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63
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12877
World Ranking
1985
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159

Overview

Menna E. Jones is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their work notably intersects several subfields including Ecology, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Microbiology, and studies related to Small Animals.

Their research spans multiple topics with emphasis on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Veterinary Oncology Research, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies. Other areas of study include Microbial infections and disease research, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Ecology and biodiversity studies, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Jones has contributed to a significant number of publications in several venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Wildlife Research
  • Ecology and Evolution

Among the recent papers associated with Menna E. Jones are:

  • Quantifying 25 years of disease-caused declines in Tasmanian devil populations: host density drives spatial pathogen spread (2021, Ecology Letters)
  • Beyond spatial overlap: harnessing new technologies to resolve the complexities of predator-prey interactions (2022, Oikos)
  • The evolution of two transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils (2023, Science)
  • A native apex predator limits an invasive mesopredator and protects native prey: Tasmanian devils protecting bandicoots from cats (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • A transmissible cancer shifts from emergence to endemism in Tasmanian devils (2020, Science)

Jones collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Rodrigo Hamede, Andrew Storfer, Sébastien Comte, Christopher N. Johnson, and Hamish McCallum.

Best Publications

  • Contact networks in a wild Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population: using social network analysis to reveal seasonal variability in social behaviour and its implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease.

    Rodrigo K. Hamede;Jim Bashford;Hamish McCallum;Menna Jones

  • Emerging disease and population decline of an island endemic, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii

    Clare E. Hawkins;Clare E. Hawkins;C. Baars;H. Hesterman;H. Hesterman;G. J. Hocking

  • Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective.

    Daniel M. Tompkins;Scott Carver;Menna E. Jones;Martin Krkošek

  • Life-history Change in Disease-Ravaged Tasmanian Devil Populations

    Menna E. Jones;Andrew Cockburn;Rodrigo Hamede;Clare Hawkins

  • Transmission dynamics of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease may lead to disease-induced extinction.

    Hamish McCallum;Menna Jones;Menna Jones;Clare Hawkins;Clare Hawkins;Rodrigo Hamede

  • Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

    Brendan Epstein;Menna Jones;Rodrigo Hamede;Sarah Hendricks

  • Reversible epigenetic down-regulation of MHC molecules by devil facial tumour disease illustrates immune escape by a contagious cancer.

    Hannah V. Siddle;Alexandre Kreiss;Cesar Tovar;Chun Kit Yuen

  • Genetic diversity and population structure of Tasmanian devils, the largest marsupial carnivore.

    Menna E. Jones;David Paetkau;Eli Geffen;Craig Moritz

  • Landscape Management of Fire and Grazing Regimes Alters the Fine-Scale Habitat Utilisation by Feral Cats

    Hugh W. McGregor;Sarah Legge;Menna E. Jones;Christopher N. Johnson

  • Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered marsupial Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil).

    Webb Miller;Vanessa M. Hayes;Vanessa M. Hayes;Aakrosh Ratan;Desiree C. Petersen;Desiree C. Petersen

  • Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials

    Menna Jones;Chris Dickman;Mike Archer

  • Road upgrade, road mortality and remedial measures: impacts on a population of eastern quolls and Tasmanian devils

    Menna E. Jones

  • Distribution and Impacts of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease

    Hamish McCallum;Daniel M. Tompkins;Menna Jones;Shelly Lachish

  • Feral Cats Are Better Killers in Open Habitats, Revealed by Animal-Borne Video.

    Hugh McGregor;Sarah Legge;Menna E. Jones;Christopher N. Johnson

  • Amplified predation after fire suppresses rodent populations in Australia’s tropical savannas

    Lily Leahy;Sarah M. Legge;Sarah M. Legge;Katherine Tuft;Hugh W. McGregor;Hugh W. McGregor

  • Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition

    Menna E. Jones;Leon A. Barmuta

  • The Role of Connectivity in Australian Conservation

    M. E. Soule;Brendan G. Mackey;H. F. Recher;J. E. Williams

  • Density trends and demographic signals uncover the long‐term impact of transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

    Billie T. Lazenby;Mathias W. Tobler;William E. Brown;Clare E. Hawkins;Clare E. Hawkins

  • The impact of disease on the survival and population growth rate of the Tasmanian devil

    Shelly Lachish;Menna E Jones;Menna E Jones;Hamish McCallum

  • Biting injuries and transmission of Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease.

    Rodrigo K. Hamede;Hamish McCallum;Menna Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Hamish McCallum
Hamish McCallum Griffith University
Christopher N. Johnson
Christopher N. Johnson University of Tasmania
Andrew Storfer
Andrew Storfer Washington State University
Paul A. Hohenlohe
Paul A. Hohenlohe University of Idaho
Katherine Belov
Katherine Belov University of Sydney
Chris R. Dickman
Chris R. Dickman University of Sydney
Leon A. Barmuta
Leon A. Barmuta University of Tasmania
Sarah Legge
Sarah Legge Australian National University
Beata Ujvari
Beata Ujvari Deakin University
Elissa Z. Cameron
Elissa Z. Cameron University of Tasmania

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