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Overview

Melanie D. Jones is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their work spans multiple subfields including plant science, soil science, ecology, insect science, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics of Jones's research encompass mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, plant physiology and cultivation studies, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Recent publications by Jones include:

  • Positive citation bias and overinterpreted results lead to misinformation on common mycorrhizal networks in forests (2023), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Soil organic carbon in irrigated agricultural systems: A meta-analysis (2021), published in Global Change Biology
  • Phosphorus deficiencies invoke optimal allocation of exoenzymes by ectomycorrhizas (2021), published in The ISME Journal
  • Storage of soil carbon as particulate and mineral associated organic matter in irrigated woody perennial crops (2021), published in Geoderma
  • Importance of drive-row vegetation for soil carbon storage in woody perennial crops: A regional study (2020), published in Geoderma

Jones has frequently published in several venues, including:

  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Geoderma
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Mycorrhiza
  • Global Change Biology

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Louise M. Nelson, David Emde, Kirsten D. Hannam, T. Forge, and Andrew J. Midwood. These collaborators have worked with Jones on multiple projects and publications, contributing across different studies.

Best Publications

  • Net transfer of carbon between ectomycorrhizal tree species in the field

    Suzanne W. Simard;David A. Perry;Melanie D. Jones;David D. Myrold

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities in young forest stands regenerating after clearcut logging

    Melanie D. Jones;Daniel M. Durall;John W. G. Cairney

  • Exploring functional definitions of mycorrhizas: Are mycorrhizas always mutualisms?

    Melanie D Jones;Sally E Smith

  • Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes Within and Between Mycorrhizal Plants

    Suzanne W. Simard;Melanie D. Jones;Daniel M. Durall

  • THE EFFECT OF MYCORRHIZAL INFECTION ON THE RESPONSE OF BETULA PAPYRIFERA TO NICKEL AND COPPER

    Melanie D. Jones;Thomas C. Hutchinson

  • Dual-mycorrhizal plants: their ecology and relevance.

    François P. Teste;François P. Teste;Melanie D. Jones;Ian A. Dickie

  • Access to mycorrhizal networks and roots of trees: importance for seedling survival and resource transfer

    François P. Teste;Suzanne W. Simard;Daniel M. Durall;Robert D. Guy

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungi contribute to soil organic matter cycling in sub-boreal forests

    Lori A Phillips;Lori A Phillips;Valerie Ward;Melanie D Jones

  • A comparison of arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal Eucalyptus coccifera: growth response, phosphorus uptake efficiency and external hyphal production

    Melanie D. Jones;Melanie D. Jones;D. M. Durall;P. B. Tinker

  • Effects of clear-cut logging on the diversity and persistence of ectomycorrhizae at a subalpine forest

    Shannon M Hagerman;Melanie D Jones;Gary E Bradfield;M Gillespie

  • Phosphorus relationships and production of extrametrical hyphae by two types of willow ectomycorrhizas at different soil phosphorus levels.

    Melanie D. Jones;D. M. Durall;P. B. Tinker

  • The mutualism-parasitism continuum in ectomycorrhizas: a quantitative assessment using meta-analysis.

    Justine Karst;Laurie Marczak;Melanie D. Jones;Roy Turkington

  • Ectomycorrhizal diversity on Betula papyrifera and Pseudotsuga menziesii seedlings grown in the greenhouse or outplanted in single-species and mixed plots in southern British Columbia

    Melanie D Jones;D M Durall;S M K Harniman;Debbie C Classen

  • Fluxes of carbon and phosphorus between symbionts in willow ectomycorrhizas and their changes with time

    Melanie D. Jones;D. M. Durall;P. B. Tinker

  • Functional complementarity of Douglas‐fir ectomycorrhizas for extracellular enzyme activity after wildfire or clearcut logging

    Melanie D. Jones;Brendan D. Twieg;Valerie Ward;Jason Barker

  • Carbon use efficiency in mycorrhizas theory and sample calculations

    P. B. Tinker;D. M. Durall;M. D. Jones

  • Soil organic carbon in irrigated agricultural systems: A meta-analysis

    David Emde;Kirsten D Hannam;Ilka Most;Louise M Nelson

  • Species richness of ectomycorrhizal fungi in cutblocks of different sizes in the Interior Cedar-Hemlock forests of northwestern British Columbia: sporocarps and ectomycorrhizae

    D M Durall;Melanie D Jones;Elaine F Wright;Paul Kroeger

  • Reciprocal transfer of carbon isotopes between ectomycorrhizal Betula papyrifera and Pseudotsuga menziesii

    Suzanne W. Simard;Melanie D. Jones;Daniel M. Durall;David A. Perry

  • Carbon allocation and carbon transfer between t Betula papyrifera and t Pseudotsuga menziesii seedlings using a 13C pulse-labeling method

    Suzanne W. Simard;Daniel M. Durall;Melanie D. Jones

  • Nickel toxicity in mycorrhizal birch seedlings infected with Lactarius rufus or Scleroderma flavidum I. Effects on growth, photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration

    Melanie D. Jones;Thomas C. Hutchinson

  • Nickel toxicity in mycorrhizal birch seedlings infected with Lactarius rufus or Scleroderma flavidum II. Uptake of nickel, calcium, magnesium phosphorus and iron

    Melanie D. Jones;Thomas C. Hutchinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne W. Simard
Suzanne W. Simard University of British Columbia
Susan J. Grayston
Susan J. Grayston University of British Columbia
P. B. Tinker
P. B. Tinker Rothamsted Research
Janusz J. Zwiazek
Janusz J. Zwiazek University of Alberta
François P. Teste
François P. Teste Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Roy Turkington
Roy Turkington University of British Columbia
Randy Molina
Randy Molina Oregon State University
David D. Myrold
David D. Myrold Oregon State University
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty
Pierre-Emmanuel Courty INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Michael D. MacKinnon
Michael D. MacKinnon Syncrude (Canada)

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