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Menna Jones
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Menna Jones
ARC Future Fellow
School of Natural Sciences
Room Rm 320e , Life Sciences Building
A love of the natural world, and particularly the lives and intelligent personalities of our native carnivores, has fascinated Professor Menna Jones since she was a child. Today, she is working with scientists all over the world to save the critically endangered Tasmanian Devil. But it is not just the Devil whose life is on the line.
Uncovering our ecosystems vulnerable places
A love of the natural world, and particularly the lives and intelligent personalities of our native carnivores, has fascinated Professor Menna Jones since she was a child.
Today, she is working with scientists all over the world to save the critically endangered Tasmanian devil. But it is not just the devil whose life is on the line.
The devil plays a vital role in the Tasmanian ecosystem. If the Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease forces the devil into extinction, it could also be harmful for many other Tasmanian species.
Professor Menna Jones is working hard to ensure that doesn't happen. By gaining a deep understanding of how the devil interacts with other animals in the ecosystem, she can find the ecosystem's vulnerable places.
'When you lose an important species that interacts strongly with the broader food web, it upsets the balance of the whole system. This affects other species. If we understand these interactions, we can put plans in place to reset the natural balance,' said Professor Jones.
'If the devil disappears from the Tasmanian food web, it could allow alien species like feral cats to take hold. This will devastate native species further down the food chain.'
Professor Jones is working with state and federal governments, farmers, communities, PhD students and other researchers across the globe to stop this from happening.
'Putting research into practice is where you make a difference. It is not enough to make the discoveries; you need to talk to the right people and make the necessary changes happen.'
Professor Jones also talks to school and community groups about the importance of looking after our vulnerable ecosystems.
'Conservation starts at home and in your workplace or industry. We can all takes steps to look after our environment. It will reward us by being a more productive landscape.'
Professor Jones says there is nowhere better on earth to study ecology than in Tasmania.
'Tasmania is a wonderful natural outdoor laboratory. The mammal fauna is largely intact. It has been less affected by invasive species and extinctions than in other places.
Teaching Responsibilities
Units
- KZA215 - Tasmanian Fauna: Ecological & Evolutionary Studies
- KZA360 - Conservation Biology and Wildlife Management
Publications
- McCallum H. & Jones M. E., 2010, 'Infectious cancer in wildlife. ', Conservation Medicine: Applied Cases of Ecological Health. (Eds. A. Alonso Aguirre, Peter Daszak and Richard S. Ostfeld)., Oxford University Press.
- Lachish, S., Miller, K. & Jones, M., 2010, 'Dispersal in disease-affected populations of Tasmanian devils: Genetic evidence that an infectious disease epidemic alters dispersal patterns in a wild mammal. ', Heredity , 1-11
- Lachish S., McCallum H., Mann D., Pukk C., & Jones M., 2010, 'Evaluating selective culling of infected individuals to control Tasmanian devil Facial Tumor Disease ', Conservation Biology, 78 (2, pgs. 427-436
- Hamede R. K., Bashford J., McCallum H., & Jones, M. , 2009, 'Contact networks in a wild Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population: using social network analysis to reveal seasonal variability in social behaviour and its implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease. ', Ecology Letters, 12 (11), pgs. 1147-1157
- Jones, M.E., Cockburn, A., Hawkins, C., Hesterman, H., Lachish, S., Mann, D., McCallum, H., Pemberton, D., 2008, 'Life history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations.', Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 205, pgs. 10023 - 10027
- McCallum, H. and Jones, M., 2006, 'To lose both would look like carelessness... Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Unsolved Mystery', Public Library of Science, Biology 4 , (10), pgs. 1671 – 1674
- Jones, M.E., Oakwood, M., Belcher, C., Morris, K., Murray, A., Woolley, P.A., Firestone, K.B., Johnson, B., Burnett, S., 2003, 'Carnivore concerns: problems, issues and solutions for conserving Australasia's marsupial carnivores', Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials
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Fields of Research
- Conservation and biodiversity (410401)
- Wildlife and habitat management (410407)
- Terrestrial ecology (310308)
- Genetics (310599)
- Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology) (310302)
- Zoology (310999)
- Host-parasite interactions (310407)
- Behavioural ecology (310301)
- Population ecology (310307)
- Animal behaviour (310901)
- Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology (410202)
- Genomics (310509)
- Ecosystem function (410203)
- Ecology (310399)
- Veterinary epidemiology (300905)
- Animal physiological ecology (310907)
- Biological adaptation (310403)
- Evolutionary biology (310499)
- Forestry management and environment (300707)
- Environmental rehabilitation and restoration (410405)
- Environmental management (410404)
- Infectious agents (310702)
- Life histories (310408)
- Gene mapping (310506)
- Animal physiology - biophysics (310908)
- Veterinary immunology (300906)
- Genetic immunology (310507)
- Cell metabolism (310103)
- Microbial ecology (310703)
- Veterinary diagnosis and diagnostics (300904)
- Ecological physiology (310303)
- Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation (410102)
- Molecular evolution (310510)
- Landscape ecology (410206)
- Tumour immunology (320409)
- Animal physiology - cell (310909)
- Animal immunology (310905)
- Vertebrate biology (310914)
- Palaeoecology (310306)
- Land use and environmental planning (330404)
- Biological mathematics (490102)
- Education policy (390201)
- Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics) (310109)
- Pollution and contamination (410599)
- Animal developmental and reproductive biology (310903)
- Speciation and extinction (310412)
- Agricultural land management (300202)
- Applied statistics (490501)
- Environmental law (480203)
- Rural sociology (441003)
- Bioavailability and ecotoxicology (410201)
- Agricultural land planning (300203)
- Sustainability accounting and reporting (350107)
- Environmental studies in animal production (300307)
- Veterinary parasitology (300909)
- Comparative physiology (310912)
- Forest biodiversity (300702)
- Animal reproduction and breeding (300305)
- Biogeography and phylogeography (310402)
- Applied immunology (incl. antibody engineering, xenotransplantation and t-cell therapies) (320402)
- Sustainable agricultural development (300210)
- Environment and resource economics (380105)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges (450304)
- Photogrammetry and remote sensing (401304)
- Microbial genetics (310704)
Research Objectives
- Terrestrial biodiversity (180606)
- Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments (180602)
- Other environmental management (189999)
- Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems (180403)
- Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences (280102)
- Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences (280111)
- Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environments (180604)
- Marine biodiversity (180504)
- Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems (180601)
- Economic issues in tourism (110401)
- Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments (180404)
- Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response) (200404)
- Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use (180603)
- Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions (200101)
- Forestry (260299)
- Clinical health (200199)
- Measurement and assessment of freshwater quality (incl. physical and chemical conditions of water) (180306)
- Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in coastal and estuarine environments (180204)
- Environmentally sustainable plant production (260199)
- Assessment and management of freshwater ecosystems (180301)
- Coastal or estuarine biodiversity (180203)
- Expanding knowledge in the health sciences (280112)
- Climate variability (excl. social impacts) (190502)
- Tourism services (110499)
- Environmentally sustainable information and communication services (220299)
- Gender aspects in education (160202)
- Health education and promotion (200203)
- Public health (excl. specific population health) (200499)
- Ecosystem adaptation to climate change (190102)
- Environmental policy, legislation and standards (190299)
- Native forests (260204)
- Recreational services (119902)
- Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem) (190101)
- Surface water quantification, allocation and impact of depletion (180308)
- Management of water consumption by plant production (260104)
- Other health (209999)
- Environmentally sustainable commercial services and tourism (110199)
- Other plant production and plant primary products (269999)
Publications
Total publications
171
Highlighted publications
(15 outputs)| Year | Type | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Journal Article | Bruniche-Olsen A, Jones ME, Burridge CP, Murchison EP, Holland BR, et al., 'Ancient DNA tracks the mainland extinction and island survival of the Tasmanian devil', Journal of Biogeography, 45, (5) pp. 963-976. ISSN 0305-0270 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13214 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Burridge CP; Holland BR | |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Hollings T, Woehler EJ, et al., 'Top carnivore decline has cascading effects on scavengers and carrion persistence', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285, (1892) Article 20181582. ISSN 0962-8452 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1582 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 48Web of Science - 45 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Johnson CN; Barmuta LA; Woehler EJ | |
| 2018 | Journal Article | Derham TT, Duncan RP, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Hope and caution: Rewilding to mitigate the impacts of biological invasions', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373, (1761) Article 20180127. ISSN 0962-8436 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0127 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Derham TT; Johnson CN | |
| 2016 | Journal Article | Epstein B, Jones M, Hamede R, Hendricks S, McCallum H, et al., 'Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils', Nature Communications, 7 Article 12684. ISSN 2041-1723 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12684 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 111Web of Science - 117 Co-authors: Hamede R; Schonfeld B | |
| 2016 | Journal Article | Hollings TA, Jones M, Mooney N, McCallum H, 'Disease-induced decline of an apex predator drives invasive dominated states and threatens biodiversity', Ecology, 97, (2) pp. 394-405. ISSN 0012-9658 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1890/15-0204.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 24 Co-authors: Hollings TA | |
| 2016 | Journal Article | Jones ME, Apfelbach R, Banks PB, Cameron EZ, Dickman CR, et al., 'A nose for death: integrating trophic and informational networks for conservation and management', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4 Article 124. ISSN 2296-701X (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00124 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19 Co-authors: Cameron EZ; Frank A; McLean S | |
| 2016 | Journal Article | Jones ME, Davidson NJ, 'Applying an animal-centric approach to improve ecological restoration', Restoration Ecology, 24, (6) pp. 836-842. ISSN 1061-2971 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/rec.12447 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 37Web of Science - 34 Co-authors: Davidson NJ | |
| 2012 | Chapter in Book | McCallum HI, Jones M, 'Infectious Cancers in Wildlife', New Directions in Conservation Medicine, Oxford University Press, A. Alonso Aguirre, R.S. Ostfeld, P. Daszak (ed), Madison Ave, New York, pp. 270-283. ISBN 978-0-19-973147-3 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: McCallum HI | |
| 2009 | Journal Article | Hamede Ross RK, Bashford JD, McCallum HI, Jones Menna, 'Contact networks in a wild Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population: using social network analysis to reveal seasonal variability in social behaviour and its implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease', Ecology Letters, 12, (11) pp. 1147-1157. ISSN 1461-023X (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01370.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 233Web of Science - 224 Co-authors: Hamede Ross RK; Bashford JD; McCallum HI | |
| 2008 | Journal Article | Jones Menna, Cockburn A, Hamede Ross RK, Hawkins CE, Hesterman H, et al., 'Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations', National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings, 105, (29) pp. 10023-10027. ISSN 0027-8424 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711236105 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 171Web of Science - 164 Co-authors: Hamede Ross RK; Hawkins CE; Hesterman H; Lachish S; McCallum HI | |
| 2006 | Journal Article | McCallum HI, Jones ME, 'To lose both would look like carelessness: Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease', Public Library of Science Biology, 4, (10) pp. 1671-1674. ISSN 1545-7885 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040342 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 70Web of Science - 61 Co-authors: McCallum HI | |
| 2004 | Journal Article | Soule ME, Mackey BG, Recher HF, Williams JE, Woinarski CZ, et al., 'The role of connectivity in Australian conservation', Pacific Conservation Biology, 10, (10) pp. 266-279. ISSN 1038-2097 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/pc040266 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 106 | |
| 2003 | Chapter in Book | Jones ME, 'Convergence in ecomorphology and guild structure among marsupial and placental carnivores', Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials, CSIRO Publishing, Menna Jones, Chris Dickman & Mike Archer (ed), Collingwood, pp. 285-296. ISBN 0643066349 (2003) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2001 | Journal Article | Jones ME, Mandelik Y, Dayan T, 'Coexistence of temporally partitioned spiny mice: Roles of habitat structure and foraging behavior', Ecology, 82, (8) pp. 2164-2176. ISSN 0012-9658 (2001) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.2307/2680223 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 92 | |
| 1997 | Journal Article | Jones ME, 'Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivores: size relationships and prey size patterns', Ecology, 78, (8) pp. 2569-2587. ISSN 0012-9658 (1997) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.2307/2265915 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 91Web of Science - 84 |
Journal Article
(144 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Bell O, Jones ME, Cunningham CX, Ruiz-Aravena M, Hamilton DG, et al., 'Isotopic niche variation in Tasmanian devils Sarcophilus harrisii with progression of devil facial tumor disease', Ecology and Evolution, 11, (12) pp. 8038-8053. ISSN 2045-7758 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7636 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Ruiz-Aravena M; Hamilton DG; Comte S; Hamede RK | |
| 2021 | Cunningham CX, Comte S, McCallum H, Hamilton DG, Hamede R, et al., 'Quantifying 25 years of disease-caused declines in Tasmanian devil populations: host density drives spatial pathogen spread', Ecology Letters, 24, (5) pp. 958-969. ISSN 1461-0248 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ele.13703 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Hamilton DG; Hamede R; Brook BW | |
| 2021 | Espejo C, Wilson R, Willms E, Ruiz-Aravena M, Pye RJ, et al., 'Extracellular vesicle proteomes of two transmissible cancers of Tasmanian devils reveal tenascin-C as a serum-based differential diagnostic biomarker', Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 78, (23) pp. 7537-7555. ISSN 1420-682X (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03955-y [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Espejo C; Wilson R; Ruiz-Aravena M; Pye RJ; Woods GM; Lyons AB | |
| 2021 | Hamer RP, Andersen GE, Hradsky BA, Troy SN, Gardiner RZ, et al., 'Differing effects of productivity on home range size and population density of mammalian carnivores', Wildlife Research, 49, (2) pp. 158-168. ISSN 1035-3712 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR20134 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Hamer RP; Andersen GE; Gardiner RZ; Johnson CN | |
| 2021 | Harrison PA, Davidson NJ, Bailey TG, Jones Menna, Gilfedder L, et al., 'A decade of restoring a temperate woodland: Lessons learned and future directions', Ecological Management & Restoration, 22, (S2) pp. 164-174. ISSN 1839-3330 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/emr.12537 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Harrison PA; Davidson NJ; Bailey TG; Gilfedder L; Bridle K; Bowman DMJS; Baker TP; Richardson BJ; Wallis L; Potts BM | |
| 2021 | Jones ME, Bain GC, Hamer RP, Proft KM, Gardiner RZ, et al., 'Research supporting restoration aiming to make a fragmented landscape functional' for native wildlife', Ecological Management & Restoration, 22, (2) pp. 65-74. ISSN 1839-3330 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/emr.12504 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Bain GC; Hamer RP; Proft KM; Gardiner RZ; Dixon KJ; Kittipalawattanapol K; Ranyard CE; Munks SA; Barmuta LA; Burridge CP; Johnson CN; Davidson NJ | |
| 2021 | Kittipalawattanapol K, Jones ME, Barmuta LA, Bain G, 'Assessing the value of restoration plantings for wildlife in a temperate agricultural landscape', Restoration Ecology Article 13470. ISSN 1061-2971 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/rec.13470 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Kittipalawattanapol K; Barmuta LA; Bain G | |
| 2021 | Kozakiewicz CP, Fraik AK, Patton AH, Ruiz Aravena M, Hamilton DG, et al., 'Spatial variation in gene expression of Tasmanian devil facial tumors despite minimal host transcriptomic response to infection', BMC Genomics, 22 Article 698. ISSN 1471-2164 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07994-4 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Ruiz Aravena M; Hamilton DG; Hamede R | |
| 2021 | Proft KM, Bateman BL, Johnson CN, Jones ME, Pauza M, et al., 'The effects of weather variability on patterns of genetic diversity in Tasmanian bettongs', Molecular Ecology, 30, (8) pp. 1777-1790. ISSN 0962-1083 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/mec.15847 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Proft KM; Johnson CN; Burridge CP | |
| 2021 | Stahlke AR, Epstein B, Barbosa S, Margres MJ, Patton AH, et al., 'Contemporary and historical selection in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) support novel, polygenic response to transmissible cancer', Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 288 Article 20210577. ISSN 0962-8452 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0577 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Schonfeld B; Hamede R | |
| 2020 | Andersen GE, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Space use and temporal partitioning of sympatric Tasmanian devils and spotted-tailed quolls', Austral Ecology, 45, (3) pp. 355-365. ISSN 1442-9993 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/aec.12865 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 8 Co-authors: Andersen GE; Johnson CN | |
| 2020 | Andersen GE, McGregor HW, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Activity and social interactions in a wideranging specialist scavenger, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), revealed by animalborne video collars', PLOS ONE, 15, (3) Article e0230216. ISSN 1932-6203 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230216 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Andersen GE; McGregor HW; Johnson CN | |
| 2020 | Bain GC, MacDonald MA, Hamer R, Gardiner R, Johnson CN, et al., 'Changing bird communities of an agricultural landscape: Declines in arboreal foragers, increases in large species', Royal Society Open Science, 7, (3) pp. 1-20. ISSN 2054-5703 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200076 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Bain GC; Hamer R; Gardiner R; Johnson CN | |
| 2020 | Bell O, Jones ME, Ruiz Aravena M, Hamede RK, Bearhop S, et al., 'Age-related variation in the trophic characteristics of a marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii', Ecology and Evolution, 10, (14) pp. 7861-7871. ISSN 2045-7758 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6513 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Ruiz Aravena M; Hamede RK | |
| 2020 | Breed MF, Cross AT, Wallace K, Bradby K, Flies E, et al., 'Ecosystem restoration - a public health intervention', EcoHealth ISSN 1612-9202 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10393-020-01480-1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 13 Co-authors: Flies E | |
| 2020 | Cliff HB, Jones ME, Johnson CN, Pech RP, Heyward RP, et al., 'Short-term pain before long-term gain? Suppression of invasive primary prey temporarily increases predation on native lizards', Biological Invasions, 22 pp. 2063-2078. ISSN 1387-3547 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10530-020-02239-z [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Cliff HB; Johnson CN | |
| 2020 | Comte S, Carver S, Hamede R, Jones Menna, 'Changes in spatial organization following an acute epizootic: Tasmanian devils and their transmissible cancer', Global Ecology and Conservation, 22 Article e00993. ISSN 2351-9894 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00993 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Comte S; Carver S; Hamede R | |
| 2020 | Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'A native apex predator limits an invasive mesopredator and protects native prey: Tasmanian devils protecting bandicoots from cats', Ecology Letters, 23, (4) pp. 711-721. ISSN 1461-0248 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ele.13473 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 15 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Johnson CN | |
| 2020 | Egan SL, Ruiz-Aravena M, Austen JM, Barton X, Comte S, et al., 'Blood parasites in endangered wildlife-trypanosomes discovered during a survey of haemoprotozoa from the Tasmanian devil', Pathogens, 9, (11) Article 873. ISSN 2076-0817 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9110873 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Comte S; Hamilton DG; Hamede RK | |
| 2020 | Fendt M, Parsons MH, Apfelbach R, Carthey AJR, Dickman CR, et al., 'Context and trade-offs characterize real-world threat detection systems: A review and comprehensive framework to improve research practice and resolve the translational crisis', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 115 pp. 25-33. ISSN 0149-7634 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.05.002 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Frank ASK | |
| 2020 | Fraik AK, Margres MJ, Epstein B, Barbosa S, Jones M, et al., 'Disease swamps molecular signatures of genetic-environmental associations to abiotic factors in Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) populations', Evolution, 74, (7) pp. 1392-1408. ISSN 0014-3820 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/evo.14023 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Schonfeld B; Hamede R | |
| 2020 | Hamede R, Madsen T, McCallum H, Storfer A, Hohenlohe PA, et al., 'Darwin, the devil, and the management of transmissible cancers', Conservation Biology pp. 1-4. ISSN 0888-8892 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13644 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2020 | Hamer RP, Gardiner RZ, Proft KM, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'A triple threat: high population density, high foraging intensity and flexible habitat preferences explain high impact of feral cats on prey', Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 288 Article 20201194. ISSN 0962-8452 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1194 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Hamer RP; Gardiner RZ; Proft KM; Johnson CN | |
| 2020 | Hamilton DG, Jones ME, Cameron EZ, Kerlin DH, McCallum H, et al., 'Infectious disease and sickness behaviour: Tumour progression affects interaction patterns and social network structure in wild Tasmanian devils: Sickness behaviour in Tasmanian devils', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287, (1940) pp. 1-7. ISSN 0962-8452 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2454 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Hamilton DG; Cameron EZ; Hamede RK | |
| 2020 | Kozakiewicz CP, Ricci L, Patton AH, Stahlke AR, Hendricks SA, et al., 'Comparative landscape genetics reveals differential effects of environment on host and pathogen genetic structure in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) and their transmissible tumour', Molecular Ecology, 29, (17) pp. 3217-3233. ISSN 0962-1083 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/mec.15558 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Ruiz Aravena M; Hamilton DG; Hamede R | |
| 2020 | Kwon YM, Gori K, Park N, Potts N, Swift K, et al., 'Evolution and lineage dynamics of a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils', PLoS Biology, 18, (11) Article e3000926. ISSN 1544-9173 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000926 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Comte S; Kreiss A; Pye R; Woods G; Hamede R | |
| 2020 | Margres MJ, Ruiz Aravena M, Hamede R, Chawla K, Patton AH, et al., 'Spontaneous tumor regression in Tasmanian devils associated with RASL11A activation', Genetics, 215, (4) pp. 1143-1152. ISSN 1943-2631 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1534/genetics.120.303428 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Ruiz Aravena M; Hamede R | |
| 2020 | Patton AH, Lawrance MF, Margres MJ, Kozakiewicz CP, Hamede R, et al., 'A transmissible cancer shifts from emergence to endemism in Tasmanian devils', Science, 370, (6522) Article eabb9772. ISSN 0036-8075 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1126/science.abb9772 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 10 Co-authors: Hamede R; Ruiz Aravena M; Hamilton DG; Comte S; Taylor RL | |
| 2020 | Scoleri V, Johnson CN, Vertigan P, Jones ME, 'Conservation trade-offs: island introduction of a threatened predator suppresses invasive mesopredators but eliminates a seabird colony', Biological Conservation, 248 Article 108635. ISSN 0006-3207 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108635 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Scoleri V; Johnson CN; Vertigan P | |
| 2020 | Smith LE, Jones ME, Hamede R, Risques R, Patton AH, et al., 'Telomere length is a susceptibility marker for Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease', EcoHealth, 17 pp. 280-291. ISSN 1612-9202 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10393-020-01491-y [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2020 | Stobo-Wilson AM, Brandle R, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Management of invasive mesopredators in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia: effectiveness and implications', Wildlife Research, 47, (8) pp. 720-730. ISSN 1035-3712 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR19237 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Johnson CN | |
| 2019 | Bain GC, Johnson CN, Jones M, 'Chronic stress in superb fairy-wrens occupying remnant woodlands: are noisy miners to blame?', Austral Ecology, 44, (7) pp. 1139-1149. ISSN 1442-9993 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/aec.12785 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Bain GC; Johnson CN | |
| 2019 | Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Hollings T, Kreger KM, Jones ME, 'Trophic rewilding establishes a landscape of fear: Tasmanian devil introduction increases risk-sensitive foraging in a key prey species', Ecography, 42, (12) pp. 2053-2059. ISSN 0906-7590 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04635 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Johnson CN; Hollings T; Kreger KM | |
| 2019 | Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Harnessing the power of ecological interactions to reduce the impacts of feral cats', Biodiversity, 20, (1) pp. 43-47. ISSN 1488-8386 (2019) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2019.1585289 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Johnson CN | |
| 2019 | Cunningham CX, Scoleri V, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Jones ME, 'Temporal partitioning of activity: rising and falling top-predator abundance triggers community-wide shifts in diel activity', Ecography, 42, (12) pp. 2157-2168. ISSN 0906-7590 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04485 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Scoleri V; Johnson CN; Barmuta LA | |
| 2019 | Fraik AK, Quackenbush C, Margres MJ, Comte S, Hamilton DG, et al., 'Transcriptomics of Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) ear tissue reveals homogeneous gene expression patterns across a heterogeneous landscape', Genes, 10, (10) Article 801. ISSN 2073-4425 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3390/genes10100801 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Comte S; Hamilton DG; Hamede R | |
| 2019 | Gardiner R, Hamer R, Leos-Barajas V, Penaherrera-Palma C, Jones ME, et al., 'State-space modeling reveals habitat perception of a small terrestrial mammal in a fragmented landscape', Ecology and Evolution, 9, (17) pp. 9804-9814. ISSN 2045-7758 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5519 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Gardiner R; Hamer R; Johnson C | |
| 2019 | Gardiner R, Proft K, Comte S, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Home range size scales to habitat amount and increasing fragmentation in a mobile woodland specialist', Ecology and Evolution, 9, (24) pp. 14005-14014. ISSN 2045-7758 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5837 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: Gardiner R; Proft K; Comte S; Johnson CN | |
| 2019 | Hamilton DG, Jones ME, Cameron EZ, McCallum H, Storfer A, et al., 'Rate of intersexual interactions affects injury likelihood in Tasmanian devil contact networks', Behavioral Ecology, 30, (4) pp. 1087-1095. ISSN 1045-2249 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arz054 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 16 Co-authors: Hamilton DG; Cameron EZ; Hamede RK | |
| 2019 | Hohenlohe PA, McCallum HI, Jones ME, Lawrance MF, Hamede RK, et al., 'Conserving adaptive potential: lessons from Tasmanian devils and their transmissible cancer', Conservation Genetics, 20, (1) pp. 81-87. ISSN 1566-0621 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10592-019-01157-5 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 25 Co-authors: Hamede RK | |
| 2019 | James S, Jennings G, Kwon YM, Stammnitz M, Fraik A, et al., 'Tracing the rise of malignant cell lines: distribution, epidemiology and evolutionary interactions of two transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils', Evolutionary Applications, 12, (9) pp. 1772-1780. ISSN 1752-4571 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/eva.12831 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: James S; Jennings G; Comte S; Pye R; Woods G; Lyons B; Hamede R | |
| 2019 | Patton AH, Margres MJ, Stahlke AR, Hendricks S, Lewallen K, et al., 'Contemporary demographic reconstruction methods are robust to genome assembly quality: a case study in Tasmanian devils', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36, (12) pp. 2906-2921. ISSN 0737-4038 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz191 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 31Web of Science - 30 Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2019 | Sweeney OF, Turnbull J, Jones M, Letnic M, Newsome TM, et al., 'An Australian perspective on rewilding', Conservation Biology, 33, (4) pp. 812-820. ISSN 0888-8892 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13280 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 5 | |
| 2019 | Wells K, Hamede RK, Jones ME, Hohenlohe PA, Storfer A, et al., 'Individual and temporal variation in pathogen load predicts long-term impacts of an emerging infectious disease', Ecology, 100, (3) Article e02613. ISSN 0012-9658 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2613 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: Hamede RK | |
| 2018 | Bruniche-Olsen A, Jones ME, Burridge CP, Murchison EP, Holland BR, et al., 'Ancient DNA tracks the mainland extinction and island survival of the Tasmanian devil', Journal of Biogeography, 45, (5) pp. 963-976. ISSN 0305-0270 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13214 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Burridge CP; Holland BR | |
| 2018 | Cunningham CX, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Hollings T, Woehler EJ, et al., 'Top carnivore decline has cascading effects on scavengers and carrion persistence', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285, (1892) Article 20181582. ISSN 0962-8452 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1582 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 48Web of Science - 45 Co-authors: Cunningham CX; Johnson CN; Barmuta LA; Woehler EJ | |
| 2018 | Derham TT, Duncan RP, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Hope and caution: Rewilding to mitigate the impacts of biological invasions', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373, (1761) Article 20180127. ISSN 0962-8436 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0127 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Derham TT; Johnson CN | |
| 2018 | Gardiner R, Bain GC, Hamer R, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Habitat amount and quality, not patch size, determine persistence of a woodland-dependent mammal in an agricultural landscape', Landscape Ecology, 33, (11) pp. 1837-1849. ISSN 0921-2973 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10980-018-0722-0 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 23 Co-authors: Gardiner R; Bain GC; Hamer R; Johnson CN | |
| 2018 | Geyle HM, Woinarski JCZ, Baker GB, Dickman CR, Dutson G, et al., 'Quantifying extinction risk and forecasting the number of impending Australian bird and mammal extinctions', Pacific Conservation Biology, 24, (2) pp. 157-167. ISSN 1038-2097 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/PC18006 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 45 Co-authors: Baker GB; Dickman CR | |
| 2018 | Hardy A, McDonald J, Guijt R, Leane E, Martin A, et al., 'Academic parenting: work-family conflict and strategies across child age, disciplines and career level', Studies in Higher Education, 43, (4) pp. 625-643. ISSN 0307-5079 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2016.1185777 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 13 Co-authors: Hardy A; McDonald J; Guijt R; Leane E; Martin A; James A; Corban M; Green B | |
| 2018 | Kwon YM, Stammnitz MR, Wang J, Swift K, Knowles GW, et al., 'Tasman-PCR: A genetic diagnostic assay for Tasmanian devil facial tumour diseases', Royal Society Open Science, 5, (10) Article 180870. ISSN 2054-5703 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rsos.180870 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: Pye RJ; Kreiss A; Hamede R | |
| 2018 | Lazenby BT, Tobler MW, Brown WE, Hawkins CE, Hocking GJ, et al., 'Density trends and demographic signals uncover the long-term impact of transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils', Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, (3) pp. 1368-1379. ISSN 0021-8901 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13088 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 84Web of Science - 85 Co-authors: Hawkins CE | |
| 2018 | Margres MJ, Jones ME, Epstein B, Kerlin DH, Comte S, et al., 'Large-effect loci affect survival in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) infected with a transmissible cancer', Molecular Ecology, 27, (21) pp. 4189-4199. ISSN 0962-1083 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/mec.14853 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 34Web of Science - 34 Co-authors: Comte S; Hamede R; Schonfeld B | |
| 2018 | Margres MJ, Ruiz-Aravena M, Hamede R, Jones ME, Lawrance MF, et al., 'The genomic basis of tumor regression in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)', Genome Biology and Evolution, 10, (11) pp. 3012-3025. ISSN 1759-6653 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy229 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 22 Co-authors: Ruiz-Aravena M; Hamede R | |
| 2018 | Packard MJ, Packard GC, Miller JD, Jones ME, Gutzke WHN, 'Calcium mobilization, water balance, and growth in embryos of the agamid lizard Amphibolurus barbatus', Journal of Experimental Zoology, 235, (3) pp. 349-357. ISSN 0022-104X (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402350306 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 49Web of Science - 62 | |
| 2018 | Parsons MH, Apfelback R, Banks PB, Cameron EZ, Dickman CR, et al., 'Biologically meaningful scents: a framework for understanding predator-prey research across disciplines', Biological Reviews, 93, (1) pp. 98-114. ISSN 1464-7931 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/brv.12334 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 68Web of Science - 65 Co-authors: Cameron EZ; Frank ASK; McLean S | |
| 2018 | Proft KM, Jones ME, Johnson CN, Burridge CP, 'Making the connection: expanding the role of restoration genetics in restoring and evaluating connectivity', Restoration Ecology, 26, (3) pp. 411-418. ISSN 1061-2971 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/rec.12692 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 15 Co-authors: Proft KM; Johnson CN; Burridge CP | |
| 2018 | Ranyard C, Kirkpatrick JB, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Jones ME, 'An exotic woody weed in a pastoral landscape provides habitat for many native species, but has no apparent threatened species conservation significance', Ecological Management and Restoration, 19, (3) pp. 212-221. ISSN 1442-7001 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/emr.12338 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Ranyard C; Kirkpatrick JB; Johnson CN; Barmuta LA | |
| 2018 | Ruiz-Aravena M, Jones ME, Carver SS, Estay S, Espejo C, et al., 'Sex bias in ability to cope with cancer: Tasmanian devils and facial tumour disease', Proceedings from the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 285, (1891) Article 20182239. ISSN 0962-8452 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2239 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 26Web of Science - 25 Co-authors: Ruiz-Aravena M; Carver SS; Hamede RK | |
| 2018 | Storfer A, Hohenlohe PA, Margres MJ, Patton A, Fraik AK, et al., 'The devil is in the details: Genomics of transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils', PLoS Pathogens, 14, (8) Article e1007098. ISSN 1553-7366 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007098 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 | |
| 2018 | Woods GM, Fox S, Flies A, Tovar CD, Jones M, et al., 'Two decades of the impact of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD)', Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58, (6) pp. 1043-1054. ISSN 1540-7063 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/icb/icy118 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Woods GM; Flies A; Tovar CD; Hamede R; Lyons AB; Bettiol S | |
| 2017 | Andersen GE, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Jones ME, 'Use of anthropogenic linear features by two medium-size carnivores in reserved and agricultural landscapes', Scientific Reports, 7, (1) Article 11624. ISSN 2045-2322 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11454-z [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 17 Co-authors: Andersen GE; Johnson CN; Barmuta LA | |
| 2017 | Anderson GE, Johnson CN, Barmuta LA, Jones ME, 'Dietary partitioning of Australia's two marsupial hypercarnivores, the Tasmania devil and the spotted-tailed quoll, across their shared distributional range', PLoS One, 12, (11) Article e0188529. ISSN 1932-6203 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188529 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 21 Co-authors: Anderson GE; Johnson CN; Barmuta LA | |
| 2017 | Hamede RK, Beeton NJ, Carver S, Jones ME, 'Untangling the model muddle: Empirical tumour growth in Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease', Scientific Reports, 7 Article 6217. ISSN 2045-2322 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06166-3 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Hamede RK; Beeton NJ; Carver S | |
| 2017 | Hendricks S, Epstein B, Schonfeld B, Wiench C, Hamede R, et al., 'Conservation implications of limited genetic diversity and population structure in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)', Conservation Genetics, 18, (4) pp. 977-982. ISSN 1566-0621 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0939-5 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 39Web of Science - 36 Co-authors: Schonfeld B; Hamede R | |
| 2017 | Storfer A, Epstein B, Jones M, Micheletti S, Spear SF, et al., 'Landscape genetics of the Tasmanian devil: Implications for spread of an infectious cancer', Conservation Genetics, 18 pp. 1287-1297. ISSN 1566-0621 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0980-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 14 | |
| 2017 | Storfer A, Epstein B, Jones M, Micheletti S, Spear SF, et al., 'Landscape genetics of the Tasmanian devil: implications for spread of an infectious cancer', Conservation Genetics, 18, (6) pp. 1287-1297. ISSN 1566-0621 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0980-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 2 | |
| 2017 | Wells K, Hamede RK, Kerlin DH, Storfer A, Hohenlohe PA, et al., 'Infection of the fittest: devil facial tumour disease has greatest effect on individuals with highest reproductive output', Ecology Letters, 20, (6) pp. 770-778. ISSN 1461-0248 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/ele.12776 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 31Web of Science - 32 Co-authors: Hamede RK | |
| 2017 | Wright B, Willet CE, Hamede R, Jones M, Belov K, et al., 'Variants in the host genome may inhibit tumour growth in devil facial tumours: evidence from genome-wide association', Scientific Reports, 7 Article 423. ISSN 2045-2322 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00439-7 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 35Web of Science - 31 Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2016 | Andersen GE, Johnson CN, Jones ME, 'Sympatric predator odour reveals a competitive relationship in size-structured mammalian carnivores', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70, (11) pp. 1831-1841. ISSN 0340-5443 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00265-016-2189-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: Andersen GE; Johnson CN | |
| 2016 | Bruniche-Olsen A, Austin JJ, Jones ME, Holland BR, Burridge CP, 'Detecting selection on temporal and spatial scales: a genomic time-series assessment of selective responses to devil facial tumor disease', PLoS One, 11, (3) Article e0147875. ISSN 1932-6203 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147875 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Holland BR; Burridge CP | |
| 2016 | Epstein B, Jones M, Hamede R, Hendricks S, McCallum H, et al., 'Rapid evolutionary response to a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils', Nature Communications, 7 Article 12684. ISSN 2041-1723 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12684 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 111Web of Science - 117 Co-authors: Hamede R; Schonfeld B | |
| 2016 | Hollings TA, Jones M, Mooney N, McCallum H, 'Disease-induced decline of an apex predator drives invasive dominated states and threatens biodiversity', Ecology, 97, (2) pp. 394-405. ISSN 0012-9658 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1890/15-0204.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 24 Co-authors: Hollings TA | |
| 2016 | Hunter DO, Britz T, Jones ME, Letnic M, 'Reintroduction of Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia can restore top-down control in ecosystems where dingoes have been extirpated: A response to Baker et al. 2016 and Fancourt & Mooney 2016', Biological Conservation, 196 pp. 20-21. ISSN 0006-3207 (2016) [Letter or Note in Journal] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.01.021 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 | |
| 2016 | Jones ME, Apfelbach R, Banks PB, Cameron EZ, Dickman CR, et al., 'A nose for death: integrating trophic and informational networks for conservation and management', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4 Article 124. ISSN 2296-701X (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00124 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19 Co-authors: Cameron EZ; Frank A; McLean S | |
| 2016 | Jones ME, Davidson NJ, 'Applying an animal-centric approach to improve ecological restoration', Restoration Ecology, 24, (6) pp. 836-842. ISSN 1061-2971 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/rec.12447 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 37Web of Science - 34 Co-authors: Davidson NJ | |
| 2016 | Karu N, Wilson R, Hamede R, Jones M, Woods GM, et al., 'Discovery of biomarkers for Tasmanian devil cancer (DFTD) by metabolic profiling of serum', Journal of Proteome Research, 15, (10) pp. 3827-3840. ISSN 1535-3907 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00629 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Karu N; Wilson R; Hamede R; Woods GM; Hilder EF; Shellie RA | |
| 2016 | Leahy L, Legge SM, Tuft K, McGregor HW, Barmuta LA, et al., 'Amplified predation after fire suppresses rodent populations in Australia's tropical savannas', Wildlife Research, 42, (8) pp. 705-716. ISSN 1035-3712 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR15011 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 109Web of Science - 110 Co-authors: Leahy L; McGregor HW; Barmuta LA; Johnson CN | |
| 2016 | McGregor HW, Legge S, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Extraterritorial hunting expeditions to intense fire scars by feral cats', Scientific Reports, 6 Article 22559. ISSN 2045-2322 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/srep22559 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 66Web of Science - 66 Co-authors: McGregor HW; Johnson CN | |
| 2016 | McGregor HW, Legge SM, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'GPS collars are more efficient when collecting high-frequency data', Australian Mammalogy, 38, (2) pp. 237-240. ISSN 0310-0049 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/AM15034 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: McGregor HW; Johnson CN | |
| 2016 | Peck S, Corkrey R, Hamede R, Jones M, Canfield P, 'Hematologic and serum biochemical changes associated with Devil Facial Tumor Disease in Tasmanian Devils', Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 45, (3) pp. 417-429. ISSN 0275-6382 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12391 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Corkrey R; Hamede R | |
| 2016 | Pye RJ, Hamede R, Siddle HV, Caldwell A, Knowles GW, et al., 'Demonstration of immune responses against devil facial tumour disease in wild Tasmanian devils', Biology Letters, 12, (10) Article 20160553. ISSN 1744-9561 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0553 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 56Web of Science - 56 Co-authors: Pye RJ; Hamede R; Kreiss A; Lyons AB; Woods GM | |
| 2016 | Ujvari B, Hamede R, Peck S, Pemberton D, Jones M, et al., 'Immunoglubolin dynamics and cancer prevalence in Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)', Scientific Reports, 6 Article 25093. ISSN 2045-2322 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/srep25093 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2015 | Fancourt BA, Bateman BL, VanDerWal J, Nicol SC, Hawkins CE, et al., 'Testing the role of climate change in species decline: is the eastern quoll a victim of a change in the weather?', PLoS ONE, 10, (6) Article e0129420. ISSN 1932-6203 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129420 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 16 Co-authors: Fancourt BA; Nicol SC; Hawkins CE; Johnson CN | |
| 2015 | Fancourt BA, Hawkins CE, Cameron EZ, Jones ME, Nicol SC, 'Devil declines and catastrophic cascades: is mesopredator release of feral cats inhibiting recovery of the eastern quoll?', PLoS ONE, 10, (3) Article e0119303. ISSN 1932-6203 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119303 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 45Web of Science - 37 Co-authors: Fancourt BA; Hawkins CE; Cameron EZ; Nicol SC | |
| 2015 | Hamede RK, Pearse A-M, Swift K, Barmuta LA, Murchison EP, et al., 'Transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils: localized lineage replacement and host population response', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, (1814) Article 20151468. ISSN 0962-8452 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1468 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 35Web of Science - 33 Co-authors: Hamede RK; Barmuta LA | |
| 2015 | Hogg CJ, Ivy JA, Srb C, Hockley J, Lees C, et al., 'Influence of genetic provenance and birth origin on productivity of the Tasmanian devil insurance population', Conservation Genetics, 16, (6) pp. 1465-1473. ISSN 1566-0621 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10592-015-0754-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 39Web of Science - 33 | |
| 2015 | Hollings T, McCallum H, Kreger K, Mooney N, Jones M, 'Relaxation of risk-sensitive behaviour of prey following disease-induced decline of an apex predator, the Tasmanian devil', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, (1810) pp. 1-9. ISSN 0962-8452 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0124 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 19 Co-authors: Hollings T; Kreger K | |
| 2015 | Hunter DO, Britz T, Jones M, Letnic M, 'Reintroduction of Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia can restore top-down control in ecosystems where dingoes have been extirpated', Biological Conservation, 191 pp. 428-435. ISSN 0006-3207 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.07.030 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 33Web of Science - 32 | |
| 2015 | McGregor H, Legge S, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Feral cats are better killers in open habitats, revealed by animal-borne video', PLoS ONE, 10, (8) Article e0133915. ISSN 1932-6203 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133915 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 127Web of Science - 127 Co-authors: McGregor H; Johnson CN | |
| 2015 | McGregor HW, Legge S, Potts J, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Density and home range of feral cats in north-western Australia', Wildlife Research, 42, (3) pp. 223-231. ISSN 1035-3712 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR14180 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 50Web of Science - 53 Co-authors: McGregor HW; Johnson CN | |
| 2015 | Peck S, Corkrey R, Hamede R, Jones M, Canfield P, 'Hematologic and serum biochemical reference intervals for wild Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)', Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 44, (4) pp. 519-529. ISSN 0275-6382 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/vcp.12304 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Corkrey R; Hamede R | |
| 2015 | Tompkins DM, Carver S, Jones ME, Krkosek M, Skerratt LF, 'Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective', Trends in Parasitology, 31, (4) pp. 149-159. ISSN 1471-4922 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.01.007 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 170Web of Science - 172 Co-authors: Carver S | |
| 2015 | Wright B, Morris K, Grueber CE, Willet CE, Gooley R, et al., 'Development of a SNP-based assay for measuring genetic diversity in the Tasmanian devil insurance population', BMC Genomics, 16, (791) pp. 1-11. ISSN 1471-2164 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2020-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 24 Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2014 | Bruniche-Olsen A, Jones ME, Austin JJ, Burridge CP, Holland BR, 'Extensive population decline in the Tasmanian devil predates European settlement and devil facial tumour disease', Biology Letters, 10, (11) Article 20140619. ISSN 1744-9561 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0619 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 52Web of Science - 50 Co-authors: Burridge CP; Holland BR | |
| 2014 | Fancourt BA, Nicol SC, Hawkins CE, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Beyond the disease: is Toxoplasma gondii infection causing population declines in the eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)?', International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 3, (2) pp. 102-112. ISSN 2213-2244 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2014.05.001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 24 Co-authors: Fancourt BA; Nicol SC; Hawkins CE; Johnson CN | |
| 2014 | McGregor HW, Legge S, Jones ME, Johnson CN, 'Landscape management of fire and grazing regimes alters the fine-scale habitat utilisation by feral cats', PLoS One, 9, (10) Article e109097. ISSN 1932-6203 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109097 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 154Web of Science - 155 Co-authors: McGregor HW; Johnson CN | |
| 2014 | Sinn DL, Cawthen L, Jones SM, Pukk C, Jones ME, 'Boldness towards novelty and translocation success in captive-raised, orphaned Tasmanian devils', Zoo Biology, 33, (1) pp. 36-48. ISSN 0733-3188 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21108 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 30Web of Science - 32 Co-authors: Sinn DL; Cawthen L; Jones SM | |
| 2013 | Bruniche-Olsen A, Burridge CP, Austin JJ, Jones M, 'Disease induced changes in gene flow patterns among Tasmanian devil populations', Biological Conservation, 165 pp. 69-78. ISSN 0006-3207 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.05.014 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 13 Co-authors: Burridge CP | |
| 2013 | Fisher DO, Dickman CR, Jones ME, Blomberg SP, 'Sperm competition drives the evolution of suicidal reproduction in mammals', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110, (44) pp. 17910-17914. ISSN 0027-8424 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310691110 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 63Web of Science - 63 | |
| 2013 | Hamede RK, McCallum HI, Jones M, 'Biting injuries and transmission of Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease', Journal of Animal Ecology, 82, (1) pp. 182-190. ISSN 0021-8790 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02025.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 97Web of Science - 96 Co-authors: Hamede RK; McCallum HI | |
| 2013 | Hollings T, Jones M, Mooney N, McCallum HI, 'Trophic cascades following the disease-induced decline of an apex predator, the Tasmanian Devil', Conservation Biology, 28, (1) pp. 63-75. ISSN 0888-8892 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12152 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 66Web of Science - 65 Co-authors: Hollings T; McCallum HI | |
| 2013 | Hollings T, Jones M, Mooney N, McCallum HI, 'Wildlife disease ecology in changing landscapes: Mesopredator release and toxoplasmosis', International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2 pp. 110-118. ISSN 2213-2244 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.02.002 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 54 Co-authors: Hollings T; McCallum HI | |
| 2013 | Moore JL, Rout TM, Hauser CE, Moro D, Jones M, et al., 'Protecting islands from pest invasion: Response to Greenslade et al', Biological Conservation, 157 pp. 435-436. ISSN 0006-3207 (2013) [Letter or Note in Journal] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.08.036 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2 | |
| 2013 | Siddle HV, Kreiss A, Tovar C, Yuen CK, Cheng Y, et al., 'Reversible epigenetic down-regulation of MHC molecules by devil facial tumour disease illustrates immune escape by a contagious cancer', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, (13) pp. 5103-5108. ISSN 0027-8424 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219920110 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 146 Co-authors: Kreiss A; Tovar C; Hamede R; Woods GM | |
| 2013 | Ujvari B, Pearse A-M, Swift K, Hodson P, Hua B, et al., 'Anthropogenic selection enhances cancer evolution in Tasmanian devil tumours', Evolutionary Applications, 7, (2) pp. 260-265. ISSN 1752-4571 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/eva.12117 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 15 Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2012 | Cheng Y, Sanderson C, Jones M, Belov K, 'Low MHC class II diversity in the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)', Immunogenetics, 64, (7) pp. 525-533. ISSN 0093-7711 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00251-012-0614-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 51Web of Science - 46 | |
| 2012 | Cheng Y, Stuart A, Morris K, Taylor R, Siddle HV, et al., 'Antigen-presenting genes and genomic copy number variations in the Tasmanian devil MHC', BMC Genomics, 13, (1) Article 87. ISSN 1471-2164 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-87 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 44Web of Science - 43 | |
| 2012 | Hamede R, Bashford J, Jones M, McCallum H, 'Simulating devil facial tumour disease outbreaks across empirically derived contact networks', Journal of Applied Ecology, 49, (2) pp. 447-456. ISSN 0021-8901 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02103.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 33Web of Science - 33 Co-authors: Hamede R; Bashford J | |
| 2012 | Hamede R, Lachish S, Belov K, Woods G, Kreiss A, et al., 'Reduced effect of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease at the disease front', Conservation Biology, 26, (1) pp. 124-134. ISSN 0888-8892 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01747.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 53Web of Science - 56 Co-authors: Hamede R; Lachish S; Woods G; Kreiss A; McCallum H | |
| 2012 | Lane A, Cheng Y, Wright B, Hamede R, Levan L, et al., 'New insights into the role of MHC diversity in devil facial tumour disease', PLoS One, 7, (6) Article e36955. ISSN 1932-6203 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036955 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 26 Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2011 | Flynn EM, Jones SM, Jones ME, Jordan GJ, Munks SA, 'Characteristics of mammal communities in Tasmanian forests: exploring the influence of forest type and disturbance history', Wildlife Research, 38, (1) pp. 13-29. ISSN 1035-3712 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR10025 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Flynn EM; Jones SM; Jordan GJ; Munks SA | |
| 2011 | Lachish S, Miller KJ, Storfer A, Goldizen AW, Jones ME, 'Evidence that disease-induced population decline changes genetic structure and alters dispersal patterns in the Tasmanian devil ', Heredity, 106, (1) pp. 172-182. ISSN 0018-067X (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.17 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 58Web of Science - 62 Co-authors: Miller KJ | |
| 2011 | Lachish S, Passmore A, Jones M, 'A new PCR assay for reliable molecular sexing of endangered Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) from non-invasive genetic samples', Conservation Genetics Resources, 3, (2) pp. 279-281. ISSN 1877-7252 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9341-z [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Lachish S; Passmore A | |
| 2011 | Miller W, Hayes VM, Ratan A, Peterson DC, Wittekindt NE, et al., 'Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered marsupial Sarcophilus harrisii (Tasmanian devil)', National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings, 108, (30) pp. 12348-12353. ISSN 0027-8424 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102838108 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 156Web of Science - 148 Co-authors: Kreiss A; Woods GM | |
| 2010 | Lachish S, McCallum H, Mann D, Pukk CE, Jones ME, 'Evaluation of selective culling of infected individuals to control Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease', Conservation Biology, 24, (3) pp. 841-851. ISSN 0888-8892 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01429.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 63Web of Science - 63 Co-authors: Lachish S; McCallum H | |
| 2010 | McCallum HI, Jones M, 'Sins of omission and sins of commission: St Thomas Aquinas and the devil', Australian Zoologist, 35, (2) pp. 1-8. ISSN 0067-2238 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2010.019 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5 Co-authors: McCallum HI | |
| 2010 | McDonald-Madden E, Probert WJM, Hauser CE, Runge MC, Possingham HP, et al., 'Active adaptive conservation of threatened species in the face of uncertainty ', Ecological Applications, 20, (5) pp. 1476-1489. ISSN 1051-0761 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1890/09-0647.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 79Web of Science - 72 | |
| 2010 | Moore JL, Rout TM, Hauser CE, Moro D, Jones M, et al., 'Protecting islands from pest invasion: optimal allocation of biosecurity resources between quarantine and surveillance', Biological Conservation, 143, (5) pp. 1068-1078. ISSN 0006-3207 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.019 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 47Web of Science - 47 | |
| 2010 | Siddle HV, Marzec J, Cheng Y, Jones M, Belov K, 'MHC gene copy number variation in Tasmanian devils: implications for the spread of a contagious cancer', Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences, 277, (1690) pp. 2001-2006 . ISSN 0962-8452 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2362 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 110Web of Science - 100 | |
| 2009 | Hamede Ross RK, Bashford JD, McCallum HI, Jones Menna, 'Contact networks in a wild Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population: using social network analysis to reveal seasonal variability in social behaviour and its implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease', Ecology Letters, 12, (11) pp. 1147-1157. ISSN 1461-023X (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01370.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 233Web of Science - 224 Co-authors: Hamede Ross RK; Bashford JD; McCallum HI | |
| 2009 | Lachish S, McCallum HI, Jones Menna, 'Demography, disease and the devil: life-history changes in a disease-affected population of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii)', Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, (2) pp. 427-436. ISSN 0021-8790 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01494.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 89Web of Science - 86 Co-authors: Lachish S; McCallum HI | |
| 2009 | McCallum HI, Jones M, Hawkins CE, Hamede Ross RK, Lachish S, et al., 'Transmission dynamics of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease may lead to disease-induced extinction', Ecology, 90, (12) pp. 3379-3392. ISSN 0012-9658 (2009) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1890/08-1763.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 175Web of Science - 167 Co-authors: McCallum HI; Hawkins CE; Hamede Ross RK; Lachish S; Sinn DL; Beeton N | |
| 2008 | Hamede RK, McCallum HI, Jones Menna, 'Seasonal, demographic and density-related patterns of contact between Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii): Implications for transmission of devil facial tumour disease', Austral Ecology, 33, (5) pp. 614-622. ISSN 1442-9985 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01827.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 71Web of Science - 67 Co-authors: Hamede RK; McCallum HI | |
| 2008 | Jones Menna, Cockburn A, Hamede Ross RK, Hawkins CE, Hesterman H, et al., 'Life-history change in disease-ravaged Tasmanian devil populations', National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings, 105, (29) pp. 10023-10027. ISSN 0027-8424 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711236105 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 171Web of Science - 164 Co-authors: Hamede Ross RK; Hawkins CE; Hesterman H; Lachish S; McCallum HI | |
| 2007 | Jones ME, Jarman PJ, Lees CM, Hesterman H, Hamede RK, et al., 'Conservation management of Tasmanian devils in the context of an emerging, extinction-threatening disease: Devil Facial Tumor Disease', EcoHealth, 4, (3) pp. 326-337. ISSN 1612-9202 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0120-6 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 94Web of Science - 79 Co-authors: Hesterman H; Hamede RK; McCallum HI | |
| 2007 | Lachich S, Jones ME, McCallum HI, 'The impact of disease on the survival and population growth rate of the Tasmanian devil', Journal of Animal Ecology, 76, (5) pp. 926-936 . ISSN 0021-8790 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01272.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 120Web of Science - 119 Co-authors: McCallum HI | |
| 2007 | McCallum HI, Tompkins DM, Jones ME, Lachish S, Marvanek S, et al., 'Distribution and impacts of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease', EcoHealth, 4, (3) pp. 318-325. ISSN 1612-9202 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10393-007-0118-0 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 140Web of Science - 129 Co-authors: McCallum HI; Hawkins CE | |
| 2006 | Hawkins CE, Baars C, Hesterman H, Hocking GJ, Jones ME, et al., 'Emerging disease and population decline of an island endemic, the Tasmanian devil Sarcophilus harrisii', Biological Conservation, 131, (2) pp. 307-324. ISSN 0006-3207 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.010 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 196Web of Science - 252 Co-authors: Hawkins CE; Hesterman H; Mann D | |
| 2006 | McCallum HI, Jones ME, 'To lose both would look like carelessness: Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease', Public Library of Science Biology, 4, (10) pp. 1671-1674. ISSN 1545-7885 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040342 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 70Web of Science - 61 Co-authors: McCallum HI | |
| 2004 | Jones ME, Paetkau D, Geffen E, Moritz C, 'Genetic diversity and population structure of Tasmanian devils, the largest marsupial carnivore', Molecular Ecology, 13, (8) pp. 2197-2209. ISSN 0962-1083 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02239.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 148Web of Science - 140 | |
| 2004 | Jones ME, Smith GC, Jones SM, 'Is anti-predator behaviour in Tasmanian eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus) effective against introduced predators?', Animal Conservation, 7 pp. 155-160. ISSN 1367-9430 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1017/S136794300400126X [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 28Web of Science - 28 Co-authors: Jones SM | |
| 2004 | Soule ME, Mackey BG, Recher HF, Williams JE, Woinarski CZ, et al., 'The role of connectivity in Australian conservation', Pacific Conservation Biology, 10, (10) pp. 266-279. ISSN 1038-2097 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/pc040266 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 106 | |
| 2003 | Jones ME, Paetkau D, Geffen E, Moritz C, 'Microsatellites for the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus laniarius)', Molecular Ecology Notes, 3, (2) pp. 277-279. ISSN 1471-8278 (2003) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00425.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 37Web of Science - 34 | |
| 2003 | Mandelik Y, Jones ME, Dayan T, 'Structurally complex habitat and sensory adaptations mediate the behavioural responses of a desert rodent to an indirect cue for increased predation risk', Evolutionary Ecology Research, 5, (4) pp. 501-515. ISSN 1522-0613 (2003) [Refereed Article] Citations: Scopus - 53Web of Science - 53 | |
| 2001 | Jones ME, Mandelik Y, Dayan T, 'Coexistence of temporally partitioned spiny mice: Roles of habitat structure and foraging behavior', Ecology, 82, (8) pp. 2164-2176. ISSN 0012-9658 (2001) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.2307/2680223 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 92 | |
| 2000 | Jones ME, 'Road upgrade, road mortality and remedial measures: impacts on a population of eastern quolls and Tasmanian devils', Wildlife Research, 27 pp. 289-296. ISSN 1035-3712 (2000) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR98069 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 119Web of Science - 107 | |
| 2000 | Jones ME, Barmuta LA, 'Niche differentiation among sympatric Australian dasyurid carnivores', Journal of Mammalogy, 81, (2) pp. 434-447. ISSN 0022-2372 (2000) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0434:NDASAD>2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 74Web of Science - 63 Co-authors: Barmuta LA | |
| 2000 | Jones ME, Dayan T, 'Foraging behavior and microhabitat use by spiny mice, Acomys cahirinus and A. russatus, in the presence of Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) odor', Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26, (2) pp. 455-469. ISSN 0098-0331 (2000) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1023/A:1005417707588 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 50Web of Science - 47 | |
| 1998 | Jones ME, 'The function of vigilance in sympatric marsupial carnivores: the eastern quoll and the Tasmanian Devil', Animal Behaviour, 56 pp. 1279-1284. ISSN 0003-3472 (1998) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0893 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 40Web of Science - 35 | |
| 1998 | Jones ME, Barmuta LA, 'Diet overlap and relative abundance of sympatric dasyurid carnivores: a hypothesis of competition', Journal of Animal Ecology, 67, (3) pp. 410-421. ISSN 0021-8790 (1998) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00203.x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 107Web of Science - 97 Co-authors: Barmuta LA | |
| 1998 | Jones ME, Stoddart DM, 'Reconstruction of the predatory behaviour of the extinct marsupial thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)', Journal of Zoology, 246 pp. 239-246. ISSN 0952-8369 (1998) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998010127 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 71Web of Science - 63 Co-authors: Stoddart DM | |
| 1997 | Jones ME, 'Character displacement in Australian dasyurid carnivores: size relationships and prey size patterns', Ecology, 78, (8) pp. 2569-2587. ISSN 0012-9658 (1997) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.2307/2265915 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 91Web of Science - 84 | |
| 1997 | Jones ME, Grigg GC, Beard LA, 'Body temperatures and activity patterns of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) and eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus) through a subalpine winter', Physiological Zoology, 70, (1) pp. 53-60. ISSN 0031-935X (1997) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1086/639541 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 24Web of Science - 17 |
Book
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Jones ME, Dickman C, Archer M, 'Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials', CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, pp. 475. ISBN 0643066349 (2003) [Edited Book] |
Chapter in Book
(15 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Christianson D, Jones M, 'Carnivores, Coexistence and Conservation in a Contemporary World', International Wildlife: Contemporary Challenges in a Changing World, John Hopkins University Press, JL Koprowski, PR Krausman (ed), United States ISBN 9781421432854 (2019) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2019 | Hamede R, McCallum H, Jones M, 'Learning to live with cancer: insights from local adaptations in Tasmanian devils and transmissible tumours', Saving the Tasmanian devil: recovery using science-based management, CSIRO Publishing, C Hogg, S Fox, D Pemberton, K Belov (ed), Australia, pp. 93-99. ISBN 9781486307180 (2019) [Other Book Chapter] DOI: 10.1071/9781486307197 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2019 | Jones M, Scoleri V, 'Case Study - Translocations to Maria Island', Australian Islands Arks: Conservation, Management and Opportunities, CSIRO Publishing, D Moro, D Ball and S Bryant (ed), Australia ISBN 9781486306602 (2019) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2019 | Jones ME, Hamede R, Storfer A, Hohenlohe P, Murchison EP, et al., 'Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease: ecology and evolution of an uncommon enemy', Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data and Application, Cambridge University Press, K Wilson, A Fenton, and D Tompkins (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 321-341. ISBN 9781107136564 (2019) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Hamede R | |
| 2019 | Jones ME, Hamede RK, Hollings T, McCallum HI, 'Devils and disease in the landscape: the impact of disease on devils in the wild and on the Tasmanian ecosystem', Saving the Tasmanian devil: recovery using science-based management, CSIRO Publishing, C Hogg, S Fox, D Pemberton, L Belov (ed), Australia, pp. 85-100. ISBN 9781486307180 (2019) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Hamede RK; Hollings T | |
| 2018 | Jones M, 'Conservation of marsupial carnivores', The Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials, CSIRO Publishing, A Baker, C Dickman (ed), Australia ISBN 9781486305148 (2018) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2014 | Dickman CR, Glen AS, Jones ME, Soule ME, Ritchie EG, et al., 'Strongly interactive carnivore species: maintaining and restoring ecosystem function', Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future, CSIRO Publishing, AS Glen, CR Dickman (ed), Collingwood, Australia, pp. 307-330. ISBN 9780643103108 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2014 | Jones ME, Burnett S, Claridge A, Fancourt B, Kortner G, et al., 'Australia's surviving marsupial carnivores: threats and conservation', Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future, CSIRO Publishing, AS Glen, CR Dickman (ed), Collingwood, Australia, pp. 201-246. ISBN 9780643103108 (2014) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: Fancourt B; Troy S | |
| 2012 | Jones M, Hamede R, McCallum H, 'The Devil is in the detail: Conservation biology, animal philosophies and the role of animal ethics committees', Science Under Siege: Zoology under Threat, The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, P Banks, D Lunney and C Dickman (ed), Sydney, Australia, pp. 79-88. ISBN 978-0-9803272-7-4 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] DOI: 10.7882/FS.2012.040 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Hamede R; McCallum H | |
| 2012 | McCallum HI, Jones M, 'Infectious Cancers in Wildlife', New Directions in Conservation Medicine, Oxford University Press, A. Alonso Aguirre, R.S. Ostfeld, P. Daszak (ed), Madison Ave, New York, pp. 270-283. ISBN 978-0-19-973147-3 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] Co-authors: McCallum HI | |
| 2007 | Jones M, 'Reduced genetic variation and the emergence of an extinction-threatening disease in the Tasmanian devil', Conservation and the genetics of populations, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, F Allendorf et al (ed), Oxford UK, pp. 96-116. ISBN 978-0470671450 (2007) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2007 | Jones Menna, 'Tasmanian Devil', A fragile balance: the extraordinary story of Australian marsupials, Craftsmans House, Kathie Stove ELS (ed), Melbourne, pp. 246. ISBN 9780980354010 (2007) [Other Book Chapter] | |
| 2006 | Soule ME, Mackey BG, Recher HF, Williams JE, Woinarski JCZ, et al., 'The role of connectivity in Australian conservation', Connectivity Conservation, Cambridge University Press, KR Crooks and M Sanjayan (ed), New York, USA, pp. 649-675. ISBN 978-0-521-85706-2 (2006) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2003 | Jones ME, 'Convergence in ecomorphology and guild structure among marsupial and placental carnivores', Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials, CSIRO Publishing, Menna Jones, Chris Dickman & Mike Archer (ed), Collingwood, pp. 285-296. ISBN 0643066349 (2003) [Research Book Chapter] | |
| 2003 | Jones ME, Oakwood M, Belcher CA, Morris K, Murray AJ, et al., 'Carnivore concerns: Problems, issues and solutions for conserving Australasia's marsupial carnivores', Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials, CSIRO Publishing, Menna Jones, Chris Dickman & Mike Archer (ed), Collingwood, pp. 422-434. ISBN 0643066349 (2003) [Research Book Chapter] |
Review
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Rose RK, Pemberton DA, Monney NJ, Jones ME, 'Sarcophilus harrisii (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae)', Mammalian Species, 49, (942) pp. 1-17. ISSN 0076-3519 (2017) [Substantial Review] DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sex001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12 | |
| 2004 | Jones ME, 'Historical Ecology for Conservation Managers', Conservation Biology, 18, (1) pp. 281-282. (2004) [Review Single Work] | |
| 2004 | Magnus ZC, Kriwoken LK, Mooney NJ, Jones ME, 'Reducing the Incidence of Wildlife Roadkill: Improving the visitor experience in Tasmania', CRC Sustainable Tourism Technical Report pp. i-vi, 1-35. (2004) [Substantial Review] Co-authors: Kriwoken LK |
Conference Publication
(2 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Karu N, Patchett AL, Wilson R, Hamede Ross RK, Jones Menna, et al., 'Application of metabolomics and proteomics for biomarker discovery and development of therapies for the transmissible cancer, Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease', February 2nd-5th 2017, Lorne, VIC (2017) [Conference Edited] Co-authors: Karu N; Patchett AL; Wilson R; Hamede Ross RK; Lyons AB; Woods GM | |
| 2016 | Karu N, Wilson RR, Hamede Ross RK, Jones Menna, Woods GM, et al., 'Discovery of serum biomarkers for Tasmanian Devil cancer (DFTD)', Proceedings of The Australian & New Zealand Metabolomics Conference, 31st March - 1st April, 2016, Melbourne, Australia (2016) [Conference Extract] Co-authors: Karu N; Wilson RR; Hamede Ross RK; Woods GM; Hilder EF; Shellie RA |
Contract Report, Consultant's Report
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kendal D, Flies E, Marsh P, Jones P, Threlfall C, et al., 'Managing Urban Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Human Health', Healthy Landscapes Research Group, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania (2019) [Contract Report] Co-authors: Kendal D; Flies E; Marsh P; Jones P; Anders R; Collie N; Kaplan H; Nguyen HKD; Allegretto G |
Thesis
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Jones ME, 'Guild structure of the large marsupial carnivores in Tasmania' (1995) [PhD] |
Entry
(1 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Jones ME, 'Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii', The Mammals of Australia, R. Strahan (ed), Chatswood, Australia, pp. 82-84 (1995) [Entry] |
Other Public Output
(3 outputs)| Year | Citation | Altmetrics |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Aronson J, Goodwin N, Orlando L, Wickwire L, Bradby K, et al., 'The Hobart Declaration on EcoHealth: Ecological restoration that supports human health', EcoHealth Network (2020) [Government or Industry Research] Co-authors: Flies E; Kendal D | |
| 2011 | Jones ME, McCallum H, 'The Devil's Cancer', Scientific American, Scientific American Inc, 415 Madison Ave, New York, USA, NY, 10017, 304, 6 (2011) [Magazine Article] DOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0611-72 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: McCallum H | |
| 2011 | Jones Menna, 'ARC-Funded Researchers 2007-2008', Australian Research Council Annual Report 2010 - 2011, Australian Research Council, Canberra, ACT, p. 28. (2011) [Government or Industry Research] |
Grants & Funding
Funding Summary
Number of grants
93
Total funding
$68,355,689
Projects
Ecological science for recovery of eastern barred bandicoots (2022)$70,000
- Description
- The funding provided by NRM North will support ecological research done by two PhD students that will support the recovery efforts for bandicoots being undertaken by NRM North. The two project will establish the distribution and drivers of distribution of eastern barred bandicoots in northern Tasmania, how bandicoots use habitat at fine-scale, at what stage they use revegetated areas, and the risks to bandicoots from cats both behaviourally and in terms of infection with cat-borne diseases. Prior to starting the project all students will be competency trained and tested for vet procedures if/when required.
- Funding
- The Northern Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Assoc Inc. ($70,000)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Burridge CP
- Year
- 2022
Optimising biodiversity conservation in managed forest landscapes (2022 - 2024)$489,000
- Description
- How to meet human needs for timber while limiting harm to biodiversity is an urgent scientific goal. The project will quantify the impacts of forestry systems and wildfire on mammal species. Novel network modelling of interactions among plants, animals and environmental variables will establish cost-effective management improvements to maximise biodiversity values. A systematic conservation planning approach will deliver spatially and temporally explicit solutions to balancing trade-offs between production and conservation. Model scenarios will include various production targets and climate change impacts on fire regimes. Outcomes will provide a foundation for policy changes to put theoretical solutions into practice.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($489,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Discovery Projects
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Baker SC; Balmford A; Adams VM; Jones ME
- Period
- 2022 - 2024
- Grant Reference
- DP220102125
Agricultural Innovation Hubs Program (2022 - 2023)$2,499,999
- Description
- The University of Tasmania hosts one of eight Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs established across Australia under the Commonwealths Future Drought Fund. Hubs are intended to be enduring institutions. The current proposal is about the Commonwealths call to expand the Hubs remit to service four priority areas under the National Agricultural Innovation Agenda. If funded, the Hub in Tasmania will need to operate under two agreements: the current agreement for the Drought Hub and a new agreement that is about developing the Hubs pathway to expansion, while continuing to deliver to the Drought Hub under the current agreement. This proposal presents the Hubs Statement of Claims on its ability and commitment to deliver practical activities and a business case that supports the National Agricultural Innovation Agenda
- Funding
- Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment ($2,499,999)
- Scheme
- Agricultural Innovation Hubs Program
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Evans KJ; Mohammed CL; Kumar S; Field B; Jones ME; Anders RJ; Higgins VJ; Bryant M; Gracie AJ; Wilson MD; Harrison MT; Jordan GJ; O'Reilly-Wapstra JM; Barmuta LA; Remenyi TA; Kang BH; Amin M; Fraser SP; Kilpatrick SI; Barnes NR; Beasy KM; Stoeckl NE; D'Alessandro SP; Tian J; Chuah S; Norris K; Ferguson SG; Auckland SRJ
- Period
- 2022 - 2023
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF FORESTRY PLANTATION MACROPOD CULLING PROGRAMS ON LEAD EXPOSURE IN TASMANIAN DEVILS (2022)$10,000
- Description
- This project will assess lead exposure in Tasmanian devils inhabiting forestry plantations, a land use heavily reliant on macropod culling. This will involve a two-pronged approach: 1) assessment of the effect of seasonal culling events on short-term exposure using blood lead levels, and 2) estimate long-term exposure in the same animals, using hair samples and an innovative lead analysis tool, x-ray fluorescence. This project is done in accordance with AEC permit number 23211. Evie Jones was competency assessed in all veterinary procedures by Dr Alex Kreiss in August 2021 and will be re-assessed in August 2022.
- Funding
- Paddy Pallin Foundation ($10,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hamede Ross RK; Hampton J; Jones ME; Lyons AB; Koch A; Mann D; Jones EM
- Year
- 2022
Drought Resilience Tasmania - Actionable Knowledge and Solutions for Sustainable Prosperity (2021 - 2024)$9,530,969
- Description
- Water is a major asset for Tasmania linked to livelihoods, energy production, irrigated and rainfed agriculture, environmental management and conservation. Competing demands forwater intensify during droughts and as hot and dry years increase in number. Wise and fair water management requires a multi-stakeholder partnership to innovate for droughtresilience, optimal water management and self-reliance. Our Hub will enable drought preparedness in Tasmania through collective and co-designed actions that sustain Tasmaniashigh-value, clean, green international brand. We will engage with local knowledge and land stewardship through a deliberate and negotiated process and uphold the rights ofTasmanian Aboriginal people to benefit from innovations they enable. The Hub, for the first time, brings together the major players - farmers, land and water managers, researchers,and indigenous knowledge owners - who, together can reduce the risks associated with drought in Tasmania.
- Funding
- Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment ($9,530,969)
- Scheme
- Future Drought Fund
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Evans KJ; Mohammed CL; Kumar S; Field B; Harris R; Jones ME; Anders RJ; Higgins VJ; Bryant M; Harrison MT; Gracie AJ; Wilson MD; Jordan GJ; O'Reilly-Wapstra JM; Barmuta LA; Remenyi TA; Kang BH; Amin M; Maiti A; Fraser SP; Kilpatrick SI; Barnes NR; Beasy KM; Coleman BJ; Stoeckl NE; D'Alessandro SP; Tian J; Chuah S; Norris K; Ferguson SG; Auckland SRJ
- Period
- 2021 - 2024
Linking spatial movements and social contacts to understand the transmission of Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease (2021)$25,000
- Description
- The aim of this project is to gain a better understanding of the spatial epidemiology of DFTD by investigating how landscape scale movement of Tasmanian devils maps onto the social contacts between individuals leading to disease transmission. Tasmanian devils are threatened by a transmissible cancer known as the devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), which is spread from one host to the next via injurious contact, typically biting. The direct mechanism by which DFTD is transmitted has enabled the construction of contact networks for modelling the spread of disease. Contact networks are designed to analyse social interactions with the aim of elucidating disease parameters and identifying individuals that account for disproportionately high amounts of transmission. Whilst these networks have advanced our understanding of DFTD transmission in relation to variables such as season, sex and age, the influence of individual movement patterns on contact network structure remains unclear.We plan to fit the adult devil population on the Freycinet Peninsula (East Coast Tasmania) with new radio tracking collars that are equipped with both GPS for recording location and proximity loggers that record when devils come into contact with one another. The data collected from these collars in conjunction with disease status, bite wound, and general health data collected during regular trapping activity will allow us to construct spatial contact network models. These models will be used to investigate how devils utilise and move through natural and human modified landscapes, the social structure of wild devil populations, the influence of DFTD on devil behaviour, and how devil movement and contact patterns influence DFTD transmission.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($25,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2021
Evaluating the impact of land management practices on the risk for Tasmanian devils of disease spillover from invasive and domestic animals (2021)$25,000
- Description
- This is a field and laboratory study that will assess the risk for Tasmanian devils of disease spillover from invasive and domestic animals in landscapes altered for agricultural and forestry production. Faecal samples collected in intact, agricultural and forestry landscapes across Tasmania will be analysed for diet and pathogens using eDNA and RNA sequencing.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($25,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2021
What are the mechanisms by which eastern barred bandicoots persist with cats? (2021)$6,375
- Description
- This project will focus on the interactions between eastern barred bandicoots and cats in Tasmania. We are interested in whether bandicoots can recognise cats as a predator by assessing their naivety in an experimental approach. We will also investigate how a cat parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, influences the populations of highly susceptible bandicoots. Lastly, we will employ landscape genetics to identify which feature promote or inhibit geneflow. This project requires the following veterinary procedures to be conducted on Tasmanian native mammals: microchipping, blood collection and ear biopsies. Menna Jones has been competency assessed for said procedures by University Veterinarian Alex Kreiss. Bridgette Barnden is currently undergoing training in these procedures with David Hamilton and will be assessed prior to commencing the fieldwork described.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($6,375)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Burridge CP; Hamer RP
- Year
- 2021
Development of an early diagnostic test for Devil facial tumour disease (2021)$15,000
- Description
- The Tasmanian devil has been decimated in the wild due to the transmissible cancer known as Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD). The main aim of this project is the development of an early diagnostic test based on extracellular vesicle approaches to detect infected devils with DFTD before clinical presentation of tumours.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($15,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Lyons AB; Espejo CI; Peck S; Jones ME; Pinfold T
- Year
- 2021
National Environmental Research Program 2: Resilient Landscapes Solutions Hub (2021 - 2027)$47,082,640
- Description
- The Resilient Landscapes Solutions (RLS) consortium Hub will work collaboratively with the Department of Agriculture Water and Environment to co-design and deliver critical research solutions to maintain, strengthen and restore landscape resilience, including a special focus on the conservation of nationally threatened species, ecological communities and migratory species. The RLS Hubs vision is to provide a truly national approach that underpins the adaptive management of terrestrial and freshwater habitats that strengthens whole-of-landscape recovery from major change such as wildfire and invasive species. The RLS Hub will catalyse action through a participatory Solutions Science approach which empowers users with the knowledge and tools to implement solutions to environmental challenges.
- Funding
- Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment ($47,082,640)
- Scheme
- Grant-National Environmental Science Prgm (NESP)
- Administered By
- University of Western Australia
- Research Team
- Stoeckl NE; Douglas M; Adams VM; Jones ME; Barmuta LA
- Period
- 2021 - 2027
The effects of plantation forestry operations on Tasmanian devil behaviour and health (2020)$1,960
- Description
- I aim to identify the distribution and abundance of devils and quolls in forestry plantation landscapes, the effect of these landscapes on individual health, and the fine-scale response of devils to forest harvesting practices. The synthesis of these results will provide a comprehensive understanding of how native Tasmanian carnivores respond to plantation forestry operations at multiple scales large and fine, spatial and longitudinal. The results will allow me to provide science-based recommendations to forestry groups to enhance conservation of these carnivores within plantation landscapes.
- Funding
- Forest Practices Authority ($1,960)
- Scheme
- Donation - Individual
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hamede Ross RK; Jones ME; Lyons AB; Jones EM
- Year
- 2020
The effects of plantation forestry operations on Tasmanian devil behaviour and health (2020)$2,450
- Description
- One off Donation received from Forest Practices Authority towards PhD project. I aim to identify the distribution and abundance of devils and quolls in forestry plantation landscapes, the effect of these landscapes on individual health, and the fine-scale response of devils to forest harvesting practices. The synthesis of these results will provide a comprehensive understanding of how native Tasmanian carnivores respond to plantation forestry operations at multiple scales large and fine, spatial and longitudinal. The results will allow me to provide science-based recommendations to forestry groups to enhance conservation of these carnivores within plantation landscapes.
- Funding
- Donation via University of Tasmania Foundation ($2,450)
- Scheme
- Donation - Individual
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hamede Ross RK; Jones ME; Lyons AB; Jones EM
- Year
- 2020
The effects of plantation forestry operations on Tasmanian devil behaviour and health (2020)$6,375
- Description
- PhD project: Evie JonesTo identify the distribution and abundance of devils and quolls in forestry plantation landscapes, the effect of these landscapes on individual health, and the fine-scale response of devils to forest harvesting practices. The synthesis of these results will provide a comprehensive understanding of how native Tasmanian carnivores respond to plantation forestry operations at multiple scales large and fine, spatial and longitudinal, providing science-based recommendations to forestry groups to enhance conservation of these carnivores within plantation landscapes.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($6,375)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hamede Ross RK; Jones ME; Lyons AB; Jones EM
- Year
- 2020
Postgraduate Scholarship - Rowan Alden (2020 - 2022)$54,000
- Description
- The project will develop a method for measuring environmental sustainability at the farm-level.
- Funding
- Meat and Livestock Australia ($54,000)
- Scheme
- Scholarship-Postgraduate
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Horner CA; Barmuta LA; Jones ME
- Period
- 2020 - 2022
Linking spatial movements and social contacts to understand the transmission of Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease. (2020 - 2021)$13,445
- Description
- The aim of this project is to gain a better understanding of the spatial epidemiology of DFTD by investigating how landscape scale movement of Tasmanian devils maps onto the social contacts between individuals leading to disease transmission. Tasmanian devils are threatened by a transmissible cancer known as the devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), which is spread from one host to the next via injurious contact, typically biting. The direct mechanism by which DFTD is transmitted has enabled the construction of contact networks for modelling the spread of disease. Contact networks are designed to analyse social interactions with the aim of elucidating disease parameters and identifying individuals that account for disproportionately high amounts of transmission. Whilst these networks have advanced our understanding of DFTD transmission in relation to variables such as season, sex and age, the influence of individual movement patterns on contact network structure remains unclear.We plan to fit the adult devil population on the Freycinet Peninsula (East Coast Tasmania) with new radio tracking collars that are equipped with both GPS for recording location and proximity loggers that record when devils come into contact with one another. The data collected from these collars in conjunction with disease status, bite wound, and general health data collected during regular trapping activity will allow us to construct spatial contact network models. These models will be used to investigate how devils utilise and move through natural and human modified landscapes, the social structure of wild devil populations, the influence of DFTD on devil behaviour, and how devil movement and contact patterns influence DFTD transmission.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($13,445)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK; Cameron EZ; McGee G
- Period
- 2020 - 2021
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of disease-induced apex predator decline (2020 - 2022)$589,355
- Description
- The project will generate new data based on a novel framework for understanding eco-evolutionary feedbacks consequent to the decline of a top predator from infectious disease. The proposal is to be submitted to the National Science Foundation - Bridging Ecology and Evolution program. The project involves field collection of data and genomic samples in Tasmania from Tasmanian devils and other mammalian predators and prey species. These data and samples will be used for sophisticated genomics to be undertaken at Washington State University (US) and modelling at Griffith University (QLD). The grant will support a field officer (HEO) in Tasmania.
- Funding
- National Science Foundation ($589,355)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Washington State University
- Research Team
- Nordquist D; Jones ME; McCallum H; Margres MJ
- Period
- 2020 - 2022
Understanding the relationships between landscape change, and invasive and native mammal predator and prey species in Tasmania (2019 - 2020)$13,875
- Description
- Australia is losing its unique biodiversity due to invasivespecies and habitat loss. Moreover, there is evidence that humanchanges in landscape may be favouring invasive over nativespecies. With this study I want to understand how humanlandscape degradation influences the relationships andconsequently the distribution and abundance of native andinvasive mammal species in Tasmania. This project aims toidentify elements in the landscape that, when managedappropriately, could restore native species and the ecosystemfunctions they provide and, in time, reduce the impact ofinvasive species. I will assess the impact of landscape intensification on themammal community in wet and dry forest ecosystems withinTasmania. I will sample two replicas for each of four landscapesalong a gradient from intact to highly degraded dry and wetforests, totaling 16 study sites across Tasmania. I will quantifythe simplification and loss of habitat structure fromanthropogenic activity through detailed vegetation surveys anduse live-trapping and camera traps to measure the impact on thedistribution and abundance of native and invasive mammal speciesalong this gradient. I will collect blood and fecal samples oftrapped animals to assess potential changes in diet and levels ofcompetition between native and invasive species, chronic stresslevels in native species, and whether disease spill-over is alsoa current threat to native fauna. I hypothesise that the simplification of habitats will result inmammal communities with higher densities of invasive predatorspecies. This study will focus on the intrinsic and ecologicalprocesses that could be leading to this result providingstrategies for the restoration of native faunal communities inTasmania and Australia. This project tests an alternativeapproach to direct control of invasive predators which oftenfails because it requires that very high efforts are sustainedindefinitely over large areas.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($13,875)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Chiu Werner AL
- Period
- 2019 - 2020
Bruny Island Cat Management Scholarship (2018 - 2020)$45,000
- Description
- Scholarship support for a PhD project investigating cat management on Bruny Island
- Funding
- Bruny Island Wilderness Retreat ($15,000); Kingborough Council ($15,000); Pennicott Wilderness Journeys Pty Ltd ($15,000)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Period
- 2018 - 2020
Evaluating epidemiological and population dynamics in response to devil translocations (2018)$20,000
- Description
- The project will provide essential individual and population based data to evaluate the effects of immunisations and translocations of devils to the wild. The information gathered in this project will be vital for refining future translocations and improving the long-term success of the Wild Devil Recovery Plan.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($20,000)
- Scheme
- Donation-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hamede Ross RK; Jones ME
- Year
- 2018
Evolution of Cancer Transmission (2018)$199,623
- Funding
- National Institutes of Health ($199,623)
- Scheme
- Grant-National Institute of Health
- Administered By
- Washington State University
- Research Team
- Storfer A; Jones ME
- Year
- 2018
Distribution, prevalence and epidemiology of DFTD and DFT2 on the d Entrecasteaux channel area (2017)$31,130
- Description
- Two different transmissible cancers (DFTD and DFT2) are present in south-eastern Tasmania. This study will assess the distribution, prevalence, infection dynamics and survival after infection in both cancers. This information will create a baseline dataset for evaluating the threat of DFT2 and its possible interactions and selective processes with DFTD.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($31,130)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hamede Ross RK; Jones ME; Woods GM; Darby JM
- Year
- 2017
Science to conserve wildlife at landscape-scales: rabbits control cats (2017 - 2019)$297,500
- Description
- The project aims to provide new science to conserve threatened wildlife at large scales in unfenced landscapesthat is grounded in an understanding of ecological interactions. Using empirical field experiments in Australia andNew Zealand, the project will test how suppressing populations of invasive prey rabbits - could reduce theimpact of invasive predators cats - on native wildlife. Feral cats threaten biodiversity globally and are especiallysignificant in Australia and New Zealand. Effective control of cats is difficult at large-scales but rabbit control isfeasible. The project aims to provide a new conceptual approach for biodiversity conservation that can be scaledup to regional landscapes and allow restoration of ecosystems.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($297,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-Discovery Projects
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Pech R
- Period
- 2017 - 2019
- Grant Reference
- DP170101653
Evaluating the benefits in Tasmanian devils of immune responses to transmissible cancer (2017)$25,000
- Description
- A one year field and laboratory study to further our work on the evolution of resistance and tolerance in Tasmanian devils to facial tumor disease and to advance knowledge of immunology of devils for vaccine research. This work is a collaboration between the School of Biological Sciences and the Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($25,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK; Carver SS; Woods GM
- Year
- 2017
Measuring chronic stress in superb fairy-wrens of the Tasmanian Midlands (2017)$1,500
- Description
- The project will involve the capture and blood sampling of superb fairy-wrens that occupy habitat with varying degrees of disturbance (e.g. noisy miner abundance) and fragmentation. Chronic stress in wrens will be measured in the laboratory via white blood cell ratios.
- Funding
- Australian Wildlife Society ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-University Students Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Bain GC
- Year
- 2017
From epidemic to endemic? Modelling coexistence and evolutionary adaptations in Tasmanian devils and devil facial tumour disease (2016)$15,441
- Description
- Using immunological and epidemiological data to detect differences in pathogen fitness and host selective adaptations to infection
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($15,441)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hamede Ross RK; Jones ME
- Year
- 2016
Demography and epidemiology of Tasmanian devil populations and DFTD in long-diseased areas (2016)$25,000
- Description
- Tasmanian devils persist in areas long affected by facial tumour disease. We will reveal how epidemic anddemographic patterns are changing, and how devil's social and spatial organisation, breeding and dispersal maintainpopulations in the landscape. The project will help predict the epidemic outcome and the future of the devil.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($25,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK; Carver SS
- Year
- 2016
Long-term ecological effects of Tasmanian devil decline (2016 - 2018)$18,750
- Description
- This project investigates how the disease-induced decline of the Tasmanian devil affects prey behaviour and the composition of the mammal community.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($18,750)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Cunningham CX
- Period
- 2016 - 2018
Interactions among predators and impacts on prey on Maria Island: Devils, cats, possums and seabirds (2016 - 2018)$18,500
- Description
- This project will use remote cameras, GPS tracking technology, and monitoring of seabird numbers and survival to study the effects of an increasing devil population on the population dynamics, behaviour, activity and resource-use of brushtail possums, feral cats, shearwaters and other small-medium sized mammal species. The aim of the project is to enhance knowledge of the role of Tasmanian Devils as ecosystem architects in protecting biodiversity and guiding conservation mitigation and restoration programs in Tasmania and mainland Australia.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($18,500)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Scoleri V
- Period
- 2016 - 2018
Using a novel approach to assess microhabitat use under predation risk of declining ground-foraging birds in fragmented farmland (2016)$2,087
- Description
- This is a field study to assess the influence of predation risk on microhabitat selection of ground-foraging woodland birds in the Tasmanian Midlands.
- Funding
- British Ornithologist's Union ($2,087)
- Scheme
- Grant-Small Ornithological Research Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Bain GC
- Year
- 2016
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and cats in the Tasmanian Midlands (2016)$6,000
- Description
- Determining the processes driving the distribution, abundance and behaviour of mammalian carnivores in the Tasmanian Midlands, with a view to improving the effectiveness of habitat restoration projects being undertaken by our industry partners.
- Funding
- Ecological Society of Australia Limited ($6,000)
- Scheme
- Award-Nature Conservancy Applied Conservation
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Hamer RP
- Year
- 2016
Is the Felixer cat trap safe for native carnivores? (2016)$5,000
- Description
- Feral cats are a huge threat to our native wildlife and agriculture but are notoriously hard to control via shooting, trapping and baiting. We aim to test whether the Felixer, a new robotic grooming trap for feral cats, is safe for native cat-like animals such as the vulnerable spotted-tailed quoll. If it can avoid impacts on these native carnivores, this device could be a vital weapon in the fight against feral cats.
- Funding
- Experiment ($5,000)
- Scheme
- Grant - Cats Challenge Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; McGregor H; Hamer RP
- Year
- 2016
Arthur River long-term eco-system monitoring project (2015)$16,000
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($16,000)
- Scheme
- Donation - Individual
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN
- Year
- 2015
Landscape and conservation genetics of Tasmanian bettongs (2015 - 2017)$11,650
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($11,650)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Burridge CP; Jones ME; Johnson CN; Proft KM
- Period
- 2015 - 2017
Social networks, behaviour and transmission of facial tumour disease in the Tasmanian devil (2015 - 2017)$19,200
- Description
- This project wilt investigate contact networks and behaviours associated with infection risk in wild Tasmanian devils, and how these translate to bltin inuries and transmission d namics of Devil Facial Tumour Disease DFTD
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($19,200)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Hamede Ross RK; Jones ME; Cameron EZ; Hamilton DG
- Period
- 2015 - 2017
Demography and epidemiology of Tasmanian devils and facial tumour disease in long-diseased areas (2015 - 2017)$16,250
- Description
- This project will reveal the mechanisms underlying continued persistence of low density wild devil populations in areas where population and stochastic modelling have predicted a genuine risk of local extinction.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($16,250)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK; Carver SS; Comte S
- Period
- 2015 - 2017
Tasmanian devil conservation physiology: Role of devil immune system in Devil Facial Tumour Disease progression (2015 - 2017)$16,100
- Description
- The project aims to establish the biochemistry blood indicator baseline in wild devils and assess how it changes at different stages of infection.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($16,100)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Carver SS; Hamede Ross RK; Ruiz Aravena M
- Period
- 2015 - 2017
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and feral cats in the Tasmanian Midlands. (2015)$1,500
- Description
- Aims1. Determine the nature and relative importance of factors driving the distribution and abundanceof large mammalian predators in the Tasmanian Midlands.2. Investigate the fine-scale habitat use of each species, with a view to defining important habitatfeatures and parameters for the conservation of native predators.3. Examine the behavioural interactions between the four species of large mammalian predatorspresent, in order to further understand how these may be affecting these species habitat useand distribution.4. Quantify the relative impact of these four predators on native prey, and provide an indication ofwhether this impact can be limited by habitat complexity.5. Provide preliminary information on the impact of current predator control and managementpractices.
- Funding
- Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-Ethel Mary Read
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Hamer RP
- Year
- 2015
Ecological restoration for Critical Weight Range Mammals in Tasmania's Midlands (2015 - 2017)$15,400
- Description
- The main aim of this project is to provide an animal centric approach for restoration efforts and conservationmanagement for Tasmania's CWR mammals, by studying individual decision making across the landscape.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($15,400)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Jones ME; Gardiner R
- Period
- 2015 - 2017
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations: devils, quolls and cats in the Tasmanian Midlands (2015 - 2017)$17,000
- Description
- Determining the processes driving the distribution, abundance and behaviour of mammalian carnivores in the Tasmanian Midlands,with a view to improving the effectiveness of habitat restoration projects being undertaken by our industry partners.
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($17,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Hamer RP
- Period
- 2015 - 2017
Demography and epidemiology of Tasmanian devils and facial tumour disease in long-diseased areas (2015 - 2020)$10,000
- Description
- The aim of the project is to understand the demographic processes in the devil populations and the epidemiology of DFTD in a framework of microevolution of the host and tumour in two long diseased areas. Mt William National Park, home of the first described case of DFTD, has been studied since the 1980s with continuous trapping and sampling since 2004. In Freycinet National Park, data and genetic samples have been collected continuously since 1999, two years before the emergence of DFTD. In both areas, demographic and epidemiological modelling forecasted a potential extinction of the devil populations around 2011-16. Though these populations have decreased by at least 90%, devils seem to persist at very low density while DFTD prevalence stays around 50%. In this context, local or temporal extinction should still be considered. Spatial analyses based on trapping success, camera trap surveys and GPS collar data will help to understand whether devils are still present over the entirety of both areas or concentrated on the most favourable habitats. Dispersal patterns will give additional insight on the respective weights recruitment and immigration have in the resilience of devil populations. In parallel, recent and concurrent studies focusing on genetic analyses of the devil and the tumours are opening new perspectives toward the understanding of host-pathogen coevolution at a regional scale. We will provide fundamental knowledge on the force of infection of DFTD regarding the local bioclimatic parameters, habitat and topographic barriers that may limit devil movements and genetic diversity of devils and the tumours. This epidemiological and landscape genetics work will be supported by complementary research in the evolutionary genomics of the tumour (Dr Elizabeth Murchison, Cambridge University) and the host (Dr Andrew Storfer, Washington State University; Dr Paul Hohenlohe, University of Idaho; Menna Jones and Barbara Schonfeld, UTAS).
- Funding
- Devils in Danger Foundation Inc ($10,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Period
- 2015 - 2020
Does differential growth rate of tumour strains contribute to the variant epidemic patters of facial tumour disease in northwest Tasmania? (2015)$25,000
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($25,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK
- Year
- 2015
Environmental Restoration: Linking Science and Governance (2015)$6,866
- Description
- A workshop and accompanying research paper that examines eco-restoration in Australia and the development of more scientifically-informed governance and policy.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($6,866)
- Scheme
- Grant-Cross-Disciplinary Incentive
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Richardson BJ; Jones ME; Vince JZ
- Year
- 2015
Restoring resilience in wildlife populations (2013 - 2016)$624,261
- Description
- Restoration and revegetation is now firmly on the agenda for Australias management of its biodiversity, including some of its most vulnerable ecological systems. This project will create the first ever landscape models for eco-restoration based on how individual animals perceive habitat quality and predation risk. These ecological processes will be linked to structural elements of the habitat and scaled up to landscape models to ensure that restored and revegetated areas will support wildlife. It will provide a new conceptual approach for restoration projects outcomes that will be used immediately to improve restoration design by the partner organisation and collaborators.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($497,261)
- Scheme
- Grant-Linkage Projects Round 1
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Burridge CP; Davidson NJ
- Period
- 2013 - 2016
- Grant Reference
- LP130100949
Emergence, transmission and evolution of Tasmanian devil facial tumor disease (2013 - 2016)$2,492,071
- Funding
- National Science Foundation ($2,492,071)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Washington State University
- Research Team
- Storfer A; Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK
- Period
- 2013 - 2016
Demographic history of the Tasmanian devil from Pleistocene to present (2013)$35,000
- Description
- This project will infer the demographic history of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii). We have little knowledge of historic population dynamics of the Tasmanian devil. Fossil material has left evidence of the species that was previously widespread in Australia, but is now only found in Tasmania. During the last two decades the population has been reduced even further by the spread of the devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), causing substantial population declines, questioning the survival of the species in the wild. The aim of this study is to evaluate the evolutionary history of the Tasmanian devil, addressing changes in genetic diversity, gene flow and population size from the Pleistocene to present. This knowledge will allow us to trace the demographic history of the species, inferring impacts of past events such as: i) the last glacial maximum ~20 kya; ii) the separation of the Tasmania from mainland Australia ~12 kya; iii) introduction of the dingo ~4 kya; and iv) the arrival of Europeans to Tasmania ~200 years ago, along with possible effects these have had on the species. Using DNA material from contemporary devils and museum specimens this project will: compare genetic diversity among the extinct mainland population and the extant Tasmanian devil populations; infer changes in demographic history and population dynamics over the last ~80 kya years of Tasmanian devil history. The study will provide a detailed assessment of demographic history of the Tasmanian devil from Pleistocene to today. This new knowledge will have direct application to conservation of the species, enabling informed management of previous fluctuations in genetic diversity and population size.
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($35,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Dr Eric Guiler Tasmanian Devil Research Gran
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Burridge CP
- Year
- 2013
Assessment of adequacy of possible high conservation Tasmania eucalypt forest (2012)$14,850
- Funding
- Professor Jonathan West ($14,850)
- Scheme
- Contract Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Jones ME; Bateman BL
- Year
- 2012
Impacts of DFTD on nuclear genetic diversity in the Tasmanian Devil (2012)$32,000
- Funding
- Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust ($32,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Burridge CP; Austin JJ; Bruniche-Olsen A
- Year
- 2012
Understanding variant disease susceptibility to save the Tasmanian devil and the biodiversity it protects from extinction (2012)$19,170
- Funding
- National Geographic Society ($19,170)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK
- Year
- 2012
Predator dynamics: the effect of top predator decline on mesopredators (2012 - 2015)$28,000
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($28,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson CN; Andersen G
- Period
- 2012 - 2015
Drought, disease or destiny? Identifying the causes of decline of the eastern quoll (2012)$5,000
- Funding
- Norman Wettenhall Foundation ($5,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
- Year
- 2012
Predator Dynamics: the effect of top predator decline on mesopredators (2012)$24,950
- Funding
- University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($24,950)
- Scheme
- Award-Eric Guiler Foundation
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Johnson C
- Year
- 2012
Rapid Evolution in Disease-Ravaged Tasmanian Devil Populations to Inform Development of Conservation Management Strategies (2011)$37,500
- Funding
- Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust ($37,500)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2011
Investigating the genomic basis for heterogeneity in susceptibility of Tasmanian devils to a novel infectious cancer (2011 - 2013)$370,000
- Description
- Tasmanian devils are threatened with extinction from a new, unusual infectious cancer, facial tumour disease (DFTD). The project uses an innovative combination of field research, genomics and modelling to reveal why some devils at the disease front in northwest Tasmania are not dying from this otherwise fatal disease. DFTD provides an ideal opportunity for exploring the consequences of loss of genetic diversity for emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), both recognised as major threats to biodiversity. Outcomes include predictions of disease spread and extinction risk, predicted outcomes of alternative management scenarios, and a new template for managing EIDs in wildlife.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($370,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Discovery Projects
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; McCallum HI; Belov K; Wade CM; Storfer A
- Period
- 2011 - 2013
- Grant Reference
- DP110102656
Keystone effects of Australia's top predators: dingoes, devils and biodiversity (2011 - 2015)$1,360,000
- Description
- We will study the ways in which Australia's two largest land predators, the dingo and Tasmanian devil, structure ecosystems and sustain biodiversity in diverse landscapes across Australia. The project will be the first to use largescale experiments to understand the roles played by these species in Australia's ecology. It will provide new fundamental understanding of the ecological value of large predators, and will guide future management of the dingo and devil.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($1,360,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Discovery Projects
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Jones ME; Letnic M; McCallum HI
- Period
- 2011 - 2015
- Grant Reference
- DP110103069
Can Tasmanian devils survive by adapting to Devil Facial Tumour Disease? (2011)$55,000
- Funding
- Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust ($55,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2011
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011 - 2013)$20,500
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($20,500)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
- Period
- 2011 - 2013
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$2,000
- Funding
- Wildlife Disease Association - Australasian section ($2,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Research Award
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE
- Year
- 2011
Evaluating temporal and spatial changes in genetic diversity of the Tasmanian Devil (2011 - 2012)$14,500
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($14,500)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Burridge CP; Austin JJ; Bruniche-Olsen A
- Period
- 2011 - 2012
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$1,000
- Funding
- Trust of M.A. Ingram ($1,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
- Year
- 2011
Evaluation of temporal and spatial changes in genetic diversity of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) (2011)$3,000
- Funding
- Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency ($3,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-NCCARF Terrestrial Biodiversity PhD Visit
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Burridge CP; Austin JJ; Bruniche-Olsen A
- Year
- 2011
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$1,500
- Funding
- Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-Ethel Mary Read
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
- Year
- 2011
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$1,000
- Funding
- Australian Wildlife Society ($1,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-University Students Scheme
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
- Year
- 2011
Evaluating temporal and spatial changes in genetic diversity of the Tasmanian Devil (2011)$1,500
- Funding
- Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-Ethel Mary Read
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Burridge CP; Austin JJ; Bruniche-Olsen A
- Year
- 2011
Evaluating temporal and spatial changes in genetic diversity of the Tasmanian Devil (2011)$1,500
- Funding
- Ecological Society of Australia Limited ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Award-Student Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Burridge CP; Austin JJ; Bruniche-Olsen A
- Year
- 2011
Drought, Disease or Destiny? Identifying Causes of Decline of the Eastern Quoll (2011)$3,000
- Funding
- Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency ($3,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-NCCARF Terrestrial Biodiversity PhD Visit
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Johnson CN; Nicol SC; Jones ME; Hawkins CE; Fancourt BA
- Year
- 2011
Saving the Tasmanian Devil from extinction in the wild through understanding the interaction between the devil and its contagious tumour (2011)$12,000
- Funding
- Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund ($12,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK
- Year
- 2011
Can Tasmanian Devils survive by adapting to devil facial tumour disease? (2010 - 2014)$706,534
- Description
- Tasmanian devils are threatened with extinction from a novel contagious cancer, Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD), which kills all devils it infects. This project uses unique long term data sets to reveal whether the devil is adapting to DFTD in meaningful ways that will help it survive the disease epidemic. This will be the first study of adaptation in a wild mammal to an emerging infectious disease in real time. The research will set a new benchmark for investigating and managing DFTD and wildlife diseases worldwide by establishing whether the rate of host adaptation is sufficient to prevent extinction.
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($706,534)
- Scheme
- Fellowship-Future
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Period
- 2010 - 2014
- Grant Reference
- FT100100250
Research Funding for Shannon Troy (2009 - 2010)$17,996
- Funding
- Australian Geographic Society ($15,996); Forest Practices Authority ($2,000)
- Scheme
- Donation - Individual
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Troy SN
- Period
- 2009 - 2010
Evolution, Disease and Extinction - Using Ancient and Modern Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) to Investigate Molecular Evolution in the Tasmanian Devil (2009 - 2011)$258,000
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($168,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Linkage Projects Round 1
- Administered By
- University of Adelaide
- Research Team
- Austin JJ; Belov K; Burridge CP; Murchison E; Jones ME
- Period
- 2009 - 2011
- Grant Reference
- LP0989613
Landscape Ecology of the Spotted Tailed Quoll (2009)$41,000
- Funding
- Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust ($41,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Troy SN
- Year
- 2009
Rapid Evolution in Disease-ravaged Tasmanian Devil Populations (2009)$53,000
- Funding
- Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust ($53,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2009
Landscape Ecology of the Spotted-Tailed Quoll (2009)$1,500
- Funding
- Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-Ethel Mary Read
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; McCallum HI; Troy SN
- Year
- 2009
Developing and Applying Non-invasive Methods for Conserving Tasmanian Devils and Quolls Threatened with Extinction (2009)$45,000
- Funding
- Ian Potter Foundation ($45,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Troy SN
- Year
- 2009
Landscape Ecology of the Spotted-Tailed Quoll (2009)$1,000
- Funding
- Ecological Society of Australia Limited ($1,000)
- Scheme
- Award-Student Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Munks SA; Troy SN; McCallum HI
- Year
- 2009
Ecosystem Impacts of Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) (2009)$600
- Funding
- Ecological Society of Australia Limited ($600)
- Scheme
- Award-Student Research
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hollings TA; McCallum HI
- Year
- 2009
Landscape Ecology of the Spotted-Tailed Quoll (2009)$1,500
- Funding
- Trust of M.A. Ingram ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Munks SA; Troy SN; McCallum HI
- Year
- 2009
Landscape Ecology of the Spotted Tailed Quoll (2008 - 2010)$19,000
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($19,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Munks SA; Troy SN; McCallum HI
- Period
- 2008 - 2010
Ecosystem Impacts of Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) (2008 - 2010)$17,500
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($17,500)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hollings TA; McCallum HI
- Period
- 2008 - 2010
Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of the Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) (2007)$5,000
- Funding
- Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($5,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Hamede Ross RK
- Year
- 2007
Immunology, Ecology and Management of the Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease (2007)$15,000
- Funding
- Ian Potter Foundation ($15,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2007
Menna Jones Wildlife Conservation Research - Disease, Evolution and Extinction in the Tasmanian Devil (2006 - 2011)$163,657
- Funding
- Donation via University of Tasmania Foundation ($15,000); University of Tasmania Foundation Inc ($46,657); Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust ($102,000)
- Scheme
- Donation - Individual
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Period
- 2006 - 2011
Investigating Causal Factors Underlying Changes in Genetic Diversity in Tasmanian Devils associated with Population Decline from Devil Facial Tumour Disease (2006)$15,000
- Funding
- Australian Academy of Science ($15,000)
- Scheme
- Grant-Conservation of Endangered Aust Vertebrates
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2006
Managing Tasmanian Devil Populations Affected by the Devil Facial Tumour Disease (2005 - 2009)$91,388
- Funding
- Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania ($78,888); Donation via University of Tasmania Foundation ($12,500)
- Scheme
- Donation - Individual
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; McCallum HI; Hamede Ross RK
- Period
- 2005 - 2009
Managing Tasmanian Devil Populations Affected by the Devil Facial Tumour Disease (2005 - 2008)$161,687
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($161,687)
- Scheme
- Grant-Linkage Projects
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME; McCallum HI
- Period
- 2005 - 2008
- Grant Reference
- LP0561120
Safeguarding Tasmania's quolls and their ancient forest home: Practical conservation outcomes for the threatened spotted-tailed quoll in fragmented forest landscapes in Tasmania, Australia. (2003)$15,965
- Funding
- People's Trust for Endangered Species ($15,965)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Australian National University
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2003
Conservation biology of spotted-tailed quolls in fragmented forest landscapes (2002)$48,000
- Funding
- Estate of Winifred Violet Scott ($48,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Australian National University
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 2002
Life history and sexual selection in a large dasyurid (2002)$18,200
- Funding
- Faculties Internal Research Grant Scheme ($18,200)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- Australian National University
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Cockburn A
- Year
- 2002
Optimising Captive Reproduction of the Tasmanian Devil and Spotted Tailed Quoll (2001)$6,920
- Funding
- University of Tasmania ($3,420)
- Collaborators
- Australia Zoo ($2,000); Trowunna Wildlife Sanctuary ($1,500)
- Scheme
- Grant-collaborative:industry
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones SM; Jones ME
- Year
- 2001
Sexual selection in a large dasyurid marsupial (2000 - 2002)$103,000
- Funding
- Australian Research Council ($103,000)
- Scheme
- Large Research Grant
- Administered By
- Australian National University
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Cockburn A
- Period
- 2000 - 2002
Social structure and dispersal of the largest marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil (2000)$50,000
- Funding
- Estate of Winifred Violet Scott ($50,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones Menna
- Year
- 2000
Desktop Environmnet Assessment & Scoping Study for Tasmanian Animal Road Kill (1999)$5,000
- Funding
- Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources ($5,000)
- Scheme
- Consultancy
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 1999
Social structure and dispersal of the largest marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil (1999)$33,000
- Funding
- National Geographic Society ($33,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Queensland
- Research Team
- Jones ME; Cockburn A; Moritz C; Geffen E
- Year
- 1999
Habitat requirements and the ecology of marsupial carnivores (1991)$1,000
- Funding
- Trust of M.A. Ingram ($1,000)
- Scheme
- Grant
- Administered By
- University of Tasmania
- Research Team
- Jones ME
- Year
- 1991
Research Supervision
Current
10
Completed
23
Current
| Degree | Title | Commenced |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | The microbial ecology of transmission sites of Tasmanian devil facial tumour disease | 2014 |
| PhD | Ecology and Control of Feral Cats on a Large Island Ecosystem | 2018 |
| PhD | Innovative Science to Conserve Wildlife at Landscape-Scale: Understanding the relationships between landscape change, and invasive and native predator and prey species in Tasmania | 2018 |
| PhD | Science to Conserve Wildlife at Landscape-Scale: rabbits to control cats | 2018 |
| PhD | Linking Spatial Movements and Social Contacts to Understand Transmission of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease | 2019 |
| PhD | Linking Environment with Production in Agricultural Landscapes | 2019 |
| PhD | Understanding the Effect of Land Use Changes on Marsupial Carnivore Health and Range | 2019 |
| PhD | Testing Recovery Measures for the Threatened Eastern Barred Bandicoot in Tasmania | 2020 |
| PhD | What are the Detailed Mechanisms by which Bandicoots can Persist with Cats? | 2020 |
| PhD | Evolutionary Ecology of Black Rats, a Super-Invasive Species | 2021 |
Completed
| Degree | Title | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| PhD | Reasons for Rewilding: The ethical and ecological principles of a novel mode of environmental restoration Candidate: Tristan Turner Derham | 2022 |
| PhD | Conservation Introduction of Top Predator to an Island Triggers Ecological Cascades Candidate: Vincent Paul Scoleri | 2020 |
| PhD | The Cascading Ecological Effects of Changes in Abundance of an Apex Predator, the Tasmanian Devil Candidate: Calum Xavier Cunningham | 2020 |
| PhD | Restoring Habitat for Woodland Bird Communities of the Tasmanian Midlands Candidate: Glen Colin Bain | 2019 |
| PhD | Behaviour, Social Networks and Transmission of Devil Facial Tumour Disease Candidate: David Grant Hamilton | 2019 |
| PhD | Restoring Farmland for Biodiversity: A carnivorous perspective Candidate: Rowena Penelope Hamer | 2019 |
| Masters | Interactions between Native Lizards and Introduced Mammals in New Zealand's Dryland Ecosystems Candidate: Hannah Blomfield Cliff | 2019 |
| PhD | The Tasmanian Devil and its Transmissible Cancer: Physiology of the devil-devil interaction Candidate: Manuel Ignacio Andres Ruiz Aravena | 2019 |
| PhD | The spatial epidemiology of the Devil Facial Tumour Disease in long-diseased populations of its unique host, the Tasmanian devil Candidate: Sebastien Comte | 2019 |
| PhD | Landscape and Restoration Genetics of Contrasting Tasmanian Marsupials Candidate: Kirstin Marie Proft | 2019 |
| PhD | Understanding the Response of a Critical Weight Range Mammal to Habitat Loss and Fragmentation in the Midlands Bioregion, Tasmania Candidate: Riana Gardiner | 2019 |
| Masters | Distribution of Native and Invasive Mammalian Carnivores in a Forestry and Agricultural Landscape in Northwest Tasmania Candidate: Joanna Margaret Lyall | 2018 |
| PhD | Immune Recognition of Devil Facial Tumour Disease by the Tasmanian Devil Candidate: Ruth Jacqueline Pye | 2017 |
| PhD | Resource Use and Coexistence of Sympatric Tasmanian Devils and Spotted-Tailed Quolls Candidate: Georgina Elizabeth Andersen | 2016 |
| PhD | Demographic history of the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) from Pleistocene to present Candidate: Anna Brueniche-Olsen | 2015 |
| PhD | Drought, Disease or Devil Declines? Identifying the Cause of Decline of the Eastern Quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus Candidate: Bronwyn Anne Fancourt | 2015 |
| PhD | Density, Movements and Hunting of Feral Cats in Relation to Fire and Grazing in Northern Australia Candidate: Hugh William Mcgregor | 2015 |
| PhD | Spatial Ecology of the Tasmanian Spotted-Tailed Quoll Candidate: Shannon Nichole Troy | 2014 |
| PhD | Ecological Effects of Disease-induced Apex Predator Decline: The Tasmanian Devil and Devil Facial Tumour Disease Candidate: Tracey Anne Hollings | 2013 |
| PhD | The Ecology and Epidemiology of Devil Facial Tumour Disease Candidate: Rodrigo Karim Hamede Ross | 2012 |
| PhD | Exploring the Influence of Disturbance History and Forest Type on an Arboreal Marsupial, the Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), using a Multi-disciplinary Approach Candidate: Erin Margaret Flynn | 2011 |
| PhD | The Immune Responses of the Tasmanian Devil (Sarchphilus harrissi) and the Devil Facial Tumour Disease Candidate: Alexandre Kreiss | 2009 |
| PhD | Reproductive Physiology of the Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus Harrisii) and Spotted-Tailed Quoll (Dasyurus Maculatus) Candidate: Heather Hesterman | 2008 |