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School of Biology & Environmental Science - Research Publications 2006/07

Below is the list of research publications for the School of Biology & Environmental Science in the academic year 2006/07

Books

Book Chapters

Books Edited

Peer Reviewed Journals

Other Journals

Conference Publications

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Books

Dr John Feehan
Feehan, J. (2007) County Offaly The State of the World 2007. Offaly, Ireland: Offaly County Council.
Dr Mary Forrest
Forrest, M. (2006) Landscape Trees and Shrubs selection, use and management. Wallingford Oxford: CABI.

Professor Mike Cooke
Cooke, B.M. (2006) 'Disease assessment and yield loss' In: B.M. Cooke, D. Gareth Jones & B. Kaye (eds). The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases - second edition (Paper Back). The Netherlands: Springer.
Dr Gareth Dyke
Chiappe, L.M. and Dyke, G.J. (2007) 'The beginnings of birds: recent discoveries, ongoing arguments and new directions' In: J. Anderson and H.-D. Sues (eds). Major Evolutionary Transitions. Indiana: Indiana University Press.
Dr Wieland Fricke
Fricke, W., Chaumont, F. (2007) 'Solute and Water Relations of Growing Plant Cells' In: Verbelen, J.-P., Vissenberg, K (eds). The Expanding Cell - Plant Cell Monographs Vol 5. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
Dr Pat Gibbons
Loane, G., Austin, L. and Gibbons, P. (2007) 'Protecting Societies in Transition' In: Kevin M. Cahill (eds). The Pulse of Humanitarian Assistance. New York: Fordham.
Dr Tamara Hochstrasser
Hochstrasser, T., Walsh, S. Schulte, R. P. O., Holden N. M. (2007) 'Workshop summary: feedback from the hands-on session' In: Holden N. M., Hochstrasser, T., Schulte, R. P. O., Walsh, S (eds). Making science work on the farm – a workshop on decision support systems for Irish agriculture. Dublin: AGMET.
Dr Paul McCabe
Diamond, M. and P.F McCabe (2007). 'The mitochondrion and plantprogrammed cell death.' In: D.C. Logan (Ed.). Annual Plant Reviews; Plant Mitochondria, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 308-329
Professor Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Barrett, F., Somers, M. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2007) 'PractiSFM - an Operational Multi-resource Inventory Protocol for Sustainable Forest Management' In: Reynolds, K., Thomson, A., Shannon, M., Kohl, M., Ray, D. and Rennolls, K (eds). Sustainable Forestry in Theory and Practice. United Kingdom: CABI.
Dr Emma C Teeling
Springer, M.S., Murphy, W.J., Eizirik, E. Madsen, O., Scally, M., Douady, C.J., Teeling, E.C., Stanhope, M.J., de Jong, W.W. and O’Brien, J. (2007) 'A molecular classification for the living orders of placental mammals and the phylogenetic placement of Primates' In: Mattew J Ravosa, Marian Dagosto (eds). Primate Origins and Adaptations and Evolution. New York: Springer.
Dr Pádraig Wims
Lawler, M. and Wims, P. (2006) 'An Evaluation of ICT Projects in Educational Institutions in Kenya' In: Fiona Dwyer (eds). E-Book of the Development Education Conference, Linking the Global to the Local: Education for Development in a Globalising World. Dublin: Centre for International Studies, DCU.

Professor Mike Cooke
Cooke, B.M., Jones, D.G. and Kaye, B (Ed.). (2006) The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases - second edition (Paper Back). The Netherlands: Springer.
Dr Gareth Dyke
Dyke, G.J. and Walker, C.A (Ed.). (2006) Papers in avian palaeontology and systematics in memory of Colin J.O. Harrison (1926-2003). London: Taylor and Francis.

Dr Annette Anderson
Anderson, A., Broad, G., Baur, H. (2006) 'New Irish records of Ichneumonidae, Braconidae and Pteromalidae collected from agricultural grasslands'. Irish Naturalists Journal, 28 (6):246-248.
Dr Julio Arroyo
Arroyo, J., de la Riva-Caballero, A., Iturrondobeitia, J.C., Bermúdez de Castro, J.M. and Carbonell, E. (2007) 'Primera aproximacion a la Paleontomologia de los yacimientos de la Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, España): la fauna subfósil de oribatidos (Acari, Oribatida)'. Graellsia, 63 (1):27-34.
Arroyo, J. and Iturrondobeitia, J.C. (2006) 'Abnormalities in some species of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Burgos (NM Spain)'. Revista Iberica de Aracnologia, 14 :173-175.
Arroyo, J.C. and Iturrondobeitia, J.C. (2006) 'Differences in the diversity of oribatid mite communities in forests and agrosystems lands'. European Journal of Soil Biology, 42 :259-269.
Dr Jan-Robert Baars
Baars, J-R., Hill, M.P., Heystek, F., Neser, S. and Urban, A.J. (2007) 'Life history and impact studies of the petiole-galling weevil Coelocephalapion camarae Kissinger, a promising candidate agent for the biological control of Lantana camara'. Biological Control, 40 (2):187-195.
Murray, D.A. and Baars, J-R. (2006) 'Parapsectra uliginosa Reiss, 1969 (Diptera, Chironomidae) new to Ireland and association of exuviae of Procladius Pe1 (sensu Langton) with P. simplicistilus Freeman, 1948'. Dipterists Digest, 13 :166-168.
Professor Thomas Bolger
Coll, M. and Bolger, T. (2007) 'Biodiversity and species composition of Carabidae in Irish coniferous forests: additional insight from the use of paired sites in comparisons with the fauna of open habitats'. Biology and Environment, 107 (1):1-11.
Sheehan, C., Kirwan, L., Connolly, J. and Bolger, T. (2007) 'The effects of earthworm functional group diversity on earthworm community structure'. Pedobiologia, 50 :479-487.
Stofer, S., Bergamini, A., Aragon, G., Carvalho, P., Coppins, B.J., Davey, S., Dietrich, M., Farkas, E., Kärkkäinen, K., Keller, C., Lökös, L., Lommi, S., Máguas, C., Mitchell, R., Pinho, P., Rico, V.J., Truscott, A-M., Wolseley, P.A., Watt, A. and C. Scheiddegger. (2006) 'Species richness of lichen functional groups in relation to land use intensity'. The Lichenologist, 38 (4):331-353.
Murray, D.A. and Murray, W.A. (2006) 'Notes on Six Chronomidae (Diptera, Insecta) New to Ireland from Co. Mayo'. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 30 :293-297.
Dr James Carolan
Carolan, J.C., Hook, I.L.I., Chase, M.W., Kadareit, J.W. and Hodkinson, T.R. (2006) 'Phylogenetics of Papaver and Related Genera Based on DNA Sequences from ITS Nuclear Ribosomal DNA and Plastid trnL Intron and trnL-F Intergenic Spacers'. Annals of Botany, 98 (1):141-155.
Dr Nicholas Clipson
Muckian, L., Grant, R, Doyle., E.,Clipson, N. (2007) 'Bacterial Community Structure in soils contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons'. Chemosphere, 68 (10):1535-1541.
Gleeson, D., McDermott, F. and Clipson, N. (2007) 'Understanding microbially active biogeochemical environments'. Advances in Applied Microbiology, 62 :81-104.
Grant, R.J., Muckian, L.M.,Clipson, N.J.W.,Doyle, E.M. (2007) 'Microbial community changes during the bioremediation of creosote-contam inated soil'. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 44 :293-300.
McEniry, J., O’Kiely, P., Clipson, N. J. W., Forristal, P. D. and Doyle, E. M. (2006) 'The microbiological and chemical composition of baled and precision-chop silages on a sample of farms in County Meath'. Irish Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 45 (10):73-83.
Dr Tasman Crowe
Rajasekharan, M. and Crowe, T. P. (2007) 'Intrinsic differences in dispersive behaviour between populations of gastropods separated by a few metres: evidence from reciprocal experimental transplantation'. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 341 :264-273.
Farrell, E. D. and Crowe, T. P. (2007) 'The use of byssus threads by Mytilus edulis as an active defence against Nucella lapillus'. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 87 :559-564.
Knights, A. M., Crowe, T. P. and Burnell, G. (2006) 'Mechanisms of larval transport: vertical distribution varies with tidal phase and state'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 326 :167-174.
Dr Fiona Doohan
Zielak, A.E., Forde, N., Park, S.D.E., Doohan, F., Coussens, P.M., Smith, G.W., Ireland, J.J., Lonergan, P. and Evans, A.C.O. (2007) 'Identification of novel genes associated with dominant follicle development in cattle'. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 19 :967-975.
Ansari, K.I., Walter, S.W., Brennan, J.M., Lemmens, M., Kessans, S., McGahern, A., Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2007) 'Retrotransposon and gene activation in wheat in response to mycotoxigenic and non-mycotoxigenic-associated Fusarium stress'. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 114 :927-937.
Khan, M.R., Fischer, S., Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) 'Biological control of Fusarium Seedling Blight Disease of Wheat and Barley'. Phytopathology, 96 :386-394.
Dr Evelyn Doyle
Muckian, L.M., Grant, R.J., Doyle, E.M. and Clipson, N.J.W. (2007) 'Bacterial community structure in soils contaminated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons'. Chemosphere, 68 (8):1535-1541.
Hickey, A.M., Gordon, L., Dobson, A.D.W., Kelly, C.T. and Doyle, E.M. (2007) 'Effect of surfactants on bacterial degradation of phenanthrene and fluoranthene'. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 74 (4):851-856.
Mc Mahon A.M., Doyle, E.M., Brooks, S.J. and O’Connor, K. (2007) 'Purification and characterisation of tyrosinase and laccase from Pseudomonas putida F6'. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 40 :1435-1441.
Grant, R.J., Muckian, L.M., Clipson, N.J.W. and Doyle, E.M. (2007) 'Microbial community changes during the bioremediation of creosote contaminated soil'. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 44 (3):293-300.
McEniry, J., O’Kiely, P., Clipson, N.J.W., Forristal, P.D. and Doyle, E.M. (2006) 'The microbiological and chemical composition of baled and precision-chop silages on a sample of farms in County Meath'. Irish Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 45 :73-83.
Dr Gareth Dyke
Dyke, G.J., Nudds, R.L. and Benton, M.J. (2007) 'Birds across the K-P boundary'. Auk, 124 (4):334-341.
McGowan, A.J. and Dyke, G.J. (2007) 'A morphospace-based test for competitive exclusion among flying vertebrates: did birds, bats and pterosaurs get in each others space?'. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20 :1230-1236.
Dyke, G.J., Nudds, R.L. and Walker, C.A. (2007) 'The Pliocene Phoebastria (Diomedia) anglica: Lydekker’s English fossil Albatross'. Ibis, 149 :626-631.
Lindow, B.E.K. and Dyke, G.J. (2007) 'A small galliform bird from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation'. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 55 :59-63.
Kurochkin, E.N., Dyke, G.J., Saveliev, S.V., Perushov, E.N., and Popov, E.V (2007) 'A fossil brain from the Cretaceous of European Russia and avian sensory evolution'. Biology Letters, 3 :309-313.
Chiappe, L.M., Suzuki, S., Dyke, G.J., Watabe, M., Tsogtbaatar and Barsbold, R. (2007) 'A new enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert'. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 5 :193-208.
Nudds, R.L., Dyke, G.J., and Rayner, J.M.V. (2007) 'Avian brachial index and wing-kinematics: putting movement back into bones'. Journal of Zoology, 272 :218-226.
Chiappe, L.M. & Dyke, G.J. (2006) 'The Early Evolutionary History of Birds'. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea, :133-151.
Dyke, G.J., Malakhov, D.V. and Chiappe, L.M. (2006) 'The marine bird Asiahesperornis from the Cretaceous of northern Kazakhstan'. Cretaceous Research, 27 :947-953.
Gandola, R., Buffetaut, E., Monaghan, N. and Dyke, G.J. (2006) 'Salt glands in the fossil crocodile Metriorhynchus'. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (4):1009-1110.
Professor E P Farrell
Renou-Wilson, F. and Farrell, E.P. (2007) 'The use of foliage and soil information for managing the nutrition of Sitka and Norway spruce on cutaway peatlands'. Silva Fennica, 41 (3):409-424.
Wilson D., Tuittila, E.-S., Alm, J., Laine, J., Farrell, E. P. and Byrne, K. A. (2007) 'Carbon dioxide dynamics of a restored maritime peatland'. Ecoscience, 14 (1):71-80.
Renou, F., Scallan, U., Keane, M. and Farrell, E.P. (2007) 'Early performance of native birch (Betula spp.) planted on cutaway peatlands: species, size and stocktype effects'. European Journal of Forest Research, 126 (4):545-554.
Saiz, G., Green, C. , Black, K., Reidy, B., Lopez, S. and Farrell, E.P. (2006) 'Assessment of soil CO2 efflux and its components using a process-based model in a young temperate forest site'. Geoderma, 139 (1-2):79-89.
Saiz, G., Green, C. , Butterbach-Bahl, K., Kiese, K. R., Avitable, V. and Farrell, E.P. (2006) 'Seasonal and spatial variability of soil respiration in four Sitka spruce stands'. Plant and Soil, 287 :161-176.
Mr Hubert Fuller
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2007) 'Visible fungal growth on baled grass silage during the winter feeding season in Ireland and silage characteristics associated with the occurrence of fungi'. Animal Feed Science Technology .
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. and Fuller, H.T. (2007) 'Quantification and identification of fungal propagules in well-managed baled grass silage and in normal on-farm produced bales'. Animal Feed Science Technology, 132 (3-4):283-297.
O'Brien, M., Nielsen, K.F., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D., Fuller, H.T. and Frisvad, J.C. (2006) 'Mycotoxins and other secondary metabolites produced in vitro by Penicillium paneum Frisvad and Penicillium roqueforti Thom isolated from baled grass silage in Ireland'. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 54 :9268-9276.
Dr Pat Gibbons
Groot, M. C. and Gibbons, P. (2007) 'Diasporas as 'agents of development':transforming brain drain into brain gain? The Dutch example'. Development in Practice, Volume 17 (3):445-450.
Professor Jeremy Gray
Pichon, B., Estrada-Pena, A., Kahl, O. Mannelli, A., Gray, J. S. (2006) 'Detection of animal reservoirs of tick-borne zoonoses in Europe'. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 296 (S1):129-130.
Pichon, B., Kahl, O., Hammer, B. and Gray, J.S. (2006) 'Pathogens and host DNA in Ixodes ricinus nymphal ticks from a German forest'. Vector Borne Zoonotic Diseases, 6 :382-387.
Dr Alvin Jonathan Helden
Helden, A. (2007) 'Three species of Edwardsiana Zakhvatkin (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) new to Ireland'. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 143 :129-129.
Helden, A. (2007) 'Xanthodelphax straminea (Stål, 1858) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) new to Ireland'. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 143 .
Helden, A. (2007) 'Discovery of the second European species of Megophthalmus Curtis (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Megophthalminae) in Ireland'. Irish Naturalists' Journal, 28 .
Helden, A. (2006) 'Kybos populi (Edwards, 1908) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) an aspen feeding leafhopper new to Ireland'. Irish Naturalists' Journal, 28 :341-342.
Helden, A. (2006) 'Wagneripteryx (Aguriahana) germari (Zetterstedt), a species of typhlocybine leafhopper (Hem.) new to Ireland'. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 142 :184-184.
Helden, A. J., Sheridan, H. (2006) 'An Irish population of the little-known planthopper Paraliburnia clypealis (Hom., Delphacidae) in a very unexpected habitat'. Irish Naturalists Journal, 28 :232-239.
Mr Nizar Ibrahim
Ibrahim, N. (2007) 'Berlin shows how natural history can pull the crowds'. Nature, 448 (7156):864-864.
Mr Aidan M Keith
Keith, A. M., Van der Wal, R., Brooker, R. B., Osler, G. H. R., Chapman, S. J. & Burslem, D. F. R. P. (2006) 'Birch invasion of heather moorland increases nematode diversity and trophic complexity'. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 38 (12):3421-3430.
Osler, G. H. R., Cole, L. & Keith, A. M. (2006) 'Effects of birch invasion of heather moorland on mite community structure'. Pedobiologia, 50 (4):323-330.
Dr Mary Kelly-Quinn
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.) in the upper reaches of the River Liffey in Co. Wicklow'. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 9 :135-143.
Mr Mojibur Khan
Khan, M.R., Fischer, S., Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) 'Biological Control of Fusarium Seedling Blight Disease of Wheat and Barley'. Phytopathology, 96 (4):386-394.
Dr Geertrui Louwagie
Louwagie, G., Stevenson, C.M. & Langohr, R. (2006) 'The impact of moderate to marginal land suitability on prehistoric agricultural production and models of adaptive strategies for Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Chile)'. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 25 (3):290-317.
Dr Stefano Mariani
Musiani M., Leonard J.A., Dean Cluff H., Gates C.C., Mariani S., Paquet P.C., Vila C. and Wayne R.K. (2007) 'Differentiation of tundra and boreal coniferous forest wolves: genetics, coat color and foraging ecology'. Molecular Ecology, 16 :4149-4170.
Jovanovic B., Longmore C., O’Leary A. and Mariani S. (2007) 'Fish community structure and distribution in a macro-tidal inshore habitat in the Irish Sea'. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 75 :135-142.
Weetman, D., Ruggiero, A., Mariani, S., Shaw, P.W., Lawler, A.R. and Hauser, L. (2007) 'Hierarchical population genetic structure in the commercially exploited shrimp Crangon crangon identified by AFLP analysis'. Marine Biology, 151 (2):565-575.
Bekkevold, D., Clausen, L.A.W., Mariani, S., Andre, C., Christensen, T.B. and Mosegaard, H. (2007) 'Divergent origins of sympatric herring population components determined using genetic mixture analysis'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 337 :187-196.
Dr Paul McCabe
Burbridge, E., Diamond, M., Dix, P.J. and McCabe, P.F. (2007). Use of cell morphology to evaluate the effect of a peroxidase gene on cell death induction thresholds in tobacco. Plant Science, 172:853-860.
Dr Jenny McElwain
Kouwenberg, L.L.R., Hines, R., and McElwain, J.C. (2007) 'A new transfer technique to extract and process thin and fragmented cuticle using polyester overlays'. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 145 (3-4):243-248.
Barclay, R., McElwain, J.C., Dilcher, D. and Sageman, B. (2007) 'The Cuticle Database:Developing an interactive tool for taxonomic and paleoenvironmental study of the fossil cuticle record'. Courier Forschung Institut Senckenburg, 258 :35-59.
Kouwenberg, L.R., Kurschner, W.M. and McElwain, J.C. (2007) 'Stomatal frequency change over altitudinal gradients: Prospects for paleoaltimetry'. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 66 :215-241.
Punyasena, S.W., Eshel, G. and McElwain, J.C. (2007) 'The influence of climate on the spatial patterning of Neotropical plant families'. Journal of Biogeography .
Professor Christoph Muller
Rütting, T. and Müller, C (2007) '15N tracing models with a Monte Carlo optimization procedure provide new insights on gross N transformations in soils'. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39 :2351-2361.
Müller, C., Rütting, T., Kattge, J., Laughlin, R. J. and Stevens, R. J. (2007) 'Estimation of parameters in complex 15N tracing models via Monte Carlo sampling'. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39 :715-726.
Denef, K., Bubenheim, H., Lenhart, K., Vermeulen, J., van Cleemput, O., Boeckx, P. and Müller, C. (2007) 'Community shifts and carbon translocation within metabolically-active rhizosphere microorganisms in grasslands under elevated CO2'. Biogeosciences, 4 :769-779.
Huygens, D., Rütting, T., Boeckx, P., van Cleemput, O., Godoy, R.and Müller, C. (2007) 'Soil nitrogen conservation mechanisms in a pristine south Chilean Nothofagus ecosystem'. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39 :2448-2458.
Müller, C., Stevens, R. J. and Laughlin, R. J. (2006) 'Sources of nitrite in a permanent grassland soil'. European Journal of Soil Science, 57 :337-343.
Cookson, W.R., Müller, C., O'Brien, P.A., Murphy, D.V. and Grierson, P.F. (2006) 'Nitrogen dynamics in an Australian semi-arid grassland soil'. ECOLOGY, 87 :2047-2057.
Dr Aine Ni Dhubhain
Ni Dhubhain, A., Magner, D., and Nieuwenhuis, M (2006) 'Juvenile wood in irish grown Sitka spruce and the impact of rotation length'. Irish Forestry, 63 (1&2):26-36.
Kennedy, S., Ní Dhubháin, Á., Ferguson, J., Schmidt, O., Dyckmans, J., Osborne, B and Black, K. (2006) 'Potential use of leaf carbon isotope discrimination for the selection of shade tolerant species'. Forest Ecology and Management, 237 (1-3):394-403.
Kennedy, S., Black, K., O’Reilly, C., and Ní Dhubháin, Á. (2006) 'The impact of shade on morphology, growth and biomass allocation in Picea sitchensis, Larix x eurolepis and Thuja plicata'. New Forests, 33 :139-153.
Professor Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Ní Dhubháin, Á., Magner, D. and Nieuwenhuis, M (2007) 'Juvenile Wood in Irish Grown Sitka Spruce and the Impact of Rotation Length'. Irish Forestry, 63 (1&2):26-36.
Felton, D., Thompson, D. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2007) 'An Early Assessment of Irish Oak Provenance Trials and Their Implications for Improved Seed Production'. Irish Forestry, 63 (1&2):6-25.
Dooley, T., Layton, T. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2007) 'The Impact of Calibration on the Accuracy of Harvester Measurements of Total Harvest Volume and Assortment Volumes on Sitka Spruce Clearfell Sites'. Irish Forestry, 63 (1&2):96-107.
Tobin, B., Black, K., McGurdy, L. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2007) 'Estimates of Decay Rates of Components of Coarse Woody Debris in Thinned Sitka Spruce Forests'. Forestry, 80 (4):455-469.
Dr Kay Nolan
Nolan, C.M., McCarthy, K., Eivers, E., Jirtle, R.L., Byrnes, L. (2006) 'Mannose 6-phosphate receptors in an ancient vertebrate, zebrafish'. Development, Genes and Evolution, 216 (3):144-151.
Dr Conor O'Reilly
Kennedy, S., Black, K., O'Reilly, C. & Ní Dhubháin, A. (2007) 'The impact of shade on morphology, growth and biomass allocation in Picea sitchensis, Larix × eurolepis and Thuja plicata'. New Forests, 33 :139-153.
O'Reilly, C. and De Atrip, N. (2007) 'Seed moisture content during chilling and heat stress effects after chilling on the germination of common alder and downy birch seeds'. Silva Fennica, 41 :235-246.
De Atrip, N., O'Reilly, C. and Bannon, F. (2007) 'Target seed moisture content, chilling and priming pretreatments influence germination temperature response in Alnus glutinosa and Betula pubescens'. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 22 :273-279.
De Atrip, N. & O'Reilly, C. (2006) 'Effect of seed coverings and seed pretreatments on the germination response of Alnus glutinosa and Betula pubescens seeds'. European Journal of Forect Research, 36 :749-760.
De Atrip, N. & O'Reilly, C (2006) 'The response of prechilled alder and birch seeds to drying, freezing and storage'. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 36 :749-760.
Dr. Florence Renou-Wilson
Renou-Wilson, F. and Farrell, E.P. (2007) 'The use of foliar and soil information for optimising the nutrition of Sitka spruce and Norway spruce on cutaway peatlands'. Silva Fennica, 41 (3):409-424.
Renou, F., Keane, M., Scallan, U. and Farrell, E.P. (2007) 'Establishment of native birch on cutaway peatlands in Ireland: silvicultural practices'. European Journal Forest Research, 126 (4):545-554.
Renou, F., Egan, T. and Wilson, D. (2006) 'Tomorrow's landscape: studies in the after-uses of industrial cutaway peatlands in Ireland'. Suo, Mires and Peat, 57 (4):97-107.
Professor Mark S Rogers
Espinosa, J. C. Morales, M. Castilla, J. Rogers, M., and Torres, J. M. (2007) 'Progression of prion infectivity in asymptomatic cattle after oral bovine spongiform encephalopathy challenge'. Journal of General Virology, 88 (4):1379-1383.
Dr Olaf Schmidt
Curry, J.P. and Schmidt, O. (2007) 'The feeding ecology of earthworms - a review'. Pedobiologia, 50 (6):463-477.
Harrison, S.M., Zazzo, A., Bahar, B., Monahan, F.J., Moloney, A.P., Scrimgeour, C.M. and Schmidt, O. (2007) 'Using hooves for high-resolution isotopic reconstruction of bovine dietary history'. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectommetry, 21 (4):479-486.
Schmidt, O. (2006) 'Ökologische Forschung in Irland'. Nachrichten der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, 36 (1):13-13.
Curry, J.P. and Schmidt, O. (2006) 'Long-term establishment of earthworms in reclaimed cutover peat soils in Ireland'. SUO: Mires and Peat, 57 (3):65-70.
Kennedy, S., Ní Dhubháin, A., Ferguson, J., Schmidt, O., Dyckmans, J., Osborne, B. and Black, K. (2006) 'Potential use of leaf carbon isotope discrimination for the selection of shade tolerant species'. Forest Ecology and Management, 237 (1-3):394-403.
Dr Helen Sheridan
Helden, A.J., Sheridan, H (2006) 'An Irish population of the little-known planthopper Paraliburnia clypealis (Hom., Delphacidae) in a very unexpected habitat'. Irish Naturalists Journal, 28 (6):232-239.
Dr Emma C Teeling
Miller-Butterworth, C.M., Murphy, W.J., OBrien, S.J., Jacobs, D.S., Springer, M.S. and Teeling, E.C. (2007) 'A family matter: Conclusive resolution of the taxonomic position of the long-fingered bats, Miniopterus'. Mol Biol Evol, 24 :1553-1561.
Springer, M.S., Burk, A, Meredith, R., Eizirik, E., Teeling, E.C., O’Brien, S.J. and Murphy, W.J. (2007) 'The Adequacy of Morphology for Reconstructing the Early Phylogenetic History of Placental Mammals'. Systematic Biology, 56 (4):673-684.
Dr James White
White, J. (2006) 'Visual representations of Irish vegetation'. Biology and Environment, 106 (3):189-198.
Dr Tom Wilkinson
Wilkinson, T.L., Koga, R. and Fukatsu, T. (2007) 'Role of host nutrition in symbiont regulation: impact of dietary nitrogen on proliferation of obligate and facultative bacterial endosymbionts of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum'. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73 :1362-1366.
Dr Graham Wilson
Levieille, G., Rai, D., Cahill, E., Caffrey, E., Tennyson, E., and Wilson, G. (2006) 'Application of the Temporary Immersion System for the In Vitro Production of Bioactive Compounds In Harpagophytum (Devils Claw)'. Acta Horticulturae, 725 :597-603.
Dr Pádraig Wims
Wims, P. and Lawler, M. (2007) 'Investing in ICTs in Educational Institutions in Developing Countries: An Evaluation of their Impact in Kenya'. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 3 (1).
Dr Tou Cheu Xiong
Xiong, T.C., Coursol, S., Grat, S., Ranjeva, R. and Mazars, C. (2007) 'Sphingolipid metabolites selectively elicit increases in nuclear Ca2+ concentration in cell suspension cultures and in isolated nuclei of tobacco'. Cell Calcium .
Lannoo, N., Peumans, W.J., Van Pamel, E., Alvarez, R., Xiong, T.C., Hause, G., Mazars, C., Els, J.M., Van Damme, E.J.M. (2006) 'Localization and in vitro binding studies suggest that the cytoplasmic/nuclear tobacco lectin can interact in situ with high-mannose and complex N-glycans'. Febs Letters, 580 (27):6329-6337.
Xiong, T.C., Bourque, S., Lecourieux, D., Amelot, N., Grat, S., Brière, C., Mazars, C., Pugin, A. and Ranjeva, R. (2006) 'Ca2+ signaling in plant cell organelles delimited by a double membrane'. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1763 (11):1209-1215.

Other Journals

Dr John Feehan
Feehan, J. (2006) 'Making Stones Talk: Geology and Mining as Popular Culture' Extractive Industry Ireland, :93-95.
Feehan, J. (2006) 'A Fossil Forest from the Upper Carboniferous of South-West Clare. The Other Clare' Annual Journal of the Shannon Archaeological and Historical Society, 30 :25-30.
Mr Hubert Fuller
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. & Fuller, H.T. (2007) 'Four layers: the plastic needed to ensure your bales are wrapped up tighter than a breakfast roll' Today's Farm, 18 (3).
Professor Maarten Nieuwenhuis
Nieuwenhuis, M. (2007) 'NATFOREX – a National Data Base of Forest Experiments and Research' Irish Timber and Forestry, 16 (4):20-24.
Tobin, B. and Nieuwenhuis, M. 16(3): 31 - 32 (2007) 'Mitigation of GHG Emissions by Forests - the CARBiFOR Project' Irish Timber and Forestry, 16 (3):31-32.
Upton, V., Nieuwenhuis, M. and Ni Dhubhain, A. (2007) 'The Growth and Survival of Sessile Oak as an Understorey in a Mature Sitka Spruce Stand' Irish Timber and Forestry, 16 (2):38-41.
O’Shea, M., Ward, S., Nieuwenhuis, M. and Carlin, M (2007) 'The Impact of Price Matrix Changes on Value Maximisation during Cut-to-Length Harvesting in Ireland' Biosystems Engineering Research Review .
Nieuwenhuis, M., Malone, L., McHugh, F. and Layton, T. (2006) 'A Pre-harvest Timber Inventory and Valuation System' Irish Timber and Forestry, :26-27.
Tobin, B. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2006) 'When Is a Stump Really Dead?' Irish Timber and Forestry, :18-19.
McInerney, D. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2006) 'Monitoring Irish Forests from Space' Irish Timber and Forestry, :20-21.
Wills, J. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2006) 'Sitka Spruce Rooting Depth' Irish Timber and Forestry, :20-23.
Dooley, T and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2006) 'The Link Between Calibration and Accuracy of Harvester Measurements' Irish Timber and Forestry, 15 (5):20-23.
Dr Brian Tobin
Tobin, B. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2006) 'When Is a Stump Really Dead?' Irish Timber and Forestry, :18-19.

Dr Jan-Robert Baars
Feeley, H., Baars, J-R, Kelly-Quinn, M. (2007) Life history and ecology of Perla bipunctata (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in Ireland 17th Annual Environ Conference, Institute of Technology, Carlow, 165 - 165
Kugler, C., Baars, J-R. Baars, Kibichii, S., and Kelly-Quinn, M. (2007) Spatial variation in the hyporheic invertebrates inhabiting the freshwater-terrestrial ecotone 17th Annual Environ Conference, Institute of Technology, Carlow, 164 - 164
Callanan, M., Baars, J-R., Kelly-Quinn, M. (2007) Between season variability in the water quality status of headwater streams assessed using various matrics: is there a window period for assessment of headwaters? 17th Annual Environ Conference, Institute of Technology, Carlow, 41 - 41
Kibitchii, S., Baars, J-R., Kelly-Quinn, M. (2007) A preliminary analysis of the hyporheic invertebrates of the Delour River, Co. Laois 17th Annual Environ Conference, Institute of Technology, Carlow.
Matson, R., Baars, J-R., Callanan, M., and Kelly-Quinn, M. (2007) Using surrogate taxonomic groups to assess headwater streams: are macrophytes and benthic invertebrates concordant? 17th Annual Environ Conference, Institute of technology, Carlow, 15 - 15
Dr Nicholas Clipson
Sawulski, P., Clipson, N. and Doyle, E.M. (2007) Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in pristine soil Proceedings of the Society for General Microbiology, Irish Branch Symposium, Queens University Belfast, August 30th to 31st 2007.
Professor Mike Cooke
Bennett, C.M. & B.M. Cooke (2006) Fungal pathogen development in conventional and weedy winter wheat Cereal crop diversity: implications for production and products, La Besse, France, 130 - 134.
Dr Fiona Doohan
Walter, S., Ansari, K.I., Hu, X., Brennan, J.M., Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) BZIP and PAL: shedding light on wheat defense against mycotoxigenic Fusarium pathogens Plant Genetics Conference, Kiel, Germany, 111.
Arunchalam, C., Rocha, O., Brennan, J.M., Walter, S., McCabe, P. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) Deoxynivalenol (DON) inhibits heat-induced and HR-like programmed cell death in plants Ninth European Fusarium Seminar, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 92.
Brennan, J.M, Ansari, K.I., Walter, S., Erard, G.S, Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) Wheat response to deoxynivalenol Joint Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, Canadian Phytopathological Society and the Mycological Society of America, 96, S16.
Ransbotyn, V., Kildea, S., Khan, M.R., Fagan, J., Mullins, E. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) Potential of bacteria to control Septoria tritici Blotch disease of wheat . In: eds. Society of Irish Plant Pathologists Autumn Meeting.
Brennan, J.M., Walter, S., Ansari, K.I., Khan, M.R., Trognitz, B., Trognitz, F., Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) Functional genomics of wheat and barley response to Fusarium fungi and trichothecene mycotoxins European Fusarium Sem, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 92
Khan, M.R., Brennan, J.M., Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) Molecular mechanisms involved in the Pseudomonas sp. strain MKB 158-induced Fusarium resistance of barley seedlings Ninth European Fusarium Seminar, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 98
Walters, S., Ansari, K. I., Brennan, J. M., Erard, G., Trognitz, F. and Doohan, F. M. (2006) Fusarium diseases of small-grain cereals: dissecting plant-fungal and plant-mycotoxin interactions XIV Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, USA, 304
Dr Evelyn Doyle
Sawulski, P. and Doyle, E.M. (2007) Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in pristine soil Society for General Microbiology, Irish Branch Symposium, Queens University Belfast, 32 - 33
Nolan, L.C., Gibson, P., Doyle, E.M. and O’Connor, K.E. (2007) Biotransformation of halogenated benzenes by Pseudomonas mendocina KR1 Proceedings of the Society for General Microbiology, Irish Branch Symposium, Queens University Belfast, 28 - 28
Lillis, L., Clipson, N. and Doyle, E.M. (2007) Genomic analyis of bacterial communities and their differential expression in 2,4-DCP contaminated soil Society for General Microbiology, Irish Branch Symposium, Queens University Belfast, 6 - 7
Reynolds, J.A., Clipson, N. and Doyle, E.M. (2007) Bacterial community dynamics during the biodegradation of tetradecane Society for General Microbiology, Irish Branch Symposium, Queens University Belfast, 33 - 34
Dr Owen Doyle
Barry, J., Grogan, H., Grant, J. and Doyle, O. (2007) Comparative assessment of additives to spent mushroom substrate to improve efficiency as a casing material for use in the production of Agaricus bisporus Agricultural Research Forum, March 2007, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
Mr Hubert Fuller
O'Brien, M., Nielsen, K.F., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D., Fuller, H.T. and Frisvad, J.C. (2007) Mycotoxins and other secondary metabolites produced by Penicillium species from baled grass silage in Ireland. In: M. Diskin eds. Agricultural Research Forum, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, 102
O'Brien, M., Nielsen, K.F., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D., Fuller, H.T. and Frisvad, J.C. (2007) Toxin-producing fungi in baled grass silage in Ireland . In: G. Jones eds. Irish Fungal Meeting, NUI Maynooth, 44
O'Brien, M., O'Kiely, P., Forristal, P.D. & Fuller, H.T. (2007) Fungal contamination of baled grass silage in Ireland . In: G. Jones eds. Irish Fungal Meeting, NUI Maynooth, 11
O'Gorman, C., Fuller, H.T. and Dyer, P. (2007) Mating-type distribution in Aspergillus fumigatus: evidence for sexual potential . In: G. Jones eds. Irish Fungal Meeting, NUI Maynooth, 7
O'Gorman, C.and Fuller, H.T. (2006) A one-year study of airborne viable filamentous fungal spores in Dublin, Ireland . In: Dr Simon Avery eds. British Mycological Society Symposium on Stress in Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi, Birmingham, UK, 73 - 73
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 eds. IXth International Fungal Biology Conference & 16th New Phytologist Symposium: Impact of genomics on fungal biology 2006, Nancy, France.
Dr Alan Hunter
Phelan,S., Hunter,A. and Douglas,G. (2007) Micropropagation and growth regulation of Erysimum linifolium 'variegatum' Fifth International Conference - Propagation of Ornamental Plants, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Butler,T. and Hunter.A. (2007) Effect of Biostimulant Application under Reduced Nutrient Inputs in the Grow-In Year of a Golf Green on Soil Microbial Activity and Plant Health 2nd International ISHS Conference on Turfgrass Science and Management for Sport Fields.
Butler, T. and Hunter, A. (2007) Impact of Biologicals on Agrostis Stolonifera var. Penn A4 Performance under Reduced Fertilisation 2nd International ISHS Conference on Turfgrass Science and Management for Sport Fields Beijing.
Butler, T., Frank, K.W. and Hunter, A. (2007) Creeping Bentgrass Response to Phosphate and phosphate application Irish Plant Scientists’ Association Meeting.
Butler, T. and Hunter, A. (2007) Seaweed Extract Influence on Turfgrass Growth, Nutrition and Stress Tolerance under Foliar Fertilisation 17th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium.
Butler, T. and Hunter, A. (2007) Impact of Biological Applications on Turfgrass Health, Soil Microbial Activity and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization on a Sand-Based Rootzone 16th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium.
Butler, T. and Hunter, A. (2007) Bentgrass Response to Biostimulant and Microbial Inoculant Application on a USGA Specification Rootzone under Reduced Nutrient Input 17th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium.
Butler, T., Frank, K.W. and Hunter, A. (2006) Agrostis Stolonifera Response to Biostimulant and MicrobialInoculant Application ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual meeting, Indianapolis, USA.
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. 12 - 16 November, Indianapolis, USA.
Mr Aidan M Keith
Keith, A. M., Griffin, C. H. & Schmidt, O. (2007) CréBeo: Diversity, distribution and indicator value of nematodes in Irish Soils 1st International Symposium on Nematodes as Environmental Bioindicators. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
Keith, A. M., Van der Wal, R., Brooker, R. B., Osler, G. H. R., Chapman, S. J., Burslem, D. F. R. P. & Elston, D. A. (2006) Increasing litter diversity reduces variability in a decomposer system British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, University of Oxford, UK.
Mr Mojibur Khan
Khan, M.R., Brennan, J., Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) Molecular mechanisms involved in the Pseudomonas sp. strain MKB 158-induced Fusarium resistance of barley seedlings European Fusarium Seminar 19-22 September 2006, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Brennan, J.M., Walter, S., Ansari, K.I., Khan, M.R., Trognitz, B., Trognitz, F., Egan, D. and Doohan, F.M. (2006) Functional genomics of wheat and barley in response to Fusarium fungi and trichothecene mycotoxins European Fusarium Seminar 19-22 September 2006, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Dr James Kinsella
O’Brien, B., Gleeson, D., Ruane, D., Kinsella, J. and O’Donovan, K. (2007) Profile labour demand, resources and contribution on Irish dairy farms The 16th International Farm Management Association Congress, University College Cork, Ireland.
Dr Paul McCabe
McCabe, P., Balk, J. and Leaver C.J. (2007) Mitochondrial regulation of plant programmed cell death International Congress on Plant Mitochondrial Biology.
Doyle, S. and McCabe, P. (2007) An chloroplasts regulate plant programmed cell death Society for Experimental Biology.
McCabe, P (2007) An in vitro model system to study PCD regulation in plants Society for Experimental Biology.
Doyle, S.M. and McCabe, P.F. (2007) (2007) Can chloroplast-produced reactive oxygen species regulate plant programmed cell death Reactive Oxygen Species in Plants.
Ms Lily Mulhall
Phelan, J. & Mulhall, E. (2006) Blended Learning and Rural Development 7th Annual Irish Technology Users Conference, Sligo, Ireland.
Dr Carl Khee-Yew Ng
Hann, C., Xiong, T.C. and Ng, C.K.Y. (2007) Sub-cellular localisation of the Arabidopsis sphingosine kinase and sphingosine transfer protein 4th International Charleston Ceramide Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA, 83
Xiong, T.C. and Ng, C.K.Y. (2007) Molecular dissection of the sphingolipid-signalling system in stomatal guard cells of the model plant species, Arabidopsis thaliana 4th International Charleston Ceramide Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA, 75
Xiong, T.C. and Ng, C.K.Y. (2007) The sphingolipid-signalling system in stomatal guard cells 18th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, 215
Hann, C., Xiong, T.C. and Ng, C.K.Y. (2007) Sub-cellular localisation of the Arabidopsis sphingosine kinase and sphingosine transfer protein 18th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Beijing, China, 200
Pata, M., Wu, B., Hannun, Y.A. and Ng, C.K.Y. (2007) Cloning and characterization of a ceramidase from rice (Oryza sativa Cv. Nipponbare) 4th International Charleston Ceramide Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA, 86
Professor Maarten Nieuwenhuis
McInerney, D. and Nieuwenhuis, M. (2007) Non-Parametric Classification Techniques for Irish Forest Monitoring First Oasis Workshop - Achievements and Expectations, French Space Agency, Toulouse, France.
Professor Jim Phelan
McNamara, J. et al., (2007) Evaluation of Strategies to achieve Compliance with Legal Risk Assessment Document by Farmers in Ireland IFMA 16- Agrarian Vs Rural: Economies and Settlements, Cork, 186 - 194
Phelan, J. et al., (2007) A Farm Safety model for Irish Farms . In: Navarro, M eds. AIAEE 23rd Annual Conference: Internationalising with Cultural Leadership, Polson, Montana, 292 - 303
Dr. Florence Renou-Wilson
Renou-Wilson, F. (2007) The future of Irish peatlands: a delicate exercise in balancing scientific knowledge and management options Society of Ecological Restoration, San Jose, California.
Renou, F. (2006) Bogland project: a research programme to develop a protocol for the sustainable management of peatlands in Ireland . In: Farrell, C eds. Peatland utilisation and research in Ireland, 52 - 55
Dr Olaf Schmidt
Schmidt O. (2006) Stable isotope techniques in soil animal ecology 11th Nordic Soil Zoology Symposium and PhD Course, Akureyri, Iceland. Rit LbhÍ - AUI Publication no. 9, Agricultural University of Iceland, Akureyri, Agricultural University of Iceland, Akureyri, 8 - 12
Moloney, A.P., Bahar, B., Schmidt, O., Monahan, F.J., O'Kiely, P. & Scrimgeour, C. (2006) Differentiation of beef according to the pre-slaughter diet of cattle using stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen 52nd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology: Harnessing and Exploiting Global Opportunities. 52nd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology: Harnessing and Exploiting Global Opportunities. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen (ISBN 978 90 8686 010 4), Dublin, 665 - 666
Monahan, F.J., Schmidt, O., Moloney, A.P., Dunne, P.G., Scrimgeour, C.M. & Begley, I.S. (2006) Temporal change in the carbon stable isotope ratios of beef following a change in ration composition 52nd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology: Harnessing and Exploiting Global Opportunities. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen (ISBN 978 90 8686 010 4), Dublin, 667 - 668
Dr Tom Wilkinson
Bermingham, J., Charles, H., Calevro, F. and Wilkinson, T.L. (2007) Comparative analysis of gene expression in an aphid-Buchnera symbiosis: the role of Buchnera in the nutrition of aphid embryos Annual Main Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow, UK, S222 - S222