Todd Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Biologist, Conservation of Military Landscapes
Dr. Jones is a conservation biologist and evolutionary ecologist leading the Conservation Science of Military Landscapes program at Archbold Biological Station, with research focusing on the monitoring, management, and conservation of threatened, endangered, and at-risk bird species across the Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape. Prior to joining Archbold in 2024, Dr. Jones completed his B.S. at The Ohio State University, his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and postdocs at Texas A&M University-San Antonio and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center. Dr. Jones interests include conservation biology as well as avian behavioral and evolutionary ecology, breeding biology, and life history theory, with much of his past work examining the post-fledging ecology of birds.
Recent Publications:
- Davidson-Onsgard, A., T. M. Jones, K. Savides, and S. A. Kaiser. In press. Description of a Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga coerulescens) incubating an empty nest and review of this breeding anomaly in birds. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
- Di Giovanni, A. J., T. M. Jones, T. J. Benson, and M. P. Ward. 2024. Embryonic heart rate is higher in species that experience greater nest predation risk during incubation. Ecology and Evolution 14: e11460.
- Jones, T. M., S. J. Chiavacci, T. J. Benson, and M. P. Ward. 2024. Nesting and post-fledging predation risk influence diel patterns of songbird fledging. Ibis 166: 411-423.
- Rudzki, E. N., N. D. Antonson, T. M. Jones, W. M. Schelsky, B. K. Trevelline, M. E. Hauber, and K. D. Kohl. 2024. Host avian species and environmental conditions influence the microbial ecology of brood parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird nestlings: What rules the roost? Molecular Ecology 6: e17289.
- Jones, T. M., N. W. Cooper, H. Haradon, A. R. Brunner, B. C. Dossman, M. P. Ward, T. S. S. Sillett, and S. A. Kaiser. 2024. Considerations for radio-transmitter specifications on songbirds: color and antenna length matter too. Journal of Field Ornithology 95: 7.
- Jones, T. M., L. J. Kearns, and A. D. Rodewald. 2023. Anthropogenic light pollution is associated with diel patterns of fledging in an urban adapted songbird. Urban Ecosystems 26: 1651-1658.
- Jones, T. M., A. P. Llamas, and J. N. Phillips. 2023. Phenotypic signatures of urbanization? Resident, but not migratory, songbird eye size varies with urban-associated light pollution levels. Global Change Biology 29: 6635-6646.
- Jones, T. M., A. J. Di Giovanni, M. E. Hauber, and M. P. Ward. 2023. Ontogenetic effects of brood parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird on host offspring. Ecology 104: e3925.
- Di Giovanni, A. J., M. J. Miller, T. M. Jones, T. J. Benson, and M. P. Ward. 2023. Hatching failure is greater in altricial bird species with cavity nests and large clutches. Ornithology 140: 1-15.
- Jones, T. M., T. J. Benson, M. E. Hauber, and M. P. Ward. 2022. Host-community wide patterns of post-fledging behavior and survival of obligate brood parasitic Brown-headed Cowbirds. Oecologia 198: 981-993.
- Jones, T. M., and M. P. Ward. 2022. Post-fledging behavioral ecology of migratory songbirds: how do fledgling activity rates vary across species? Behavioral Ecology 33: 336-342.