Josh earned a B.S. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Brandeis University, a M.Sc. in Zoology while a Fulbright Scholar at James Cook University in Australia, and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University. Prior to his current position at Archbold, Josh was a Donnelly Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow at Yale University, and helped reestablish post-war scientific capacity in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, while researching how civil war affects wildlife Africa-wide. He was also a biologist in the US Fish and Wildlife Service headquarters leading Species Status Assessments under the Endangered Species Act.

Josh’s current research includes (1) modeling statewide habitat connectivity and the impacts to it from conservation and development, (2) integrating conservation priority setting and land use planning data to improve development forecast models, and (3) understanding climate impacts on fire management.

Josh leads Archbold’s application of science to our four Conservation Pillars. He developed Archbold’s protocol for tracking our impacts, and helps secure conservation of species and ecosystems statewide through collaborations with dozens of agencies, landowners, NGOs, and researchers. Josh also oversees our land management on the Station and Reserve’s to maintain our natural laboratories. 


Joshua Daskin, Ph.D.

Director of Conservation, Research Biologist

Zach Franco

Conservation Partnerships Coordinator

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.



Todd Jones, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Biologist, Conservation of Military Landscapes

Archbold joins land trusts, government agencies, non-profits, and landowners to achieve conservation within the 1.7 million-acre Avon Park Air Force Range Sentinel Landscape. The area is recognized by the Department of Defense as key to buffering active military training areas and to wildlife conservation and connectivity. Archbold science confirms rural areas—including many ranches— where the military prefers dark skies and limited development are compatible with biodiversity conservation.

Climate resilience planning, conservation priority setting, conservation finance, population and habitat monitoring and management

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Avon Park Air Force Range, Headwaters of the Everglades Watershed

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Development of regional land use recommendations sensitive to military, economic, and environmental goals, ongoing climate change resilience planning for defense, biodiversity, agriculture, and communities, continuing recovery of Florida Scrub Jay, Red Cockaded Woodpecker, and Florida Grasshopper Sparrow populations.

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