Education Background
 

B.S. Biology, University of Texas, Austin
M.S. , University of Georgia
Ph.D., University of Georgia

 

Curriculum Vitae


Research Focus 
Influence of landscape-level factors on avian populations at Ft. Benning, GA

 

Project Summaries
 

During my time at NPS, my research focused on examining occupancy rates of

breeding birds across 13 National Parks in the Southeast Coast Network. We were

evaluating the efficacy of automated recording devices to monitor breeding bird

communities across several habitat types ranging from bottomland forests to coastal dune communities.

 

My PhD research focused on the comparison of species distribution modeling methods and determining landscape level factors that influence bird populations. The majority of my research was conducted at Ft. Benning, GA which contains a large population of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers, and, consequently, large-scale land management activities such as prescribed fire are frequent. Additionally, I am interested in evaluating the efficacy of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers as an umbrella species. Landscape permeability is also the focus of some of my research where I am currently evaluating the response of Bachman's Sparrows to displacement experiments across varying levels of landscape connectivity.

 

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Additional Information
Research is funded by the National Park Service, Department of Defense, and the Georgia Ornithological Society.

 

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Publications

 

Cox, J. A., C. D. Jones, J. W. Tucker, and G. F. Budney. 2014. An unusual song-like vocalization produced by female Bachman's Sparrows      (Peucaea aestivalis). Southeastern Naturalist 13(2):N9-N12.

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Jones, C. D., J.A. Cox, and R.J. Cooper. 2014. Bachman's Sparrow (Peucaea aestivalis) response to variation in the extent of burns      conducted during the nesting season. Avian Conservation and Ecology 9(1): 3. http://www.ace-eco.org/vol9/iss1/art3/.

 

Lehmicke, A. J. J., and C. D. Jones. 2014. First confirmed records of parasitism of Seaside Sparrow nests by Brown-headed Cowbirds.      Southeastern Naturalist 13(1):N1-N5.

 

Jones, C. D., J. A. Cox, E. Touriani-Moura, R. J. Cooper. 2013. Nest-site characteristics of Bachman's Sparrows and their relation to plant      succession following prescribed burns. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125(2):293-300.

 

Cox, J.A. and C. D. Jones. 2010. Estimating Probabilities of Survival of Male Bachman's Sparrows from Plot-Based, Mark-Resighting, Off-Plot

     Surveys and Multi-Strata Models. The Condor 112(4):663-669.

 

Cox, J.A. and C. D. Jones. 2009. Influence of prescribed fire on the winter abundance of Bachman’s Sparrows. 

     The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121(2):359-365.

 

Cox, J., C. Jones, and T. Terhune. 2009. Randomized target netting: field methods for conducting mark-recapture studies on focal species.      North American Bird Bander 34:165-170.

 

Cox, J.A. and C.D. Jones. 2008. Bachman’s Sparrow and the Order of the Phoenix.

     Birding Magazine 40(3):38-45.

Jones, C. D. and J. A Cox. 2007. Field procedures for netting Bachman’s Sparrows.

     North American Bird Bander 32:114-117.

Jones, C. D., J. R. Troy, and L. Y. Pomara. 2007. Similarities between Campephilus woodpecker double raps and mechanical sounds      produced by duck flocks. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:259-262.

Cox, J. and C. Jones. 2007. Home range and survival characteristics of male Bachman’s Sparrows in an old growth forest managed with      breeding season burns. Journal of Field Ornithology 78:263–269.