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Jason Donaldson

Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Natural Science
Environmental Natural Science
309A LSRC Building, Research Dr, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Natural Science · 2025 - Present Environmental Natural Science, Nicholas School of the Environment

Recent Publications


African Herbivore Community Responses to Fire

Journal Article The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America · April 2025 Full text Cite

Viability and desirability of financing conservation in Africa through fire management

Journal Article Nature Sustainability · March 1, 2025 Adopting early dry season fires in African conservation areas has been proposed as ecologically desired and a means of generating sufficient carbon revenues for their management. We interrogate available peer-reviewed information on the ecology and biogeoc ... Full text Cite

Time since fire interacts with herbivore intake rates to control herbivore habitat occupancy.

Journal Article Ecology · January 2025 Smaller grazers consistently show greater preference for recently burned patches than larger species. Energy optimization theory posits that this pattern is driven by small- versus large-bodied herbivores seeking to maximize energy intake by choosing high- ... Full text Open Access Cite
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Recent Grants


Transport and trophic effects of transient hosts on infectious disease

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Georgia · 2025 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) · 2019 Ph.D.