ROARKE DONNELLY
- Assistant Professor of Biology
- Director of the Urban Ecology Program
- Can the Chattahoochee River Slake Atlanta's Growing Thirst (Hon 201)
- Conservation Biology (BIO 310)
- Ecology (BIO 423)
- General Biology I (BIO 101)
- General Biology II (BIO 102; BHNP)
- Science and Human Nature (COR 401)
- Urban Ecology (UEP/BIO 320, guest speakers)
- Ornithology at the Wilderness Field Station on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Summer 2007
- Conservation of Hawaiian Biodiversity (BIO 310) on the Big Island and Kauai, January 2008
I am interested in identifying ways that private landowners, natural resource managers, urban planners, and policy makers can conserve or restore biodiversity in developing landscapes. To achieve these goals, I study how selective pressures on vertebrate and plant populations change with development and how those changes shape vertebrate community composition. Most of these studies are field-based and test hypotheses with correlative and experimental methods. My current research projects investigate the behavioral ecology of a Northern Mockingbird population as well as the effects of (1) non-native invasive Chinese privet on native plants and birds in Atlanta, (2) fisheries restoration on non-target species in Montana, and (3) habitat fragmentation on shrubsteppe birds and mammals in Wyoming. The latter three projects provides many exciting opportunities for undergraduate participation and independent study. Please contact me if you are interested in one of these opportunities.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS (some links require adobe acrobat)
Fleishman, E., R. Donnelly, R. Reeves, and J. Fay. 2007. Applications of nestedness analysis to biodiversity conservation in developing landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning 81:271-281. [related freeware in zipped folder]
Donnelly, R., and J.M. Marzluff. 2006. Relative importance of habitat quantity, structure, and spatial pattern to birds in an urbanizing region. Urban Ecosystems 9:99-117.
Donnelly, R., and J.M. Marzluff. 2004. Importance of reserve size and landscape context to urban bird conservation. Conservation Biology 18:733-745.
Donnelly, R. 2002. Habitat reserve design for bird conservation in urbanizing areas (2 page factsheet). In Design of habitat reserves and settlements for bird conservation in the Seattle metropolitan area, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle.
Donnelly, R. 2002. Residential development design for bird conservation urbanizing areas (2 page factsheet). In Design of habitat reserves and settlements for bird conservation in the Seattle metropolitan area, PhD dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle.
Marzluff, J.M., R. Bowman, and R. Donnelly. 2001. A historical perspective on urban bird research: Trends, topics, and definitions. In Avian ecology and conservation in an urbanizing world, J.M. Marzluff, R. Bowman, and R. Donnelly (eds.). Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell.
Marzluff, J.M., R. Bowman, and R. Donnelly. 2001. Causes and consequences of expanding American Crow populations in urban environments. In Avian ecology and conservation in an urbanizing world, J.M. Marzluff, R. Bowman, and R. Donnelly (eds.). Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell.
Conservation of Hawaiian Biodiversity Class, 2008
