I have a PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior from the University of Minnesota. I am currently employed as the William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Endowed Chair of Ornithology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Recent relevant publications:
Putnam, C. G., A. W. Jones, and R. S. Ridgely. accepted, Cotinga. Documentation of two Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) specimens from Ecuador.
Jones, A. W. and R. S. Kennedy. 2008. Evolution in a tropical archipelago:
comparative phylogeography of Philippine fauna and flora reveals complex
patterns of colonization and diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 95: 620-639.
Jones, A. W. and R. S. Kennedy. 2008. Plumage convergence and evolutionary history of the Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus) in the Philippines. The Condor 110: 35-44.
Bridge, E. S., G. A. Voelker, C. W. Thompson, A. W. Jones and A. J. Baker. 2007. Effects of size and migratory behavior on the evolution of wing molt in terns (Sternae): a phylogenetic-comparative study. The Auk 124: 841-856.
Bridge, E. S., A. W. Jones, and A. Baker. 2005 A phylogenetic framework of the terns (Sternini) inferred from mtDNA sequences: implications for taxonomy and plumage evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 459-469.