Ecological Synthesis, Integration and Theory

Clive G. Jones
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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. Below is a list of publications on this theme in addition to synthesis, integration and theory development in my other research areas (see Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers; Ecological Engineering; The Acorn Connections; Chemical Ecology). Cover: Pickett, Kolasa & Jones, 2007

• Neill, C., T. Daufresne, and C.G. Jones.   2009.   A competitive coexistence principle? Oikos   118:1570-1578.
  
  
• 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. 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.   233 pp.
  
  
• Lovett, G. M., C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers (eds.).   2005.   Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.   489 pp.
  
  
• Lovett, G. M., C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers.   2005.   Conceptual frameworks: Plan for a half-built house. pp. 463-470. In: G. M. Lovett, C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers (eds.). Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.  
  
  
• Lovett, G. M., C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers.   2005.   Ecosystem function in heterogeneous landscapes. pp. 1-4. In: G. M. Lovett, C. G. Jones, M. G. Turner, and K. C. Weathers (eds.). Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Springer-Verlag, New York, Inc.  
  
  
• Cadenasso, M. L., S. T. A. Pickett, K. C. Weathers, and C. G. Jones.   2003.   A framework for a theory of ecological boundaries. BioScience   53:750-758.
  
  
• Breitburg, D. L., J. W. Baxter, C. Hatfield, R. W. Howarth, C. G. Jones, G. M. Lovett, and C. Wigand.   1998.   Understanding effects of multiple stressors: ideas and challenges. In: M. Pace and P. Groffman (eds.). Successes, Limitations and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science.   Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.   pp. 416-431.
  
  
• Jax, K., C. G. Jones, and S. T. A. Pickett.   1998.   The self-identity of ecological units.   Oikos   82(2):253-264.
  
  
• Jones, C. G., R. S. Ostfeld, M. P. Richard, E. M. Schauber, and J. O. Wolff.   1998.   Chain reactions linking acorns to gypsy moth outbreaks and Lyme disease risk. Science   279:1023-1026.
  
  
• Jones, C. G., J. H. Lawton, and M. Shachak.   1997.   Positive and negative effects of organisms as physical ecosystem engineers. Ecology   78:1946-1957.
  
  
• Jones, C. G., and J. H. Lawton (eds.).   1995.   Linking Species and Ecosystems.   Chapman & Hall, Inc., New York.   387 pp.
  
  
• Jones, C. G., J. H. Lawton, and M. Shachak.   1994.   Organisms as ecosystem engineers. Oikos   69:373-386.
  
  
• Pickett, S. T. A., J. Kolasa, and C. G. Jones.   1994.   Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and The Theory of Nature. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, California.   206 pp.
  
  
• Lawton, J. H., and C. G. Jones.   1993.   Linking species and ecosystem perspectives.   Trends Ecol. Evol.   8(9):311-313.
  
  
• Bianchi, T. S., and C. G. Jones.   1991.   Density-dependent positive feedbacks between consumers and their resources. In: J. Cole, G. Lovett, and S. Findlay (eds.). Comparative Analyses of Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms and Theories.   Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.   pp. 331-340.
  
  
• Tate, C. M., and C. G. Jones.   1991.   Improving use of existing data. In: J. Cole, G. Lovett, and S. Findlay (eds.). Comparative Analyses of Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Theories.   Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.   pp. 348-350.
  
  
• Findlay, S. E. G., and Jones, C. G.   1989.   How can we improve the reception of long-term studies in ecology? In: G. E. Likens (ed.). Long-Term Studies in Ecology: Approaches and Alternatives.   Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.   pp. 201-202.
  
  
• Strayer, D., J. S. Glitzenstein, C. G. Jones, J. Kolasa, G. E. Likens, M. J. McDonnell, G. G. Parker, and S. T. A. Pickett.   1986.   Longterm ecological studies: an illustrated account of their design, operation, and importance to ecology. Occasional Publication of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Number 2, Millbrook, New York.   38 pp. [Also: first installment, translated into Chinese, reprinted in 1988, Adv. Ecol. 5(1):51-55 (Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinica, Shenyang, People's Republic of China).]
  
  

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