A/Prof Darryl Jones - Griffith University

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M Natural Resources, PhD, Grad Dip Higher Ed Associate Professor Darryl Jones

Deputy Director of Environmental Futures Centre

Contact Details for Associate Professor Darryl Jones

Research Expertise

Darryl Jones is a behavioural ecologist working in the fields of urban ecology and wildlife management. He is especially interested in urbanisation and the way certain species are adapting to this process. He has long-term interests in megapodes (mound-builders), corvids and the implications of garden bird feeding.

Currently teaching

Field Ecology
Animal Diversity
Ecology and Conservation of Populations

Selected Publications

Green, R. & Jones, D.N. 2010. Practices, needs and attitudes of bird-watching tourists in Australia. Sustainable Tourism CRC Monograph Series, Pp. 70.
Warne, R.M., Jones D.N. & Asteimer L.B. (in press). Testosterone is not implicated in attacks on humans by Australian magpie Gymnorhina tibicen. Emu.
Hourigan, C., C.P. Catterall, D. N Jones & M. P Rhodes. (in press). The diversity of insectivorous bat assemblages within a subtropical urban landscape. Austral Ecology.
Jones, D.N. & Bond, A.R.F (in press). Road barrier effect on small birds removed by vegetated overpass in South East Queensland. Ecological Restoration & ManagementDe Lathouder, R., D.N. Jones & S.R. Balcombe. 2009. Assessing the abundance of freshwater turtles in an Australian urban landscape. Urban Ecosystems 12: 215-231.
Chapman R. & Jones, D.N. 2009. Just feeding the ducks: Quantifying a common wildlife-human interaction. Sunbird 39: 19-28.
Jones, D.N. & A. Goth. 2008. Mound-builders. CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne.
Bond, A. & Jones D.N. 2008. Temporal trends in use of fauna-friendly overpasses and underpasses. Wildlife Research 35: 103-112.
Jones, D.N. & Reynolds J. 2008. Bird feeding in our towns and cities: A global research opportunity. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 265-271.
Hourigan, C., C.P. Catterall, D. N Jones & M. P Rhodes. 2008. A comparison of bat detectors and harp traps for surveying bats in an urban landscape. Wildlife Research 35: 768-774.
Newbery, B. & D.N. Jones. 2007. Asian House Gecko Hemidactyls frenatus across an urban gradient in Brisbane: Influence of habitat and potential for impact on native gecko species. In Pest or Guest: the Zoology of Overabundance (Eds. D. Lunney, P. Eby, P. Hutchings & S. Burgin). Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW. Pp. 59-65.
Edgar, J.P., Appleby, R.G & Jones, D.N. 2007. Efficacy of an ultrasonic device as a deterrent to dingoes (Canis lupus dingo): A preliminary investigation. Journal of Ethology 25: 209-213.
Garden, J, McAlpine C, Possingham H & Jones D. 2007. Habitat structure is more important than vegetation composition for local-level management of native terrestrial reptile and small mammal species living in urban remnants: A case study from Brisbane, Australia. Austral Ecology 32: 669-685.
Moroney, J. & D.N. Jones. 2007. Biodiversity space in urban environments: Implications of changing lot size. Australian Planner 43: 22-27.
Garden J, McAlpine C, Possingham, H & Jones D. 2007. Using multiple survey methods to detect terrestrial reptiles and mammals: What are the most successful and cost-efficient combinations? Wildlife Research 34: 218-227.