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38
Citations
4761
World Ranking
6715
National Ranking
532

Overview

Tim S. Jessop is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work focuses on topics such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Tim S. Jessop are Deni Purwandana, Achmad Ariefiandy, Claúdio Ciofi, Graeme R. Gillespie, and Yunias Jackson Benu.

Publication venues where Jessop has contributed multiple papers include:

  • Wildlife Research
  • Global Change Biology
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Evolutionary Ecology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Their recent publications are:

  • "Reptile responses to anthropogenic habitat modification: A global meta-analysis," 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity," 2022, Science
  • "Population structure, genomic diversity and demographic history of Komodo dragons inferred from whole-genome sequencing," 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • "Human activities associated with reduced Komodo dragon habitat use and range loss on Flores," 2021, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • "Komodo dragons are not ecological analogs of apex mammalian predators," 2020, Ecology

Best Publications

  • Stress, reproduction, and adrenocortical modulation in amphibians and reptiles.

    Ignacio T Moore;Tim S Jessop

  • Life history and the ecology of stress: how do glucocorticoid hormones influence life-history variation in animals?

    Erica J. Crespi;Tony D. Williams;Tim S. Jessop;Brendan Delehanty

  • Cross-cultural consensus for waist–hip ratio and women's attractiveness

    Devendra Singh;B.J. Dixson;T.S. Jessop;B. Morgan

  • Reptile responses to anthropogenic habitat modification: a global meta-analysis

    Tim S. Doherty;Sara Balouch;Kristian Bell;Thomas J. Burns

  • Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity

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  • Steroid hormone profiles and relative body condition of calling and satellite toads: implications for proximate regulation of behavior in anurans

    Christopher J. Leary;Tim S. Jessop;Apryl M. Garcia;Rosemary Knapp

  • Effects of developmental stress on animal phenotype and performance: a quantitative review

    Harrison J.F. Eyck;Katherine L. Buchanan;Ondi L. Crino;Timothy S. Jessop

  • Maximum body size among insular Komodo dragon populations covaries with large prey density

    Tim S. Jessop;Thomas Madsen;Joanna Sumner;Heru Rudiharto

  • Evidence for a hormonal tactic maximizing green turtle reproduction in response to a pervasive ecological stressor.

    Tim S. Jessop;Mark Hamann;Mark A. Read;Colin J. Limpus

  • Macrostress: do large‐scale ecological patterns exist in the glucocorticoid stress response of vertebrates?

    Tim S. Jessop;Romy Woodford;Matthew R. E. Symonds

  • Modulation of the adrenocortical stress response in marine turtles (Cheloniidae): evidence for a hormonal tactic maximizing maternal reproductive investment

    Tim S. Jessop

  • Limited effect of anthropogenic habitat fragmentation on molecular diversity in a rain forest skink, Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae.

    Joanna Sumner;Tim Jessop;David Paetkau;Craig Moritz

  • Interactions between ecology, demography, capture stress, and profiles of corticosterone and glucose in a free-living population of Australian freshwater crocodiles

    Tim S Jessop;Anton D Tucker;Colin J Limpus;Joan M Whittier

  • Genome of the Komodo dragon reveals adaptations in the cardiovascular and chemosensory systems of monitor lizards

    Abigail L. Lind;Yvonne Y.Y. Lai;Yulia Mostovoy;Alisha K. Holloway

  • Artificial water points facilitate the spread of an invasive vertebrate in arid Australia

    Mike Letnic;Jonathan K. Webb;Tim S. Jessop;Daniel Florance

  • Interplay between plasma hormone profiles, sex and body condition in immature hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) subjected to a capture stress protocol.

    Tim S. Jessop;Joanna M. Sumner;Joanna M. Sumner;Colin J. Limpus;Joan M. Whittier

  • Demographic and Phenotypic Effects of Human Mediated Trophic Subsidy on a Large Australian Lizard (Varanus varius): Meal Ticket or Last Supper?

    Tim S. Jessop;Peter Smissen;Franciscus Scheelings;Tim Dempster

  • Multiscale Evaluation of Thermal Dependence in the Glucocorticoid Response of Vertebrates.

    Tim S. Jessop;Meagan L. Lane;Luisa Teasdale;Devi Stuart-Fox

  • A Method for Capturing Dugongs (Dugong dugon) in Open Water

    Janet M. Lanyon;Rob W. Slade;Helen L. Sneath;Damien P. Broderick

  • Interactions between Behavior and Plasma Steroids within the Scramble Mating System of the Promiscuous Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas

    Tim S. Jessop;Nancy N. FitzSimmons;Colin J. Limpus;Joan M. Whittier

  • Ontogenetic differences in the spatial ecology of immature Komodo dragons

    M. J. Imansyah;T. S. Jessop;C. Ciofi;Z. Akbar

  • Adrenocortical stress responses influence an invasive vertebrate's fitness in an extreme environment

    Tim S. Jessop;Mike Letnic;Jonathan K. Webb;Tim Dempster

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Ciofi
Claudio Ciofi University of Florence
Mike Letnic
Mike Letnic University of New South Wales
Colin J. Limpus
Colin J. Limpus Queensland Government
Tim Dempster
Tim Dempster University of Melbourne
Mark Hamann
Mark Hamann James Cook University
Jonathan K. Webb
Jonathan K. Webb University of Technology Sydney
David M. Forsyth
David M. Forsyth New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Graeme Gillespie
Graeme Gillespie Government of the Northern Territory
Devi Stuart-Fox
Devi Stuart-Fox University of Melbourne
Damien A. Fordham
Damien A. Fordham University of Adelaide

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