Publications

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications (2009 - 2012)

Dr Mike Gormally

Moran, J, Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M (2012) Turlough ground beetle communities: the influence of hydrology and grazing in a complex ecological matrix. Journal for Insect Conservation 16 (1): 51- 69.

Coll, J., Bourke, D., Sheehy Skeffington, M., Sweeney, J., Gormally, M. (2011). Developing a predictive modelling capacity for a climate change-vulnerable blanket bog habitat in Ireland: Assessing 1961-1990 baseline climate relationships.  Irish Geography 44 (1): 27-60.

Mc Donnell, R.J., Rugman-Jones, P., Backeljau, T., Breugelmans, K, Jordaens, K, Stouthamer, R, Paine, T & Gormally, M (2011) Molecular identification of the exotic slug Arion subfuscus sensu stricto (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in California, with comments on the source location of introduced populations. Biological Invasions 13: 61-66.

Ryder, L, de Eyto, E, Gormally, M, Sheehy Skeffington, M, Dillane, M and Poole, R (2011) Riparian zone creation in established coniferous forests in Irish upland peat catchments: physical, chemical and biological implications. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (Biology and Environment) 111B (1): 41-60.

Sullivan, C.A., Bourke, D, Sheehy Skeffington, M, Finn, J.A., Green, S, Kelly, S and Gormally, M.J. (2011) Modelling semi-natural habitat area on lowland farms in western Ireland. Biological Conservation 144: 1089-1099.

Williams, C.D., Beltman, B, Moran, J, Sheehy Skeffington, M and Gormally, M (2011) Empirical support for the possible application of modified Ellenberg Indices to the study of environmental gradients on dynamic Irish wetlands – evidence from Skealoghan turlough, County Mayo. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (Biology and Environment) 111B (1): 19-31.

Williams, B., Walls, S.S., Gormally, M.J., Walsh, M. & Sheahan, J. (2011) Management considerations for conserving hill areas highlighted by range analysis of hill sheep. Tearmann: Irish Journal of Agri-environmental Research 8: 59-76.

Kindermann, G. and Gormally, M.J. (2010) Vehicle damage caused by recreational use of coastal dune systems in a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) on the west coast of Ireland.  Journal of Coastal Conservation 14: 173-188.

Lindsay, W.M., Mc Donnell, R.J., Williams, C.D., Knutson, L and Gormally, M.J. (2010) Biology of the snail-killing fly Ilione albiseta (Scopoli, 1763) (Diptera; Sciomyzidae). Studia dipterologica 16: 245-307.

Mc Donnell, R.J., Williams, C.D., Shine, O, Knutson, L & Gormally, M (2010) Faunistics data for Sciomyzidae (Diptera) in the west of Ireland with distribution maps, species accounts and comments on community structure. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 34: 150-218.

Sullivan, C.A., Sheehy Skeffington, M, Gormally, M.J and Finn, J.A. (2010) The ecological status of grasslands on lowland farmlands in western Ireland and implications for grassland classification and nature value assessment. Biological Conservation 143: 1529-1539.

Williams C.D., Gormally M.J. and Anderson R. (2010) Sphaerium nucleus (Studer) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from turlough systems in Counties Galway and Roscommon. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 31(1): 64-65.

Williams C.D., Gormally M.J. and Knutson L.V. (2010) Very high population estimates and limited movement of snail-killing flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) on an Irish turlough (temporary lake). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (Biology and Environment) 110B, 81-94.

Williams, B, Walsh, M, Gormally, M, Walls, S and Sheahan, J (2010) Resource selection by hill sheep: direct flock observations versus GPS tracking. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 8 (4):279-300.

Mc Donnell, R.J., Paine, T.D., Stouthmaner, R., Gormally, M.J. and Harwood, J.D. (2009) Molecular and morphological evidence for the occurrence of two new species of invasive slugs in Kentucky, Arion intermedius Normand, 1852, and Arion hortensis d’Audebard de Férussac, 1819 (Arionidae: Stylommatophora). Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 69(2):117–123.

Williams, C, Moran, J, Doherty, O, Mc Donnell, R, Gormally, M, Knutson, L and Vala, J-C (2009) Factors affecting Sciomyzidae across a transect at Skealoghan turlough (Co. Mayo, Ireland). Aquatic Ecology 43: 117 – 133.

Williams C.D. and Gormally M.J. (2009) Spatio-temporal and environmental gradient effects on the mollusc communities in a unique wetland ecotone (turloughs). Wetlands 29 (3): 854 – 865.

Williams C.D., Sheahan J. and Gormally M.J (2009) Hydrology and management of turloughs affect marsh fly (Sciomyzidae: Diptera) communities.  Insect Conservation and Diversity 2: 270-283.

Williams, B, Walls, S, Walsh, M, Gormally, M and Bleasdale, A (2009) Proposing an efficient indicator of grazer distribution on heterogenous hill vegetation. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 7(4): 341-358.

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