Professor Julia Patricia Gordon Jones

Professor in Conservation Science

  1. Published

    Land Change Modelling to Inform Strategic Decisions on Forest Cover and CO2 Emissions in Eastern Madagascar

    Hewson, J., Razafimanahaka, J. H., Wright, T. M., Mandimbiniaina, R., Mulligan, M., Jones, J. P. G., Van Soesbergen, A., Andriamananjara, A., Tabor, K., Rasolohery, A., Razakamanarivo, H., Razafindrakoto, M., Rianahary, A., Razafimbelo, T., Ranaivoson, N. & Harvey, C. A., Mar 2019, In: Environmental Conservation. 46, Special Issue 1, p. 25-33

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Last chance for Madagascar’s biodiversity

    Jones, J. P. G., Ratsimbazafy, J., Ratsifandrihamanana, A. N., Watson, J. E. M., Andrianandrasana, H. T., Cabeza, M., Cinner, J. E., Goodman, S. M., Hawkins, F., Mittermeier, R. A., Rabearisoa, A. L., Rakotonarivo, O. S., Razafimanahaka, J. H., Razafimpahanana, A. R., Wilmé, L. & Wright, P. C., 29 Apr 2019, In: Nature Sustainability . 2, 5, p. 350-352

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Local conditions and policy design determine whether ecological compensation can achieve No Net Loss goals

    Sonter, L. J., Simmonds, J. S., Watson, J. E. M., Jones, J. P. G., Kiesecker, J. M., Costa, H. M., Bennun, L., Edwards, S., Grantham, H. S., Griffiths, V. F., Jones, K., Sochi, K., Puydarrieux, P., Quétier, F., Rainer, H., Rainey, H., Roe, D., Satar, M., Soares-Filho, B. S., Starkey, M., ten Kate, K., Victurine, R., von Hase, A., Wells, J. A. & Maron, M., 29 Apr 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1, p. 2072

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Local participation in natural resource monitoring: a characterization of approaches.

    Danielsen, F., Burgess, N. D., Balmford, A., Donald, P. F., Funder, M., Jones, J. P. G., Alviola, P., Balete, D. S., Blomley, T., Brashares, J., Child, B., Enghoff, M., Fjeldsa, J., Holt, S., Hubertz, H., Jensen, A. E., Jensen, P. M., Massao, J., Mendoza, M. M., Ngaga, Y., Poulsen, M. K., Rueda, R., Sam, M., Skielboe, T., Stuart-Hill, G., Topp-Jorgensen, E. & Yonten, D., 1 Feb 2009, In: Conservation Biology. 23, 1, p. 31-42

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Madagascar: Crime threatens biodiversity

    Jones, J. P. G., Ratsimbazafy, J., Ratsifandrihamanana, A. N., Watson, J. E. M., Andrianandrasana, H. T., Cabeza, M., Cinner, J. E., Goodman, S. M., Hawkins, F., Mittermeier, R. A., Rabearisoa, A. L., Rakotonarivo, O. S., Razafimanahaka, J. H., Razafimpahanana, A. R., Wilmé, L. & Wright, P. C., 22 Feb 2019, In: Science. 363, 6429, p. 825-825

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Making Robust Policy Decisions Using Global Biodiversity Indicators

    Nicholson, E., Collen, B., Barausse, A., Blanchard, J. L., Costelloe, B. T., Sullivan, K. M. E., Underwood, F. M., Burn, R. W., Fritz, S., Jones, J. P. G., McRae, L., Possingham, H. P. & Milner-Gulland, E. J., 18 Jul 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 7, e41128.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Making more effective use of human behavioural science in conservation interventions

    Balmford, A., Bradbury, R. B., Bauer, J. M., Broad, S., Burgess, G., Burgman, M. A., Byerly, H., Clayton, S., Espelosin, D., Ferraro, P. J., Fisher, B., Garnett, E. E., Jones, J. P. G., Marteau, T. M., Otieno, M., Polasky, S., Ricketts, T. H., Sandbrook, C., Sullivan-Wiley, K., Trevelyan, R., van der Linden, S., Verissimo, D. & Nielsen, K. S., Sept 2021, In: Biological Conservation. 261, 109256.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Mapping to explore the challenges and opportunities for reconciling artisanal gem mining and biodiversity conservation

    Devenish, K., Goodenough, K., Jones, J. P. G., Rakoto Ratsimba, H. & Willcock, S., Sept 2023, In: Extractive Industries and Society. 15, 28 p., 101311.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Mechanical excavation of wetland habitat failed to eradicate invasive American red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in Malta

    Caruana, A., Camilleri, B., Farrugia, L. & Jones, J. P. G., 2024, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 5, 2, e12325.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Mechanisms and impacts of an incentive-based conservation program with evidence from a randomized control trial

    Wiik, E., Jones, J. P. G., Pynegar, E., Bottazzi, P., Asquith, N., Gibbons, J. & Kontoleon, A., Oct 2020, In: Conservation Biology. 34, 5, p. 1076-1088 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Mind the gap: the use of research in protected area management in Madagascar

    Rafidimanantsoa, H. P., Poudyal, M., Ramamonjisoa, B. S. & Jones, J. P. G., Dec 2018, In: Madagascar Conservation and Development. 13, 1, p. 15-24

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Modelling the effect of individual strategic behaviour on community-level outcomes of conservation interventions

    Keane, A., Jones, J. P. G. & Milner-Gulland, E. J., Dec 2012, In: Environmental Conservation. 39, 4, p. 305-315

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Monitoring matters: evaluating locally-based biodiversity monitoring in developing countries.

    Danielsen, F., Burgess, N. D., Balmford, A., Fjeldsa, J., Andrianandrasana, H. T., Becker, C. D., Bennun, L., Brashares, J. S., Christiansen, S., Donald, P. F., Eguino, S., Enghoff, M., Funder, M., Gray, M., Huberts, H., Jones, J. P. G., Oetting, I., Poulsen, M. K., Von Rijsoort, J., Stuart-Hill, G., Topp-Jorgensen, E., Townsend, W. R., Uychiaoco, A. J., Whitten, T. & Yonten, D., 1 Jan 2006, In: Oryx. 40, 1, p. 14-15

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Monitoring species abundance and distribution at the landscape scale.

    Jones, J. P. G., 7 Jan 2011, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 48, 1, p. 9-13

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Moving from biodiversity offsets to a target-based approach for ecological compensation

    Simmonds, J. S., Sonter, L. J., Watson, J. E. M., Bennun, L., Costa, H. M., Dutson, G., Edwards, S., Grantham, H., Griffiths, V. F., Jones, J. P. G., Kiesecker, J., Possingham, H. P., Puydarrieux, P., Quétier, F., Rainer, H., Rainey, H., Roe, D., Savy, C. E., Souquet, M., ten Kate, K., Victurine, R., von Hase, A. & Maron, M., Apr 2020, In: Conservation Letters. 13, 2, e12695.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Multiple drivers of decline in the global status of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidea)

    Richman, N., Richman, N. I., Bohm, M., Adams, S. B., Alvarez, F., Bergey, E. A., Bunn, J. S., Burnham, Q., Cordeiro, J., Coughran, J., Crandall, K. A., Dawkins, K. L., DiStefano, R. J., Doran, N. E., Edsman, L., Eversole, A. G., Fureder, L., Furse, J. M., Gherardi, F., Hamr, P., Holdich, D. M., Horwitz, P., Johnston, K., Jones, C. M., Jones, J. P., Jones, R. L., Jones, T. G., Kawai, T., Lawler, S., Lopez-Mejia, M., Miller, R. M., Padraza-Lara, C., Reynolds, J. D., Richardson, A. M., Schultz, M. B., Schuster, G. A., Sibley, P. J., Souty-Grosset, C., Taylor, C. A., Thoma, R. F., Walls, J., Walsh, T. S. & Collen, B., 5 Jan 2015, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 370, 1662

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Nature documentaries and saving nature: reflections on the new Netflix series Our Planet

    Jones, J. P. G., Thomas-Walters, L., Rust, N. A. & Verissimo, D., Dec 2019, In: People and Nature. 1, 4, p. 420-425

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Nature positive must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy

    Maron, M., Quétier, F., Sarmiento, M., ten Kate, K., Evans, M. C., Bull, J. W., Jones, J. P. G., zu Ermgassen, S. O. S. E., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Brownlie, S., Treweek, J. & von Hase, A., 21 Sept 2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Net Gain: Seeking better outcomes for local people when mitigating biodiversity loss from development

    Jones, J. P. G., Bull, J. W., Roe, D., Baker, J., Griffiths, V. F., Starkey, M., Sonter, L. J. & Milner-Gulland, EJ., 25 Oct 2019, In: One Earth. 1, 2, p. 195-201

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    New information on the distribution, status and conservation of terrestrial bird species in Grande Terre, New Caledonia.

    Ekstrom, J. M., Jones, J. P. G., Willis, J., Tobias, J., Dutson, G. & Barre, N., 1 Jan 2002, In: Emu. 102, 20, p. 197-207

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Novel approach for quantifying illegal bushmeat consumption reveals high consumption of protected species in Madagascar

    Razafimanahaka, J. H., Jenkins, R., Andriafidison, D., Randrianandrianina, F., Rakotomboavonjy, V., Keane, A. & Jones, J. P. G., 1 Oct 2012, In: Oryx. 46, 4, p. 584-592

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    On track to achieve No Net Loss of forest at Madagascar’s biggest mine

    Devenish, K., Desbureaux, S., Willcock, S. & Jones, J. P. G., Jun 2022, In: Nature Sustainability . 5, 6, p. 498-508 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Opinions of the public, conservationists and magistrates on sentencing wildlife trade crimes in the UK

    St John, F. A. V., Edwards-Jones, G. & Jones, J. P. G., Jun 2012, In: Environmental Conservation. 39, 2, p. 154-161

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Organic carbon stocks in all pools following land cover change in the rainforest of Madagascar.

    Mieja, R., Andriamananjara, A., Razafimbelo, T., Hewson, J., Andrisoa, R., Jones, J. P. G., van Meerveld, I., Cameron, A., Ranaivoson, N., Ramifehiarivo, N., Ramboatiana, N., Razafinarivo, R., Ramananantoandro, T., Rasolohery, A., Razafimanantsoa, M., Jourdan, C., Saint-André, L., Rajoelison, G. & Razakamanarivo, H., 2018, Soil Management and Climate Change: Effects on Organic Carbon, Nitrogen Dynamics, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Muñoz, M. & Zornoza, R. (eds.). Academic Press, Elsevier, p. 25-37 12 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  25. Published

    Parastacidae: Astacoides, freshwater crayfishes, orana, orambanonga, orambato

    Crandell, K., Jones, J. P. G. & Razanabolana, J. R., 15 Nov 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, p. 908-912

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  26. Published

    Payment for Environmental “Self-Service”: Exploring the Links Between Farmers' Motivation and Additionality in a Conservation Incentive Programme in the Bolivian Andes

    Bottazzi, P., Wiik, E., Crespo, D. & Jones, J. P. G., Aug 2018, In: Ecological Economics. 150, p. 11-23

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Perceived socio-economic impacts of the marbled crayfish invasion in Madagascar

    Andriantsoa, R., Jones, J. P. G., Achimescu, V., Randrianarison, H., Raselimanana, M., Andriatsitohaina, M., Rasamy, J. & Lyko, F., 15 Apr 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 4, e0231773.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Population regulation and demography in a harvested freshwater crayfish from Madagascar.

    Jones, J. P. G. & Coulson, T., 1 Mar 2006, In: Oikos. 112, 3, p. 602-611

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Protect Madagascar’s national parks from pillage

    Ratsimbazafy, J., Jones, J. P. G. & Mittermeier, R., 30 Jan 2019, In: Nature. 565, 7741, p. 567

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  30. Published

    Protected areas have a mixed impact on waterbirds, but management helps

    Wauchope, H. S., Jones, J. P. G., Geldmann, J., Simmons, B. I., Amano, T., Blanco, D., Fuller, R. A., Johnston, A., Langendoen, T., Mundkur, T., Nagy, S. & Sutherland, W. J., 5 May 2022, In: Nature. 605, 7908, p. 103-107

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Publishing social science research in Conservation Biology to move beyond biology

    Teel, T. L., Anderson, C. B., Burgman, M. A., Cinner, J., Clark, D., Estevez, R. A., Jones, J. P. G., McClanahan, T. R., Reed, M. S., Sandbrook, C. & St John, F. A. V., Feb 2018, In: Conservation Biology. 32, 1, p. 6-8

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

  32. Published

    Qualitative and quantitative evidence on the true local welfare costs of forest conservation in Madagascar: Are discrete choice experiments a valid ex ante tool?

    Rakotonarivo, S., Jacobsen, J. B., Larsen, J. B., Jones, J. P. G., Nielsen, M. S., Ramamonjisoa, B. S., Mandimbiniaina, R. & Hockley, N., Jun 2017, In: World Development. 94, p. 478-491

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Quantifying the short-term costs of conservation interventions for fishers at Lake Alaotra, Madagascar

    Wallace, A. P., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Jones, J. P. G., Bunnefeld, N., Young, R. & Nicholson, E., 24 Jun 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 6, p. e0129440

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Quantifying uncertainty about how interventions are assigned would improve impact evaluation in conservation: reply to Rasolofoson 2022

    Gordon Jones, J. P., Barnes, M., Eklund, J., Ferraro, P. J., Geldmann, J., Oldekop, J. A. & Schleicher, J., 1 Dec 2022, In: Conservation Biology. e14007.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

  35. Published

    Rebuilding soil hydrological functioning after swidden agriculture in eastern Madagascar

    Zwartendijk, B. W., van Meerveld, H. J., Ghimire, C. P., Bruijnzeel, L. A., Ravelona, M. & Jones, J. P. G., 15 Feb 2017, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 239, p. 101-111

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+): Transaction Costs of Six Peruvian Projects

    Thompson, O. R., Paavola, J., Healey, J. R., Jones, J. P. G., Baker, T. R. & Torres, J., 1 Mar 2013, In: Ecology and Society. 18, 1, p. article 17

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Research ethics: Assuring anonymity at the individual level may not be sufficient to protect research participants from harm

    St. John, F. A. V., Brockington, D., Bunnefild, N., Duffy, R., Homewood, K., Jones, J. P. G., Keane, A. M., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Nuno, A. & Razafimanahaka, J. H., Apr 2016, In: Biological Conservation. 196, p. 208-209

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  38. Published

    Resolving land tenure security is essential to deliver forest restoration

    Rakotonarivo, O. S., Rakotoarisoa, M., Rajaonarivelo, H. M., Raharijaona, S., Jones, J. P. G. & Hockley, N., 25 May 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 179.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Robust study design is as important on the social as it is on the ecological side of applied ecological research

    St. John, F. A. V., Keane, A. M., Jones, J. P. G. & Milner-Gulland, E. J., Dec 2014, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 51, 6, p. 1479-1485

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Rubber's inclusion in zero-deforestation legislation is necessary but not sufficient to reduce impacts on biodiversity

    Warren-Thomas, E., Ahrends, A., Wang, Y., Wang Mei Hua, M. & Jones, J. P. G., 1 Sept 2023, In: Conservation Letters. 16, 5, e12967.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Should payments for biodiversity conservation be based on action or results?

    Gibbons, J. M., Nicholson, E., Milner-Gulland, E. J. & Jones, J. P. G., 1 Oct 2011, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 48, 5, p. 1218-1226

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Spatial patterns of carbon, biodiversity, deforestation threat, and REDD+ projects in Indonesia

    Murray, J. P., Grenyer, R., Wunder, S., Raes, N. & Jones, J. P. G., 10 Apr 2015, In: Conservation Biology. 29, 5, p. 1434-1445

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Statistical matching for conservation science

    Schleicher, J., Eklund, J., Barnes, M., Goldman, J., Oldekop, J. A. & Jones, J. P. G., Jun 2020, In: Conservation Biology. 34, 3, p. 538-549 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Stocks and flows of natural and human-derived capital in ecosystem services

    Jones, L., Norton, L., Austin, Z., Browne, A. L., Donovan, D., Emmett, B. A., Grabowski, Z. J., Howard, D. C., Jones, J. P. G., Kenter, J. O., Manley, W., Morris, C., Robinson, D. A., Short, C., Siriwardena, G. M., Stevens, C. J., Storkey, J., Waters, R. D. & Willis, G. F., 29 Dec 2015, In: Land Use Policy. 52, p. 151–162

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Sustainability: root targets in consensus

    Maxwell, S. & Jones, J. P. G., 23 Oct 2014, In: Nature. 514, 7523, p. 434-434

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  46. Published

    TESSA: A toolkit for rapid assessment of ecosystem services at sites of biodiversity conservation importance

    Peh, K. S. -H., Balmford, A., Bradbury, R. B., Brown, C., Butchart, S. H. M., Hughes, F. M. R., Stattersfield, A., Thomas, D. H. L., Walpole, M., Bayliss, J., Gowing, D., Jones, J. P. G., Lewis, S. L., Mulligan, M., Pandeya, B., Stratford, C., Thompson, J. R., Turner, K., Vira, B., Willcock, S. & Birch, J. C., Sept 2013, In: Ecosystem Services. 5, p. 51-57

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Technological progress must accelerate to reduce global footprint overshoot

    Hockley, N., Jones, J. P. G. & Gibbons, J. M., 1 Apr 2008, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6, 3, p. 122-123

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Temperature affects predation of schistosome-competent snails by a novel invader, the marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis

    Faiad, S. M., Williams, M. A., Goodman, M., Sokolow, S., Olden, J. D., Mitchell, K., Andriantsoa, R., Jones, J. P. G., Andriamaro, L., Ravoniarimbinina, P., Rasamy, J., Ravelomanana, T., Ravelotafita, S., Ravo, R., Rabinowitz, P., De Leo, G. A. & Wood, C. L., 13 Sept 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 9, p. e0290615 e0290615.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Testing novel methods for assessing rule breaking in conservation.

    St John, F., Edwards-Jones, G., Gibbons, J. M. & Jones, J. P. G., 1 Apr 2010, In: Biological Conservation. 143, 4, p. 1025-1030

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Testing the use of interviews as a tool for monitoring trends in the harvesting of wild species

    Jones, J. P. G., Andriamarovololona, M. M., Hockley, N., Gibbons, J. M. & Milner-Gulland, E. J., 28 Jun 2008, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 45, 4, p. 1205-1212

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review