Environmental change
Assess and predict the impacts of environmental change on species and ecosystems and environmental sustainability
There is a clear need to improve our understanding of the consequences that natural and/or human driven environmental change will have upon the biogeography of fauna and flora and the structure and functioning of communities and ecosystems. Problems as a result of these perturbations are sometimes only detected when significant environmental impact has occurred that results in species losses or degradation of the benefits we derive from nature. We evaluate and forecast the impact of individual and multiple environmental pressures on single species as well as on entire ecosystems including the ecosystem services they provide for human beings.
View our projects:
- http://www.ecostructureproject.eu/
- http://www.worldharbourproject.org/workgroups/green-engineering/
- http://www.worldharbourproject.org/workgroups/water-and-sediment-quality/
- https://www.ucd.ie/marbee/malahide.html
- https://culturalvalueofcoastlines.com/
- Effect of oil and gas extraction on wildlife population dynamics and predator-prey interactions in North America (North Dakota, USA; Alberta, Canada)
- Effect of human recreational activities on wildlife ecology and behaviour
- http://www.montaneelk.com
- Forecasting the response to climate change in wildlife living in severe environments (e.g., Ibex in the Italian Alps, Giraffe in the Namib Desert)
- Resilience of ecosystem function
- Impacts of barriers on the hydromorphology, connectivity and ecology of Irish rivers
- Cattle exclusion from watercourses: Environmental and socio-economic implications
- Vulnerability assessment of peatlands: exploration of impacts and adaptation options in relation to climate change and extreme events
- CAISIE - Control of aquatic invasive species and restoration of natural communities in Ireland