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Research Interests
The variety of life histories displayed by the world’s animals and plants has fascinated scientists for centuries. Some organisms live fast and die young, while others persist for decades. Some reproduce prolifically, while others invest heavily in few offspring. Some can enter dormancy or aestivation, while others remain active year-round. Some care intensively for their young, or live in social groups, while others do not.
My research focuses on understanding the drivers and consequences of this diversity: How demographic strategies evolve across lineages, how they respond to environmental fluctuations, and what that means for species persistence under global change. I use comparative demography, population modelling, and macroecological synthesis to link life histories to ecological and conservation challenges.
In addition to my scientific work, I contribute to the research community through advisory and governance roles. I serve on the Scientific Committee (Videnskabeligt Udvalg) of the Danish Ornithological Society (DOF) and on the Board of the Nordic Society Oikos (NSO), roles through which I support development, coordination, and strategic oversight of ecological and ornithological research across Denmark and the Nordic region.
Education/Academic qualification
Biology, PhD, Imperial College London
Award Date: 1. Jun 2004
Ecology, MSc, University of Aberdeen
Award Date: 1. Sept 1998
Biology, BSc, University of York
Award Date: 1. Jun 1997
Current external positions
Member of the Scientific Committee, Dansk Ornitologisk Forening
Sept 2025 → …
Visiting Researcher (Sabbatical), The University of Edinburgh
Aug 2025 → …
Governing Board Member, Nordic Society Oikos
May 2024 → …
Keywords
- Biodiversity
- Evolution
- Conservation
- Population biology
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Ecological Perspectives on Aging
Maklakov, A. A., Montano, M. A., Jones, O. R. & Nussey, D. H., Jan 2026, In: Aging Cell. 25, 1, 4 p., e70308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Compensation irradiance and depth limits of transplanted eelgrass (Zostera marina) along a eutrophication gradient
Banke, T. L., Steinfurth, R. C., Barnewitz, A., Nielsen, B., Jones, O. R. & Flindt, M. R., 2025, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 12, 17 p., 1581612.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Coupling hydrodynamic drifting simulations and seasonal demographics to unmask the drivers of jellyfish blooms
Cant, J., Ellingsen, I., Laverick, J. H., Majaneva, S., Dierking, J., Aberle, N., Javidpour, J. & Jones, O. R., Nov 2025, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 62, 11, p. 2971-2986Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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mpmsim: An R package for simulating matrix population models
Jones, O. R., May 2025, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 16, 5, p. 904-911Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Variation in Mortality and Ageing Rate in a Fast-Paced Species: Insights From 24 Years of Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) Data
Berg, T. B., Colchero, F., Jones, O. R., Sanderhoff, L. & Juškaitis, R., Jun 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 6, 11 p., e71440.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
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Enhancing reliability in matrix population models: from uncertainty propagation to simulation with mpmsim
Jones, O. R. (Guest lecturer)
13. Mar 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Workshop on R package development for Rage and Rcompadre - tools for manipulating and analysing matrix population model data for analyses of life history.
Jones, O. (Organizer) & Jackson, J. (Participant)
15. Feb 2021Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses or seminars
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My family and other animals: human demography under an evolutionary lens.
Jones, O. (Guest lecturer)
4. Nov 2020Activity: Talks and presentations › Guest lectures, external teaching and course activities at other universities
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Do group-living species live longer than solitary ones?
Jones, O. (Guest lecturer)
3. Mar 2020Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Aging in Single Celled Organisms: From Bacteria to the Whole Tree of Life
Jones, O. (Participant)
10. Feb 2020 → 12. Feb 2020Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses or seminars
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Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet - Drivers of individual variation in woodland phenology in the face of climate change
Jones, O. R. (Project participant)
01/03/2025 → 28/02/2027
Project: Research Councils
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Novo Nordisk Fonden - RECRUIT - Harnessing big data to unravel the impact of climate change on global phenological shifts
Jones, O. R. (Project participant)
01/08/2025 → 30/06/2026
Project: Private Foundations
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Citizen Science talent programme
Buur, J. (Project manager), Kaarsted, T. (Project manager), Andersen, D. S. (Coordinator), Jones, O. R. (Project participant), Egemose, S. (Project participant), Andersen, P. T. (Project participant), Gulis, G. (Project participant), Christiansen, L. B. (Project participant), Petersen, K. (Project participant), Wilde, D. (Project participant), Fischer, K. (Project participant), Birkved, M. (Project participant), Chiarandini, M. (Project participant), Yazell, B. (Project participant), Ebbesen, T. R. (Project participant), Eklund Karlsson, L. (Project participant), Yang, Y. (Project participant), Janssens, A. (Project participant), Rogers, J. (Project participant), Cawthorne, D. (Project participant), Javidpour, J. (Project participant), Kjærsgaard, M. (Project participant), Overgaard, A. K. (Project participant), Andersen, D. S. (Coordinator), Mondardini, R. (Project participant) & Grey, F. (Project participant)
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research
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European Marine Research Network (Euromarine) - Invasive alien species in Europe: Developing Pan European optimum responses to aquatic Invasive species
Jones, O. R. (Project participant), Javidpour, J. (Project participant) & Kaiser, B. A. (Project participant)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2023
Project: EU
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Responses to the aquatic invasive alien species in a changing climate
Javidpour, J. (Project participant), Jones, O. R. (Project participant) & Kaiser, B. A. (Project participant)
01/11/2022 → 31/10/2023
Project: Research
Datasets
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Data from: Individual heterogeneity determines sex differences in mortality in a monogamous bird with reversed sexual dimorphism
Colchero, F. (Creator), Aliaga, A. E. (Creator), Jones, O. R. (Creator) & Conde, D. A. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 28. Mar 2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.t89g2, https://zenodo.org/record/4997499
Dataset
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The COMPADRE Plant Matrix Database
Jones, O. (Creator) & Salguero-Gómez, R. (Creator), Unknown, 2014
Dataset
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Data from: Data gaps and opportunities for comparative and conservation biology
Conde, D. A. (Creator), Staerk, J. (Creator), Colchero, F. (Creator), da Silva, R. (Creator), Schöley, J. (Creator), Baden, H. M. (Creator), Jouvet, L. (Creator), Fa, J. E. (Creator), Syed, H. (Creator), Jongejans, E. (Creator), Meiri, S. (Creator), Gaillard, J.-M. (Creator), Chamberlain, S. (Creator), Wilcken, J. (Creator), Jones, O. R. (Creator), Dahlgren, J. P. (Creator), Steiner, U. K. (Creator), Bland, L. M. (Creator), Gomez-Mestre, I. (Creator), Lebreton, J.-D. (Creator), González Vargas, J. (Creator), Flesness, N. (Creator), Canudas-Romo, V. (Creator), Salguero-Gómez, R. (Creator), Byers, O. (Creator), Bjørneboe Berg, T. (Creator), Scheuerlein, A. (Creator), Devillard, S. (Creator), Schigel, D. S. (Creator), Ryder, O. A. (Creator), Possingham, H. P. (Creator), Baudisch, A. (Creator) & Vaupel, J. W. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 24. Apr 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.nq02fm3, https://zenodo.org/record/4988198
Dataset
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Data for "The effect of nest temperature on growth and survival in juvenile Great Tits Parus major"
Corregidor-Castro, A. (Creator) & Jones, O. (Creator), Zenodo, 30. Mar 2021
Dataset
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Data from: The diversity of population responses to environmental change
Colchero, F. (Creator), Jones, O. R. (Creator), Conde, D. A. (Creator), Hodgson, D. (Creator), Zajitschek, F. (Creator), Schmidt, B. R. (Creator), Malo, A. F. (Creator), Alberts, S. C. (Creator), Becker, P. H. (Creator), Bouwhuis, S. (Creator), Bronikowski, A. M. (Creator), Vleeschouwer, K. M. (Creator), Delahay, R. J. (Creator), Dummermuth, S. (Creator), Fernández-Duque, E. (Creator), Frisenvænge, J. (Creator), Hesselsøe, M. (Creator), Larson, S. (Creator), Lemaitre, J.-F. (Creator), McDonald, J. (Creator), Miller, D. A. W. (Creator), O'Donnell, C. (Creator), Packer, C. (Creator), Raboy, B. E. (Creator), Reading, C. J. (Creator), Wapstra, E. (Creator), Weimerskirch, H. (Creator), While, G. M. (Creator), Baudisch, A. (Creator), Flatt, T. (Creator), Coulson, T. (Creator), Gaillard, J.-M. (Creator), Vleeschouwer, K. M. (Creator), Hodgson, D. (Creator) & Reading, C. J. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 3. Jan 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.d5f54s7, https://zenodo.org/record/4992272
Dataset
Press/Media
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I vesten forsker vi mest i egen navle – det former vores forståelse for verden
01/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Glemmer vi artsrigdommen på vores grønne planet?
18/11/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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These animals will survive climate change
Jones, O. R. & Jackson, J.
25/08/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Det Danske Pindsvineprojekt: Hvordan har vores pindsvin det egentlig derude?
20/01/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Prizes
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Cozzarelli Prize
Colchero, F. (Recipient), Rau, R. (Recipient), Jones, O. (Recipient), Barthold, J. A. (Recipient), Conde, D. A. (Recipient), Lenart, A. (Recipient), Nemeth, L. (Recipient), Scheuerlein, A. (Recipient), Schöley, J. (Recipient), Torres, C. (Recipient), Zarulli, V. (Recipient), Altmann, J. (Recipient), Brockman, D. K. (Recipient), Bronikowski, A. M. (Recipient), Fedigan, L. M. (Recipient), Pusey, A. E. (Recipient), Stoinski, T. S. (Recipient), Strier, K. B. (Recipient), Baudisch, A. (Recipient), Alberts, S. C. (Recipient) & Vaupel, J. W. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Teaching & Supervision
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BB852: Data handling, visualization and statistics
Jones, O. R. 01/09/2020 → 31/01/2023
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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BB512: Population and Evolution
Jones, O. R. 01/09/2018 → 31/01/2023
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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BB839: Planning and evaluation of biological studies
Jones, O. R. 01/09/2018 → 31/01/2020
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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BB839: Planning and evaluation of biological studies
Jones, O. 02/09/2019 → 13/12/2019
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching
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BB512: Population and Evolution
Jones, O. 02/09/2019 → 13/12/2019
Course: Teaching and supervision › Teaching