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Kate Elizabeth Jones

- Verified email at ucl.ac.uk - Cited by 31933

Kelvin Jones

- Verified email at ualberta.ca - Cited by 4111

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases

…, CD Harvell, RD Holt, P Hudson, A Jolles, KE Jones… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Current unprecedented declines in biodiversity reduce the ability of ecological communities
to provide many fundamental ecosystem services. Here we evaluate evidence that reduced …

Social organization and parasite risk in mammals: integrating theory and empirical studies

…, AP Dobson, V Ezenwa, KE Jones… - Annual Review of …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Mammals are exposed to a diverse array of parasites and infectious diseases,
many of which affect host survival and reproduction. Species that live in dense populations, …

Neuronal variability: noise or part of the signal?

RB Stein, ER Gossen, KE Jones - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
Sensory, motor and cortical neurons fire impulses or spikes at a regular, but slowly declining,
rate in response to a constant current stimulus. Yet, the intervals between spikes often vary …

[HTML][HTML] Global trends in emerging infectious diseases

KE Jones, NG Patel, MA Levy, A Storeygard, D Balk… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are a significant burden on global economies and
public health 1, 2, 3. Their emergence is thought to be driven largely by socio-economic, …

The delayed rise of present-day mammals

ORP Bininda-Emonds, M Cardillo, KE Jones… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
… Our findings—that more extant placental lineages survived the K/T boundary than previously
recognized and that fewer arose immediately after it than previously suspected—extend the …

PanTHERIA: a species‐level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals: Ecological Archives E090‐184

KE Jones, J Bielby, M Cardillo, SA Fritz, J O'Dell… - Ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of life‐history, ecological, and geographic trait differences among species, their
causes, correlates, and likely consequences are increasingly important for understanding and …

Multiple causes of high extinction risk in large mammal species

M Cardillo, GM Mace, KE Jones, J Bielby… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Many large animal species have a high risk of extinction. This is usually thought to result
simply from the way that species traits associated with vulnerability, such as low reproductive …

Zoonotic host diversity increases in human-dominated ecosystems

…, CA Donnelly, TM Blackburn, T Newbold, KE Jones - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Land use change—for example, the conversion of natural habitats to agricultural or urban
ecosystems—is widely recognized to influence the risk and emergence of zoonotic disease in …

Clinical ascertainment of health outcomes among adults treated for childhood cancer

…, DM Green, GT Armstrong, KA Nottage, KE Jones… - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Adult survivors of childhood cancer are known to be at risk for treatment-related
adverse health outcomes. A large population of survivors has not been evaluated using a …

The relationship between motor proficiency and physical activity in children

BH Wrotniak, LH Epstein, JM Dorn, KE Jones… - …, 2006 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES. Youth with better motor abilities may find it easier to be physically active and
may be more likely to engage in physical activity compared with peers with poorer motor …