Publications (please contact me for pdfs)

Razafimanahaka, J.H., Jenkins, R.K.B., Andriafidison, D., Randrianandrianina, F., Rakotomboavonjy, V., Keane, A. & Jones, J.P.G. (in press) Novel approach for quantifying illegal bushmeat consumption reveals high consumption of protected species in Madagascar. Oryx.

Jones, J.P.G. (in press) Getting what you pay for: the challenge of measuring success in conservation. Animal Conservation.

Keane, A., Jones, J.P.G. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. (in press) Modelling the effect of individual strategic behaviour on community-level outcomes of conservation interventions. Environmental Conservation.

Keane, A., Hobinjatovo, T., Razafimanahaka, H.J., Jenkins, R.K.B, Jones, J.P.G. (in press) The potential of occupancy modelling as a tool for monitoring wild primate populations. Animal Conservation.

Williams, S.J., Jones, J.P.G., Clubbe, C. and Gibbons, J.M. (2012) Training programmes can change behaviour and encourage the cultivation of over-harvested plant species. PLoS One 7, Link

St John, F.A.V., Edwards-Jones, G. & Jones, J.P.G. (in press) Opinions of the public, conservationists and magistrates on sentencing wildlife trade crimes in the UK. Environmental Conservation.Link

Bowler, D.E., Buyung-Ali, L.M., Healey, J.R., Jones, J.P.G., Knight T.M. & Pullin, A.S. (2012) Does community forest management provide global environmental benefit and improve local welfare? Frontiers in Ecology and Environment. 10: 29-36 Link

Williams, S.J., Jones, J.P.G. Jones, Clubbe, C., Sharrock, S. & Gibbons, J.M. (2012). Why are some biodiversity policies implemented and others ignored? Lessons from the uptake of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation by botanic gardens. Biodiversity & Conservation. 21: 175-187 Link

Jenkins, R. K. B., Keane, A., Rakotoarivelo, A. R., Rakotomboavonjy, V., Randrianandrianina, F. H., Razafimanahaka, H. J., Ralaiarimalala, S. R. & Jones, J. P. G. (2011) Analysis of patterns of bushmeat consumption reveals extensive exploitation of protected species in eastern Madagascar. PLoS ONE, 6, Link

Sommerville, M.M., Milner-Gulland, E.J. & Jones, J.P.G. (2011) The challenge of monitoring biodiversity in payment for environmental service interventions. Biological Conservation. 144: 2832–2841Link

St. John, F.A.V., Edwards-Jones, G., Keane, A., Jones, L., Yarnell, R.W. & Jones, J.P.G. (2011) Identifying indicators of illegal behaviour: carnivore killing in human-managed landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279: 804-812Link

Keane, A., Jones, J.P.G., & Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2011) Using encounter data in ecology and resource management: pitfalls and possibilities. Journal of Applied Ecology. 48: 1164-1173 Link

Gibbons, J., Nicholson, E., Milner-Gulland, E.J., & Jones, J.P.G. (2011) When should we pay for biodiversity conservation by action or results? Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 1218-1226 Link

Keane, A., Andriamatsiaro, P., Jones, J.P.G. & E.J. Milner-Gulland. (2011) Evidence for the effects of education and environmental engagement on knowledge of wildlife laws in Madagascar. Conservation Letters. 4: 55-63. Link

Jones, J.P.G. (2011) Monitoring species distribution and abundance at the landscape scale. Journal of Applied Ecology. 48: 9-13. Link

Jones, J.P.G., Collen, B., Baxter, P., Bubb, P., Illian, J., Katzner, T., Keane, A., Loh, J., Macdonald-Madden, E., Nicholson, E., Possingham, H., Pereira, H.M., Pullin, A., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., Rodrigues, A., Sommerville, M. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2011) The why, what and how of global biodiversity indicators beyond 2010. Conservation Biology. 25: 450-457 Link

Rakotoarivelo, A.R., Razafimanahaka, J.H., Rabesihanaka, S., Jones, J.P.G. & Jenkins, R.K.B. (2011) Lois et règlements sur la faune sauvage à Madagascar : Progrès accomplis et besoins du futur. Madagascar Conservation and Development. 6: 37-44. Link

Baker, T., Jones, J.P.G., Rendon, O., Cuesta, R., del Castillo, C., Chan, I. & Healey, J. (2010) How can ecologists help maximise the potential of payments for carbon in tropical forest countries. Journal of Applied Ecology. 47: 1159-1165. Link

St John, F.A.V., Edwards-Jones, G. & Jones, J.P.G. (2010) Conservation and human behaviour: lessons from social psychology. Journal of Wildlife Management. 37: 658-667. Link

Sommerville, M., E.J. Milner-Gulland, M. Rahajaharison, & J.P.G. Jones. (2010) The impact of a community-based Payment for Environmental Services intervention on forest-use behaviors in Menabe, Madagascar. Conservation Biology. 24: 1488-1498. Link

St John, F.A.V., Gibbons, J.M., Edwards-Jones, G., & Jones, J.P.G. (2010) Testing novel methods for assessing rule breaking in conservation. Biological Conservation. 143: 1025–1030. Link

Sommerville, M., Jones, J.P.G., Rahajaharison, M. & Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2009) Local perceptions of fairness and benefit distribution in a Payment for Environmental Services intervention, Menabe, Madagascar. Ecological Economics , 69: 1262-1271. Link

Sommerville, M.M., J.P.G. Jones, & E.J. Milner-Gulland. (2009). A revised conceptual framework for Payments for Environmental Services. Ecology and Society 34 Link

Jones, J.P.G., Rasamy, J.R., Harvey, A., Toon, A., Oidtmann, B., Randrianarison, M.H., Raminosoa, N. & Ravoahangimalala, O.R. (2009) The perfect invader: a parthenogenic crayfish poses a new threat to Madagascar's freshwater biodiversity. Biological Invasions. 11: 1475–1482. Link

Copsey, A.J., Jones, J.P.G., Andrianandrasana, H., Rajaonarison, L.H. & Fa, J.E. (2009) Burning to fish: local explanations for wetland burning in Lac Alaotra, Madagascar. Oryx. 43: 1-4. Link

Danielsen, F., Burgess, N.D., Balmford, A., Donald, P.F., Funder, M. & Jones, J.P.G. et al. (2009) Local participation in natural resource monitoring: a characterization of approaches. Conservation Biology. 23: 31-42. Link

Franzen, M., Jones, J.P.G., Raselimanana, A.P. Nagy, Z.T., D’Cruze, N., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. (2009) A new black-bellied snake (Pseudoxyrhophiinae: Liophidium) from western Madagascar, with notes on the genus Pararhadinaea. Amphibia-Reptilia, 30:173-183.

Jones, J.P.G., Hockley, N. & Andriamarovolonona, M.A. (2008) The importance of taboos and social norms to conservation in Madagascar. Conservation Biology. 22: 976-986 Link

Jones, J. P. G., Andriamarovolona, M. M., Hockley, N., Gibbons, J. M. & Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2008) Testing the use of interviews as a tool for monitoring trends in the harvesting of wild species. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 1205-1212. Link

Hockley, N., Jones, J.P.G. & Gibbons, J.M. (2008) Growth in global Footprint outpaces technological progress. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6: 122

Keane, A., Jones, J. P. G., Edwards-Jones, G. & Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2008) Sleeping policemen: understanding issues of enforcement and compliance in conservation. Animal Conservation 11: 75-82. Link

Jones, J.P.G., Andriahajaina, F.B., Hockley, N.J., Crandall, K.A. & Ravoahangimalala, O.R. (2007) The ecology and conservation status of Madagascar’s endemic freshwater crayfish (Parastacidae; Astacoides). Freshwater Biology 52: 1820-33. Link

Jones, J.P.G., Andriahajaina, F.B., Hockley, N., (2007) The potential of native species aquaculture to achieve conservation objectives: freshwater crayfish in Madagascar. The International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management 3: 217-22. download

Jones, J.P.G. & Coulson, T. (2006) Population regulation and demography in a harvested freshwater crayfish from Madagascar. Oikos, 112: 602-611. Link

Jones, J.P.G., Andriahajaina, F.B., Ranambinintsoa, E. H., Hockley, N.J., & Ravoahangimalala, O. (2006) The importance of freshwater crayfish harvesting in Madagascar and the potential for community-conservation to improve management. Oryx, 40: 168-175. Link

Hockley, N. J., Jones, J. P. G., Andriahajaina, F. B., Manica, A., Ranambitsoa, E. H. & Randriamboahary, J. A. (2005). When should communities and conservationists monitor exploited resources? Biodiversity and Conservation, 14: 2795-2806. Link

Jones, J.P.G., Andriahajaina, F. B., Hockley, N. J., Balmford, A. & Ravoahangimalala, O. R. (2005) A multidisciplinary approach to assessing the sustainability of freshwater crayfish harvesting in Madagascar. Conservation Biology, 19(6): 1863-1871. Link

Ekstrom, J.M.M., Jones, J.P.G., Willis, J., Tobias, J.A., Dutson, G. & Barré, N. (2002) New information on the distribution, status and conservation of terrestrial bird species in Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Emu, 102: 197-207.

Bauer, A., Jones, J.P.G & Sadlier, R.A. (2000) A new high-elevation Bavayia (Reptilia: squamata: Diplodactylidae) from northeastern New Caledonia. Pacific Science, 54: 63-69. download

O'Brien, S., Warrington, S. & Jones, J.P.G. (2000) A suggested approach to the analysis of single-bearing radio-tracking data for home-range estimation. Biologia, 55: 195-199.

non-peer reviewed publications and letters

Jones, J.P.G. (2011) Do ecosystem services depend on biodiversity? Evidence from communal lands in Namibia: Editor's Choice. Journal of Applied Ecology Link

Rendón Thompson, O.R., Baker, T.R., Healey, J., del Castillo, D., Jones, J.P.G., Román Cuesta, R.M. (2009) Criterios e indicadores para proyectos REDD, Proyecto 'Fortalecimiento de Capacidades para Pagos por Servicios Ambientales (carbono y biodiversidad) en la Amazonia Peruana'. Universidad de Leeds, Reino Unido.

Jones, J. & Gardner, T. (2008) An unprecedented opportunity for biodiversity conservation? Hopes and fears surrounding international payments for ecosystem services. Oryx, 42, 17.

Jones, J.P.G. (2008) A growing case for double blind review. BES Bulletin 39 (1): 15.

Jones, J.P.G.(2007) European biodiversity research and the global perspective: Monitoring of biotic resources. Keynote address prepared for the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS) electronic conference: European Biodiversity Research for a Sustainable Europe: Research contributing to the implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy Link.

Andriamarovololona, M. A. & Jones, J. P.G. (2006) Fieldguide to the animals of the Ranomafana-Andrigintra-Ivohibe forest corridor (in the Malagasy langauge). Conservation International, Madagascar and Vokatry ny Ala, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. link

Danielsen, F., Burgess, N.D., Balmford, A., Fjeldså, J., Andrianandrasana, H.T., Becker, C.D., Bennun, L., Brashares, Eguino, M., Gray, M., Hübertz, H., Jones, J. P. G. etc. (2006) Monitoring Matters: evaluating locally-based biodiversity monitoring in developing countries. Oryx 40: 14-15.

Ekstrom, J.E., Jones, J.P.G., Willis, J. & Isherwood, I. (2000) The humid forests of New Caledonia: Biological research and conservation recommendations for Grande Terre. CSB Conservation Publications; Cambridge, UK (ISBN 1 901399 05 2). Link

Jones, J.P.G., Ferry, C., Isherwood, C., Kumara, C.L. & Weerakoon, K. (1999). A conservation review of three wet-zone forests in Sri Lanka. CSB Conservation Publications; Cambridge, UK (ISBN 1 901399 04 4). Link