Donald A. McFarlane

Biography

Education

• BSc. (Zoology, Hons) University of Liverpool (UK), 1978
• MSc. (Zoology), Queen’s University of Belfast (UK), 1982
• PhD (Ecology), University of Southern California, 1987.

Courses Taught

• BIOL 44, Introductory Biology
• BIOL 146L, General Ecology
• BIOL 145, Evolution
• BIOL 176, Tropical Ecology
• BIOL 187M – Special Topics, UAV’s for Biology and Environmental Science

Research Interests 

• Ecology of bats, Ecology of caves, paleo-environmental records in caves. Secondary interests in active volcanic lakes, and properties of high explosives.

Selected Research and Publications 

Lundberg, J, McFarlane D.A., and van Rentergerm, G. 2022.The nitrogen dynamics of Deer Cave, Sarawak, and the role of bat caves as biogeochemical sinks in Tropical Moist Forests. International Journal of Speleology 51(3):205-221.

McFarlane D.A. and Lundberg J. 2022. Potrential cosmogenic 10Be /36 Cl dating of fossil guano deposits. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Speleology, Savioe Mont Blanc, v5:105-107.

Norman J., Wheaton J., and McFarlane D.A. 2022. Blasting for rescue applications. Journal of Explosives Engineering, 39(4): 28-35.

Lundberg, J and McFarlane D.A. 2021. The impact of burning on the stucture and mineral composition of bat guano. International Journal of Speleology, 50(2):189-202.

McFarlane, D.A and Lundberg, J. 2021. Geochronological implications of 210Pb and 137Cs mobility in cave guano deposits. International Journal of Speleology 50(3):239-248.