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

Kandace is from Columbus, Ohio and after graduating with her B.S. in Wildlife Science from The Ohio State University in 2019, she traveled the country working on a variety of avian research projects. After most recently working for three years on the San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike recovery project on San Clemente Island, California, she joined Archbold in late 2024 as the Florida Scrub-Jay lead at the Avon Park Air Force Range.

Kandace Glanville

Research Assistant III

Archbold has cooperated with federal partners to study the population of Florida Scrub-Jays at the Avon Park Air Force Range since the early 1990s. Archbold combines demographic and habitat data to advance our knowledge of the species' life history and inform adaptive management at the bombing range.

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Because the structure jays prefer is maintained by fire, the suitability of an area will change from too short, to optimal, to too tall as time since fire progresses. These assessments help us guide the US Air Force's management of the oak scrub habitat at Avon Park Air Force Range.

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