Dr. Clive G. Jones
Ecologist, Senior Scientist
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
65 Sharon Turnpike; P.O. Box AB
Millbrook NY 12545-0129, USA
(845) 677-7600 Ext. 133 (Direct)
Fax: (845) 677-5976
E-mail: jonesc@ecostudies.org
Website: http://www.ecostudies.org/people_sci_jones.asp

Dr. Jones' research focuses on ecosystem engineering by species. He also studies complex interaction webs in oak forests (The Acorn Connections) and is interested in ecological synthesis, integration and theory. Including his earlier work in chemical ecology, he has published over 160 papers including 5 books. His work has earned him several honors including election as a Fellow of AAAS, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, and a Chaire Internationale de Recherche Blaise Pascal.

Research

Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers.
Many species change the physical structure and chemistry of the non-living world, profoundly changing how the world works. What is ecosystem engineering? How and why do engineers have these effects? What are the consequences for the engineer, other species, communities, and ecosystem functioning? How might we use such understanding in species and ecosystem management?

The Acorn Connections – Complex Interaction Webs in Oak Forests.
Acorn production catalyzes chain reactions in a complex web of species interactions in oak forests that can influence forest health, via Gypsy Moth outbreaks, and human health, via Lyme disease risk. What are these and other acorn connections?

Ecological Synthesis, Integration and Theory.
I have a long-standing interest in the use of theory in ecology and the importance of synthesis and integration as a means of advancing theory development.

Chemical Ecology – Plant/Herbivore/Microbial/Environment Interactions.

Recent Publications
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• Gutiérrez, A. G., O. Barbosa, D. A. Christie, E. del-Val, H. A. Ewing, C. G. Jones, P. A. Marquet, K. C. Weathers, and J. J. Armesto.   2008.   Regeneration patterns and persistence of the fog-dependent Fray Jorge forest in semiarid Chile during the past two centuries. Global Change Biol.   14:161–176.
  
  
• Hall, S. R., K. D. Lafferty, J. M. Brown, C. E. Cáceres, J. M. Chase, A. P. Dobson, R. D. Holt, C. G. Jones, S. E. Randolph, and P. Rohani.   2008.   Is infectious disease just another type of predator-prey interaction? pp. 223-241. In: R. S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and V. Eviner (eds.). Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.  
  
  
• Jones, C. G., I. Dajoz, and L. Abbadie.   2008.   Ecological engineering and the sustainable redesign imperative. pp. 138-139. In: L. Garnier (ed.). Man and Nature: Making the Relationship Last. Réserves de biosphére - Notes techniques 3 - 2008, UNESCO.  
  
  
• Funk, J. L., C. G. Jones, and M. T. Lerdau.   2007.   Leaf- and shoot-level plasticity in response to varying nutrient and water availability in Populus deltoides. Tree Physiol.   27:1731-1739.
  
  
• Gould, G. G., C. G. Jones, P. Rifleman, A. Perez, and J. S. Coleman.   2007.   Variation in Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr.) phloem sap content and toughness due to leaf development may affect feeding site selection behavior of the aphid, Chaitophorous populicola Thomas (Homoptera: Aphididae). Environ. Entomol.   36(5):1212-1225.
  
  
• Hastings, A., J. E. Byers, J. A. Crooks, K. Cuddington, C. G. Jones, J. G. Lambrinos, T. S. Talley, and W. G. Wilson.   2007.   Ecosystem engineering in space and time. Ecol. Lett.   10:153-164.
  
  
• Jones, C. G. and J. L. Gutiérrez.   2007.   On the meaning, usage and purpose of the physical ecosystem engineering concept. pp. 3-24. In: K. Cuddington, J. E. Byers, A. Hastings, A. and W. G. Wilson (eds.). Ecosystem Engineers: Concepts, Theory, and Applications in Ecology. Academic/Elsevier.  
  
  
• Jones, C. G. and R. M. Callaway.   2007.   The third party. J. Veg. Sci.   18:771-776.
  
  
• Pickett, S. T. A., J. Kolasa, and C. G. Jones.   2007.   Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and The Theory of Nature. Second Edition. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, California.   133 pp.
  
  
• Schauber, E. M., B. J. Goodwin, C. G. Jones, and R. S. Ostfeld.   2007.   Spatial selection and inheritance: Applying evolutionary concepts to population dynamics in heterogeneous space. Ecology   88(5):1112-1118.
  
  
• Wallem, K. P., C. G. Jones, P. A. Marquet, and F. M. Jaksic.   2007.   Identificación de los mecanismos subyacentes a la invasión de Castor canadensis (Rodentia) en el archipiélago de Tierra del Fuego, Chile. Identifying the mechanisms underlying the invasion of Castor canadensis (Rodentia) into Tierra del Fuego archipelago, Chile. Rev. Chil. Hist. Nat.   80(3):309-325.
  
  
• Badano, E. I., C. G. Jones, L. A. Cavieres, and J. P. Wright.   2006.   Assessing impacts of ecosystem engineers on community organization: A general approach illustrated by effects of a high-Andean cushion plant. Oikos   115:369-385.
  
  
• Byers, J. E., K. Cuddington, C. G. Jones, T. S. Talley, A. Hastings, J. G. Lambrinos, J. A. Crooks, and W. G. Wilson.   2006.   Using ecosystem engineers to restore ecological systems. Trends Ecol. Evol.   21(9):493-500.
  
  
• del-Val, E., J. J. Armesto, O. Barbosa, D. A. Christie, A. G. Gutiérrez, C. G. Jones, P. A. Marquet, and K. C. Weathers.   2006.   Rain forest islands in the Chilean semiarid region: Fog-dependency, ecosystem persistence and tree regeneration. Ecosystems   9:598-608.
  
  
• Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones.   2006.   Do we need a new hypothesis to explain plant VOC emissions? Trends Plant Sci.   11(3):112-113.
  
  
• Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones.   2006.   Response to Pichersky, Sharkey and Gershenzon: Correcting a misconception about the Screening Hypothesis. Trends Plant Sci.   11(9):422.
  
  
• Gregg, J. W., C. G. Jones, and T. E. Dawson.   2006.   Physiological and developmental effects of ozone on cottonwood growth in urban and rural sites in the vicinity of New York City. Ecol. Appl.   16(6):2368-2381.
  
  
• Gutiérrez, J. L., and C. G. Jones.   2006.   Physical ecosystem engineers as agents of biogeochemical heterogeneity. BioScience   56(3):227-236.
  
  
• Gutiérrez, J. L., C. G. Jones, P. M. Groffman, S. E. G. Findlay, O. O. Iribarne, P. D. Ribiero, and C. M. Bruschetti.   2006.   The contribution of crab burrow excavation to carbon availability in surficial salt-marsh sediments. Ecosystems   9:647–658.
  
  
• Jones, C. G., J. L. Gutiérrez, P. M. Groffman, and M. Shachak.   2006.   Linking ecosystem engineers to soil processes: A framework using the Jenny State Factor Equation. Eur. J. Soil Biol.   42:S39-S53
  
  
• Schauber, E. M., and C. G. Jones.   2006.   Comparative predation on naturally occurring Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) pupae and deployed freeze-dried pupae. Environ. Entomol.   35(2):293-294.
  
  
• Wright, J. P., and C. G. Jones.   2006.   The concept of organisms as ecosystem engineers ten years on: Progress, limitations, and challenges. BioScience   56(3):203-209.
  
  
• Wright, J. P., C. G. Jones, B. Boeken, and M. Shachak.   2006.   Predictability of ecosystem engineering effects on species richness across environmental variability and spatial scales. J. Ecol.   94:815-824.