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.

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 http://www.personal.soton.ac.uk/cpd/anovas/datasets 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) Food refuge interactions in periwinkles (NERC project in collaboration with the University of Plymouth and the University of Bangor) Simulation models of habitat permeability for mammalian wildlife (EPSRC DTA Studentship with the Centre for Doctoral Training in Complex Systems Simulation, in the Institute for Complex Systems Simulation at Southampton University) Conceptual models of habitat loss (collaboration with Mathematics at Southampton University) Invasion of Red-Bellied Beautiful squirrels into Argentina (collaboration with the University of Luján, Argentina) Ecophysiology of bats (PhD student Louise Fairless, funded by Biological Sciences and the Kerkut trust; co-supervisors Professor Phil Newland, Dr Felix Eigenbrod, Dr Lex Kraaijeveld) Biodiversity of New Forest fungi and beetles in relation to historical continuity (PhD student Rebecca Spake, funded by BBSRC Studentship)

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine implementation in middle-income countries - Tricarico, Serena, McNeil, Hannah C., Cleary, David W., Head, Michael G., Lim , Victor, Kok Seng Yap, Ivan, Chun Wie, Chong, Siang Tan, Cheng, Norazmi, Mohd Nor, Ismail, Aziah, Seong Guan Cheah, Eddy, Faust, Saul N., Jefferies, Johanna M.C., Roderick, Paul J., Moore, Michael, Yuen, Ho Ming, Newell, Marie-Louise, Mcgrath, Nuala, Webb, Jeremy, Doncaster, C. Patrick, Kraaijeveld, Alex R., Webb, Jeremy S. and Clarke, Stuart C. Published:2016Publication:PneumoniaPage Range:1-26 Early warning of critical transitions in biodiversity from compositional disorder - Doncaster, Patrick, Chavez , Vasthi Alonso , Viguier, Clément , Wang, Rong , Zhang, Enlou , Dong, Xuhui , Dearing, John A. , Langdon, Peter G. and Dyke, James G. Published:2016Publication:Ecology The influence of simulated exploitation on Patella vulgata populations: protandric sex change is size-dependent - Borges, Carla D.G., Hawkins, Stephen J., Crowe, Tasman P. and Doncaster, C. Patrick Published:2016Publication:Ecology and EvolutionVolume:6, (2)Page Range:514-531doi:10.1002/ece3.1872 Drivers of the composition and diversity of carabid functional traits in UK coniferous plantations - Spake, Rebecca, Barsoum, Nadia, Newton, Adrian C. and Doncaster, Patrick Published:2016Publication:Forest Ecology and ManagementVolume:359Page Range:300-308doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.10.008 Similar biodiversity of ectomycorrhizal fungi in set-aside plantations and ancient old-growth broadleaved forests - Spake, Rebecca, van der Linde, Sietse, Newton, Adrian C., Suz, Laura M., Bidartondo, Martin I. and Doncaster, C. Patrick Published:2015Publication:Biological ConservationVolume:194Page Range:71-79doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.003