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• Forest Ecosystem Research Group Reports [2]

• Field boundary stone walls as exemplars of 'novel' ecosystems 

  Collier, Marcus (2012-06)

  In some parts of Europe, stone wall field boundaries pervade agricultural landscapes, yet despite their prominence there has been very little research into field boundary walls anywhere. However, these anthropogenic ...
• Monitoring of forest ecosystems in Ireland : FOREM 9 project : final report 

  Boyle, Gillian M. ; Farrell, E. P. (University College Dublin. Forest Ecosystem Research Group, 2004)

  Intensive monitoring has been carried out under EC Regulation 3528/86 (project number 8860 IR 001.0) at Ballyhooly, Co. Cork since 1988. In 1991, three new plots (Roundwood, Cloosh and Brackloon) were established (9060IR0030) ...
• Forest health and ecosystem monitoring in Ireland, 2009 : FutMon Project, further development and implementation of an EU-Level forest monitoring system, project number LIFE07 ENV/D/000218 

  Cummins, Thomas ; Harrington, Fiona ; Neville, Pat (UCD Soil Science, University College Dublin and Coillte Research & Environment, 2011-02)

  This work aims to protect forests in Europe from effects of air pollution, and climate change, and to provide a basis for sustainable management of forest for multiple commercial and societal values. Monitoring of forest ...
• Managing diversity in practical ambient assisted living ecosystems 

  O'Grady, Michael J. ; Walsh, Michael ; Tynan, Richard ; Gurrin, C. ; Dragone, Mauro ; O'Hare, G. M. P. (Greg M. P.) (2010-03)

  Though the motivation for developing ambient assisted living (AAL) systems is incontestable, significant challenges exist in realizing the ambience that is essential to the success of such systems. By definition, an AAL ...
• Vibrational Spectroscopy for Analysis of Water for Human Use and in Aquatic Ecosystems 

  Gowen, Aoife ; Tsenkova, R. ; Bruen, Michael ; O'Donnell, O'Donnell, C. P. (Colm P.) (Taylor & Francis, 2012-11-12)

  Maintaining a clean water supply is one of the key challenges facing humanity today. Pollution, over-use and climate change are just some of the factors putting increased pressure on our limited water resources. Contamination ...
• Effects of set-aside management on birds breeding in lowland Ireland 

  Bracken, Fintan ; Bolger, Thomas (Elsevier, 2006-11)

  Farmland birds have suffered a severe decline in recent years throughout Europe including Ireland. Agricultural intensification is believed to be the main cause and this has led to the introduction of agri-environmental ...
• Interactions between livestock systems and biodiversity in South-East Ireland 

  McMahon, Barry J. ; Helden, Alvin ; Anderson, Annette ; Sheridan, Helen ; Kinsella, Anne ; Purvis, Gordon (Elsevier, 2010-10-15)

  Botanical and arthropod surveys at field level, and bird counts within field boundaries were undertaken on the same random sample of 50 grass-based farms in SE Ireland. Additional data relating to farm system, farm-level ...
• Different bioindicators measured at different spatial scales vary in their response to agricultural intensity 

  McMahon, Barry J. ; Anderson, Annette ; Carnus, Tim ; Helden, Alvin ; Kelly-Quinn, Mary ; Maki, Amel ; Sheridan, Helen ; Purvis, Gordon (Elsevier, 2012-07)

  Ecologically, potential bioindicator taxa operate at different scales within agricultural ecosystems, and thereby provide a means to investigate the influence of changing management practice on biological diversity at ...
• Tracer spectrum : a visualisation method for distributed evolutionary computation 

  O'Neill, Michael ; Brabazon, Anthony ; Hemberg, Erik (Springer, 2011-09)

  We present a novel visualisation method for island-based evolutionary algorithms based on the concept of tracers as adopted in medicine and molecular biology to follow a biochemical process. For example, a radioisotope or ...