M Natural Resources, PhD, Grad Dip Higher Ed

Director Centre for Innovative Conservation Strategies

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

• Jones, D.N. & A. Göth. (in press). The Mound-builders. CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne.
• Jones, D.N. (in press) Garden bird feeding: A global research opportunity. Journal of Avian Biology
• 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.
• Everding, S.E. & Jones, D.N. 2006. Communal roosting in a suburban population of Torresian crows, Corvus orru. Landscape and Urban Planning 74: 21-33.
• O’Leary, D.J. & D.N. Jones. 2006. The use of supplementary foods by Australian magpies Gymnorhina tibicen: Implications for wildlife feeding in suburban environments. Austral Ecology 31: 208-216.
• Garden J., McAlpine C., Possingham H., Peterson A, & Jones D.N. 2006. Review of the ecology of urban fauna: A focus on spatially explicit processes. Austral Ecology 31: 126-148.
• Miller, K.K. & D.N. Jones 2006. Gender differences in the perceptions of wildlife management objectives and priorities in Australasia. Wildlife Research 33: 1-5.
• Fitzgibbon, S. & D.N. Jones 2006. A community-based wildlife survey: the knowledge and attitudes of residents of suburban Brisbane, with a focus on bandicoots. Wildlife Research 33: 233-241.
• Miller, K.K. & D.N. Jones. 2005. Wildlife management in Australasia: manager’s perceptions on objectives and priorities. Wildlife Research 32: 265-272.
• Warnken, J., S. Hodgkinson, C, Wild & D. Jones. 2004. The localized environmental degradation of protected areas adjacent to bird feeding stations: a case study of the Australian brush-turkey Alectura lathami. Journal of Environmental Management. 70: 109-118.
• Proctor, H.C & Jones D.N. 2004. Geographical structuring of feather mite assemblages from the Australian brush-turkey (Aves: Megapodiidae). Journal of Parasitology 90: 60-66.
• Creagh, A., J. Fawcett & D.N. Jones. 2004. Shrub density correlates with densities of white-browed scrubwrens Sericornis frontalis in three forest types in southeast Queensland. Corella 28: 20-21.
• Howard, P. & D.N. Jones. 2004. A qualitative study of wildlife feeding in south-east Queensland. In Urban Wildlife: More than Meets the Eye. (Eds. D. Lunney & S. Burgin). Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman, NSW. Pp. 55-62.