Donald A. McFarlane
Kenneth S. Pitzer Professor of Biology & Environmental Science
Email: dmcfarlane@kecksci.claremont.edu
Office: Keck Science, B43
Phone: 909 607 2564 (x72564 on campus)
Website: https://www.kecksci.claremont.edu/people/donald-a-mcfarlane/website/
Education Background
- BSc. (Zoology, Hons) University of Liverpool (UK), 1978
- MSc. (Zoology), Queen’s University of Belfast (UK), 1982
- PhD (Ecology), University of Southern California, 1987.
Course 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.
Recent 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.