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Professor C. Patrick Doncaster BSc, DPhil

Professor of Ecology, Principal Investigator (Population Ecology)

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Professor C. Patrick Doncaster is Professor of Ecology within Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Career History

2015-Present: Professor in Ecology. Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
2007-2015: Reader in Ecology. Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
1995-2007: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer in Ecology. Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
1990-1995: Post-doctoral Research Assistant. University of Oxford, UK.
1985-1990: Ingénieur de Recherche. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Chizé, France.

Academic qualifications

1980: BSc Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK.
1985: DPhil Zoology, University of Oxford, UK.

What's related

    Research interests

    • Animal population dynamics and competition
    • Metapopulation dynamics and habitat loss
    • Wildlife corridors and species conservation
    • Density-dependent evolution, reproductive strategies and senescent ageing
    • Experimental design and statistical power, Examples of Analysis of Variance and Covariance
    • Wildlife corridors for large mammals in Belize (Darwin Initiative project in collaboration with the Panthera Foundation, the University of Belize, and the Belize Forest Department)
    • Conservation technology, and acoustic sensing with AudioMoth

    Research group

    Ecology and Evolution

    Affiliate research groups

    Institute for Life Sciences (IfLS), Institute for Complex Systems Simulation (ICSS)

    Research project(s)

    Wildlife corridors for large mammals in Belize

    Creation of a natural corridor for wildlife to connect the two largest areas of protected rainforest in Belize.

    Tropical Montane Forests: The Ecology and Conservation of Cryptic Anurans

    The project aims to develop methods for assessing the status of cryptic tropical montane anurans and the drivers of their decline, leading to a framework for monitoring these indicator species.

    INSPIRE CASE PhD: Developing a practical application of unmanned aerial vehicle technologies for conservation research and monitoring of endangered wildlife

    Module Coordinator

    BIOL2004 Pure and Applied Population Ecology
    BIOL2008 Quantitative Methods in Biological and Environmental Science

    Contributor

    BIOL1020 Bioanalysis
    BIOL3053 Spatial Ecology and Conservation
    BIOL6052 Advanced Quantitative Methods

    University of Southampton Contributions

    2012-present: Leader and Academic Line Manager, Environmental Biosciences theme for Biological Sciences
    2012-present: REF Committee member for UoA 5 Biological Sciences
    2007-2012: Biological Sciences Integrity Officer
    2005-2012: Chair, Biological Sciences IT Strategy Group
    2004-2012: Examinations Officer, Hons Biology programmes

    External Contributions

    2007-present: Associate Editor of Acta Oecologica
    2008-2011: NERC panel member
    2015-present: Agence Nationale de la Recherche panel member

    Professor C. Patrick Doncaster
    School of Biological Sciences
    Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
    Life Sciences Building 85
    University of Southampton
    Highfield Campus
    Southampton
    SO17 1BJ

    Room Number : 85/6051


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