Dr. Clive G. Jones
Terrestrial Ecologist, Senior Scientist
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
2801 Sharon Turnpike; P.O. Box AB
Millbrook NY 12545-0129, USA
(845) 677-7600 Ext. 133 (Direct)
Fax: (845) 677-5976
E-mail: jonesc@caryinstitute.org
Website: www.caryinstitute.org/people_sci_jones.asp
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Dr. Jones' research focuses on Ecosystem Engineering by species, and the utilization of ecological processes for sustainable environmental management - Ecological Engineering. He also studies Complex Interaction Webs in Oak Forests (The Acorn Connections) and has an abiding interest in Ecological Synthesis, Integration, and Theory. Including his work in Chemical Ecology, he has published over 185 papers including 5 books. He a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a former John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, Chaire Internationale de Recherche Blaise Pascal, and Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences Visiting Professor.

Research

Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers.
Many species, including humans, change the physical structure of the non-living world, profoundly changing the functioning of ecosystems. 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 an understanding of ecosystem engineering in species and ecosystem management? How might we best connect such understanding to the more general approach of Ecological Engineering– the utilization of ecological processes for sustainable environmental management.

Image: Ecosystem engineering by Beaver in Tierra del Fuego, Chile, where it is an exotic species (C. Jones)

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, human health, via Lyme disease risk, and biodiversity via songbird nesting success. What are these and other acorn connections? Image: Head view of a Gypsy Moth larva (C. Jones)



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. Cover: Pickett, Kolasa & Jones, 2007








Chemical Ecology – Plant/Herbivore/Microbial/Environment Interactions. Historical interests included developing theory for the evolution of metabolism (both primary and secondary). Figure: Firn & Jones, 2003

Recent Publications
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• Gutiérrez, J. L., C. G. Jones, J. E. Byers, K. K. Arkema, K. Berkenbusch, J. A. Commito, C. M. Duarte, S. D. Hacker, J. G. Lambrinos, I. E. Hendriks, P. J. Hogarth, M. G. Palomo, and C. Wild.   2012.   Physical ecosystem engineers and the functioning of estuaries and coasts.In: Heip, C. H. R., C. J. M. Philippart, and J. J. Middelburg, (eds.). Functioning of Estuaries and Coastal Ecosystems, Volume 7, Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, E. Wolanski, E., and McLusky, D. S. (Series eds.), Academic Press, Waltham.   Elsevier.   pp. 53-81
  
  
• Rozzi, R., J. J. Armesto, J. R. Gutiérrez, F. Massardo, G. E. Likens, M. T. Kalin, C. B. Anderson, A. Poole, M. Kelli, E. Hargrove, A. Mansilla, J. Kennedy, K. Jax, C. G. Jones, and M. Wilson.   2012.   Integrating ecology and environmental ethics: Earth stewardship in the southern end of the Americas. Bioscience   62: 226-236.
  
  
• Jones, C. G.   2011.   Ensuring success of Mimshak, the new ISEES Environmental Science-to-Policy Fellowship Program. (English version). Ecol. Environ.   2: 232-233.
  
  
• Jones, C. G.   2011.   Ensuring success of Mimshak, the new ISEES Environmental Science-to-Policy Fellowship Program. (Hebrew version). Ecol. Environ.   2: 232-233.
  
  
• Barbosa, O., P. A. Marquet, L. D. Bacigalupe, D. A. Christie, E. Del-Val, A. G. Gutierrez, C. G. Jones, K. C. Weathers, and J. J. Armesto.   2010.   Interactions among patch area, forest structure and water fluxes in a fog-inundated forest ecosystem in semiarid Chile.   Funct. Ecol.   24:909-917. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01697.x
  
  
• Jones, C. G.   2010.   Cows can help with upkeep of ski trails. (Original title: Happy cows take to the slopes). Poughkeepsie Journal   14 March, 4F-5F
  
  
• Jones, C. G.   2010.   Out of the desert toward the Promised Land: Moshe Shachak and the past, present and future of ecosystem engineering. Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences Website  
  
  
• Jones, C. G.   2010.   Volcanoes may help to cool the Earth. (Original title: Volcanoes, expensive taxis, toxic fish and climate change). Poughkeepsie Journal   25 April, 3F
  
  
• Jones, C. G., J. L. Gutiérrez, J. E. Byers, J. A. Crooks, J. G. Lambrinos, and T. S. Talley.   2010.   A framework for understanding physical ecosystem engineering by organisms. Oikos   119(12):1862-1869.
  
  
• Ostfeld, R. S. and C. G. Jones.   2010.   The ecology of place in oak forests: Progressive integration of pairwise interactions into webs. In: I. A. Billick and M. V. Price (eds). The Ecology of Place: Contributions of Place-based Research to Ecological Understanding.   University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. 464 pp.   pp. 207-228. For reprint contact jonesc@caryinstitute.org.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Neill, C., T. Daufresne, and C. G. Jones.   2009.   A competitive coexistence principle? Oikos   118:1570-1578.
  
  
• Schauber, E. M., M. J. Connors, B. J. Goodwin, C. G. Jones and R. S. Ostfeld   2009.   Quantifying a dynamic risk landscape: Heterogeneous predator activity and implications for prey persistence. Ecology   90: 240–251.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Gutiérrez, J. L. and C. G. Jones   2008.   Ecosystem engineers. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Online. J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK.   DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0021226. Encyclopedia Article.
  
  
• 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.   2008.   Puffins' habits change habitat. Nesting practices erode island, making it unlivable for species. (Original title: The Puffins of Grassholme). Poughkeepsie Journal   8 June, 6B.
  
  
• Jones, C. G.   2008.   The Army Corps of Engineers vs. muskrat engineers: Nature declared winner. Poughkeepsie Journal   6 July, 6B-7B.
  
  
• Jones, C. G., I. Dajoz, and L. Abbadie.   2008.   Ecological engineering and the sustainable redesign imperative. pp. 138-139In: L. Garnier (ed.). Between Man and Nature: Making the Relationship Last. Réserves de biosphére - Notes techniques 3 - 2008, UNESCO, Paris.  
  
  
• 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 purpose, meaning, and usage of the physical ecosystem engineering concept.In: K. Cuddington, J. E. Byers, A. Hastings, A. and W. G. Wilson (eds.). Ecosystem Engineers: Plants to Protists. Academic/Elsevier. USA. 405 pp   pp. 3-24
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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. European 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.