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School of Biology & Environmental Science - Research Publications 2005/06
Below is the list of research publications for the School of Biology & Environmental Science in the academic year 2005/06
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O'Connor, D. Renting, H., Gorman, M. and Kinsella, J. (eds.). (2006) Driving Rural Development: Policy and Practice in Seven EU Countries. Assen, The Netherlands : Van Gorcum.
Savary S., and Cooke, B.M. (eds.). (2006) Plant disease epidemiology: facing challenges of the 21st century. The Netherlands : Springer.
Fitt, B.D.L., Evans N., Howlett, B.J. and B.M. Cooke (eds.). (2006) Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker). The Netherlands : Springer.
Cooke, B.M., Evans D.G. and Kaye, B. (eds.). (2006) The epidemiology of Plant Diseases - second edition. The Netherlands : Springer.
Gibbons, P. and Piquard, B. (eds.). (2006) Working in Conflict - Working on Conflict: Humanitarian dilemmas and challenges. Bilbao : University of Deusto.
Phelan, J., Bogue, P. and Mulhall, E. (eds.). (2005) Rural Living: An Analysis of 1240 Households in the Republic of Ireland. Dublin : NUI.
O'Connor, D., M. Gorman, Wilson, S. and Kinsella, J. (2006) At Home with the Cork Declaration: Rural Development in Ireland (Chapter 6) in Driving Rural Development: Policy and Practice in Seven EU Countries, O'Connor, D., Renting, H., Gorman, M. and Kinsella, J ed(s)., Van Gorcum : Assen, Netherlands.
Tobin, B., Black, K., Nieuwenhuis, M. and Gardiner, J. (2006) Biomass Expansion Factors and Forest Biomass C Stores in Carbon Sequestration and Irish Forest Ecosystems, Black K. and Farrell, E ed(s)., COFORD : Dublin, Ireland.
Gibbons, P. and Piquard, B. (2006) Humanitarianism: Meaning, Actors and Scope in Working in Conflict- Working on Conflict: Hunamitarianism dilemmas and challenges, Gibbons, P. & Piquard, B ed(s)., University of Deusto : Bilbao.
Murray, D.A. (2006) Limnophyes platystylus n.sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from Ireland in Contributions to the systematics and ecology of aquatic insects - A tribute to Ole. A. Sæther, Andersen, T ed(s)., The Caddis Press
McAinsh M.R. and Ng C.K.Y. (2006) Measurement of cytosolic-free Ca2+ in plant tissue. (Chapter 19) in Calcium Signalling Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology Series), Lambert, D.G ed(s)., Humana Press : New Jersey.
Reidy, B., Dyckmans, J., Schmidt, O. & Bolger, T. (2006) Soil stocks and soil processes in Carbon Sequestration and Irish Forest Ecosystems (ISBN 1 902696 48 4), Black K.G.& Farrell, E.P ed(s)., COFORD : Dublin.
Geitmann, A. and Steer, M. (2006) The architecture and properties of the pollen tube cell wall in The Pollen Tube: a Cellular and Molecular Perspective, Malho, R ed(s)., Springer-Verlag : Berlin & Heidelberg.
Kinsella, J., Renting, H., Gorman. M., Knickel, K. and Roep, D. (2006) The Driving Forces of Rural Development: A Comparative Analysis (Chapter 9) in Driving Rural Development: Policy and Practice in Seven EU Countries, O'Connor, D., Renting, H., Gorman, M. and Kinsella, J ed(s)., Van Gorcum : Assen, Netherlands.
O'Connor, D., Renting, H., Gorman, M. and Kinsella, J. (2006) The Evolution of Rural Development in Europe and the Role of EU Policy (Chapter 1) in Driving Rural Development: Policy and Practice in Seven EU Countries, O'Connor, D., Renting, H., Gorman, M. and Kinsella, J ed(s)., Van Gorcum : Assen, Netherlands.
Ní Dhubháin, A., Chobanova, R., Karppinen, H., Mizaraite, D., Ritter, E., Slee, B. and Wall, S. (2006) The values and objectives of private forest owners and their influence on forestry behaviour: the implications for entrepreneurship in Issues Affecting Enterprise Development in the Forest Sector in Europe. Research Notes 169, Niskanen, A ed(s)., Faculty of Forestry, University of Joensuu : Finland.
Phelan, J. and Mulhall, E. (2005) E-learning, A Real Alternative to the Classroom? in Rural Living: An Analysis of 1240 Households in the Republic of Ireland, Phelan, J., Bogue, P. & Mulhall, L ed(s)., National University of Ireland : Dublin.
Renou, F. and Farrell, E.P. (2005) Reclaiming peatlands for forestry: the Irish Experience in Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, Stanturf & Madesen ed(s)., CRC Press : Boca Raton.
Hughes, S., Hayden, T.J., Douady, C.J., Tougard, C., Germonpre, M., Stuart, A., Lbova, L., Carden, R.C., Hanni,C. and Say, L. (2006) Molecular phylogeny of the extinct giant deer, Megaloceros giganteus in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40, 285-291.
Quigley, D.T.G., Harvey, M.J., Hayden, T.J., Dowling, C. and O'Keane, M. P. (2006) A comparative study of smoltification in sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): seawater tolerance and thyroid hormone titres in Biology and Environment 106: 35-46, 106, 35-46.
Brennan, A., Fortune, T. and Bolger, T. . (2006) A comparison of the Collembola abundances and assemblage structures in conventionally tilled and ECOtilled plots in Pedobiologia, 50,-135-145.
Wilson, D., Alm, J., Riutta, T., Laine, J., Byrne, K. A., Farrell, E. P. and Tuittila, E.-S. (2006) A high resolution green area index for modelling the seasonal dynamics of CO2 exchange in vascular plant peatland communities in Plant Ecology, DOI 10.1007/s, 11258-006-9189-1
Bandyopadhyay, S., Ni, J., Ruggiero, A., Walshe, K., Rogers, M.S., Naibedya Chattopadhyay, N.,Marcie A. Glicksman, M.A. and Rogers J.T. (2006) A High-Throughput Drug Screen Targeted to the 5'Untranslated Region of Alzheimer Amyloid Precursor Protein mRNA in Journal of Biomolecular Screening, 11, (1) 469-480.
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2006) A note on sampling baled silage for fungal propagules in Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, 15, (2) 305-311.
Green, C., Tobin, B., O'Shea, M., Farrell, E.P. and Byrne, K.A. (2006) Above- and belowground biomass measurements in an unthinned stand of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong) Carr.) in European Journal of Forest Research, DOI > 10.1007/s, 10342-005-0093-3
Tobin, B., Black, K., Osborne, B., Reidy, B., Bolger, T. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2006) Assessment of Allometric Algorithms for Estimating Leaf Biomass, Leaf Area Index and Litter Fall in Different Aged Sitka Spruce Forests in Forestry, 79, (4) 453-465.
Ruzzante D.E., Mariani S., Bekkevold D., Andre C., Mosegaard H., Clausen L.A.W., Dahlgren T.G., Hutchinson W.F., Hatfield E.M.C., Torstensen E., Brigham J., Simmonds E.J., Laikre L., Larsson L., Stet R.J.M., Ryman N., Carvalho G.R. (2006) Biocomplexity in a highly migratory marine pelagic fish, Atlantic herring in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 273, 1459-1464.
Bothwell J.H.B., Brownlee C., Hetherington A.M., Ng C.K.Y., Wheeler G. and McAinsh M.R. (2006) Biolistic delivery of Ca2+ dyes into plant and algal cells in The Plant Journal, 46, 327-335.
Tobin, B. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2006) Biomass Expansion Factors for Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) in Ireland in European Journal of Forest Research, Online: 10.1007/s10342-005-0105-3,
Lindow, B.E and Dyke, G.J. (2006) Bird evolution in the Eocene: climate change in Europe and a Danish fossil fauna in Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 81, 1-16.
Merceron G., Zazzo A., Geraads D., Kovatchev D and Spassov N. (2006) Bovid paleoecology and paleoenvironments from the Late Miocene of Bulgaria: evidence from dental microwear and stable isotopes in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 241, 637-654.
Murphy S.K., Nolan C.M., Huang Z., Kucera K.S., Freking B.A., Smith T.P., Leymaster K.A., Weidman J.R., Jirtle R.L. (2006) Callipyge mutation affects gene expression in cis: a potential role for chromatin structure in Genome Research, 16, (3) 340-346.
Baldini, J.U.L., Baldini, L.M. McDermott, F. and Clipson, N. (2006) Carbon dioxide sources, sinks, and spatial variability in shallow temperate zone caves: evidence from Ballynamintra Cave, Ireland in Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 68, 4-11.
Sousa, J.P. Bolger, T., da Gama, M. M., Lukkari, T, Ponge, J.-F., Simón, C., Traser, G., Vanbergen, A.J., Brennan, A., Dubs, F., Ivits, E., Keating, A., Stofer, S. and Watt, A. D. (2006) Changes in Collembola richness and diversity along a gradient of land-use intensity: a pan European study in Pedobiologia, 50,-147-156.
Gleeson, D.B., Kennedy, N.M., Clipson, N., Melville, K., Gadd, G.M. and McDermott, F.P. . (2006) Characterization of bacterial community structure on a weathered pegmatitic granite in Microbial Ecology, 51, 526-534.
Nic an Ultaigh, S and Ryan, M. F. (2006) Classes and crossreactivity of proteinases in the excretory-secretory products of Caenorhabditis elegans. in Journal of Helminthology, 80, 1-8.
Brennan J.A., G. Leonard, B. Fagan, B.M. Cooke, F.M. Doohan. (2006) Comparison of commercial European wheat cultivars to Fusarium infection of head and seedling tissue in Plant Pathology
Murray, D.A. (2006) Conchapelopia hittmairorum, Michels & Spies, 2002 (Diptera: Chironomidae, Tanypodinae0 new to the Irish faunal checklist in Bulletin of the Irish biogeographical Society, 30, 1-4.
Rota, E. and Schmidt, O. (2006) Dichogaster bolaui (Oligochaeta: Octochaetidae), an unusual invader in a swimming pool in Ireland in Journal of Natural History, 40, (3-4) 161-167.
Arroyo J. and Iturrondobeitia J.C. (2006) Differences in the diversity of oribatid mite communities in forests and agrosystems lands in European Journal of Soil Biology, (in press) accepted 26 January 2006, available on line 6 March 206,
O'Connor, N. E., Crowe, T. P., McGrath, D. (2006) Effects of epibiotic algae on the survival, growth and recruitment of the mussel, Mytilus edulis in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 328, 265-276.
Bracken, F. and Bolger, T. (2006) Effects of set-aside management on birds breeding in lowland Ireland in Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 117,-178-184.
Mitchell, D.T. and Gibson B.R. (2006) Ericoid mycorrhizal association: ability to adapt to a broad range of habitats in Mycologist, 20, 2-9.
Jones, G. and Teeling, E.C. (2006) Evolution of Echolocation in Bats in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21, 149-156.
Johnson W.E., Eizirik E., Pecon-Slattery J., Murphy W.J., Antunes, A., Teeling, E. C., O'Brien, S.J. (2006) Explosive Late Miocene Radiation of the Felidae Family in Science, 311, 73-77.
Zhang, F., Zhou, Z. and Dyke, G.J. (2006) Feathers and 'feather-like' integumentary structures in Liaoning birds and dinosaurs in Geological Journal, 41, 395-404.
Dyke, G.J., Nudds, R.L. and Rayner, J.M.V. (2006) Flight of Sharovipteryx: the world's first delta-winged glider in Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, (4) 1040-1043.
Murray, D.A. and Baars, J.R. (2006) Four Chironomidae (Diptera, Insecta) from upland lakes new to Ireland in Bulletin of the Irish biogeographical Society, 30, 299-303.
Gray, J.S. (2006) Identity of the causal agents of human babesiosis in Europe in International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 296, (suppl 40) 131-136.
Baker, G.H.,Brown, G., Butt, K., Curry, J.P., and Scullion, J. (2006) Introduced earthworms in agricultural and reclaimed land: their ecology and influences on soil properties, plant production and other soil biota in Biological Invasions, 8, 1301-1316.
Black, K., Bolger, T., Davis, Nieuwenhuis, M., P., Reidy, B., Saiz, G., Tobin, B. and Osborne, B. (2006) Inventory and Eddy Covariance Based Estimates of Annual Carbon Sequestration in a Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) Forest Ecosystems in European Journal of Forest Research, Online: 10.1007/s10342-005-0092-4,
Jennings, D.J., Gammell, M.P., Carlin, C.M, and Hayden T.J. (2006) Is difference in body weight, antler length, age or dominance rank related to the number of fights between fallow deer (Dama dama)? in Ethology, 112, 258-269.
Zazzo, A., Smith, G.R., Patterson, W.P., and Dufour, E. (2006) Life history reconstruction of modern and fossil sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) by oxygen isotopic analysis of otoliths, vertebrae, and teeth: Implication for paleoenvironmental reconstructions in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249, 200-215.
Mariani, S. (2006) Life-history- and ecosystem-driven variation in composition and residence pattern of seabream species (Perciformes: Sparidae) in two Mediterranean coastal lagoons in Marine Pollution Bulletin, 53, 120-127.
Dyke, G.J., Nudds, R.L. and Rayner, J.M.V. (2006) Limb disparity and wing shape in pterosaurs. 19(4): 1339-1342 in Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, (4) 1339-1342.
Nolan, C.M., McCarthy, K., Eivers, E., Jirtle, R.L., Byrnes, L. (2006) Mannose 6-phosphate receptors in an ancient vertebrate, zebrafish in Development, Genes and Evolution, 216, (3) 144-151.
Walker, C.A. and Dyke, G.J. (2006) New records of Miocene fossil birds of prey from western Kenya in Historical Biology, 18, (3) 91-94.
Leonard, L., Dyke, G.J. and Walker, C.A. (2006) New specimens of a fossil ostrich from the Miocene of Kenya in Journal of African Earth Sciences, 45, 399-344.
Murray, D.A. and Murray, W.A. (2006) Notes on six Chironomidae (Diptera, Insecta) new to Ireland from Co Mayo in Bulletin of the Irish biogeographical Society, 30, 294-298.
Dufour, E., Holmden, C., Van Neer, W., Zazzo, A., Patterson, W.P., Degryse, P., Keppens, E. (2006) Oxygen and strontium isotopes as provenance indicators of fish at archaeological sites : the case study of Sagalassos, SW Turkey in Journal of Archaeological Science, . Accepted for publication 20/10/2006,
Tuhoy, J.M., Jalli, M., Cooke, B.M. and O'Sullivan, E. (2006) Pathogenic variation in populations of Drechslera teres f.sp. Teres and D. teres f.sp. Maculata and differences in host cultivar responses in European Journal of Plant Pathology, 116, (3) 177-185.
Stout, J.C., Parnell, J. A.N., Arroyo, J., Crowe, T.P. (2006) Pollination ecology and seed production of Rhododendron ponticum in native and exotic habitats in Biodiversity and Conservation, 15, 755-777.
Xu, X.M., Parry, D.W., Nicholson, P., Thomsett, M.A., Simpson, D., Edwards, S.G., Cooke, B.M., Doohan, F.M., Brennan, J.M., Moretti, A., Tocco, G., Mule, G., Hornok, L., Giczey, G., Tatnell, J. and Ritieni, A. (2006) Relationship of the fungal complex causing Fusarium ear blight in wheat with environmental conditions in European Journal of Plant Pathology
Green, C., Avitabile, V., Farrell, E.P. and Byrne, K.A. (2006) Reporting carbon stocks in harvested wood products: Implications for Ireland in Biomass and Bioenergy, 30, (2) 105-114.
Kennedy, N., Brodie, E., Connolly, J. and Clipson, N. (2006) Seasonal influences on fungal community structure in unimproved and improved upland grassland soils in Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 52, 689-694.
Gibson, B.R. and Mitchell, D.T. (2006) Sensitivity of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhizal Calluna vulgaris to copper mine spoil from Avoca, County Wicklow in Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 106B, 9-18.
Peijnenburg, K.T.C.A., Fauvelot, C., Breeuwer, J.A.J. and S.B.J. Menken. (2006) Spatial and temporal genetic structure of the planktonic Sagitta setosa (Chaetognatha) in European seas as revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA in Molecular Ecology, 15, 3319-3338.
Saiz, G., Byrne, K.A., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Kiese, R., Blujdea, V, and Farrell, E.P. (2006) Stand age-related effects on soil respiration in a first rotation Sitka spruce chronosequence in central Ireland in Global Change Biology, 12, (6) 1007-1020.
Gleeson,D., McDermott, F. and Clipson, N. (2006) Structural diversity of bacterial communities in a heavy-metal mineralised granite outcrop in Environmental Microbiology , 8, 383-393.
Chiappe, L.M. and Dyke, G.J. (2006) The early evolutionary history of birds in Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea, 22, 133-151.
Nieuwenhuis, M. and Dooley, T. (2006) The Effect of Calibration on the Accuracy of Harvester Measurements. 17(2): 25-33 in International Journal of Forest Engineering, 17, (2) 25-33.
Cusson, M., Plante, J.F. and Genest, C. (2006) The effect of different sampling designs and methods on the estimation of secondary production: A simulation in Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 4, 38-48.
Sheehan, C., Kirwan, L., Connolly, J. and Bolger, T. (2006) The effects of earthworm functional group diversity on nitrogen dynamics in soils in Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 38,-2629-2636.
Xu, X.M., Parry, D.W., Nicholson, P., Thomsett, M.A., Simpson, D., Edwards, S.G., Cooke, B.M., Doohan, F.M., Monaghan, S., Moretti, A., Tocco, G., Mule, L., Hornok, L, Beki, E., Tatnell, J. and Ritieni, A. (2006) The effects of environmental conditions on Fusarium head blight and subsequent mycotoxin accumulation in Europe in Phytopathology
Zazzo, A., Balasse, M. and Patterson, W.P. (2006) The reconstruction of mammal individual history: refining high-resolution isotope record in bovine tooth dentine in Journal of Archaeological Science, 33, 1177-1187.
De Atrip, N. and O'Reilly, C. (2006) The response of prechilled alder and birch seeds to drying, freezing and storage in Canadian Journal Forest Research, 36, 749-760.
Fricke, W., Wei, W., Alexandersson, E., Miller, T., Kjellbom, P.O., Richardson, A., Wojciechowski, T., Schreiber, L., Akhiyarova, G., Veselov, D., Kudoyarova, G. and V. Volkov. (2006) The short-term growth response of salt of the developing barley leaf in Journal of Experimental Botany (57) 1079-1095.
Brooks, S.J., Doyle, E.M. and O' Connor, K. E. (2006) Tyrosol to hydroxytyrosol biotransformation by immobilised cell extracts of Pseudomonas putida F6 in Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 39, (2) 191-196.
Burbridge, E., Diamond, M, Dix, P.J., and McCabe, P.F. (2006) Use of cell morphology to evaluate the effect of a peroxidase gene on cell death induction thresholds in tobacco in Plant Science, 171, 139-146.
Volkov, V., Hachez, C., Moshelion, M., Draye, X., Chaumont, F. and Fricke, W. (2006) Water permeability differs between growing and non-growing barley leaf tissues in Joural of Experimental Botany, in press,
Matsumura, S. and Hayden, T.J. (2006) When should signals of submission be given? - A game theory model in Journal of Theoretical Biology, 240, 425-433.
Lo, N., Beninati, T., Sassera, D., Bouman, E. A. P., Santagati, S., Gern, L., Sambri, V., Masuzawa, T., Gray, J. S., Jaenson, T. G. T., Bouattour, A., Kenny, M. J., Guner, E. S., Kharitonenkov, I. G., Bitam, and I. Bandi, C. (2006) Widespread distribution and high prevalence of an alpha-proteobacterial symbiont in the tick Ixodes ricinus in Environmental Microbiology, 8, (7) 1280-1287.
Xu, X.M., Parry, D.W., Nicholson, P., Thomsett, M.A., Simpson, D., Edwards, S.G.Cooke, B.M., Doohan, F.M., Monaghan, S., Moretti, A., Tocco, G., Mule, G., Hornok, L., Beki, E., Tatnell, J. and Ritieni, R. (2006) Within-field variability of Fusarium ear blight and its associated mycotoxins in European Journal of Plant Pathology
Tierney, D. and Kelly-Quinn, M. (2005) Simulium tuberosum Lundstrom, 1911 (Diptera: Simuliidae) - a blackfly species new to Ireland, with a note on its identification in Entomologist's Gazette, 56, 51-52.
Bradley, C.M., McGuinness, C., Baars, J.-R., Tierney, D., Trodd, W. and Kelly-Quinn, M. (2005) Species level indicators of reference conditions in Irish rivers in Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol, 29, (2) 453-456.
Nieuwenhuis, M. and Tiernan, D. (2005) The Impact of the Introduction of Sustainable Forest Management Objectives on the Optimisation of PC-Based Forest-Level Harvest Schedules. 7(4): 689 - 701 in Forest Policy and Economics, 7, (4) 689-701.
Nieuwenhuis, M., Schram, P and Pommerering, A. (2005) (Abstract). Terminology of Forest Management; a Cooperation of Experts to Produce a Multilingual Series of Parallel Publications in The International Forest Review, 7, (5) 344-345.
Browne, R.A. and Cooke, B.M. (2005) A comparative assessment of potential components of partial disease resistance to Fusarium ear blight using a detached leaf assay of wheat, barley and oats in European Journal of Plant Pathology, 112, (3) 247-258.
Leonard, L., Dyke, G.J. and van Tuinen, M. (2005) A new specimen of the fossil Palaeognath Lithornis from the earliest Palaeogene of Denmark in American Museum Novitates, 3491, 1-11.
Trodd, W., Kelly-Quinn, M., Sweeney, P. and Quirke, B. (2005) A review of the status and distribution of the free-living freshwater Oligochaeta of Ireland Biology and the Environment in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 105B, 1-6.
Dyckmans, J.M, Scrimgeour, C.M. and Schmidt, O. (2005) A simple and rapid method for labelling earthworms with 15N and 13C in Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 37, (5) 989-993.
Bahar, B., Monahan, F.J., Moloney, A.P., O'Kiely, P., Scrimgeour, C.M. and Schmidt, O. (2005) Alteration of the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of beef by substitution of grass silage with maize silage in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 19, (14) 1937-1942.
Jennings, D.J., Gammell, M.P., Payne, R.J.H., and Hayden T.J. (2005) An investigation of asessment games during fallow deer fights in Ethology, 111, 511-525.
Brennan, J.A., Leonard, G., Cooke, B.M. and Doohan, F.M. (2005) Analysis of head and leaf reaction towards Microdochium nivale in European Journal of Plant Pathology, 112, (1) 79-83.
Phelan, S., Hunter, A. and Douglas, G. (2005) Bacterial detection and micropropagation of ten Buddleia cultivars in Propagation of Ornamental Plants, 5, (3) 164-169.
O'Connor, N. E. and Crowe, T. P. (2005) Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: distinguishing between effects of the number and identity of species in Ecology, 86, (7) 1783-1796.
Clipson. N, Otte, M. and Landy, E. (2005) Biogeochemical roles of fungi in marine and estuarine habitats in Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology, 65, 321-344.
Heystek, F., and Baars, J-R. (2005) Biology and host range of Aconophora compressa, a candidate considered as a biocontrol agent of Lantana camara in Africa in BioControl, 50, (2) 359-373.
O'Reilly, C., Doody, C., Morrissey, N., Özbingöl, N. O'Leary, D. and Thompson, B. (2005) Birch seedlings can be grown to plantable size in one year using cloches in the nursery in Irish Forestry, 62, 35-43.
Pichon, B., Rogers, M., Egan, D. and Gray, J. (2005) Blood-meal analysis for the identification of reservoir hosts of tick-borne pathogens in Ireland in Vector Borne & Zoonotic Diseases, 5, (2) 172-180.
Gleeson, D.B., Clipson, N., Melville, K., Gadd, G.M. and McDermott, F.P. . (2005) Characterization of fungal community structure on a weathered pegmatitic granite in Microbial Ecology, 50, 360-368.
McGuinness, C. A., Bradley, C. and Kelly-Quinn, M. (2005) Composition of ephemeropteran communities along a pollution gradient in Irish rivers in Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol, 29, (2) 1095-1098.
Morrison, K., Dyke, G.J. and Chiappe, L.M. (2005) Cretaceous fossil birds from Hornby Island (British Columbia) in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42, 2097-2101.
Richardson A., Franke, R., Kerstiens, G., Jarvis, M., Schreiber, L., and W. Fricke. (2005) Cuticular wax deposition in barley leaves commences in relation to the point of emergence from sheaths of older leaves in Planta (222) 472-483.
Mc Mahon, A.M., Doyle, E.M. and O'Connor, K.E. (2005) Detection and quantification of 4-substituted phenols: a comparison of mushroom tyrosinase and cell extracts of Pseudomonas putida F6 in Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 36, 808-812.
Dodkins, I, Rippey, B., Harrington, T.J., Bradley, C., Ní Chathain, B., Kelly-Quinn, M., McGarrigle, M., Hodge, S., Trigg, D. (2005) Developing an optimal river typology for biological elements within the Water Framework Directive in Water Research, 39, (15) 3479-3486.
Gray, J.S., Stanek, G., Kundi M., and Kocianova, E. (2005) Dimensions of engorging Ixodes ricinus as a measure of feeding duration in International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 8, (8) 567-572.
Harrington, T. and Mitchell, D.T. (2005) Ectomycorrhizas associated with a relict population of Dryas octopetala in the Burren, western Ireland I. Distribution of ectomycorrhizas in relation to vegetation and soil characteristics in Mycorrhiza, 15, 425-433.
Harrington, T. and Mitchell, D.T. (2005) Ectomycorrhizas associated with a relict population of Dryas octopetala in the Burren, western Ireland II. Composition, structure and temporal variation in the ectomycorrhizal community in Mycorrhiza, 15, 435-445.
De Atrip, N. and O'Reilly, C. (2005) Effect of seed moisture content during prechilling on the germination response of alder and birch seeds in Seed Science & Technology, 33, 363-373.
Brennan, J.A., Egan, D., Cooke, B.M. and Doohan, F.M. (2005) Effect of temperature on head blight caused by Fusarium culmorum and F. graminearum in Plant Pathology, 54, 156-160.
Browne, R.A., Murphy, J.P., Cooke, B.M. ,Devaney, D., Walsh, E.J., Griffey, C.A., Hancock, J.A., Harrison, S.A., Hart, P., Kolb, F.L. , McKendry, A.L., Milus, E.A. , Sneller, C. and Sanford, D.A. (2005) Evaluation of components of Fusarium Head Blight resistance in soft red winter wheat germ plasm using a detached leaf assay in Plant Disease, 89, 404-411.
Bogue, P. and Phelan, J. (2005) Exploring the Quality of Life of Farm Families in Ireland: Implications for Extension in Journal of International Agriculture and Extension Education, 12, (2) 79-90.
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Bradley, C. and Kelly-Quinn, M. (2005) Intercalibration of RIVPAVS for the Irish Ecoregion, Scotland : Scottish, Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER).
Black, K. O'Sullivan, O., Farrell, E. P., Saiz, G., Byrne, K., Schmidt, O., Dyckmans, J., Tobin, B., Gardiner, J. J., Nieuwenhuis, M., Dolan, S., Reidy, B., Bolger, T. and Osborne, B. (2005) Irish Forests a dynamic carbon store, Dublin : COFORD.
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Kelly-Quinn, M., Bradley, C., Dodkins, I., Harrington, T.J., NiChathain, B., O'Connor, M., Rippey, B. and Trigg, D. (2005) Water Framework Directive - Characterisation of Reference Conditions and Testing of Typology of Rivers, Ireland : Environmental Protection Agency.
O'Gorman, C. and Fuller, H.T. (2006) A one-year study of airborne viable filamentous fungal spores in Dublin, Ireland. in: S. Avery ed(s). Symposium on Srtess in Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi, Birmingham, UK (4-7 September 2006)
Finnegan, A, Ruane, D. and Phelan, J. (2006) A Study of the Impact of Farmer Disability on Farm Households- Case Studies from the Republic of Ireland. Seventeenth European Seminar on Extension Education, Izmir, Turkey (30 August - 3 September 2005)
Bogue, P. and Phelan, J. (2006) Advisory Services in Transition: The Challenge of Change. Twenty Second Annual Conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Florida, USA (14-19 May 2006)
Butler, T., Frank, K.W. and Hunter, A. (2006) Agrostis stolonifera response to biostimulant and microbial inoculant application. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, USA (12 -16 November, 2006)
Butler, T. and Hunter, A. (2006) Agrostis stolonifera var. Penn A4 growth and development under reduced nutrition in Irish Climatic conditions. 27th nternational Horticultural ongress& Exhibition, Seoul, Korea (13-19 August 2006)
Gioria, M. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) Alterations in composition and size of the seed bank associated with three invasive species. Irish Plant Scientists Meeting, Galway (10-12 April 2006)
Lawler, M and P.Wims. (2006) An Evaluation of ICT Projects in Educational Institutions in Kenya. Linking the Global and the Local: Education for Development in a Globalising World; Development Cooperation Ireland Development Education Conference, 2006, Dublin City University, Ireland (23-24 March, 2006)
Clipson N.J.W. and E. M. Doyle. (2006) Analysis of bacterial community composition in chlorophenol contaminated soil. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Vienna, Austria (August 20-25 2006)
King-Salter, G.E., Culleton, N. and Mitchell, D.T. . (2006) Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation responds to seasonally and long-term phosphorus application in an Irish grazed grassland. 5th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, Granada, Spain (23-27 July 2006)
McEniry, J., O'Kiely, P., Clipson, N.J.W., Forristal, P.D. and Doyle, E.M. . (2006) Bacterial community changes during fermentation in round bales and precision-chop grass ensiled in laboratory silos. Irish Agricultural Research Forum,, Tullamore Co. Offaly (15-16th March 2006)
McEniry, J., O'Kiely, P., Clipson, N.J.W., Forristal, P.D. and Doyle, E.M. . (2006) Bacterial community changes in a silage fermentation. 158th Meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, Warwick, UK (3-6 April 2006)
Reynolds, J.A., Clipson, N.J.W. and Doyle, E.M. (2006) Bacterial community dynamics during the biodegradation of pristane. 158th Meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, Warwick, UK (3-6 April 2006)
Phelan, J. and Mulhall, E. (2006) Blended Learning and Rural Development. Second Annual Irish Technology Users Conference, Sligo, Ireland (25-26 May 2006)
McEniry, J., O'Kiely, P., Clipson, N.J.W., Forristal, P.D. and Doyle, E.M. . (2006) Changes in bacterial community structure in a grass silage fermentation. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Vienna, Austria (August 20-25 2006)
Gioria, M. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) Comparative assessment of the impact of Fallopia japonica and Gunnera tinctoria on the soil seed bank. 4th European Conference on Biological Invasions-Neobiota-from Ecology to Conservation, Vienna, Austria (27-29 September 2006)
Gioria, M. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) Comparative Assessment of the impact of three invasive species on the soil seed bank. International Symposium on Intractable Weeds and Plant Invaders, Ponta Delgado, Azores, Portugal (17-21 July 2006)
McKevitt, K., Black, K. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) Comparison of respiratory carbon fluxes from different land uses,. Irish Plant Scientists Meeting, Galway (10-12 April 2006)
McKevitt, K., Black, K. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) Comparisons of respiratory carbon fluxes from different land uses. 16th Irish Environmentalists Research Colloquium, Dublin (27-29 January 2006)
Osborne, B. A. (2006) Could low oxygen conditions have acted as the evolutionary driver behind the formation of plant-cyanobacterial symbioses. 5th International Symbiosis Society Congress, Vienna, Austria (4-10 August 2006)
Zazzo, A., Harrison, S., Bahar, B., Moloney, A.P., Monahan, F., Scrimgeour, C.M. and Schmidt, O. (2006) Daisy, what did you eat when we weren't looking?. 5th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland (13-18 August 2006)
Moloney, A.P., Bahar, B., Schmidt, O., Monahan, F.J., O'Kiely, P. and Scrimgeour, C. (2006) Differentiation of beef according to the pre-slaughter diet of cattle using stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen. in: D. Troy, R. Pearce, B. Byrne & J. Kerry ed(s). 52nd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology: Harnessing and Exploiting Global Opportunities, pp. 665-666 (ISBN 978 90 8686 010 4), Dublin (13-18 August 2006)
O'Gorman, C., Fuller, H.T. and Dyer, P. (2006) Distribution of mating-types in a population of environmental Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from Ireland. in: H. Slater ed(s). IXth International Fungal Biology Conference & 16th New Phytologist Symposium: Impact of genomics on fungal biology, Nancy, France (18-20 September 2006)
Lillis, L., Clipson, N.J.W. and Doyle, E.M. . (2006) Effect of 2,4-DCP on microbial communities in soil. 158th Meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, Warwick, UK (3-6 April 2006)
Muckian, L., Grant, R., Doyle, E.M. and Clipson, N.J.W. . (2006) Effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and bioremediation protocol on bacterial community composition in soil. 158th Meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, Warwick, UK (3-6 April 2006)
D.C. Rooney, N.M. Kennedy, D.G. Gleeson, N.J.W. Clipson. (2006) Effect of synthetic sheep urine on microbial community structure in upland acidic grasslands. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Vienna, Austria (August 20-25 2006)
Carden, R.F. and Hayden, T.J. (2006) Epiphyseal fusion in the postcranial skeleton as an indicator of age at death of European fallow deer (Dama dama dama, Linnaeus, 1758). in: Ruscillo, D ed(s). Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference: Recent advances in Ageing ans Sexing Animal Bones, Durham, UK (2002)
Saunders, M., Lanigan, G., Davis, P., Osborne, B. A., Williams, M., Burke, J., and Jones, M. (2006) Estimating the carbon sequestration potential of major Irish land use categories; net ecosystem productivity of arable and grassland ecosystems. Irish Plant Scientists Meeting, Galway (10-12 April 2006)
Browne, R.A., J.P. Murphy, B.M. Cooke, et al. (2006) Evaluation of Fusarium head blight resistance in US soft red winter wheat germplasm using a detached leaf assay. in: Lisa Munk, David B. Collinge & Dan Funck Jensen ed(s). 8th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology & British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential Meeting 2006, KVL, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark (13-17th August 2006)
Heavey, C., Hunter, A. and Maher, M. (2006) Evaluation of wavelength selective spectral films on nursery stock production in Ireland. 27th nternational Horticultural ongress& Exhibition, Seoul, Korea (13-19 August 2006)
Flechard, M., Ni Dhubhain, A., Carroll, M ., and Cohn, P. (2006) Forestry and the local community: a case study in the Arigna region. in: Wall. S ed(s). Small-scale forestry and rural development - the intersection of ecosystems, economics and society: Proceedings of IURFO 3.08 conference, Galway, Ireland (18-23 June 2006)
Phelan, J. and Mulhall, E. (2006) From Distance Learning to Blended Learning: The Development of E-Learning Approaches and Methodologies to Address the educational Needs of dispersed rural Groups and their Educators;; the Virtual Learning Centre in Academic Excellence in Rural Development. Twenty Second Annual Conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Florida, USA (14-19 May 2006)
Bennett, C.M. and Cooke, B.M. (2006) Fungal pathogen development in conventional and weedy winter wheat. in: H. Oostergaard & L. Fontaine ed(s). Cereal crop diversity: implications for productino and products, La Besse, France (13-14th June 2006)
Reeves, E. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) Gas exchange characteristics and non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence of two periodically-waterlogged Burren plant species. 16th Irish Environmentalists Research Colloquium, Dublin (27-29 January 2006)
Osborne, B. A. (2006) Gunnera Invasions: A climatic link?. International Symposium on Intractable Weeds and Plant Invaders, Ponta Delgado, Azores, Portugal (17-21 July 2006)
Harrison, S., Zazzo, A., Bahar, B., Moloney, A.P., Monahan, F., Scrimgeour, C.M. and Schmidt, O. (2006) Hooves: a new tissue for high-resolution reconstruction of bovine dietary histories. 5th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland (13-18 August 2006)
O'Gorman, K., McCabe, P.F. and Mitchell, D.T. (2006) Hymenoscyphus ericae, an ericoid mycorrhizal fungus, utilizes cleaved DNA rather than intact DNA as phosphorus sources at low concentrations. 5th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, Granada, Spain (23-27 July 2006)
Bjornstad, A., Skinnes, H., Semagn K. , Cooke, B.M. and Browne, R.A. (2006) Identification of FHB QTL coincident with components of partial Fusarium resistance detected using a detached leaf assay. in: Lisa Munk, David B. Collinge & Dan Funck Jensen ed(s). 9th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology & British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential Meeting 2006, KVL, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark (13-17th August 2007)
Butler, T. and Hunter, A. (2006) Impacts of biostimulants on turfgrass growth and nutrition. Irish Environmental research Colloquium, Dublin, Ireland (27-29 January 2006)
Matson, R., Ní Ainín, B. and Kelly-Quinn, M. (2006) In-stream distribution and interactions between native Gammarus duebeni celticus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) populations and the introduced species Gammarus pulex (L.), the upper reaches of the River Liffey in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. in: O'Connor, J.P., Hatden. T. & Murray, D ed(s). Flora and Fauna of the Atlantic Islands Symposium, Dublin (August 2004)
McElwain, J.C. and Wagner, P. (2006) Invited Talk. Rarity increases extinction risk at the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction boundary. 8th European Paleobotany Palynology Conference, Prague, Czeck Republic (6-11 September 2007)
McElwain, J.C. (2006) Invited Talk. Tracking long term carbon cycle dynamics, mass extinctions and catastrophes using fossil plant stomatal frequency. Biology of Transpiration, Snowbird, Utah, USA
Schmidt, O. (2006) Invited Talk: A national project on soil biodiversity. EPA Soils Workshop 2006: A showcase of recent progress in soils research and identification of future requirements and challenges for the EPA Soils Research Strategy 2007-2013, Tullamore (17 May 2006)
Miksche, D., Scrimgeour, C.M. and Schmidt, O. (2006) Isotopic analysis of trophic relations in Ground beetles (Carabidae). 5th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland (13-18 August 2006)
McElwain, J.C. (2006) Keynote address. Reconstructing ancient atmospheric composition - a review based on the last 20 years and the future for stomatal-based research. 7th European Paleobotany Palynology Conference, Prague, Czeck Republic (6-11 September 2006)
Black, K., Davis, P., Jones, M. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) Long term trends in solar radiation and their potential efects on gross primary productivity. 16th Irish Environmentalists Research Colloquium, Dublin (27-29 January 2006)
Osborne, B. A. (2006) Looking at sun-shade photosynthetic responses in a new light. European Plant Science Organisation Meeting: from molecules to ecosystems, Visegrad, Hungary (28 May-1 June 2006)
Butler, T., Frank, K.W. and Hunter, A. (2006) Metabolic enhancer impact on creeping bentgrass under foliar fertilization on a USGA specification golf green. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, USA (12 -16 November, 2006)
Phelan, S. Hunter, A. and Douglas, G. (2006) Micropropagation and growth regulation of Tulgabia violaceae L. 27th International Horticultural Congress & Exhibition, Seoul, Korea (13-19 August 2006)
Scallan, Ú Bardgett, R., Clipson, N., Connolly, J., Kennedy, N., Liliensiek, A.K. and Murphy, P. (2006) Modelling Ecological Succession using Long-term Microbial Chronosequences. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Vienna, Austria (August 20-25 2006)
Butler, T. and Hunter, A. (2006) Physiological and stress impact of microbial inoculants and biostimulants on turfgrass. 27th International Horticultural Congress & Exhibition, Seoul, Korea (13-19 August 2006)
Butler, T. and Hunter, A. (2006) Physiological and stress impact of Seaweed extract on turfgrass growth and nutrition on a golf green to USGA specification. 27th International Horticultural Congress & Exhibition, Seoul, Korea (13-19 August 2006)
Fabre, P., Hackett, R., Connolly, J. and Hochstrasser, T. (2006) Preliminary results from a spring barley (Hordeum sativum) cultivar mixture experiment. 16th Irish Environmental Researchers' Colloquium (Environ 2006), Dublin, Ireland (27-29 January 2006)
O'Gorman, C. and Fuller, H.T. (2006) Prevalence of culturable airborne fungal spores in the Dublin area. in: T. Wilkinson ed(s). 16th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Dublin, Ireland (27-29 January 2006)
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2006) Quantification and identification of fungal propagules in bales of grass silage produced using standard farm procedures. in: M. Diskin ed(s). 32nd Irish Grassland & Animal Production Association Meeting, Tullamore, Ireland (15-16 March 2006)
Kinsella J. . (2006) Realising Potentials for Small Scale Farm Households in Africa. in: P. Kirby ed(s). Development Cooperation Ireland Third Level Conference2006: Linking the Global and the Local, Dublin City University, Ireland (23-24 March 2006 2006)
Bahar, B., Monahan, F.J., Moloney, A.P., Schmidt, O., MacHugh, D.E. and Sweeney, T. (2006) Stability of gene transcripts in the post-mortem bovine skeletal muscle. 2nd International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics, Michigan State University, USA (16-19 May 2006)
McElwain, J.C., Popa, M.E., Hesselbo, S.P., Surlyk, F. (2006) Stability, collapse and recovery of terrestrial ecosystems in east Greenland across the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction boundary. Advances in Paleobotany, Gainsville, Florida, USA (12-15 March 2006)
McElwain, J.C., Popa, M.E., Hesselbo, S.P., Surlyk, F. (2006) Stability, collapse and recovery of terrestrial ecosystems in east Greenland across the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction boundary. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, USA (22-25 October 2006)
Hann, C. and Ng, C.K.Y. (2006) Sub-cellular localisation of the sphingosine transfer protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. Irish Plant Scientists' Association Meeting, Galway, Ireland (10-12 April 2006)
Monahan, F.J., Schmidt, O., Moloney, A.P., Dunne, P.G., Scrimgeour, C.M. and Begley, I.S. (2006) Temporal change in the carbon stable isotope ratios of beef following a change in ration composition. In: 52nd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology: Harnessing and Exploiting Global Opportunities, 13-18 August, Dublin (D Troy, R Pearce, B Byrne, J Kerry, Eds.), pp. 667-668. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen (ISBN 978 90 8686 010 4). in: D. Troy, R. Pearce, B. Byrne & J. Kerry ed(s). 52nd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology: Harnessing and Exploiting Global Opportunities, pp. 667-668 (ISBN 978 90 8686 010 4), Dublin (13-18 August 2006)
Moran, P., Ryan, S. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) The Burren-a semi-arid habitat?. 16th Irish Environmentalists Research Colloquium, Dublin (27-29 January 2006)
Meehan, J.M. and Hayden, T.J. (2006) The ecology of the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus, an introduced species, in Ireland. in: Hayden, T.J., Murray, D.A., O'Connor, J.P ed(s). Proceedings of the 5th International symposium on the fauna and flora of Atlantic Islands, Dublin, Ireland (24-27 August 2004)
Harte, T., Foran, J. and Hunter, A. (2006) The grassless all sand all weather training surface. 27th International Horticultural Congress & Exhibition, Seoul, Korea (13-19 August 2006)
Gioria, M. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) The impact of Gunnera tinctoria and Fallopia japonica on the soil seed bank. 16th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, UCD (27-29 January 2006)
O'Connor, E. (2006) The Irish birch improvement programme. Irish Plant Scientists' Association Meeting, Galway, Ireland (10-12 April 2006)
McEniry, J., O'Kiely, P., Clipson, N.J.W., Forristal, P.D. and Doyle, E.M. (2006) The microbiological and chemical composition of silage over the course of fermentation in round bales relative to that of comparable precision-chop silage in laboratory silos. Irish Agricultural Research Forum, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (15-16th March 2006)
Reeves, E. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) The role of photorespiration and thermal energy dissipation in the protection of the photosynthetic apparatus in waterlogged Teucrium scorodonia: amplified or hierarchical roles. Irish Plant Scientists Meeting, Galway (10-12 April 2006)
Gray, J.S. (2006) Tick Biology (Ixodes ricinus species complex). 12th Nordic-Baltic Conference on Tick-borne Zoonoses, Palanga, Lithuania (April 6th-7th)
Ryan, S., Moran, P. and Osborne, B. A. (2006) Use of photosynthetic responses to study the effects of water availability on Burren plant communities. 16th Irish Environmentalists Research Colloquium, Dublin (27-29 Januarty 2006)
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2006) Viable fungal propagules in big-bale silage. in: T. Wilkinson ed(s). 16th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, Dublin, Ireland (27-29 January 2006)
McEniry, J., O' Kiely, P., Clipson, N.J. Doyle, E.M. . (2005) Bacteria and yeast in round bale silage on a sample of farms in County Meath, Ireland. Proceedings of the XIVth International Silage Conference, Belfast, N. Ireland (3-6th July)
Cannon, M. Clipson, N. and Doyle, E. (2005) Biodegradation of sheep dip wastes as an environmentally safe method of disposal. First International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology,, New Orleans, USA (Jan 23 -26th)
Crowe, T. P. and O'Connor, N. E. (2005) Biodiversity and ecosystem function: distinguishing between effects of the number of species and their identities. in: Heip, C. H. R., Hummel, H., van Avesaath, P. H. and Warwick, R ed(s). Biodiversity of coastal marine ecosystems: functional aspects, Renesse, Netherlands (11-15 May 2003)
Browne, R.A. and Cooke, B.M. . (2005) Components of partial disease resistance in wheat, barley and oats to Fusrium head blight detected using a detached leaf assay. Irish Plant Scientists Association, University College Dublin, Ireland (31st March - 1st April 2005)
O' Connor, D. and Dunne, W. (2005) Conceptualisation of Multifunctionality in Ireland - Issues for Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation. European Society for Rural Sociology, Kezthely, Hungary (20-24 September 2005)
Ní Dhubháin, Á., Bolger, T., Keane, M., Freeman, N., Holzmann, M., Kennedy, S., O'Hare, D. . (2005) Continuous cover forestry in Ireland. in: Hendrick, E ed(s). Forest Research and Development in Ireland 2004 - Underpinning Industry Development, Tullamore, Co Offaly (20 - 21 September 2004)
Pichon, B.,Estrada-Pena, A., Kahl, O., Mannelli, A., Gray, J.S. (2005) Detection of animal reservoirs of tick-borne zoonoses in Europe. 10th International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis, Vienna, Austria (September 11-15th 2005)
Gray, J.S., Stanek, G., Kundi, M., Kocianova, E. (2005) Dimensions of engorging Ixodes ricinus for determination of feeding duration. 10th InternationalConference on Lyme Borreliosis, Vienna, Austria (September 11-15th 2005)
O'Gorman, C. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) Do estimates of airborne spore concentrations differ depending on the sampling volume used?. in: G. Robson ed(s). Symposium on the Exploitation of Fungi, Manchester, UK (5-8 September 2005)
Browne, R.A., Murphy, J.P. Cooke, B.M., Devaney, D. , Walsh, E.J., Griffey, C.A. , Hancock, J.A. , Harrison, S.A. , Hart, L.P., Kolb, F.L., McKendry, A.L., Milus, E.A., Sneller, C. and Van Sanford, D.A. (2005) Evaluation of Fusarium head blight resistance in US soft red winter wheat germplasm using a detached leaf assay. Irish Plant Scientists Association, University College Dublin, Ireland (30th March - 1st April 2005)
Wims, P. (2005) Factors Influencing Adoption and Use of ICTs among Irish Farm Families. in: Erdogan Oktay and Murat Boyaci ed(s). 17th European Seminar on Extension Education, Izmir, Turkiye (30 August - 3 September, 2005)
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) Fungal contamination of baled grass silage at feed-out on farms during November 2003 to March 2004. in: T. Gallagher ed(s). Irish Plant Scientists Association Meeting, Dublin, Ireland (30 March-1 April 2005)
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) Fungal propagules in clean bales of silage. in: T. Gallagher ed(s). Irish Plant Scientists Association Meeting, Dublin, Ireland (30 March-1 April 2005)
Osborne, B. A. and Gioria, M. (2005) Gunnera invasions: a global perspective. 8th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (5-12 September 2005)
Gray, J.S. (2005) Identity of the causal agents of human babesiosis in Europe. 10th InternationalConference on Lyme Borreliosis, Vienna, Austria (September 11-15th 2005)
Black. K., O'Sullivan. O., Farrell, E.P., Saiz, G., Byrne, K., Schmidt, O., Dyckmans, J., Tobin, B., Gardiner, J., Nieuwenhuis, M., Dolan, S., Reidy, B., Bolger, T. and Osborne, B. (2005) Irish forests - A dynamic carbon store. in: E Hendrick ed(s). Forest Research and Development in Ireland 2004 - Underpinning Industry Development. Proceedings of the COFORD conference, pp. 63-71 (ISBN 1 902696 46 8), Tullamore (20-21 September 2004)
Curry, J.P. and Schmidt, O. (2005) Keynote Lecture: The feeding ecology of earthworms. Through the Ped Darkly: Functional Ecology Belowground, A symposium honoring Dr. David C. Coleman, Distinguished Research Professor of Soil Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA (27-29 October 2005)
McEniry, J., O' Kiely, P., Clipson, N. J. W., Forristal, P. D. and Doyle, E. M. . (2005) Microbiological composition of grass silage: the effects of wilting, chopping, compaction, and anaerobiosis. Proceedings of the Irish Agricultural Research Forum, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (14-15th March)
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) National survey to establish the extent of visible mould on baled grass silage in Ireland and the identity of the predominant fungal species. in: R.S. Park & M.D. Stronge ed(s). 14th International Silage Conference (satellite to 20th International Grassland Conference), Belfast, Northern Ireland (3-6 July 2005)
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) Numbers of mould and yeast propagules in baled grass silage devoid of visible fungal growth. in: M. Diskin ed(s). 31st Irish Grassland & Animal Production Association Meeting, Tullamore, Ireland (14-15 March 2005)
Barrett, F., Nieuwenhuis, M. and Somers, M. (2005) PractiSFM - an Inventory and Decision Support System linking Forest Policy with the Sustainable Forest Management of Private Forests in Ireland. International Conference on Bridging the Gap - Policies and Science as Tools in Implementing Sustainable Forest Management, Alnarp, Sweden (17 - 21 October, 2005)
Barrett, F., Nieuwenhuis, M. and Somers, M. (2005) PractiSFM - an Operational Multi-resource Inventory Protocol for Sustainable Forest Management in Private Woodlands in Ireland. UFRO conference on Sustainable Forestry in Theory and Practice, Edinburgh (6 - 8 April, 2005)
O'Gorman, C. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) Profiles of outdoor airborne populations in Dublin: January to June 2005. in: D. Carroll ed(s). National Symposium of the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, Dublin, Ireland (3 November 2005)
Miksche, D. and Schmidt, O. (2005) Routing of dietary carbon (13C) and nitrogen (15N) into different tissues and egg production in a carabid beetle. Royal Entomology Society Annual National Meeting, University of Sussex, UK (12-14 September 2005)
O'Gorman, C. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) Sampling volume: does it affect total spore counts?. in: T. Gallagher ed(s). Irish Plant Scientists Association Meeting, Dublin, Ireland (30 March-1 April 2005)
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) Schizophyllum on baled grass silage in Ireland: national farm survey 2004. in: R.S. Park & M.D. Stronge ed(s). 14th International Silage Conference (satellite to 20th International Grassland Conference), Belfast, Northern Ireland (3-6 July 2005)
Barrett, F., Nieuwenhuis, M. and Somers, M. (2005) SFM in Practice - PractiSFM. IUFRO conference on Sustainable Forestry in Theory and Practice: recent advances in inventory and monitoring, statistics and modelling, information and knowledge management and policy science, Edinburgh (6 - 8 April, 2005)
Byrne, K.A., Saiz, G., Blujdea, V., Black, K., Osborne, B., O' Sullivan, O., Schmidt, O., Dyckmans, J., Tobin, B., Gardiner, J. J., Nieuwenhuis, M., Dolan, S., Reidy, B., Bolger, T. and Farrell, E.P. (2005) Soil Carbon - The Forgotten Pool. in: Hendrick, E ed(s). Forest Research and Development in Ireland 2004 - Underpinning Industry Development, Tullamore, Co Offaly (20 - 21 September 2004)
Gioria, M. and Osborne, B. A. (2005) Soil seed bank dynamics and the long-term impact of three invasive species. 8th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (5-12 September 2005)
Rothwell, A., Chaney, K., Haydock, P., Cole, J. and Schmidt, O. (2005) The effects of conventional and conservation tillage systems on earthworm populations. The BCPC International Congress - Crop Science & Technology 2005,. Congress Proceedings Volume 1, pp. 483-486 (ISBN 1 901396 65 7), Glasgow, UK (31 October - 2 November 2005)
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2005) The extent and identity of visible fungi on baled grass silage at feed-out on farms in the Midlands. in: M. Diskin ed(s). 31st Irish Grassland & Animal Production Association Meeting, Tullamore, Ireland (14-15 March 2005)
Browne, R.A. and Cooke, B.M. . Resistance to Fusarium spp. In a seed germination assay and investigations into its relationship with Fusarium head blight resistance. Irish Plant Scientists Association, University College Dublin, Ireland (32nd March - 1st April 2005)
