig Eradication at Willandra in Western New South Wales

    Jim Hone

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles J. Krebs
Charles J. Krebs University of British Columbia
Richard M. Sibly
Richard M. Sibly University of Reading
Peter Caley
Peter Caley Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Mark Pagel
Mark Pagel University of Reading
Richard P. Duncan
Richard P. Duncan University of Canberra
Eve McDonald-Madden
Eve McDonald-Madden University of Queensland
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge
Hamish McCallum
Hamish McCallum Griffith University
Arthur Georges
Arthur Georges University of Canberra
David M. Forsyth
David M. Forsyth New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

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