Selected Reports & Publications

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2011

Martin, J.R. & O’Neill, F.H. (2011) High nature value meadows: results from a national grassland survey. In: Ó hUallacháin, D. & Finn, J. (eds.) Teagasc Biodiversity Conference Proceedings. Conserving Farmland Biodiversity: Lessons Learned & Future Prospects. 25-26 May 2011. pp. 28-29. Teagasc, Carlow.

Perrin, P.M., Mitchell, F.J.G. & Kelly, D.L. (2011) Long-term deer exclusion in yew-wood and oakwood habitats in southwest Ireland: Changes in ground flora and species diversity. Forest Ecology and Management 262: 2328-2337.

Perrin, P.M., Roche, J.R., Daly, O.H. & Douglas, C. (2011) The National Survey of Upland Habitats. In: Ó hUallacháin, D. & Finn, J. (eds.) Teagasc Biodiversity Conference Proceedings. Conserving Farmland Biodiversity: Lessons Learned & Future Prospects. 25-26 May 2011. pp. 88-89. Teagasc, Carlow.

Roche, J.R. (2011) New records for Diphasiastrum alpinum L. (Holub) and their implications for the species’ conservation status in Ireland. Irish Botanical News No. 21: 16-20.

Roche, J.R. & Perrin, P.M. (2011) A new county record for alpine clubmoss (Diphasiastrum alpinum) from the Comeragh Mountains, Co. Waterford (H6). Irish Naturalists’ Journal 31 (2) 149-150.

2010

O’Neill, F.H., Martin, J.R., Devaney, F.M., McNutt, K.E., Perrin, P.M. & Delaney, A. (2010) Irish Semi-natural Grasslands Survey Annual Report No. 3: Counties Donegal, Dublin, Kildare & Sligo. Report submitted to National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

Perrin, P.M., Barron, S.J., Roche, J.R. & O’Hanrahan, B. (2010) Guidelines for a national survey and conservation assessment of upland vegetation and habitats in Ireland. Version 1.0. Irish Wildlife Manuals, No. 48. National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

Perrin, P.M. & Daly, O.H. (2010) A provisional inventory of ancient and long-established woodland in Ireland. Irish Wildlife Manuals, No. 46. National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

Roche, J.R. (2010) The Vegetation Ecology and Native Status of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Ireland. Ph.D. Thesis, Trinity College, Dublin.

Scher, O., McNutt, K.E. & Thiéry, A. (2010) Designing a standardised sampling method for invertebrate monitoring: a pilot experiment in a motorway retention pond. Limnetica 29(1): 121-132.

2009

O’Neill, F.H., Martin, J.M., Perrin, P.M., Delaney, A.M., McNutt, K.E. & Devaney, F.M. (2009) Irish Semi-natural Grasslands Survey Annual Report No.2: Counties Cavan, Leitrim, Longford and Monaghan. Draft report submitted to National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

O’Neill, F.H (2009) Calyptrochaeta apiculata (Southern Hookeria): first Irish record confirmed in Co. Cork.  Field Bryology 98:28-29.

Perrin, P., Barron, S. & O’Neill, F. (2009) Resurvey of Long-term Ecological Monitoring Transects at the People’s Millennium Forests. Report submitted to the Heritage Council, Kilkenny.

Perrin, P.M., O’Hanrahan, B., Roche, J.R. & Barron, S.J. (2009) Scoping Study and Pilot Survey for a National Survey and Conservation Assessment of Upland Habitats and Vegetation in Ireland. National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

Roche, J.R., Mitchell, F.J.G., Waldren, S. (2009) Plant community ecology of Pinus sylvestris, an extirpated species reintroduced to Ireland. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 2185 – 2203.

2008

Devaney, F.H. (2008) The Alder Marsh: Ecohydrology and Restoration Prospects of a Desiccating Dune Slack. Ph.D. thesis, University College Dublin.

Martin, J.M., Perrin, P.M., Delaney, A.M., O’Neill, F.H. & McNutt, K.E. (2008) Irish Semi-natural Grasslands Survey Annual Report No. 1: Counties Cork and Waterford. Report submitted to National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

O’Neill, F., Perrin, P. & Barron, S. (2008) Ballyseedy Wood: A 50-Year Management Plan. Report submitted to Kerry County Council, Tralee.

Perrin, P.M, Martin, J.R., Barron, S.J., O’Neill, F.H., McNutt, K.E. & Delaney, A.M. (2008) National Survey of Native Woodlands 2003-2008: Volume I: Main report. Report submitted to National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

Perrin, P.M, Martin, J.R., Barron, S.J., O’Neill, F.H., McNutt, K.E. & Delaney, A.M. (2008) National Survey of Native Woodlands 2003-2008: Volume II: Woodland classification. Report submitted to National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

2007

Martin J.R., Gabbett, M., Perrin P.M. and Delaney, A. (2007) Semi-natural Grassland Survey of Counties Roscommon and Offaly. Report submitted to the National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

2006

Perrin P.M., Barron S.J. and Martin J.R. (2006) National Survey of Native Woodland in Ireland: Second Phase Report. Report submitted to the National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

Perrin P.M., Kelly D.L. and Mitchell F.J.G (2006) Long-term deer exclusion in yew-wood and oakwood habitats in southwest Ireland: Natural regeneration and stand dynamics. Forest Ecology and Management 236: 356-367.

Perrin P.M., Martin J.R., Barron S.J. and Roche J.R. (2006) A cluster analysis approach to classifying Irish native woodlands. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 106B: 261-275.

2005

Kingston, N. & Waldren, S. (2005) The historical biogeography of ‘Lusitanian’ Ericaceae in the Irish flora. In: Bakker, F. T., Chatrou, L. W., Gravendeel, B. & Pelser, P. (Eds.), Plant Species-level Systematics: New Perspectives on Pattern & Process: 203-215. Gantner Verlag, Ruggell.

Martin, J.R., Higgins, G.T. & Perrin, P.M. (2005) A national survey of native woodland in Ireland: using the 2003 data to evaluate the conservation status of sites. In: Doyle, C. & Little, D. (eds.) Ireland’s Native Woodlands Conference Proceedings, Galway, 8th – 11th September 2004: 127-135. Woodlands of Ireland, Dublin.

Kingston, N. & Waldren, S. (2005) A conservation appraisal of the rare and endemic vascular plants of Pitcairn Island. Biodiversity and Conservation 14 (4): 781-800.

2004

Higgins, G.T., Martin, J.R. & Perrin, P.M. (2004) A National Survey of Native Woodland in Ireland. Report submitted to the National Parks & Wildlife Service, Dublin.

Kingston, N., Waldren, S. & Smyth, N. (2004) Conservation genetics and ecology of Angiopteris chauliodonta Copel. (Marratiaceae), a critically endangered fern from Pitcairn Island, South Central Pacific Ocean. Biological Conservation 117: 309-319.

Waldren, S., Kingston, N., Smyth, N., Warren, J. & Warren, C. (2004) Plant conservation activities on Pitcairn Island. Flora English Nature Summer 2004: 14-15.

2003

Kingston N. & Waldren S. (2003) The phytogeographical affinities of the Pitcairn Islands – a model for south-eastern Polynesia? Journal of Biogeography 30: 1311-1328.

Lynn, D.E. & Waldren, S. (2003) Survival of Ranunculus repens L. (Creeping Buttercup) in an amphibious habitat. Annals of Botany 91: 75-84.

Kingston, N., Lynn, D.E., Martin, J.R. & Waldren, S. (2003) An overview of biodiversity features in Dublin city urban parklands. Management of Environmental Quality 14(5): 556-570.

O’Neill, F.H. (2003). Regeneration of Native Oak Woodland Following Rhododendron ponticum L. Clearance from Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve, Co. Cork, Ireland. Ph.D. thesis, University College Cork.

Walsh, D.G.F., Waldren, S. & Martin, J.R. (2003). Monitoring seed viability of fifteen species after storage in the Irish Threatened Plant Genebank. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 103B (2): 59-67.

Roche, J. (2003) Tradition and biodiversity in Connemara. Peatland News 36: 19-20.

2002

Lynn, D.E., Kingston, N.E., Martin, J.R. & Waldren, S. (2002) Biodiversity in Dublin city urban parklands. In: L. Dunne (Ed.) Biodiversity in the City: Proceedings of a one-day International Conference held in Dublin 12 September 2002: 46 – 56. Environmental Institute, University College Dublin.

Lynn, D.E. & Waldren, S. (2002) Physiological variation in populations of Ranunculus repens from the temporary limestone lakes (Turloughs) in the west of Ireland. Annals of Botany 89: 707-714.

Perrin, P.M. (2002) The Ecology of Yew (Taxus baccata) in Ireland.  Ph.D. thesis, Trinity College, Dublin.

Waldren, S., Martin, J., Curtis, T. & Lynn, D. (2002) Experimental translocation of Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffm.) Newman in Ireland. The Fern Gazette 16: 452-453.

Waldren, S. (2002) Conservation of Island Plant Populations and Communities (1.6.5.7). In: H. Heatwole (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Volume 3: Oceanic Islands. UNESCO Publishing-Eolss Publishers: Paris & Oxford.

2001

Martin, J., Waldren, S., O’Sullivan, A. & Curtis, T.G.F. (2001) The establishment of the threatened Irish Plant Seedbank. In: B.S. Rushton, Hackney, P. & C.R. Tyrie (Eds.), Biological Collections & Biodiversity. 112-119. Linnean Society of London Special Publication No.3.

Martin, J., Willabus, E. & Paul, C. (2001) Workshop on the extraction and analysis of DNA and how these techniques can be used to aid agricultural research in Guyana. National Agricultural Research Institute, Guyana.

2000

Perrin, P.M. (2000) Activity of pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) and Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri) over lowland heathland. Journal of Practical Ecology and Conservation 4 (1): 27-36.