Programme Documents
| PLANFORBIO Brochure | |
| PLANFORBIO Poster | |
| FORESTBIO Final Project Report |
Publications
| Oxbrough, A., French, V., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C., Smiddy, P. & O'Halloran, J. 2012. Can mixed species stands enhance arthropod diversity in plantation forests? Forest Ecology and Management, 270: 11-18. |
| Irwin, S., Wilson, M.W., Kelly, T.C., O'Mahony, B., Oliver, G., Troake, P., Ryan, B., Cullen, C., O'Donoghue, B. & O'Halloran, J. 2011. The breeding biology of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus in Ireland over a five year period. Irish Birds, 9: 165-172. PDF. |
| Sweeney, O.F.McD., Wilson, M.W., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C., Gittings, T. & O'Halloran, J. 2011. Breeding birds of native woodlands and plantation forests in Ireland. Irish Birds, 9: 181-196. PDF. |
| Sweeney, O.F.McD.,Wilson, M.W., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C. & O'Halloran, J. 2010. The influence of a native tree species mix component on bird communities in non-native coniferous plantations in Ireland. Bird Study, 57 (4): 483-494. PDF |
| Sweeney, O.F.McD.,Wilson, M.W., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C. & O'Halloran, J. 2010. Breeding bird communities of second rotation plantations at different stages of the forest cycle. Bird Study, 57 (3): 301-314. PDF |
| Sweeney, O.F.McD.,Wilson, M.W., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C. & O'Halloran, J. 2010. Are bird density, species richness and community structure similar between native woodlands and non-native plantations in an area with a generalist bird fauna? Biodiversity & Conservation, 19 (8): 2329-2342. PDF |
| Wilson, M., Irwin, S., O'Donoghue, B., Kelly, T. & O'Halloran, J. 2010. The use of forested landscapes by Hen Harriers in Ireland. COFORD Connects, Environment No. 10. PDF |
| Oxbrough, A., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C. & O'Halloran, J. 2010. Ground dwelling invertebrates in reforested conifer plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, 259: 2111-2121. PDF |
| Sweeney, O.F.McD., Martin, R.D., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C., O'Halloran, J., Wilson, M.W. & McEvoy, P.M. 2010. A lack of large-diameter logs and snags characterises dead wood patterns in Irish forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 259: 2056-2064. PDF |
| Martin, R.D. 2009. Entelecara acuminata (Wider, 1834) at Brownstone Wood , Co.Kilkenny (Aeaneae: Linyphiidae), a new record to Ireland. Irish Naturalists Journal, 30 (1): 65-66. |
| Wilson, M.W., Irwin, S., Norriss, D.W., Newton, S.F., Collins, K., Kelly, T.C. & O'Halloran, J. 2009. The importance of pre-thicket conifer plantations for nesting Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus in Ireland. Ibis, 151:332-343. PDF |
| Irwin, S., Wilson, M., Kelly, T.C., O'Donoghue, B., O'Mahony, B., Oliver, G., Cullen, C., O'Donoghue, T. & O'Halloran, J. 2008. Aspects of the breeding biology of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus in Ireland. Irish Birds, 8: 331-334. PDF |
| O'Halloran, J., Kelly, T.C., Irwin, S. & Newton, S.F. 2008. Current Ornithological Research in Ireland: 5th Ornithological Research Conference, UCC November 2008. Irish Birds, 8: 441-486. PDF |
Conference Presentations
| Larsson, T-B., Barbatum A,m Chirici, G., Gardfjell, H., Lombardi, F., Michalak, R., O'Halloran, J. & Sweeney, O. 2011. Deadwood in European Forests, International Symposium on Dynamics and Ecological Services of Deadwood in Forest Ecosystems, Rouyn-Norandam, Canada. |
| Fuller, L., Irwin, S., Deady. R., Kelly, T.C. and O'Halloran, J. 2011. Can roads be used to enhance forest biodiversity? BES Annual Symposium, 2011 & Environ 2011. PDF |
| Deady, R., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C., Chandler, P.J. and O'Halloran, J. 2011. What Diptera diversity does thinning debris and clearfell debris support in Irish plantations? ENVIRON 2011, University College Cork. Poster Presentation. PDF |
| Moore, K., Coote, L., Mitchell, F.J.G. & Kelly, D.L. 2010. Factors influencing the ground-flora diversity of successive rotations of non-native conifer plantations. British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, 9th September 2010, Leeds, UK. PDF |
| Coote, L., French, L.J., Moore, K., Mitchell, F.J.G. & Kelly, D.L. 2010. Can plantation forests support species and vegetation communities typical of semi-natural woodlands? British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, 9th September 2010, Leeds, UK. PDF |
| Oxbrough, A., French, V., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C. & O’Halloran, J. 2010. Spiders, beetles and moths in exotic plantations and native woodlands: indicators of forest biodiversity at stand and landscape scales. XXII IUFRO World Congress "Forests for the Future: Sustaining Society and The Environment", 23-28 August 2010, Seoul, Korea. PDF |
| O’Sullivan, B., Keady, S., Keane, E., Irwin, S. & O’Halloran, J. 2010. Datamining for biodiversity prediction in forests. 6th Conference on Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems - PAIS 2010 (a sub conference of 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence - ECAI 2010),16-20 August 2010, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF |
| Martin, R., Oxbrough, A., Irwin, S. & O'Halloran, J. 2010. Canopy invertebrate biodiversity in various Irish forest types. 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) - 'Conservation for a Changing Planet', Edmondon, Canada. PDF |
| Keady, S., O'Sullivan, B., Irwin, S. & O’Halloran, J. 2010. LASERBIO: The Applicability of Terrestrial Laser Scanning in |
Irwin, S., Kelly, D., Kelly, T., McCarthy, N., Mitchell, F., Coote, L., Oxbrough, A., Wilson, M., Martin, R., French, V., Fox, H., Sweeney, O., Moore, K. & O’Halloran, J. 2010. PLANFORBIO: Planning and management tools for biodiversity in a range of Irish Forests. EPA National Research Conference, 23 June 2010, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin. Poster Presentation. |
| Wilson, M. W., Cullen, C., O’Donoghue, B.G., Oliver, G., O’Mahony, B., Ryan, B., Troake, P., Irwin, S., Kelly, T. C. and O’Halloran, J. 2009. Habitat, nest site selection and breeding success of Hen Harriers in Ireland. Raptor Research Foundation Annual Conference 2009, Pitlochry, Scotland. PDF. |
| O’Donoghue, B.G., O’Donoghue, T.A., Kelly, T.C. and O’Halloran, J. 2009. Over-wintering Hen harriers (Circus cyaneus) in Ireland. Poster Presentation. Raptor Research Foundation Annual Conference 2009, Pitlochry, Scotland. PDF. |
| Martin, R., Oxbrough, A., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C. and O’ Halloran, J. 2009. Assessing the biodiversity of canopy arthropods in a range of forest types throughout Ireland. 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology: Conservation biology and beyond: from science to practice, Prague. PDF |
| Sweeney., O.F.McD., Wilson, M.W., Kelly, T.C., Irwin, S. and O’Halloran, J. 2009. What differences exist between the bird communities of first and second rotation plantation forests?. 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology: Conservation biology and beyond: from science to practice, Prague. PDF. |
Sweeney., O.F.McD., Wilson, M.W., Kelly, T.C., Irwin, S. and O’Halloran, J. 2009. Bird density and species richness in native and plantation woodlands in Ireland: what differences exist and why?. In: Keller, V. and O’Halloran, J. (eds) 7th Conference of the European Ornithologists' Union Abstracts, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, 152pp. PDF. |
| Wilson, M. W., O’Mahony, B., Dell’Omo, G., Irwin, S., Kelly, T. C. and O’Halloran, J. 2009. GPS tracking of Hen Harriers (Circus cyaneus) using a novel system combining VHF and GPS. In : Keller, V. and O’Halloran, J. (eds) 7th Conference of the European Ornithologists' Union Abstracts, Swiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, 152pp. |
| Oxbrough, A. 2009. Biodiversity indicators of ground-dwelling spiders in Irish plantation forsts and native woodlands. ERI Research Open Day, UCC, May 2009. PDF |
| French, V., Oxbrough, A., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C. & O'Halloran, J. 2009. Moth diversity in native woodlands and plantation forests. ENVIRON '09. PDF |
| O'Donoghue. B.G., O'Donoghue, T.A., O'Halloran, J., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C., Oliver, G., O'Mahony, B. 2009. Hen Harrier breeding ecology in Ireland. ENVIRON '09. |
| Wilson, M. & Oxbrough, A. 2008. Forest biodiversity research in Ireland. Workshop presented to the Forest Service of Northern Ireland, December 2008. |
| O’Donoghue, B.G., O’Donoghue, T.A., Kelly, T.C. and O’Halloran, J. 2008. Non-breeding ecology of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus in Ireland. Current Ornithological Research in Ireland: 5th Ornithological Research Conference, University College Cork, November 2008. PDF. |
| Sweeney, O., Wilson, M., Kelly, T.C., Irwin, S. and O’Halloran, J. 2008. Bird diversity and abundance in different stages of the forest cycle in first and second rotation plantation forests. Current Ornithological Research in Ireland: 5th Ornithological Research Conference, University College Cork, November 2008. PDF. |
| Wilson, M.W., Irwin, S., Norriss, D., Newton, S.F., Collins, K., Kelly, T.C. and O’Halloran, J. 2008. Habitat selection around nest sites by Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus in Ireland. Current Ornithological Research in Ireland: 5th Ornithological Research Conference, University College Cork, November 2008. PDF. |
| Oxbrough, A., Kelly, T., Irwin, S. & O'Halloran, J. 2008. Biodiversity indicators of ground-dwelling spiders in Irish plantation forests and native woodlands. Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes (IUFRO) conference, Thompson Rivers University, Canada. PDF |
| Coote, L., Kelly, D.L., Kelly, T.C., Mitchell, F.J.G., Irwin, S., Oxbrough, A., Wilson, M., Martin, R., French, V., Fox, H., Sweeney, O., Moore, K., Neville, P., Keane, M. & O'Halloran, J. 2008. FORESTBIO. IPSAM '08. PDF |
| O'Halloran, J., Kelly, D.K., Kelly, T., Mitchell, F., Giller, P.S., Iremonger, S. & Irwin, S. 2008. Forests and Biodiversity (BIOFOREST and PLANFORBIO). Environmental Research Conference '08. PDF |
| O'Halloran, J. 2008. Biodiversity of birds in Irish woodlands. Seminar Series Hillary Term, TCD. |
| Sweeney, O., Wilson, M., Irwin, S., Kelly, T.C. & O'Halloran, J. 2008. Bird diversity of Irish Woodlands. PEF '08. PDF |
| Martin, R., Kelly, T.C., Oxbrough, A., Wilson, M., Irwin, S. & O'Halloran, J. 2008. Assessing the biodiversity of canopy arthropods in a range of forest types. PEF '08. PDF |
| Fox, H. & Kelly, D. 2008. Epiphyte diversity in native and plantation forests. ENVIRON '08. PDF |
| Moore, K., Coote, L., Fox, H., Vezeau, C., Mitchell, F. & Kelly, D.K. 2008. Ground flora diversity of Sitka spruce reforestation plantations in comparison with afforestation plantations in Ireland. ENVIRON '08, PEF '08 & IPSAM '08. |
| Sweeney, O., Kelly, T., Wilson, M., Irwin, S. & O'Halloran, J. 2007. What affects bird diversity in native and plantaton woodlands? IEEM '07, FTF Annual Workshop '07 & ENVIRON '08. Poster presentation. PDF |
| Martin, R., Kelly, T., Oxbrough, A., Wilson, M., Irwin, S. & O'Halloran, J. 2007. Assessing the biodiversity of canopy arthropods in a range of forest types. FTF Annual Workshop '07 & ENVIRON '08. Poster presentation. PDF |
Theses
| Sweeney, O.F.McD. 2010. Bird assemblages of native woodlands and non-native plantations in Ireland. PhD Thesis, University College Cork. |
| Chauvigne, C. 2008. The ground-dwelling invertebrate communities of native Oak woodlands (Quercus sp.), pure plantation forest (Norway spruce (Picea abeis)) and mixed plantation forests (Norway spruce and oak). MSc Thesis, Ecole Sperieure d'Agriculture d'Angers. |
| Daly, O.H. 2008. An investigation of the ground flora diversity of mixed forests. MSc Thesis, Trinity College Dublin |
| Moore, K. 2007. Ground flora biodiversity of Sitka spruce reforestation plantations in comparison with afforestation plantations in Ireland. MSc Thesis, Trinity College Dublin |
| Vezeau, C. 2007. Investigating the light regime over the forest development stages in second rotation Sitka spruce plantations in Ireland. Project from UREKA site Integrating Ecology and Evolution in a Changing World, Trinity College Dublin. |
