Publications

Donaldson, J. E., Anderson, T. M., Munuo, N., & Holdo, R. M. (2025). Time since fire interacts with herbivore intake rates to control herbivore habitat occupancy. Ecology, 106(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4473

Knowles, T., Stevens, N., Amoako, E. E., Armani, M., Barbosa, C., Beale, C., Bond, W., Chidumayo, E., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Dintwe, K., Dobson, A., Donaldson, J. E., Dziba, L., Govender, N., Hempson, G., Humphrey, G. J., Kimuyu, D., Laris, P., N’Dri, A. B., … Archibald, S. (2025). Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management. Nature Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01490-9

Donaldson, J. E., Ezenwa, V. O., Morrison, T. A., & Holdo, R. M. (2024). Effects of migratory animals on resident parasite dynamics. In Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Vol. 39, Issue 7, pp. 625–633). Elsevier Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.005

Anderson, T. M., Hepler, S. A., Holdo, R. M., Donaldson, J. E., Erhardt, R. J., Hopcraft, J. G. C., Hutchinson, M. C., Huebner, S. E., Morrison, T. A., Muday, J., Munuo, I. N., Palmer, M. S., Pansu, J., Pringle, R. M., Sketch, R., & Packer, C. (2024). Interplay of competition and facilitation in grazing succession by migrant Serengeti herbivores. Science, 383(6684), 782–788. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adg0744

Singh, J., Donaldson, J. E., Archibald, S., Parr, C. L., Voysey, M. D., & Davies, A. B. (2024). Small-scale fires interact with herbivore feedbacks to create persistent grazing lawn environments. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61(7), 1531–1545. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14645

Donaldson, J. E., Holdo, R. M., Anderson, T. M., Morrison, T. A., Hopcraft, J. G. C., McIntyre, J., Devaney, E., Hempson, G., Senso, B., Trentinus, A., & Ezenwa, V. O. (2023). Direct and indirect effects of fire on parasites in an African savanna. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14013

Donaldson, J. E., Holdo, R., Sarakikya, J., & Anderson, T. M. (2022). Fire, grazers, and browsers interact with grass competition to determine tree establishment in an African savanna. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3715

Pansu, J., Hutchinson, M. C., Anderson, T. M., Te Beest, M., Begg, C. M., Begg, K. S., Bonin, A., Chama, L., Chamaill E-Jammes, S., Coissac, E., Cromsigt, J. P. G. M., Demmel, M. Y., Donaldson, J. E., Guyton, J. A., Hansen, C. B., Imakando, C. I., Iqbal, A., Kalima, D. F., Kerley, G. I. H., … Pringle, R. M. (2022). The generality of cryptic dietary niche differences in diverse large-herbivore assemblages. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas

Holdo, R. M., Donaldson, J. E., Rugemalila, D. M., & Anderson, T. M. (2022). Sapling growth gradients interact with homogeneous disturbance regimes to explain savanna tree cover discontinuities. Ecological Monographs. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1514

Voysey, M. D., Archibald, S., Bond, W. J., Donaldson, J. E., Carla Staver, A., & Greve, M. (2021). The role of browsers in maintaining the openness of savanna grazing lawns. Journal of Ecology, 109(April 2020), 913–926. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13518

Wigley, B. J., Hempson, G. P., Stevens, N., Beest, M., Archibald, S., Bond, W. J., Bunney, K., Coetsee, C., Donaldson, J. E., Fidelis, A., Gao, X., Gignoux, J., Lehmann, C., Massad, T. J., Midgley, J. J., Millan, M., Schwilk, D., Siebert, F., Solofondranohatra, C., … Kruger, L. M. (2021). A handbook for the standardised sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with a focus on open ecosystems. Australian Journal of Botany, 68(8), 473–531. https://doi.org/10.1071/BT20048

Donaldson, J. E., Parr, C. L., Mangena, E. H., & Archibald, S. (2020). Droughts decouple African savanna grazers from their preferred forage with consequences for grassland productivity. Ecosystems, 23, 689–701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00438-x

Hempson, G. P., Archibald, S., Donaldson, J. E., & Lehmann, C. E. R. (2019). Alternate grassy ecosystem states are determined by palatability–flammability trade-offs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34(4), 286–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.007

Probert, J. R., Parr, C. L., Holdo, R. M., Anderson, T. M., Archibald, S., Courtney Mustaphi, C. J., Dobson, A. P., Donaldson, J. E., Hopcraft, G. C., Hempson, G. P., Morrison, T. A., & Beale, C. M. (2019). Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 25(10), 3406–3423. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14711

Beale, C. M., Courtney Mustaphi, C. J., Morrison, T. A., Archibald, S., Anderson, T. M., Dobson, A. P., Donaldson, J. E., Hempson, G. P., Probert, J., & Parr, C. L. (2018). Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas. Ecology Letters, 21(4), 557–567. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12921

Swemmer, A. M., Bond, W. J., Donaldson, J. E., Hempson, G. P., Malherbe, J., & Smit, I. P. J. (2018). The ecology of drought – A workshop report. South African Journal of Science, 114(9–10), 9–11. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2018/5098

Donaldson, J. E., Archibald, S., Govender, N., Pollard, D., Luhdo, Z., & Parr, C. L. (2018). Ecological engineering through fire-herbivory feedbacks drives the formation of savanna grazing lawns. Journal of Applied Ecology, January, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12956