PhD, University of the Witwatersrand, 2018
MSc, Stellenbosch University, 2012
BSc Hons., University of Cape Town, 2011
BSc, University of Cape Town, 2010

Voysey M, Archibald S, Bond WJ, Donaldson JE, Staver AC, Greve M (2020) The role of browsers in maintaining the openness of savanna grazing lawns. Journal of Ecology.

Wigley BJ, Charles-Dominique T, Hempson GP, Stevens N, TeBeest M, Archibald S, Bond WJ, Bunney K, Coetsee C, Donaldson J, Fidelis AT, Goa X, Gignoux J, Lehmann C, Massad TJ, Midgley JJ, Millan M, Schwilk D, Siebert F, Solofondranohatra C, Staver AC, Zhou Y, Kruger LM (2020) A handbook for the standardized sampling of plant functional traits in disturbance-prone ecosystems, with focus on open ecosystems. Australian Journal of Botany.

Donaldson JE, Parr CL, Mangena EH, Archibald S (2019) Droughts decouple African savanna grazers from their preferred forage with consequences for grassland productivity. Ecosystems-DOI: 10.1007/s10021-019-00438-x

Hempson GP, Archibald S, Donaldson JE, Lehmann CER (2019) Alternate grassy ecosystem states are determined by palatability-flammability trade-offs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution-DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.007

Probert JR, Parr CL, Holdo RM, Anderson TM, Archibald S, Mustaphi CJC, Dobson AP, Donaldson JE, Hopcroft GC, Hempson GP, Morrison TA, Beale CM (2019) Anthropogenic modifications to fire regimes in the wider Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Global Change Biology-DOI:10.1111/gcb.14711

Hempson GP, Archibald S, Donaldson JE, Lehmann CER (2019) Alternate grassy ecosystem states are determined by palatability-flammability trade-offs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution- DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.007

Donaldson JE, Archibald S, Govender N, Luhdo Z, Pollard D, Parr CL (2018) Ecological engineering through fire-herbivory feedbacks drives the formation of savanna grazing lawns. Journal of Applied Ecology-DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12956

Swemmer AM, Bond WJ, Donaldson JE, Hempson GP, Malherbe J, Smit IPJ (2018) The ecology of drought-a workshop report. South African Journal of Science-DOI:10.17159/sajs.2018/5098

Beale CM, Courtney-Mustaphi C, Morrison TA, Archibald S, Anderson TM, Dobson AP, Donaldson JE, Hempson GP, Probert J, Parr CL (2018) Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird and mammal richness in African savannas. Ecology Letters-DOI: 10.1111/ele.12921

Hempson G, Parr CL, Archibald S, Anderson TM, Courtney-Mustaphi C, Dobson A, Donaldson JE, Morrison T, Probert J, Beale CM (2017) Continent-level drivers of African pyrodiversity. Ecography-DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03109

Donaldson JE, Richardson DM, Wilson JRU (2014) The seed ecology of an ornamental wattle in South Africa—Why has Acacia elata not invaded a greater area? South African Journal of Botany-DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2014.05.004

Donaldson JE, Richardson DM, Wilson JRU (2014) Scale-area curves: a tool for understanding the ecology and distribution of invasive tree species. Biological Invasions-DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0602-0

Donaldson JE, Hui C, Richardson DM, Robertson MP, Webber BL, Wilson JRU (2014) Invasion trajectory of alien trees: the role of introduction pathway and planting history. Global Change Biology-DOI:10.1111/gcb.12486