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Jonathan D. Ballou is affiliated with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on agricultural and biological sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and environmental science.

Their work covers multiple subfields, including genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, ecological modeling, and nature and landscape conservation. The main topics addressed in their research include plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, animal genetics and reproduction, genetically modified organisms research, chromosomal and genetic variations, and genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Jonathan D. Ballou has contributed to the academic community through papers published in various scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Applying the zoo model to conservation of threatened exceptional plant species (2020), published in Conservation Biology
  • Strategies for establishing and using genome resource banks to protect genetic diversity in conservation breeding programs (2022), published in Zoo Biology
  • Applying genomics to metapopulation management in North American insurance populations of southern sable antelope (Hippotragus niger niger) and addra gazelle (Nanger dama ruficollis) (2021), published in Global Ecology and Conservation
  • 1994 Studbook for Leontopithecus rosalia (2023), published in Neotropical Primates

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Robert C. Lacy
  • Taylor Callicrate
  • Kathy Traylor-Holzer
  • Jordan Wood
  • Jeremie B. Fant

Jonathan D. Ballou's publications appear regularly in venues such as Conservation Biology, Zoo Biology, Global Ecology and Conservation, and Neotropical Primates, reflecting their focus on conservation genetics and biology across diverse taxa.

Best Publications

  • Introduction to Conservation Genetics

    Richard Frankham;Jonathan D. Ballou;David A. Briscoe

  • Introduction to Conservation Genetics: Frontmatter

    Richard Frankham;Jonathan D. Ballou;David A. Briscoe

  • Estimates of Lethal Equivalents and the Cost of Inbreeding in Mammals

    Katherine Ralls;Jonathan D. Ballou;Alan Templeton

  • Predicting the probability of outbreeding depression

    Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham;Jonathan D. Ballou;Mark D. B. Eldridge;Robert C. Lacy

  • Realistic levels of inbreeding depression strongly affect extinction risk in wild populations

    Julian J. O’Grady;Barry W. Brook;David H. Reed;Jonathan D. Ballou

  • A Primer of Conservation Genetics

    Richard Frankham;Jonathan D. Ballou;David A. Briscoe;Karina H. McInnes

  • Estimates of minimum viable population sizes for vertebrates and factors influencing those estimates

    David H Reed;Julian J O'Grady;Barry W Brook;Jonathan D Ballou

  • Inbreeding and juvenile mortality in small populations of ungulates

    Katherine Ralls;Kristin Brugger;Jonathan Ballou

  • Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations

    Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham;Jonathan D Ballou;Katherine Ralls;Mark D B Eldridge

  • Call for a Paradigm Shift in the Genetic Management of Fragmented Populations

    Katherine Ralls;Jonathan D. Ballou;Michele R. Dudash;Mark D. B. Eldridge

  • Implications of different species concepts for conserving biodiversity

    Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham;Jonathan D. Ballou;Michele R. Dudash;Mark D.B. Eldridge

  • Demographic and genetic management of captive populations

    Jonathan D. Ballou;Caroline Lees;Lisa J. Faust;Sarah Long

  • Ancestral Inbreeding Only Minimally Affects Inbreeding Depression in Mammalian Populations

    J. D. Ballou

  • Conservation Program for the Golden Lion Tamarin: Captive Research and Management, Ecological Studies, Educational Strategies, and Reintroduction

    Devra G. Kleiman;Benjamin B. Beck;James M. Dietz;Lou Ann Dietz

  • A landscape-based conservation strategy to double the wild tiger population

    Eric Wikramanayake;Eric Dinerstein;John Seidensticker;Susan Lumpkin

  • Effects of inbreeding on infant mortality in captive primates

    Katherine Rails;Jonathan Ballou

  • The frequency and severity of catastrophic die‐offs in vertebrates

    David H. Reed;Julian J. O'Grady;Jonathan D. Ballou;Richard Frankham

  • Captive breeding programs for populations with a small number of founders.

    Katherine Ralls;Jonathan Ballou

  • Management Options for Preserving Genetic Diversity: Reintroduction of Guam Rails to the Wild

    Susan M. Haig;Jonathan D. Ballou;Scott R. Derrickson

  • A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations

    Richard Frankham;Richard Frankham;Jonathan D. Ballou;Katherine Ralls;Mark D. B. Eldridge

  • Viable populations for conservation: edited by Michael E. Soulé, Cambridge University Press, 1987. £25/$44.50 hbk, £9.95/$16.95 pbk (xii + 189 pages) ISBN 0 521 33390 (hbk), 0 521 33657 (pbk)

    Katherine Ralls;Jonathan Ballou

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Frankham
Richard Frankham Macquarie University
Katherine Ralls
Katherine Ralls Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Robert C. Lacy
Robert C. Lacy Chicago Zoological Society
Mark D. B. Eldridge
Mark D. B. Eldridge Australian Museum
Charles B. Fenster
Charles B. Fenster South Dakota State University
Paul Sunnucks
Paul Sunnucks Monash University
Susan M. Haig
Susan M. Haig Oregon State University
Robert C. Fleischer
Robert C. Fleischer Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Oliver A. Ryder
Oliver A. Ryder University of California, San Diego
Jesús E. Maldonado
Jesús E. Maldonado Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

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