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Jonathan Silvertown is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work spans interdisciplinary fields that include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Aging, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research broadly addresses topics such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Jonathan Silvertown has published in several notable venues, demonstrating a consistent focus in Ecological and Evolutionary journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Mycorrhiza
  • Ecology and Evolution

Among recent publications attributed to this researcher or closely associated work in this field are the following papers:

  • "Williams' Intuition about Extrinsic Mortality Is Irrelevant," 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "George C. Williams' Problematic Model of Selection and Senescence: Time to Move on," 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Heritable genetic variation but no local adaptation in a pine-ectomycorrhizal interaction," 2020, Mycorrhiza
  • "Location, but not defensive genotype, determines ectomycorrhizal community composition in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings," 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Editorial Board and Contents," 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Collaboration is an important aspect of their scientific output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jacob A. Moorad
  • Daniel Promislow
  • Jim Downie
  • Stephen Cavers
  • Richard A. Ennos

Jonathan Silvertown's research encompasses themes of genetics and aging, ecological dynamics, and symbiotic relationships between plants and fungi, contributing to fields that explore both evolutionary biology and environmental conservation.

Best Publications

  • A new dawn for citizen science.

    Jonathan Silvertown

  • Introduction to plant population ecology

    Jonathan W. Silvertown;Deborah Charlesworth

  • Plant coexistence and the niche

    Jonathan Silvertown

  • comparative plant demography - relative importance of life-cycle components to the finite rate of increase in woody and herbaceous perennials

    Jonathan Silvertown;Miguel Franco;Irene Pisanty;Ana Mendoza

  • The evolutionary ecology of mast seeding in trees

    Jonathan W. Silvertown

  • Hydrologically defined niches reveal a basis for species richness in plant communities

    Jonathan Silvertown;Mike E. Dodd;David J. G. Gowing;J. Owen Mountford

  • The Park Grass Experiment 1856–2006: its contribution to ecology

    Jonathan Silvertown;Paul Poulton;Edward Johnston;Grant Edwards

  • Cellular Automaton Models of Interspecific Competition for Space--The Effect of Pattern on Process

    Jonathan Silvertown;Senino Holtier;Jeff Johnson;Pam Dale

  • The Evolutionary Maintenance of Sexual Reproduction: Evidence from the Ecological Distribution of Asexual Reproduction in Clonal Plants

    Jonathan Silvertown

  • A COMPARATIVE DEMOGRAPHY OF PLANTS BASED UPON ELASTICITIES OF VITAL RATES

    Miguel Franco;Jonathan Silvertown

  • Hydrological niches in terrestrial plant communities: a review

    Jonathan Silvertown;Yoseph N. Araya;David Gowing

  • Interpretation of elasticity matrices as an aid to the management of plant populations for conservation

    Jonathan Silvertown;Miguel Franco;Eric Menges

  • NULL MODELS IN ECOLOGY

    Paul H. Harvey;Robert K. Colwell;Jonathan W. Silvertown

  • PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF TRAIT EVOLUTION AND SPECIES DIVERSITY VARIATION AMONG ANGIOSPERM FAMILIES.

    Michael E. Dodd;Jonathan Silvertown;Mark W. Chase

  • Determinants of Species Richness in the Park Grass Experiment

    M. J. Crawley;A. E. Johnston;J. Silvertown;M. Dodd

  • Gap colonization as a source of grassland community change : effects of gap size and grazing on the rate and mode of colonization by different species

    J. M. Bullock;B. C. Hill;J. Silvertown;M. Sutton

  • Have Ecosystem Services Been Oversold

    Jonathan Silvertown

  • Seed Size, Life Span, and Germination Date as Coadapted Features of Plant Life History

    Jonathan W. Silvertown

  • Phylogeny and the hierarchical organization of plant diversity.

    Jonathan Silvertown;Mike Dodd;David Gowing;Clare Lawson

  • Perspectives on plant competition

    Jonathan Silvertown

  • Introduction to Plant Population Ecology.

    A. H. Fitter;J. W. Silvertown

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. G. Gowing
David J. G. Gowing The Open University
James M. Bullock
James M. Bullock UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Guy F. Midgley
Guy F. Midgley Stellenbosch University
J. Bastow Wilson
J. Bastow Wilson University of Otago
John L. Harper
John L. Harper University of Oxford
Daniel E. L. Promislow
Daniel E. L. Promislow University of Washington
H. Peter Linder
H. Peter Linder University of Zurich
Paul R. Poulton
Paul R. Poulton Rothamsted Research
A. E. Johnston
A. E. Johnston Rothamsted Research
Mark W. Chase
Mark W. Chase Royal Botanic Gardens

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