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Jon Bielby is a researcher affiliated with Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, encompassing various subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Genetics.

Their research topics frequently include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Turtle Biology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

Jon Bielby has contributed to several scientific publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death" (2024) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Host contribution to parasite persistence is consistent between parasites and over time, but varies spatially" (2020) published in Ecological Applications
  • "Single infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or Ranavirus does not increase probability of co-infection in a montane community of amphibians" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Long-Term Monitoring of Amphibian Populations of a National Park in Northern Spain Reveals Negative Persisting Effects of Ranavirus, but Not Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis" (2021) published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "Drivers of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection load, with evidence of infection tolerance in adult male toads (Bufo spinosus)" (2023) published in Oecologia

The researcher frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Kirsten M. McMillan, Jaime Bosch, Matthew Rendle, Stephen J. Price, and Camino Monsalve-Carcaño. These partnerships have produced multiple publications across various topics in the environmental sciences.

Jon Bielby's publications are found most often in the journals Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Royal Society Open Science, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Ecological Applications.

Best Publications

  • The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge

    Jan Schipper;Jan Schipper;Janice S. Chanson;Janice S. Chanson;Federica Chiozza;Neil A. Cox;Neil A. Cox

  • PanTHERIA: a species‐level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals

    Kate E. Jones;Jon Bielby;Marcel Cardillo;Susanne A. Fritz

  • Multiple Causes of High Extinction Risk in Large Mammal Species

    Marcel Cardillo;Georgina M. Mace;Kate E. Jones;Jon Bielby

  • Human Population Density and Extinction Risk in the World's Carnivores

    Marcel Cardillo;Andy Purvis;Wes Sechrest;John L Gittleman

  • Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions

    Taylor H. Ricketts;Eric Dinerstein;Tim Boucher;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Multiple emergences of genetically diverse amphibian-infecting chytrids include a globalized hypervirulent recombinant lineage.

    Rhys A. Farrer;Lucy A. Weinert;Jon Bielby;Trenton W. J. Garner

  • The predictability of extinction: biological and external correlates of decline in mammals.

    Marcel Cardillo;Georgina M Mace;John L Gittleman;Kate E Jones

  • The fast-slow continuum in mammalian life history: An empirical reevaluation

    J. Bielby;G. M. Mace;O. R. P. Bininda‐Emonds;M. Cardillo

  • Mapping the Global Emergence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus

    Deanna H. Olson;David M. Aanensen;Kathryn L. Ronnenberg;Christopher I. Powell

  • Predicting the conservation status of data-deficient species.

    Lucie M. Bland;Lucie M. Bland;Ben Collen;C. David L. Orme;Jon Bielby

  • Mechanisms underlying shoal composition in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

    Darren P. Croft;Bethany. J. Arrowsmith;Jon Bielby;K. Skinner

  • Predicting susceptibility to future declines in the world's frogs

    Jon Bielby;Jon Bielby;N. Cooper;N. Cooper;A.A. Cunningham;T.W.J. Garner

  • Macroecology and extinction risk correlates of frogs

    Natalie Cooper;Natalie Cooper;Jon Bielby;Jon Bielby;Gavin H. Thomas;Andy Purvis

  • Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus

    Dennis Rödder;Jos Kielgast;Jon Bielby;Sebastian Schmidtlein

  • Phylogenetic trees and the future of mammalian biodiversity

    T. Jonathan Davies;Susanne A. Fritz;Richard Grenyer;C. David L. Orme

  • Correlates of extinction risk in squamate reptiles: the relative importance of biology, geography, threat and range size

    Monika Böhm;Rhiannon Williams;Rhiannon Williams;Huw R. Bramhall;Huw R. Bramhall;Kirsten M. McMillan;Kirsten M. McMillan

  • Phylogenetic trees and the future of mammalian biodiversity

    T. Jonathan Davies;Susanne A. Fritz;Richard Grenyer;C. David

  • Correlates of research effort in carnivores: body size, range size and diet matter.

    Zoe M. Brooke;Jon Bielby;Kate Nambiar;Chris Carbone

  • Toward reassessing data‐deficient species

    Lucie M. Bland;Jon Bielby;Stephen Kearney;C. David L. Orme

  • The link between rapid enigmatic amphibian decline and the globally emerging chytrid fungus.

    Stefan Lötters;Jos Kielgast;Jon Bielby;Sebastian Schmidtlein

Frequent Co-Authors

Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Georgina M. Mace
Georgina M. Mace University College London
Marcel Cardillo
Marcel Cardillo Australian National University
Matthew C. Fisher
Matthew C. Fisher Imperial College London
Ben Collen
Ben Collen University College London
C. David L. Orme
C. David L. Orme Imperial College London
Samuel T. Turvey
Samuel T. Turvey Zoological Society of London
John L. Gittleman
John L. Gittleman University of Georgia
Andrew A. Cunningham
Andrew A. Cunningham Zoological Society of London

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