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Jonathan A. Newman

Jonathan A. Newman

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
52
Citations
9281
World Ranking
3488
National Ranking
241

Overview

Jonathan A. Newman is affiliated with Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Within these broad fields, their work engages specific subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, insect science, ecological modeling, plant science, and general ecology.

The topics they explore are diverse but emphasize the interactions between plants and fungi, as well as insect-plant interactions and control methods. Their work also covers species distribution and effects of climate change, plant and animal studies, plant toxicity and pharmacological properties, forest insect ecology and management, and broader ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

Recent papers published by Jonathan A. Newman include:

  • Costs, Benefits, Parasites and Mutualists: The Use and Abuse of the Mutualism-Parasitism Continuum Concept for "Epichloë" Fungi, 2022, Philosophy Theory and Practice in Biology
  • Costs, Benefits, Parasites and Mutualists: The Use and Abuse of the Mutualism-Parasitism Continuum Concept for Epichloë Fungi, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Climate change may make pine wilt disease more prevalent, 2024, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Comparison of Plant Metabolites in Root Exudates of Lolium perenne Infected with Different Strains of the Fungal Endophyte Epichloë festucae var. lolii, 2021, Journal of Fungi
  • Examining the Impacts of CO2 Concentration and Genetic Compatibility on Perennial Ryegrass-Epichloë festucae var lolii Interactions, 2020, Journal of Fungi

Jonathan A. Newman's collaborations often involve several frequent co-authors including Heather A. Hager, Xuezhen Ge, Cortland K. Griswold, Aurora Patchett, and Zou Ya. These collaborations span multiple publications.

Their research has appeared predominantly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Fungi, Biology & Philosophy, Oecologia, and The Quarterly Review of Biology. Among these, bioRxiv is the most frequent publication site.

This profile reflects a sustained focus on the dynamics of mutualistic and parasitic relationships within fungal and plant systems, as well as the potential environmental impacts tied to climate change and species interactions in ecological contexts.

Best Publications

  • The contribution of species richness and composition to bacterial services

    Thomas Bell;Jonathan A. Newman;Bernard W. Silverman;Sarah L. Turner

  • A meta-analytical review of the effects of elevated CO2 on plant-arthropod interactions highlights the importance of interacting environmental and biological variables.

    Emily A. Robinson;Geraldine D. Ryan;Jonathan A. Newman

  • Diet preference of sheep: effects of recent diet, physiological state and species abundance

    A. J. Parsons;J. A. Newman;P. D. Penning;A. Harvey

  • Larger Islands House More Bacterial Taxa

    Thomas Bell;Duane Ager;Ji-Inn Song;Ji-Inn Song;Jonathan A. Newman

  • High nitrogen supply and carbohydrate content reduce fungal endophyte and alkaloid concentration in Lolium perenne

    Susanne Rasmussen;Anthony J. Parsons;Shalome Bassett;Michael J. Christensen

  • BLOCKING FACTORS AND HYPOTHESIS TESTS IN ECOLOGY: IS YOUR STATISTICS TEXT WRONG?

    Jonathan A. Newman;Joy Bergelson;Alan Grafen

  • Risk-sensitivity: ambient temperature affects foraging choice

    Thomas Caraco;Wolf U. Blanckenhorn;Gina M. Gregory;Jonathan A. Newman

  • Metabolic Profiles of Lolium perenne Are Differentially Affected by Nitrogen Supply, Carbohydrate Content, and Fungal Endophyte Infection

    Susanne Rasmussen;Anthony J. Parsons;Karl Fraser;Hong Xue

  • Fasting affects intake behaviour and diet preference of grazing sheep

    J.A. Newman;P.D. Penning;A.J. Parsons;A. Harvey

  • Rates of Weed Spread in Spatially Heterogeneous Environments

    Joy Bergelson;Jonathan A. Newman;Ernesto M. Floresroux

  • Optimal diet selection by a generalist grazing herbivore

    J. A. Newman;A. J. Parsons;J. H. M. Thornley;P. D. Penning

  • A mechanistic model of some physical determinants of intake rate and diet selection in a two-species temperate grassland sward.

    A. J. Parsons;J. H. M. Thornley;J. Newman;P. D. Penning

  • The effects of group size on grazing time in sheep

    P.D. Penning;A.J. Parsons;J.A. Newman;R.J. Orr

  • Development, reproductive output and population growth of the fruit fly pest Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on artificial diet

    Lisa M. Emiljanowicz;Geraldine D. Ryan;Aaron Langille;Jonathan Newman

  • Not all sheep prefer clover : diet selection revisited

    J. A. Newman;A. J. Parsons;A. Harvey

  • Sexual cannibalism in orb-weaving spiders : an economic model

    Jonathan A. Newman;Mark A. Elgar

  • Effects of elevated CO2, nitrogen and fungal endophyte-infection on tall fescue: growth, photosynthesis, chemical composition and digestibility

    J. A. Newman;M. L. Abner;R. G. Dado;D. J. Gibson

  • How predictable are aphid population responses to elevated CO2

    J. A. Newman;D. J. Gibson;D. J. Gibson;A. J. Parsons;J. H. M. Thornley

  • A Linear Model Method for Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Experiments

    Thomas Bell;Andrew K. Lilley;Andy Hector;Bernhard Schmid

  • The use of spatial memory by grazing animals to locate food patches in spatially heterogeneous environments: an example with sheep

    G.R. Edwards;J.A. Newman;A.J. Parsons;J.R. Krebs

  • Climate change and cereal aphids: the relative effects of increasing CO2 and temperature on aphid population dynamics

    Jonathan A. Newman

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. Parsons
Anthony J. Parsons Massey University
David J. Gibson
David J. Gibson Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Thomas Caraco
Thomas Caraco University at Albany, State University of New York
John N. Klironomos
John N. Klironomos American University of Sharjah
Thomas Bell
Thomas Bell Imperial College London
Pedro E. Gundel
Pedro E. Gundel University of Talca
Hafiz Maherali
Hafiz Maherali University of Guelph
Jacob N. Barney
Jacob N. Barney Virginia Tech
Joy Bergelson
Joy Bergelson University of Chicago
Barry J. Shelp
Barry J. Shelp University of Guelph

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