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Therésa M. Jones is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions in related subfields including ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, global and planetary change, endocrine and autonomic systems, and developmental biology.

Themes frequently addressed in their work include the impact of light on the environment and health, plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, circadian rhythm and melatonin, marine animal studies, animal vocal communication and behavior, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Jones has published research in several prominent scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Animal Behaviour
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Current Biology
  • The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Their recent research papers reflect a focus on nocturnal behavior and environmental impacts on wildlife, with selected publications including:

  • "White and Amber Light at Night Disrupt Sleep Physiology in Birds" (2020), published in Current Biology
  • "Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment" (2022), published in Urban Ecosystems
  • "Streetlights Disrupt Night-Time Sleep in Urban Black Swans" (2020), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "The effect of natural and artificial light at night on nocturnal song in the diurnal willie wagtail" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Urban street lighting differentially affects community attributes of airborne and ground-dwelling invertebrate assemblages" (2021), published in Journal of Applied Ecology

Their research collaborations show a pattern of frequent co-authorship with several peers, including:

  • Kathryn B. McNamara
  • Michelle L. Hall
  • Ashton L. Dickerson
  • Nicola-Anne Jade Rutkowski
  • Raoul A. Mulder

Best Publications

  • The role of chemical communication in mate choice.

    Björn G. Johansson;Therésa M. Jones

  • Partial recovery of a skipper butterfly (Hesperia comma) from population refuges : lessons for conservation in a fragmented landscape

    C. D. Thomas;T. M. Jones

  • Adaptive female choice for middle-aged mates in a lekking sandfly.

    T. M. Jones;A. Balmford;R. J. Quinnell

  • The role of male age, sperm age and mating history on fecundity and fertilization success in the hide beetle.

    Therésa M. Jones;Mark A. Elgar

  • Artificial light at night as a driver of evolution across urban–rural landscapes

    Gareth R Hopkins;Kevin J Gaston;Marcel E Visser;Mark A Elgar

  • Fisherian flies: benefits of female choice in a lekking sandfly

    T. M. Jones;T. M. Jones;R. J. Quinnell;Andrew Balmford

  • Melatonin: a possible link between the presence of artificial light at night and reductions in biological fitness

    Therésa M. Jones;Joanna Durrant;Ellie B. Michaelides;Mark P. Green

  • Sleep ecophysiology: Integrating neuroscience and ecology

    Anne E. Aulsebrook;Therésa M. Jones;Niels Christian Rattenborg;Timothy C. Roth Ii

  • Impacts of artificial light at night on sleep: A review and prospectus.

    Anne E. Aulsebrook;Therésa M. Jones;Raoul A. Mulder;John A. Lesku

  • Chronic exposure to dim artificial light at night decreases fecundity and adult survival in Drosophila melanogaster.

    L.K. McLay;M.P. Green;T.M Jones

  • White and Amber Light at Night Disrupt Sleep Physiology in Birds.

    Anne E. Aulsebrook;Anne E. Aulsebrook;Farley Connelly;Farley Connelly;Robin D. Johnsson;Therésa M. Jones

  • A role for pheromones in mate choice in a lekking sandfly

    Therésa M Jones;J.G.C Hamilton

  • A Potential Cost of Monandry in the Lekking Sandfly Lutzomyia Longipalpis

    Therésa M. Jones

  • Consequences of evolutionary transitions in changing photic environments

    Simon M Tierney;Markus Friedrich;William F Humphreys;William F Humphreys;William F Humphreys;Therésa M Jones

  • Effects of lifetime exposure to artificial light at night on cricket (Teleogryllus commodus) courtship and mating behaviour

    L. Michael Botha;Therésa M. Jones;Gareth R. Hopkins

  • Age-related sperm transfer and sperm competitive ability in the male hide beetle

    Therésa M. Jones;Rebecca Featherston;Damien B.B.P. Paris;Mark A. Elgar

  • Testing predictions for the evolution of lekking in the sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis

    Therésa M. Jones;Rupert J. Quinnell

  • Cost of pheromone production in a lekking Drosophila

    Björn G. Johansson;Therésa M. Jones;Fredrik Widemo

  • Diet-Mediated Pheromones and Signature Mixtures Can Enforce Signal Reliability

    Jessica Henneken;Jason Q. D. Goodger;Therésa M. Jones;Mark A. Elgar

  • Dim artificial light at night affects mating, reproductive output, and reactive oxygen species in Drosophila melanogaster

    Lucy Katherine McLay;Venkatesh Nagarajan-Radha;Mark Philip Green;Therésa Melanie Jones

  • Adaptive female choice for middle-aged mates in a lekking sandy

    T. M. Jones;A. Balmford;R. J. Quinnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Elgar
Mark A. Elgar University of Melbourne
Michelle L. Hall
Michelle L. Hall University of Melbourne
Göran Arnqvist
Göran Arnqvist Uppsala University
Rupert J. Quinnell
Rupert J. Quinnell University of Leeds
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Andrew Balmford
Andrew Balmford University of Cambridge
Axel Kallies
Axel Kallies University of Melbourne
Douglas J. Hilton
Douglas J. Hilton Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Kevin J. Gaston
Kevin J. Gaston University of Exeter

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