Wayne Dawson
I lead the Durham Invasion Science Lab: www.durhaminvasionscience.org. My research is mainly focused on understanding the causes and consequences of the introduction, establishment and spread of invasive alien plants. My work in this field makes use of manipulative experiments, meta-analysis and global databases to better understand the drivers of invasion at multiple spatial and ecological scales. I am a member of a core team of European ecologists who have built the world’s first Global Naturalised Alien Flora (GloNAF, see https://glonaf.org/). My current research is focused on understanding how invasions and their impacts depend upon biotic interactions, with projects in Brazil, Kenya and Norway. I also collaborate with researchers at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew on a Defra- Darwin+ Initiative project, monitoring the success of invasive plant control and eradication strategies on South Georgia island. Position: Associate Professor in the Department of Biosciences
Additional roles: Editor-in-chief, Plant-Environment Interactions Memberships: Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Research (BEER) Centre, Durham Centre for Crop Improvement Technology (DCCIT) Contact Details: Department of Biosciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE Email: [email protected] Education
2005-2009 PhD Plant Ecology, University of Aberdeen/Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 2004-2005 MRes Science of the Environment, Lancaster University 2000-2003 BSc (Hons) Ecology, University of Plymouth Supervises
Katy Ivison (PhD, funded by Durham ARCTIC) Peter Stewart (PhD, funded by NERC IAPETUS) Alison Copeland (PhD, funded by Durham Doctoral Scholarship) Marie Dale (PhD, funded by The Royal Commission) Alumni Oana Resiga (MRes) Ewan Jones (MRes) Isabel Fletcher (MRes) |
Butterfly ginger- Hedychium coronarium- an invasive plant in SE Brazil
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Selected Publications
Stewart, P.S., Hill, R.A., Stephens, P.A., Whittingham, M.J., Dawson, W. (2021) Impacts of invasive plants on animal behaviour. Ecology Letters 24, 891-907.
van Kleunen, M., Xu, X., Yang, Q., Maurel, N., Zhang, Z., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pysek, P., Weigelt, P., Moser, D., Lenzner, B. & Fristoe, T.S. (2020). Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success. Nature Communications 11: 3201.
Brunel, C., Pouteau, R., Dawson, W., Pester, M., Ramirez, K.S. & van Kleunen, M. (2020). Towards unraveling macroecological patterns in rhizosphere microbiomes. Trends in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.04.015.
Hughes, K.A., Pescott, O.L., Peyton, J., Adriaens, T., Cottier-Cook, E.J., Key, G., Rabitsch, W., Tricario, E., Barnes, D.K.A., Baxter, N., Belchier, M., Blake, D., Convey, P., Dawson, W., Frohlich, D., Gardiner, L.M., Gonzalez-Moreno, P., James, R., Malumphy, C., Martin, S., Martinou, A.F., Minchin, D., Monaco, A., Moore, N., Morley S.A., Ross, K., Shanklin, J., Turvey, K., Vaughan, D., Vaux, A.G.C., Werenkraut, V., Winfield, I.J., Roy, H. E. (2020). Invasive non‐native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Global Change Biology 26: 2702-2716.
van der Sande, M., Bruelheide, H., Dawson, W., Dengler, J., Essl, F., Field, R., Haider, S., van Kleunen, M., Kreft, H., Pagel, J., Pergl, J., Purschke, O., Pysek, P., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Attorre, F., Aubin, I., Bergmeier, E., Chytry, M., Dainese, M., de Sanctis, M., Fagundez, J., Golub, V., Guerin, G.R., Gutierrez, A.G., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jimenez-Alfaro, B., Kattge, J., Kearsley, E., Klotz, S., Kramer, K., Moretti, M., Niinemets, U., Peet, R.K., Penuelas, J., Petrik, P., Reich, P.B., Dandel, B., Schmidt, M., Sibkova, M., Violle, C., Whitfield, T.J.S., Wohlgemuth, T. & Knight, T.M. (2020). Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29: 281-294.
Funk, J.L., Parker, I.M., Matsek, V., Flory, S.L., Aschehoug, E.T., D'Antonio, C.M.D., Dawson, W., Thomson, D.M. & Valliere, J. (2020). Keys to enhancing the value of invasion ecology research for management. Biological Invasions 22: 2431-2445.
Haeuser, E., Dawson, W. & van Kleunen, M. (2019). Introduced garden plants are strong competitors of native and alien residents under simulated climate change. Journal of Ecology 107: 1328-1342.
Guo, W-Y., van Kleunen, M., Pierce, S., Dawson, W., Essl, F., Kreft, H., Maurel, N., Pergl, J., Seebens, H., Weigelt, P. & Pysek, P. (2019). Domestic gardens play a dominant role in selecting alien species with adaptive strategies that facilitate naturalization. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28: 628-639.
Delavaux, C.S., Weigelt, P., Dawson, W., Duchicela, J., Essl, F., van Kleunen, M., Konig, C., Pergl, J., Pysek, P., Stein, A., Winter, M., Schultz, P., Kreft, H. & Bever, J. D. (2019). Mycorrhizal fungi influence global plant biogeography. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 424.
van Kleunen, M., Pysek, P., Dawson, W., et al. (2019) The Global Naturalizaed Alien Flora (GloNAF) Database. Ecology 100: e02542.
van Kleunen, M., Bossdorf, O. & Dawson, W. (2018). The ecology and evolution of alien plants. Annual Reviews in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 46: 25-47.
Dawson, W., Moser, D., van Kleunen, M., Kreft, H., Pergl, J., Pysek, P., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Lenzner, B., Blackburn, T. M., Dyer, E. E., Cassey, P., Scrivens, S. L., Economo, E. P., Guenard, B., Capinha, C., Seebens, H., Garcia-Diaz, P., Nentwig, W., Garcia-Berthou, E., Casal, C., Mandrak, N. E., Fuller, P., Meyer, C. & Essl, F. (2017). Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 0186.