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Postdoctoral Fellow:

Name: Caitriona Carlin

Contact Details:

Email: caitriona.carlinnuigalway.ie

Office Telephone: 00-353-(0)91-493863

Address: Applied Ecology Unit, Centre for Environmental Science, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Website: http://www.nuigalway.ie/applied_ecology_unit/

Profile:

I am a postdoctoral researcher with an interest in the practical application of nature conservation legislation and land use management. I worked as a species specialist in the statutory nature conservation sector in England (Natural England) for the last five years. While there I provided training and advice on ecology, biodiversity policy, legislation and mitigation. Externally, I have given lectures to 3^rd level students and led workshops for professional ecologists. In addition, I devised and taught third level modules on conservation and behaviour. I also train professional bat ecologists to be able to train others in England and Scotland. I took up my current role with the Applied Ecology Unit in December 2008.

Research Interests

Nature conservation, biodiversity, impacts of human activity on habitats and species, behavioural ecology, high nature value farming, sustainable development and mitigation practices, connectivity.

Research on Agri-environmental measures and biodiversity

Recently completed research reviewed the evidence for agri-environmental measures to create and enhance farmland habitats. This was undertaken as a joint project between NUI Galway (Caitríona Carlin and Mike Gormally from Applied Ecology Unit), and Teagasc (John Finn and Daire Ó'hUallacháin). Funding was provided under the National Development Plan, through the Research Stimulus Fund, administered by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The main outcomes of the project include two reports and a glossy booklet. Please click here for more information.

Education

PhD (Zoology) – Social organisation of female Fallow deer, Phoenix Park, Dublin - UCD 2003

BSc (Environmental Biology) - UCD 1995

Professional Associations:

· Member of Galway Bat Group

· Member of Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland

· Mammal Society Regional Organiser for Ireland

· Bat Conservation Trust Member

Current Activities:

Research

The main focus of my current research is on the effectiveness of agri-environment measures (REPS 4) to conserve biodiversity in Ireland.

Teaching

There is no teaching element to my current work though education has featured in all previous employment (see profile). [U1]

Publications:

Jennings, D.J., Carlin, C.M. & Gammell, M.P. ( 2009). A winner effect supports third-party intervention behaviour during fallow deer Dama dama fights. Animal Behaviour 77 343-348.

Jennings, D.J., Gammell, M.P., Carlin, C.M. & 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)? Ethology 112: 258-269.

Jennings, D.J., Gammell, M.P., Carlin, C.M. & Hayden, T.J. ( 2005). Win, lose or draw: a comparison of fight structure based on fight conclusion in the fallow deer. Behaviour 142: 423-439.

Jennings, D.J., Gammell, M.P., Carlin, C.M. & Hayden, T.J. ( 2004). Effect of body weight, antler length, resource value and experience on fight duration and intensity in fallow deer. Animal Behaviour 68: 231-221.

Gammell, M.P., de Vries, H., Jennings, D.J., Carlin, C.M. & Hayden, T.J. ( 2003). David’s score: a more appropriate dominance ranking method than Clutton-Brock et al.’s index. Animal Behaviour 66: 601-605.

Jennings, D.J., Gammell, M.P., Carlin, C.M. & Hayden, T.J. ( 2003). Is the parallel walk between competing male fallow deer ( Dama dama) a lateral display of individual quality? Animal Behaviour 65: 1005-1012.

Jennings, D.J., Gammell, M.P., Carlin, C.M. & Hayden, T.J. ( 2002). Does lateral presentation of the palmate antlers during fights by fallow deer ( Dama dama L.) signify dominance or submission? Ethology 108: 389-401.

Policy Guidance Papers

Natural England (2009) TN051 Bats and onshore windfarms. http://naturalengland.etraderstores.com/NaturalEnglandShop/Product.aspx?ProductID="eb67a4f0-cd69-452e-beae-be4a4e7b51d7

Conference Papers

Carlin, C; Gormally, M; O’hUallachain, D and Finn, J (2009). Using experts to judge the effectiveness of an agri-environment scheme. Third Annual ECI Research Open Day. Environmental Change Institute, NUI Galway.

James Aegerter, Ian Simms, Sarah Dale, Pavel Plonczkier, Colin Ormston, Caitriona Carlin, Tony Mitchell-Jones (2009) Monitoring bats with Radar: A joint feasibility study by CSL and Natural England. First International Symposium on Bat migration. Berlin

Carlin, C; Gormally, M; and Finn, J (2009). Bridging the researcher-user interface: Reviewing the evidence for agri-environmental measures to create and enhance farmland habitats. 19^th Irish Researchers’ Colloquium, Waterford.

Carlin, C.M (2008) Water vole protection: the law in practice. Water vole Symposium. South East Mammal group. London.

Carlin, C.M (2008) Legislation amendments: Implications for biodiversity and land management. United Utilties and Wealth of Wildlife, Cumbria.

Carlin C.M (2007) Implications of changes to the Habitats Regulations on bat conservation. BCT National Bat conference. York.

Carlin, C.M (2005) Barn conversions and maternity bat roosts. In Abstracts of 10th European Bat Research Symposium, Galway, Ireland, 21-26 August. 2005. Galway, Ireland. National University of Ireland, Galway, 2005.

Gammell, M.P., Carlin, C.M. and Carden, R.F. ( 2002). The distribution and range expansion of red deer, sika deer and red x sika hybrids in southern and eastern Ireland. Ungulate Research Group, York.

Books/ Other

Carlin, C.M (2008) Protecting species and maximising biodiversity gain. In Practice IEEM.

Contributed to or wrote guidance information notes for Natural England

State of the Natural Environment (2008)

http://naturalengland.etraderstores.com/NaturalEnglandShop/Product.aspx?ProductID="31a51089-6654-4d48-8f89-30d3c8c66aee

I wrote the mammal resource note (link below) which provided the backbone of the mammal content in the above document. http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/speciesmammalsrd_tcm6-4620.pdf

Otter: European Protected Species. Species information note (SIN006): http://naturalengland.etraderstores.com/NaturalEnglandShop/Product.aspx?ProductID="7c90eb74-1253-40e8-8ff9-96b2a5f5e331

Natural England (2007) Mammals in your Garden. http://naturalengland.etraderstores.com/NaturalEnglandShop/Product.aspx?ProductID="0137b1b9-87ed-481e-8fda-cbd22f369071

Rodrigues, L., L. Bach, M.-J. Dubourg-Savage, J. Goodwin & C. Harbusch (2008): Guidelines for consideration of bats in wind farm projects. EUROBATS Publication Series No. 3 (English version). UNEP/EUROBATS Secretariat, Bonn, Germany, 51 pp.

http://www.eurobats.org/publications/publication series/pubseries_no3_english.pdf

BCT (2007) Bat Surveys - Good Practice Guidelines

www.bats.org.uk/pages/professional_guidance.html

Battersby, J (Ed.) 2005. UK Mammals: Species Status and Population Trends.

JNCC/Tracking Mammals Partnership.

Applied Ecology Unit
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