Blount, Jon - University of Exeter - Disciplines of Biosciences

个人简介

1994 BSc (Hons) Rural Resources Management (University of Plymouth; First Class) 1998 MSc Ecology (University of Wales, Bangor; Distinction) 2002 PhD in Ecophysiology (University of Glasgow) 2011 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice / Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Career 2015- Associate Professor - University of Exeter 2012-2014 Senior Lecturer - University of Exeter 2005-2012 Royal Society Research Fellow - University of Exeter 2004-2005 Royal Society Research Fellow - University of Glasgow 2002-2004 NERC-funded post-doc - University of Glasgow 1994-1997 Curator of Animals - Newquay Zoo

研究领域

My research focusses on studies of mechanism and function in animal ecology. I have three main interests: (1) behavioural and evolutionary ecology of animal signalling; (2) nutrition ecology; and (3) oxidative stress and the biology of ageing. Some of the work carried out in my group addresses these topics in isolation. For example, we study predator-prey interactions in relation to aposematic (warning) signals, mimicry and chemical defences. In other work we study the mechanistic basis of ageing. However, there are interesting linkages between animal signalling, nutrition and oxidative stress at the physiological level. As such, many of our current projects are highly integrative and include studies of behaviour and underlying biochemical and molecular mechanisms. Much of my work focuses on basic research, but I am also interested in how an understanding of mechanism and function can help tackle applied questions in conservation biology. I work on a broad range of species in the field and the lab. I am a member of the Behaviour research group.

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Blount J, Vitikainen EIK, Stott I, Cant MA (In Press). Oxidative shielding and the cost of reproduction. Biological Reviews Abstract. Full text. Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA, Sanderson JL, Mitchell C, Nichols HJ, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Gilchrist JS, Hodge SJ, Johnstone RA, et al (2016). Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 114 Summers K, Speed MP, Blount JD, Stuckert AMM (2015). Are aposematic signals honest? a review. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(9), 1583-1599. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 13 Summers K, Speed MP, Blount JD, Stuckert AM (2015). Are aposematic signals honest? a review. J Evol Biol, 28(9), 1583-1599. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 13 Flores EE, Stevens M, Moore AJ, Rowland HM, Blount JD (2015). Body size but not warning signal luminance influences predation risk in recently metamorphosed poison frogs. Ecology and Evolution Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 11 Siitari H, Alatalo R, Pihlaja M, Hämäläinen J, Blount JD, Groothuis TG, Hytönen VP, Surai P, Soulsbury CD (2015). Food supplementation reveals constraints and adaptability of egg quality in the magpie Pica pica. Avian Biology Research, 8(4), 244-253. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 4 Cram DL, Blount JD, York JE, Young AJ (2015). Immune response in a wild bird is predicted by oxidative status but does not cause oxidative stress. PLoS One Full text. Blount JD, Vitikainen EIK, Stott I, Cant MA (2015). Oxidative shielding and the cost of reproduction. Biological Reviews Full text. Cram DL, Blount JD, Young AJ (2015). Oxidative status and social dominance in a wild cooperative breeder. Functional Ecology, 29(2), 229-238. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 5 Speakman JR, Speakman JR, Blount JD, Bronikowski AM, Buffenstein R, Isaksson C, Kirkwood TBL, Monaghan P, Ozanne SE, Beaulieu M, et al (2015). Oxidative stress and life histories: Unresolved issues and current needs. Ecology and Evolution Abstract. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 12 Christensen LL, Selman C, Blount JD, Pilkington JG, Watt KA, Pemberton JM, Reid JM, Nussey DH (2015). Plasma markers of oxidative stress are uncorrelated in a wild mammal. Ecology and Evolution, 5(21), 5096-5108. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 12 Christensen LL, Selman C, Blount JD, Pilkington JG, Watt KA, Pemberton JM, Reid JM, Nussey DH (2015). Plasma markers of oxidative stress are uncorrelated in a wild mammal. Ecology and Evolution Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 12 Paul SC, Pell JK, Blount JD (2015). Reproduction in Risky Environments: the Role of Invasive Egg Predators in Ladybird Laying Strategies. PLoS One, 10(10). Abstract. Author URL. Full text. Article has an altmetric score of 2 Lane SM, Solino JH, Mitchell C, Blount JD, Okada K, Hunt J, House CM (2015). Rival male chemical cues evoke changes in male pre- and post-copulatory investment in a flour beetle. Behav Ecol, 26(4), 1021-1029. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 28 Archer CR, Hempenstall S, Royle NJ, Selman C, Willis S, Rapkin J, Blount JD, Hunt J (2015). Testing the Effects of DL-Alpha-Tocopherol Supplementation on Oxidative Damage, Total Antioxidant Protection and the Sex-Specific Responses of Reproductive Effort and Lifespan to Dietary Manipulation in Australian Field Crickets (Teleogryllus commodus). Antioxidants (Basel), 4(4), 768-792. Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 1 Cram DL, Blount JD, Young AJ (2015). The oxidative costs of reproduction are group-size dependent in a wild cooperative breeder. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B Full text. Winters AE, Stevens M, Mitchell C, Blomberg SP, Blount JD (2014). Maternal effects and warning signal honesty in eggs and offspring of an aposematic ladybird beetle. Functional Ecology Full text. Winters AE, Stevens M, Mitchell C, Blomberg SP, Blount JD (2014). Maternal effects and warning signal honesty in eggs and offspring of an aposematic ladybird beetle. Functional Ecology, 28(5), 1187-1196. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 5 Cram DL, Blount JB, Young AJ (2014). Oxidative state and social dominance in a wild cooperative breeder. Functional Ecology Schmidt CM, Blount JD, Bennett NC (2014). Reproduction is associated with a tissue-dependent reduction of oxidative stress in eusocial female Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis). PLoS One, 9(7). Abstract. Author URL.