Our research interests include theory and fieldwork on the movements of
individuals within and between local populations, and their adaptations to
crowded environments.
- Becky Spake, PhD on
biodiversity of spiders and fungi in the New Forest (funded by BBSRC);
- Susanna Sherwin, PhD 2011 on
multidrug tolerance in bacterial biofilms (funded by BBSRC Doctoral Training
Account; co-supervisor Dr Jeremy
Webb);
- Graeme Pound, PhD 2001 on
maintenance of sexual reproduction (funded by EPSRC);
- Matt Henderson, PhD 2001 on
population genetic structure of hedgehogs (funded by BBSRC);
- Adam Kent, PhD 2000 on
influences of recruitment on population persistence (funded by University of
Southampton).
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Conceptual
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Descriptive
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Doncaster, C. P., Davey, A. J. H. &
Dixon, P. M. (2013) Prospective evaluation of designs for analysis of
variance without knowledge of effect sizes. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, in press.
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Santos, M.M., Juáres, M.A., Rombolá, E.F., García, M.L., Coria, N.R. & Doncaster, C.P. (2012) Over-representation
of bird prey in pellets of South Polar Skuas. Journal of Ornithology, 153: 979-983. doi:
10.1007/s10336-012-0840-4.
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Doncaster,
C. P., Jackson, A. & Watson, R. A. (2013) Manipulated into giving: when
parasitism drives apparent or incidental altruism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280: 20130108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0108
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Harmsen, B.J., Foster,
R.J., Silver, S.C., Ostro, L.E.T. & Doncaster,
C.P. (2011) Jaguar and puma
activity patterns in relation to their main prey. Mammalian Biology,
76: 320-324. doi: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.08.007.
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Skov, M.W., Hawkins, S.J., Volkelt-Igoe, M., Pike, J., Thompson, R.C. &
Doncaster, C.P. (2011) Patchiness in resource distribution mitigates habitat
loss: insights from high-shore grazers. Ecosphere, 2: art60.
doi:10.1890/ES11-00017.1
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Harmsen,
B.J., Foster, R.J. & Doncaster, C.P. (2011) Heterogeneous capture rates
in low density populations and consequences for capture-recapture analysis of
camera-trap data. Population Ecology, 53: 253-259.
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Watkins, A., Noble, J.
& Doncaster, C.P. (2011) An agent-based model of jaguar movement through
conservation corridors. Pp. 846-853 in: Advances
in Artificial Life, ECAL 2011: Proceedings of the Eleventh European
Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (Eds. Lenaerts, T., Giacobini, M., Bersini,
H., Bourgine, P., Dorigo, M. & Doursat, R.). MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-29714-1.
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Rowe R, Hanley, M., Goulson, D., Clarke, D., Doncaster, C.P. & Taylor, G.
(2011) Potential benefits of commercial willow Short Rotation Coppice (SRC)
for farm-scale plant and invertebrate communities in the agri-environment.
Biomass and Bioenergy, 35: 325-336. doi:10.1016/
j.biombioe.2010.08.046.
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Doncaster, C.P. (2009) Ecological equivalence: a
realistic assumption for niche theory as a testable alternative to neutral
theory. PLoS ONE, 4(10): e7460. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007460.
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Harmsen, B.J., Foster, R.J., Silver, S.C., Ostro, L.E.T. & Doncaster, C.P. (2010) The ecology of jaguars in the
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize. Chapter 18, pp. 403–416 in:
Macdonald, D.W. & Loveridge, A. (Eds) The biology and Conservation of Wild Felids.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Davey, A.J.H.,
Doncaster, C.P. & Jones, O.D. (2009) Distinguishing between interference
and exploitation competition for shelter in a mobile fish population. Environmental Modeling
& Assessment, 14: 555-562.
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Harmsen, B.J., Foster, R.J., Gutierrez, S.M., Marin,
S.Y. & Doncaster, C.P. (2010) Scrape-marking behavior of jaguars (Panthera
onca) and pumas (Puma concolor).
Journal of Mammalogy, 91: 1225-1234.
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Doncaster, C.P. (2008) Non-linear density
dependence in time series is not evidence of non-logistic growth. Theoretical Population Biology, 73:
483-489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2008.02.003
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Foster, R.J., Harmsen, B.J., and Doncaster, C.P.
(2010) Sample-size effects on diet analysis from scats of jaguars and pumas. Mammalia,
74: 317-321.
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Seymour, R.M. & Doncaster, C.P. (2007)
Density dependence triggers runaway selection of reduced senescence. PLoS Computational Biology, 3(12): e256.
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030256
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Foster, R.J., Harmsen, B.J., and Doncaster, C.P.
(2010) Habitat use by sympatric jaguars and pumas across a gradient of human
disturbance. Biotropica, 42: 724-731. doi:
10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00641.x
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Doncaster,
C.P. & Davey, A.J.H. (2007) Analysis
of Variance and Covariance: How to Choose and Construct Models for the Life
Sciences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 302 pp. ISBN-13:
9780521684477. Website: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~cpd/anovas/datasets/
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Skov, M.W., Volkelt-Igoe,
M., Hawkins, S.J., Jesus, B., Thompson, R.C., Doncaster, C.P. (2010) Past and
present grazing boosts the photo-autotrophic biomass of biofilms. Marine
Ecology Progress Series, 401: 101-111.
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Akçakaya,
H.R., Mills, G. & Doncaster, C.P. (2007) The role of metapopulations in
conservation. Pp 64-84 in: Key Topics in Conservation Biology (Eds
D. W. Macdonald & K. Service). Blackwell Publishing, Oxford 328 pp. ISBN:
1405122498.
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Foster, R.J., Harmsen, B.J., Valdes, B., Pomilla, C. and Doncaster, C.P. (2010) Food habits of
sympatric jaguars and pumas across a gradient of human disturbance. Journal
of Zoology (London), 280:
309-318. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00663.x.
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Doncaster, C.P. (2006)
Comment on "on the regulation of populations of mammals, birds, fish,
and insects" III. Science,
311: 1100.
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Harmsen, B.J., Foster, R.J., Silver, S.C., Ostro, L.E.T. & Doncaster, C.P. (2010) Differential use of trails by
forest mammals and the implications for camera trap studies, a case study
from Belize, Central America. Biotropica, 42: 126-133.
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Tagg,
N., Innes, D.J. & Doncaster, C.P. (2005) Outcomes of reciprocal invasions
between genetically diverse and genetically uniform populations of Daphnia
obtusa (Kurz). Oecologia,
143: 527-536.
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Harmsen, B.J., Foster, R.J., Silver, S.C., Ostro, L.E.T. & Doncaster, C.P. (2009) Spatial and temporal interactions
of two sympatric cats in a neotropical forest: the
jaguar (Panthera onca) and
the puma (Puma concolor).
Journal of Mammalogy,
90: 612-620.
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Tagg,
N., Doncaster, C.P. & Innes, D.J. (2005) Resource competition between
genetically varied and genetically uniform populations of Daphnia pulex
(Leydig): does sexual reproduction confer a
short-term ecological advantage? Biological
Journal of the Linnean Society, 85: 111-123.
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Wood, P.J., Hudson, M.D. & Doncaster, C.P.
(2009) Impact of egg harvesting on breeding success of black-headed gulls, Larus ridibundus. Acta Oecologica, 35: 83-93.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2008.08.006.
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Kent, A., Jensen, S.P.
& Doncaster, C.P. (2005) Model of microtine
cycles caused by lethal toxins in non-preferred food plants. Journal of
Theoretical Biology, 234:
593-604.
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Guichón, M.L. & Doncaster, C.P. (2008) Invasion
dynamics of an introduced squirrel in Argentina. Ecography, 31: 211-220. doi:
10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.5308.x
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Schley,
D., Doncaster, C.P. & Sluckin, T. (2004) Population models of
sperm-dependent parthenogenesis. Journal
of Theoretical Biology, 229: 559-572.
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Driezen,
K., Adriaensen, F., Rondinini,
C., Doncaster, C. P. & Matthysen, E. (2007)
Evaluating least-cost model predictions with empirical dispersal data: a
case-study using radiotracking data of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus).
Ecological Modelling, 209: 314-322.
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Pound,
G.E., Cox, S.J. & Doncaster, C.P. (2004) The accumulation of deleterious
mutations within the frozen niche variation hypothesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17: 651-662.
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Young,
R. P., Davison, J., Trewby, I. D., Wilson, G. J., Delahay,
R. J. & Doncaster, C. P. (2006) Abundance of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)
in relation to the density and distribution of badgers (Meles meles). Journal of Zoology, 269: 349-356.
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Doncaster,
C.P. (2003) Evolution of indefinite generation lengths. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society,
80: 269-280.
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Davey, A.J.H., Turner,
G.F., Hawkins, S.J. & Doncaster, C.P. (2006) Mechanisms of density
dependence in stream fish: exploitation competition for food reduces growth
of adult European bullheads (Cottus gobio). Canadian
Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Science, 63: 597-606.
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Doncaster,
C.P., Pound, G.E. & Cox, S.J. (2003) Dynamics of regional coexistence for
more or less equal competitors. Journal
of Animal Ecology, 72: 116-126.
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Davey, A.J.H., Hawkins,
S.J., Turner, G.F. & Doncaster, C.P. (2005) Size-dependent microhabitat
use and intraspecific competition in Cottus gobio. Journal
of Fish Biology, 67: 428-443.
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Kent,
A., Doncaster, C.P. & Sluckin, T. (2003) Consequences for predators of
rescue and Allee effects on prey. Ecological Modelling, 162: 233-245.
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Tricker,
P.J., Trewin, H., Kull, O., Clarkson, G.J.J., Eensalu, E., Tallis, M.J., Colella, A., Doncaster, C.P., Sabatti,
M. & Taylor, G. (2005) Stomatal conductance and
not stomatal density determines the long-term
reduction in leaf transpiration of poplar in elevated CO2. Oecologia,
143: 652-660.
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Pound,
G.E., Doncaster, C.P. & Cox, S.J. (2002) A Lotka-Volterra model of
coexistence between a sexual population and multiple asexual clones. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 217:
535-545.
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Guichón,
M.L., Doncaster, C.P. & Cassini, M.H. (2003) Population structure of
coypus (Myocastor coypus) in their region of origin and
comparison with introduced populations. Journal
of Zoology (London), 261: 265-272.
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Doncaster,
C.P. (2001) Healthy wrinkles for population dynamics: unevenly spread
resources can support more users. Journal
of Animal Ecology, 70: 91-100.
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Kent,
A., Hawkins, S. J. & Doncaster, C. P. (2003) Population consequences of
mutual attraction between settling and adult barnacles. Journal of Animal Ecology, 72: 941-952.
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Doncaster, C.P. (2001) What
determines territory configuration of badgers? Oikos, 93: 497-498.
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Rondinini, C. & Doncaster, C.P. (2002) Roads as
barriers for hedgehogs. Functional
Ecology, 16: 504-509.
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Doncaster, C.P., Pound, G.E.
& Cox, S.J. (2000) The ecological cost of sex. Nature, 404: 281-285.
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Doncaster,
C.P., Rondinini, C. & Johnson, P.C.D. (2001)
Field test for environmental correlates of dispersal in hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus).
Journal of Animal Ecology, 70:
33-46.
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Doncaster,
C.P. (2000) Extension of ideal free resource use to breeding populations and
metapopulations. Oikos, 89: 24-36.
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Henderson, M., Becher,
S.A., Doncaster, C.P. & Maclean, N. (2000) Five new polymorphic
microsatellite loci in the European hedgehog Erinaceus
europaeus. Molecular
Ecology, 9: 1949-1951.
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Jensen,
S.P. & Doncaster, C.P. (1999) Lethal toxins in non-preferred foods: how
plant chemical defences can drive microtine cycles.
Journal of Theoretical Biology,
199: 63-85.
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Joyce,
K.A., Holland, J.M. & Doncaster, C.P. (1999) Influences of hedgerow
intersections and gaps on the movement of carabid
beetles. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 89: 523-531.
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Doncaster,
C.P. (1999) A useful phenomenological difference between exploitation and
interference in the distribution of ideal free predators. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68: 836-838.
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Doncaster, C.P. & Macdonald, D.W. (1997)
Activity patterns and interactions of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes L.) in Oxford city. Journal of Zoology (London), 241:
73-87.
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Doncaster,
C.P. & Gustafsson, L. (1999) Density dependence
in resource exploitation: empirical test of Levins'
metapopulation model. Ecology Letters,
2: 44-51.
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Ward, J.F., Macdonald, D.W.
& Doncaster, C.P. (1997) Responses of foraging hedgehogs to badger odour.
Animal Behaviour, 53: 709-720.
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Doncaster,
C.P., Clobert, J., Doligez,
B., Gustafsson, L. & Danchin,
E. (1997) Balanced dispersal between spatially varying local populations: an
alternative to the source-sink model. American
Naturalist, 150: 425-445.
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Micol, T., Doncaster, C.P. & Jouventin,
P. (1996) Chapters 1 & 2 in: Le Ragondin (Jouventin,
P., Micol, T., Verheyden, C. & Guédon, G., eds) pp. 11-41. Acta,
Paris.
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Doncaster,
C.P. (1997) Interactions prédateur-proie et ressources non utilisées:
éclaircie dans les problèmes de rareté et de persistance. Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise des
Sciences Naturelles, 120: 5-18.
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Ward, J.F., Macdonald, D.W., Doncaster, C.P.
& Mauget, C. (1996) Physiological responses of
the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus,
to predator and non-predator odour. Physiology
and Behavior, 60: 1469-1472.
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Doncaster, C.P., Micol, T. & Plesner Jensen,
S. (1996) Determining minimum habitat requirements in theory and practice. Oikos, 75: 335-339.
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Doncaster,
C.P. & Macdonald, D.W. (1996) Intra-specific variation in movement
behaviour of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) - a reply to White, Saunders and Harris. Journal
of Animal Ecology, 65: 126-127.
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Doncaster, C.P. (1994) Factors
regulating local variations in abundance: field tests on hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus).
Oikos, 69: 182-192.
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Micol, T., Doncaster, C.P. & Mackinlay,
L.A. (1994) Correlates of local variation in the abundance of hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus.
Journal of Animal Ecology, 63: 851-860.
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Doncaster, C.P. & Woodroffe, R. (1993) Den site can determine shape and
size of badger territories: implications for group-living. Oikos, 66:
88-93 [see also Erratum 66: 560].
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Weimerskirch, H., Doncaster, C.P. & Cuenot-Chaillet, F. (1994) Pelagic seabirds and the
marine environment: foraging patterns of wandering albatrosses in relation to
prey availability and distribution. Proceedings of the Royal Society
Series B, 255: 91-97.
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Doncaster, C.P. & Krebs, J.R. (1993) The
wider countryside: principles underlying the responses of mammals to
heterogeneous environments. Mammal Review, 23: 113-120.
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Taber, A.B., Doncaster, C.P., Neris,
N.N. & Colman, F. (1994) Ranging behaviour and activity patterns of two
sympatric peccaries, Catagonus wagneri and Tayassu
tajacu in the Paraguayan Chaco. Mammalia,
58: 61-71.
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Doncaster,
C.P. (1992) Testing the role of intraguild
predation in regulating hedgehog populations. Proceedings of the Royal
Society Series B, 249: 113-117.
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Doncaster, C.P. (1993) Influence of predation
threat on foraging pattern: the hedgehog's gambit. Revue d'Ecologie (Terre et Vie), 48: 207-213.
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Doncaster, C.P. & Macdonald, D.W. (1992) Optimum group
size for defending heterogenous distributions of resources:
a model applied to red foxes, Vulpes vulpes, in Oxford city. Journal of Theoretical
Biology, 159: 189-198.
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Taber, A.B., Doncaster, C.P., Neris,
N.N. & Colman, F. (1993) Ranging behavior and
population dynamics of the Chacoan peccary, Catagonus wagneri.
Journal of Mammalogy, 74: 443-454.
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Doncaster, C.P.
(1990) Non-parametric estimates of interaction from radio-tracking data. Journal
of Theoretical Biology, 143: 431-443.
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Moinard, C., Doncaster, C.P. & Barré, H. (1992) Indirect calorimetry
measurements of behavioral thermoregulation in a
semi-aquatic rodent, Myocastor coypus.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70: 907-912.
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Doncaster,
C.P. & Macdonald, D.W. (1991) Drifting territoriality in the red fox Vulpes vulpes. Journal
of Animal Ecology, 60: 423-439.
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Doncaster, C.P. & Micol,
T. (1990) Response by coypus to catastrophic events of cold and flooding. Holarctic
Ecology, 13: 98-104.
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Doncaster, C.P., Dickman,
C.R. & Macdonald, D.W. (1990) Feeding ecology of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in
the city of Oxford, England. Journal of Mammalogy,
71: 188-194.
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Doncaster, C.P., Dumonteil,
E., Barré, H. & Jouventin,
P. (1990) Temperature regulation of young coypus (Myocastor
coypus) in air and water. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory,
Integrative and Comparative), 259: R1220-R1227.
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Dickman, C.R. & Doncaster, C.P. (1989) The ecology of
small mammals in urban habitats. II. Demography and dispersal. Journal of
Animal Ecology, 58: 119-129.
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Doncaster, C.P. & Micol,
T. (1989) Annual cycle of a coypu (Myocastor
coypus) population: male and female strategies. Journal of Zoology
(London), 217: 227-240.
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Doncaster, C.P. & Micol,
T. (1988) Comparison of three absolute estimates of coypu abundance from cage
trapping. Acta Oecologica/ Oecologia Generalis, 9: 89-99.
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Dickman, C.R. & Doncaster, C.P. (1987) The ecology of
small mammals in urban habitats. I. Populations in a patchy environment. Journal
of Animal Ecology, 56: 629-640.
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Dickman, C.R. & Doncaster,
C.P. (1984) Responses of small mammals to red fox (Vulpes
vulpes) odour. Journal of Zoology (London),
204: 521-531.
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Doncaster,
C.P. (1981) The spatial distribution of ants' nests on Ramsey Island, South
Wales. Journal of Animal Ecology,
50: 195-218.
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