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Chemical Ecology – Plant/Herbivore/Microbial/Environment Interactions Chemical Ecology Publications \| Chemical Ecology Links Clive G. Jones Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies I no longer conduct much research in this field other than developing theory on the evolution of metabolism. Figure: Firn & Jones, 2003 Chemical Ecology – Plant/Herbivore/Microbial/Environment Interactions Links The Screening Hypothesis - An evolutionary model to explain the chemical diversity of Natural Products Chemical Ecology – Plant/Herbivore/Microbial/Environment Interactions Publications Firn, R.D. and C.G. Jones. 2009. A Darwinian view of metabolism: Molecular properties determine fitness. J. Exp. Bot. 60:719-726. DOI:10.1093/jxb/erp002. 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. 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. Funk, J. L., C. G. Jones, D. W. Gray, H. L. Throop, L. A. Hyatt, and M. T. Lerdau. 2005. Variation in isoprene emission from Quercus rubra: Sources, causes and consequences for estimating fluxes. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D04301, doi:10.1029/2004JD005229, 2005. Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones. 2004. The evolution of plant biochemistry and the implications for physiology. pp. 67-83. In: A. R. Hemsley and I. Poole (eds.). Evolution of Plant Physiology. Proc. Symp. Bot. J. Linn. Soc., Academic Press, UK. Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones. 2003. Natural products - A simple model to explain chemical diversity. Royal Soc. Chem. Natural Products Reports. 20:382-391. Funk, J. L., C. G. Jones, C. J. Baker, H. M. Fuller, C. P Giardina, and M. T. Lerdau. 2003. Diurnal variation in the basal emission rate of isoprene. Ecol. Appl. 13(1):269–278. Gregg, J. W., C. G. Jones, and T. E. Dawson. 2003. Urbanization effects on tree growth in the vicinity of New York City. Nature 424:183-187. Wait, D. A., J. S. Coleman, and C. G. Jones. 2002. Chrysomela scripta, Plagiodera versicolora (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), and Trichoplusia ni (Lepodoptera: Noctuidae) track specific leaf developmental stages. Environ. Entomol. 31(5):836-843. Jones, C. G. 2001. What causes insect and disease outbreaks on trees? Tree Care Industry 12:80-86. Jones, C. G. 2001. What keeps trees free from attack by insects and diseases? Tree Care Industry 12:32-36. Jones, C. G. 2001. Why do trees vary in suitability to insects and diseases? Tree Care Industry 12:41-46. Orians, C. M., and C. G. Jones. 2001. Plants as resource mosaics: a functional model for predicting patterns of within-plant resource heterogeneity to consumers based on vascular architecture and local environmental variability. Oikos 94:493-504. Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones. 2000. The evolution of secondary metabolism - a unifying model. Mol. Microbiol. 37:989-994. Hartley, S. E., C. G. Jones, G. C. Couper, and T. H. Jones. 2000. Biosynthesis of plant phenolic compounds in elevated atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biol. 6:497-506. Crone, E. E., and C. G. Jones. 1999. The dynamics of carbon-nutrient balance: effects of cottonwood acclimation to short- and long-term shade on beetle feeding preference. J. Chem. Ecol. 25:636-656. Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones. 1999. Secondary metabolism and the risks of genetically modified organisms. Nature 400:13-14. Funk, J. L., C. G. Jones, and M. T. Lerdau. 1999. Defoliation effects on isoprene emission from Populus deltoides. Oecologia 118:333-339. Jones, C. G., and S. E. H. Hartley. 1999. A protein competition model of phenolic allocation. Oikos 86:27-44. Wait, D. A., C. G. Jones, J. Wynn, and F. I. Woodward. 1999. The fraction of expanding to expanded leaves determines the biomass response of Populus to elevated CO2. Oecologia 121:193-200. Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones. 1998. Avenues of discovery in bioprospecting. Nature 393:617. Jones, C. G., and S. E. Hartley. 1998. Global change and plant phenolic concentrations: species level predictions using the Protein Competition Model. In: L. J. De Kok and I. Stulen (eds.). Responses of Plant Metabolism to Air Pollution and Global Change. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. pp. 23-50. Wait, D. A., C. G. Jones, and J. S. Coleman. 1998. Effects of nitrogen fertilization on leaf chemistry and beetle feeding are mediated by leaf development. Oikos 82:502-514. Hartley, S. E., and C. G. Jones. 1997. Plant chemistry and herbivory, or why the world is green. In: M. J. Crawley (ed.). Plant Ecology, Second Edition. Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, UK. pp. 284-324. Jones, C. G. 1997. Using technological tricks to understand Nature. Guest Column, "EcoNotes," Taconic Newspapers, Millbrook, New York. CV(3) (1/16/97). Findlay, S., M. Carreiro, V. Krischik, and C. G. Jones. 1996. Effects of damage to living plants on leaf litter quality. Ecol. Appl. 6(1):269-275. Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones. 1996. An explanation of secondary product "redundancy." Recent Adv. Phytochem. 30:295-312. Wait, D. A., C. G. Jones, and M. Schaedle. 1996. Controlling growth and chemical composition of saplings by iteratively matching nutrient supply to demand: a bootstrap fertilization technique. Tree Physiol. 16:359-365. Firn, R. D., and C. G. Jones. 1995. Plants may talk, but can they hear? Trends Ecol. Evol. 10:371. Jones, C. G., J. S. Coleman, and S. Findlay. 1994. Effects of ozone on interactions among plants, consumers and decomposers. In: R. G. Alscher, and A. R. Wellburn (eds.). Plant Responses to the Gaseous Environment. Chapman & Hall, Inc., London. pp. 339-363. Jones, C. G., R. F. Hopper, J. S. Coleman, and V. A. Krischik. 1993. Control of systemically induced herbivore resistance by plant vascular architecture. Oecologia 93:452-456. Coleman, J. S., C. G. Jones, and V. A. Krischik. 1992. Phytocentric and exploiter perspectives of phytopathology. Adv. Plant Pathol. 8:149-195. Jones, C. G., and A. C. Lewis. 1992. Chemical ecology. In: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 7th Edition. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. 3:506-509. Whitman, D. W., C. G. Jones, and M. S. Blum. 1992. Defensive secretion production in lubber grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Romaleidae): influence of age, sex, diet and discharge frequency. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 85:96-102. Barbosa, P., V. A. Krischik, and C. G. Jones (eds.). 1991. Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 530 pp. Coleman, J. S., and C. G. Jones. 1991. A phytocentric perspective of phytochemical induction by herbivores. In: D. W. Tallamy and M. J. Raupp (eds.). Phytochemical Induction by Herbivores. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 3-45. Jones, C. G. 1991. Interactions among insects, plants and microorganisms: a net effects perspective on insect performance. In: P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik, and C. G. Jones (eds.). Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 7-35. Jones, C. G., and F. T. Last. 1991. Ectomycorrhizae and trees: implications for above-ground herbivory. In: P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik, and C. G. Jones (eds.). Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 65-103. Jones, C. G., and J. H. Lawton. 1991. Plant chemistry and insect species richness of British umbellifers. J. Anim. Ecol. 60:767-777. Jones, C. G., and J. S. Coleman. 1991. Plant stress and insect herbivory: toward an integrated perspective. In: H. A. Mooney, W. E. Winner, and E. J. Pell (eds.). Response of Plants to Multiple Stresses. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, California. pp. 249-280. Jones, C. G., and R. D. Firn. 1991. On the evolution of plant secondary chemical diversity. Phil. Trans. Royal Society, London, UK. B. 333:273-280. Jones, C. G., and R. D. Firn. 1991. On the evolution of plant secondary chemical diversity. [Reprinted from Jones, C. G. and R. D. Firn. 1991. On the evolution of plant secondary chemical diversity. Phil. Trans. Royal Society, London, UK. B. 333:273-280].In: W. G. Chaloner, J. L. Harper, and J. H. Lawton (eds.). The Evolutionary Interaction of Animals and Plants. The Royal Society, London. University Press, Cambridge.] pp. 97-104. Jones, C. G., and V. A. Krischik. 1991. Insect mutualists. In: P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik, and C. G. Jones (eds.). Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 407-409. Jones, C. G., and V. A. Krischik. 1991. Plant mutualists. In: P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik, and C. G. Jones (eds.). Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 37-43. Krischik, V. A., and C. G. Jones. 1991. Insect pathogens. In: P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik, and C. G. Jones (eds.). Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 485-487. Krischik, V. A., and C. G. Jones. 1991. Microorganisms: the unseen mediators. In: P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik, and C. G. Jones (eds.). Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 1-6. Krischik, V. A., and C. G. Jones. 1991. Plant pathogens. In: P. Barbosa, V. A. Krischik, and C. G. Jones (eds.). Microbial Mediation of Plant-Herbivore Interactions. J. Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 305-307. Blum, M. S., R. F. Severson, R. F. Arrendale, D. W. Whitman, P. Escoubas, O. Adeyeye, and C. G. Jones. 1990. A generalist herbivore in a specialist mode: metabolic, equestrative and defensive consequences. J. Chem. Ecol. 16:223-244. Findlay, S., and C. G. Jones. 1990. Exposure of cottonwood plants to ozone alters subsequent leaf decomposition. Oecologia 82:248-250. Waller, D. A., C. G. Jones, and J. P. LaFage. 1990. Measuring wood preference in termites. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 56:117-123. Jones, C. G. 1989. Back resolution to help ecology [letter to the editor]. Poughkeepsie Journal. 11 September:4A. Jones, C. G., and J. S. Coleman. 1989. Biochemical indicators of air pollution effects in trees: unambiguous signals based on secondary metabolites and nitrogen in fast-growing species? In: Biologic Markers of Air Pollution Stress and Damage in Forests. Nat. Res. Counc., National Academy Press, Washington, D. C. pp. 261-273. Jones, C. G., D. W. Whitman, S. J. Compton, P. J. Silk, and M. S. Blum. 1989. Reduction in diet breadth results in sequestration of plant chemicals and increases the efficacy of chemical defense in a generalist grasshopper. J. Chem. Ecol. 15:1811-1822. Jones, C. G., J. D. Hare, and S. J. Compton. 1989. Measuring plant protein with the Bradford assay: 1. Evaluation and standard method. J. Chem. Ecol. 15:979-992. Waller, D. A., and C. G. Jones. 1989. Measuring herbivory. Ecol. Entomol. 14:479-481. Coleman, J. S., and C. G. Jones. 1988. Acute ozone stress on eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr.) and the pest potential of the aphid, Chaitophorus populicola Thomas (Homoptera: Aphidae). Environ. Entomol. 17:207-212. Coleman, J. S., and C. G. Jones. 1988. Plant stress and insect performance: cottonwood, ozone and a leaf beetle. Oecologia 76:57-61. Coleman, J. S., C. G. Jones, and W. H. Smith. 1988. Interactions between an acute ozone dose, eastern cottonwood, and Marssonina leaf spot: implications for pathogen community dynamics. Can. J. Bot. 66:863-868. Jones, C. G. 1988. Plant chemistry and insect communities. Br. Ecol. Soc. Bull. 20:188-190. Jones, C. G. 1988. What is chemical ecology? [Also reprinted in ISCE Newsl. 5(2):1, 4.] J. Chem. Ecol. 14:727-730. Jones, C. G., and J. McNeil. 1988. ISCE Statement of Purpose vigorously debated at meeting. Int. Soc. Chem. Ecol. Newsl. 5(3):3. Jones, C. G., and J. S. Coleman. 1988. Leaf disc size and insect feeding preference: implications for assays and studies on induction of plant defense. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 47:167-172. Jones, C. G., and J. S. Coleman. 1988. Plant stress and insect behavior: cottonwood, ozone and the feeding and oviposition preference of a beetle. Oecologia 76:51-56. Jones, C. G., D. W. Whitman, P. J. Silk, and M. S. Blum. 1988. Diet breadth and insect chemical defenses: a generalist grasshopper and a general hypothesis. In: K. C. Spencer (ed.). Chemical Mediation of Coevolution. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, California. pp. 417-512. Coleman, J. S., C. G. Jones, and W. H. Smith. 1987. The effect of ozone on cottonwood-leaf rust interactions: independence of abiotic stress, genotype and leaf ontogeny. Can. J. Bot. 65:949-953. Jones, C. G., and A. C. Lewis. 1987. Chemical ecology. In: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 6th Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 3:480-482. Jones, C. G., T. A. Hess, D. W. Whitman, P. J. Silk, and M. S. Blum. 1987. Effects of diet breadth on autogenous chemical defense of a generalist grasshopper. J. Chem. Ecol. 13(2):283-297. Compton, S. J., and C. G. Jones. 1986. Mechanism of dye response and interferences in the Bradford protein assay. Bio-Radiations 61:5. Jones, C. G., T. A. Hess, D. W. Whitman, P. J. Silk, and M. S. Blum. 1986. Idiosyncratic variation in chemical defenses between individual generalist grasshoppers. J. Chem. Ecol. 12(3):749-761. Whitman, D. W., M. S. Blum, and C. G. Jones. 1986. Olfactorily mediated attack suppression in the southern grasshopper mouse toward an unpalatable prey. Behav. Proc. 13:77-83. Whitman, D. W., M. S. Blum, and C. G. Jones. 1986. Prey-specific attack behaviour in the southern grasshopper mouse, Onychomys torridus (Coues). Anim. Behav. 34(1):295-297. Compton, S. J., and C. G. Jones. 1985. Mechanism of dye response and interference in the Bradford protein assay. Anal. Biochem. 151:369-374. Whitman, D. W., M. S. Blum, and C. G. Jones. 1985. Chemical defense in Taeniopoda eques (Orthoptera: Acrididae): role of the metathoracic secretion. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 78(4):451-455. Jones, C. G. 1984. Microorganisms as mediators of plant resource exploitation by insect herbivores. In: P. W. Price, C. N. Slobodchikoff, and W. S. Gaud (eds.). A New Ecology. Novel Approaches in Interactive Systems. Wiley-Interscience, New York. pp. 53-99. Jones, C. G. 1983. Phytochemical variation, colonization and insect communities: the case of bracken fern, Pteridium aqulinum L. (Kuhn). In: R. F. Denno and M. S. McClure (eds.). Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems. Academic Press, Inc., New York. pp. 513-537. Jones, C. G., Hoggard, M. P., and Blum, M. S. 1983. Is sequestration structure-specific in the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus? Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 76C:283-284. Jones, C. G., Young, A. M., Jones, T. H. and Blum, M. S. 1982. Chemistry and possible roles of cuticular alcohols of the larval Atlas moth. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 73B: 797-801. Jones, C. G., Hoggard, M. P. and Blum, M. S. 1981. Pattern and process in insect feeding behaviour: a quantitative analysis of the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 30: 254-264. Jones, C. G., Aldrich, J. R. and Blum, M. S. 1981. Baldcypress allelochemics and the inhibition of silkworm enteric microorganisms: some ecological considerations. J. Chem. Ecol. 7: 103-114. Jones, C. G., Aldrich, J. R. and Blum, M. S. 1981. 2-Furaldehyde from bald-cypress: a chemical rationale for the demise of the Georgia silkworm industry. J. Chem. Ecol. 7: 89-101. Jones, C. G. 1979. An automatic feeding detector (AFD) for use in insect behaviour studies. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 25: 112-115. Jones, C. G. and Firn, R. D. 1979. Some allelochemicals of Pteridium aquilinum and their involvement in resistance to Pieris brassicae. Biochem. System. Ecol. 7: 187-192. Jones, C. G. and Firn, R. D. 1979. Resistance of Pteridium aquilinum to attack by non-adapted phytophagous insects. Biochem. System. Ecol. 7: 95-101. Jones, C. G. and Firn, R. D. 1978. The role of phytoecdysteroids in bracken fern, Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn, as a defense against phytophagous insect attack. J. Chem. Ecol. 4: 117-138. Jones, C. G. 1977. Chemical content and insect resistance of bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum L. Kuhn). D. Phil. Thesis, University of York. Jones, C. G. 1974. Does bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) contain inhibitors of microbial proteolysis? Botany Honours Thesis, University of Salford. Jones, C. G. 1974. A critical study of rotation of the male abdominal segments of selected Diptera with special reference to Calliphora vomitoria. Zoology Honours Thesis, University of Salford. Back
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