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Dr. Ian Donohue
Assistant Professor
Ussher Lecturer in Ecosystem Functioning
Member of the Ecological and Evolutionary Networks Research Cluster
and the Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research

Email: ian.donohue@tcd.ie
Tel: + 353 1 8961356
Fax: + 353 1 6778094
Skype: ian_donohue

My site on academia.edu
Ian on Twitter [@donohueian]
EcoEvo@TCD blog

Research interests

I am an empirical ecologist and like to use experimental approaches to answer questions about the regulation of stability and functioning in ecosystems. My research focuses mainly on aquatic ecosystems (both marine and freshwater) and a significant proportion of this work is applied. Quantification of the impacts of disturbance on ecosystems and the application of results of this work to management comprise an important objective of my research.

Selected recent publications

Donohue, I., Petchey, O.L., Montoya, J.M., Jackson, A.L., McNally, L., Viana, M., Healy, K., Lurgi, M., O’Connor, N.E. & Emmerson, M.C. On the dimensionality of ecological stability. Ecology Letters. In press

O'Connor, N.E., Emmerson, M.C., Crowe, T.P. & Donohue, I. Distinguishing between direct and indirect effects of predators in complex ecosystems. Journal of Animal Ecology 82: 438-448.

O'Connor, N.E. & Donohue, I. (2013) Environmental context determines the multi-trophic effects of consumer species loss. Global Change Biology 19: 431-440.

Donohue, I., Leira, M., Hobbs, W., León-Vintró, L., O’Reilly, J. & Irvine, K. (2010) Rapid ecosystem recovery from diffuse pollution after the Great Irish Famine. Ecological Applications 20: 1733-1743.
Paper highlighted in the photo gallery of the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. Click here to view the press release for this publication.

García-Molinos, J. & Donohue, I. (2010) Interactions among temporal patterns determine the effects of multiple stressors. Ecological Applications 20: 1794-1800

Donohue, I., Jackson, A.L., Pusch, M.T. & Irvine, K. (2009) Nutrient enrichment homogenizes lake benthic assemblages at local and regional scales. Ecology 90: 3470-3477

>>full list of publications>>

Teaching

Fundamentals of Ecology (ZO3010 and BO3105; Junior Sophistor Environmental Science, Plant Science and Zoology)
Invertebrate Form and Function (ZO3001; Junior Sophistor Zoology)
Freshwater Biology (ZO4010; Senior Sophistor Zoology)
Tropical Ecology Field Course (ZO4041; Senior Sophistor Environmental Science, Plant Science and Zoology)
Introduction to Biodiversity (BD7050; MSc in Biodiversity and Conservation)
Zoology and Society (ZO4040; Senior Sophistor Zoology)