Sarah E Dalrymple

Ecologist working to understand the impacts of global change on threatened species and ecosystems, and trying to find solutions to address the extinction crisis.

Original artwork by SE Dalrymple 2018

Current positions

Reader in Conservation Ecology, Liverpool John Moores University

Editor, British & Irish Botany

Advisory Board member, Applied Ecology Resources

Associate Editor, Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Co-convenor, Plant Translocation Network

External Examiner, MSc Biological Recording and Ecological Monitoring, Manchester Metropolitan University

Full CV available here

Recent publications

Dalrymple, S. E., Winder, R., & Campbell, E. M. (2021). Exploring the potential for plant translocations to adapt to a warming world. Journal of Ecology, 109, 2264– 2270. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13715

Bellis, J., Longden, M., Styles, J., & Dalrymple, S.E. (2021). Using macroecological species distribution models to estimate changes in the suitability of sites for threatened species reintroduction. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12050

Nason, S. E., Lloyd, N., Kelly, C. D., Brichieri-Colombi, T., Dalrymple, S. E., & Moehrenschlager, A. (2021). Maximizing the effectiveness of qualitative systematic reviews: A case study on terrestrial arthropod conservation translocations. Biological Conservation, 254, 108948. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108948

Downey, H., Amano, T., Cadotte, M., Cook, C. N., Cooke, S. J.,Dalrymple, S.E., … Sutherland, W. J. (2021). Training future generations to deliver evidence‐based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(1), 1–11. doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032. Contribution: developed training materials now available online forming part of the training provision described in the paper.

Jaganathan, G. K., Dalrymple, S. E., & Pritchard, H. W. (2020). Seed Survival at Low Temperatures: A Potential Selecting Factor Influencing Community Level Changes in High Altitudes under Climate Change. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 0(0), 1–25. doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2020.1848277

Bellis, J.M., Bourke, D.O., Maschinski, J., Heineman, K. & Dalrymple, S.E. Climate suitability as a predictor of conservation translocation failure. Conservation Biology, doi:10.1111/cobi.13518.

Dalrymple, S.E., Orsenigo, S., Godefroid S. & Abeli T. (2020). Frankenstein’s work or everyday conservation? How reintroductions are informing the de-extinction debate. Journal of Nature Conservation, 56, 125870, doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2020.125870.

Stringer, S.D., Hill, R.A., Swanepoel L., Dalrymple, S.E., Linden, B. & Koyama, N.F. (2020). Interpreting the role of frugivores in seed germination potential depends on study design: A case study from Soutpansberg Mountain, South Africa. Acta Oecologia, 106, 103584, doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103584.

Abeli T, Dalrymple S.E., Godefroid S, Mondoni A, Müller J V., Rossi G, Orsenigo S. (2020). Ex situ collections and their potential for the restoration of extinct plants. Conservation Biology. doi:10.1111/cobi.13391.

Dalrymple, S.E., Hopkins, J., Carter, S. & Slingsby, D.S. (2019) Nutrient additions three decades on: potential interactions of nutrients and climate in the recovery of a high latitude serpentine system. Plant Biosystems. doi: 10.1080/11263504.2019.1701578

Jaganathan GK, Dalrymple SE. (2019). Internal Seed Structure of Alpine Plants and Extreme Cold Exposure. Data. 4(3):107. doi:10.3390/data4030107

Abeli T, Dalrymple S, Godefroid S, Mondoni A, Müller J V., Rossi G, Orsenigo S. (2019). Ex situ collections and their potential for the restoration of extinct plants. Conservation Biology. doi:10.1111/cobi.13391

Jaganathan GK, Bönisch G, Kattge J, Dalrymple SE. (2019). Physically, physiologically and conceptually hidden: Improving the description and communication of seed persistence. Flora. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2019.05.012

Bellis, J.M., Williams, C., Bourke, D.O. & Dalrymple, S.E. (2019). Identifying factors associated with the success and failure of terrestrial insect translocations. Biological Conservation 236:29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.008

Dalrymple, S.E. & Abeli, T. (2019). Ex situ seed banks and the IUCN Red List. Nature Plants. 5:122–123. doi:10.1038/s41477-019-0366-3

Github repositories

Seeds_and_cold: R script to enable the automated download and extraction of the coldest locations that alpine plants are known to occur.

Ecological-replacement: A set of analyses to explore niche overlap and ecological redundancy.

All-purpose-biomod: R script to help new users of biomod to do the necessary data downloads and prep.

Contact

Email: s.e.dalrymple@ljmu.ac.uk

Twitter: @SarahEDalrymple