Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington
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Biography:
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My research in the Plant Ecology lab focuses on sustainable land-use for conservation. Current research is on biodiversity in upland farms in Connemara, focusing on commonages and peatland ecosystems. The hay meadows Shannon callows depend on specific management to maintain plant and invertebrate diversity, which is currently being researched. Climate change is a specific interest and is the focus of an upland study on alpine heath and northern hepatic (liverwort) mats in mountains of the west of Ireland. I also have an interest in species-rich grassland management for biodiversity, salt marsh ecology, woodland structure and biodiversity. I am a member of the Tropical Biology Association and will be teaching on the field course in Uganda in July 2012. |
Research Interests
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My research in the Plant Ecology lab focuses on sustainable land-use for conservation. Current research is on biodiversity in upland farms in Connemara, focusing on commonages and peatland ecosystems. The hay meadows Shannon callows depend on specific management to maintain plant and invertebrate diversity, which is currently being researched. Climate change is a specific interest and is the focus of an upland study on alpine heath and northern hepatic (liverwort) mats in mountains of the west of Ireland. I also have an interest in species-rich grassland management for biodiversity, salt marsh ecology, woodland structure and biodiversity. I am a member of the Tropical Biology Association and will be teaching on the field course in Uganda in July 2012. |
Books
| Wyse Jackson, P.S. and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1984) The Flora of Inner Dublin Royal Dublin Society Dublin. [Details] |
| Carter, R.W.G., Curtis, T.G.F. and Sheehy Skeffington, M.J. (1992) Coastal Dunes Geomorphology, Ecology and Management for Consevation. Proceedings of the third European Dune Congress. Galway, Ireland: Balkema, Rotterdam. [Details] |
| Lysaght, L., Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Gormally, M (2000) Recognising European Pastoral Farming Systems and Understanding their Ecology. European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism and the Heritage Council, Kilkenny, Ireland. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Sheehy Skeffington M (1998) 'Maritime and sub-maritime communities:1) mud flats 2) sub-tidal and inter-tidal communities' In: Flora of County Dublin. Dublin: Dublin Naturalists’ Field Club. [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington M.J.and O'Connell C (1998) 'Peatlands of Ireland' In: Giller, P (eds). Studies in Irish Limnology; Invited chapter for the Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL) conference. [Details] |
| Nash D, Reynolds S. and Sheehy Skeffington M. (1998) 'Maritime and sub-maritime communities: 4) rocky cliffs 5) boulder clay banks and deeper coastal soils' In: Flora of County Dublin. Dublin: Dublin Naturalists’ Field Club. [Details] |
| Hodd RL and Sheehy Skeffington M (2011) 'Irish oceanic montane heath plant communities and possible impacts of climate change. Pp 490-515' In: Climate Change and Systematics, Systematics Association Special Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| SKEFFINGTON, MJS,JEFFREY, DW (1985) 'GROWTH-PERFORMANCE OF AN INLAND POPULATION OF PLANTAGO-MARITIMA IN RESPONSE TO NITROGEN AND SALINITY'. Vegetatio, 61 :265-272. [Details] |
| Curtis T.G.F. and Sheehy Skeffington M. (1998) 'The salt marshes of Ireland: an inventory and account of their geographical variation'. Biology and Environment, 98B :87-104. [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington M.and Curtis T.G.F. (2000) 'The Atlantic element in Irish salt marshes'. Biodiversty: the Irish dimension, :179-196. [Details] |
| Ní Bhriain, B., Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Gormally, M. (2002) 'Conservation implications of land use practices on the plant and carabid beetle communities of two turloughs in Co. Galway, Ireland'. Biological Conservation, 105 :81-92. [DOI] [Details] |
| Ní Bhriain, B., Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2003) 'Changes in land use practices at two turloughs, on the east Burren limestones, Co. Galway, with reference to nature conservation'. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 103B :169-176. [Details] |
| Poole, A, Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M (2003) 'The flora and carabid beetle fauna of a mature and regenerating semi-natural oak woodland in south-east Ireland'. Forest Ecology and Management, 177 :207-220. [DOI] [Details] |
| Moran, J, Gormally, M J and Sheehy Skeffington, M (2003) 'Records of Panagaeus crux-major (Linnaeus) and Pterostichus aterrimus (Herbst) recorded on turloughs in Counties Clare and Mayo'. Irish Naturalists Journal, 27 (8):309-311. [Details] |
| Coroi, M., Sheehy Skeffington M., Giller P., Smith C. Gormally M., and O'Donovan (2004) 'Vegetation diversity and stand structure in streamside forests in the south of Ireland'. Forest Ecology and Management, 202 :39-57. [DOI] [Details] |
| O Connor, Á, Bradish, S, Reed, T, Moran, J, Regan, E, Visser, M, Gormally, M & Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2004) 'A comparison of the efficacy of pond-net and box sampling methods in turloughs - Irish ephemeral aquatic systems'. Hydrobiologia, 524 :133-144. [Details] |
| Visser, M, Regan, E, Moran, J, Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2006) 'The rise and fall of turlough typologies: a call for a continuum concept'. Wetlands, 26 (3):745-764. [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington, M. Moran J., O Connor Á., Regan E., Coxon, C. E., Scott, N. E., and Gormally, M (2006) 'Turloughs - Ireland’s unique wetland habitat'. Biological Conservation, 133 (3):265-290. [Details] |
| Coroi, M., Sheehy Skeffington, M., Giller, P., Gormally, M., Smith, C., O'Donovan, G. (2006) 'Using GIS in the mapping and analysis of landscape and vegetation patterns along streams in southern Ireland'. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 106B (3):287-300. [Details] |
| SKEFFINGTON, MS et al. (2007) 'Turloughs: A mosaic of biodiversity and management systems unique to Ireland'. ACTA CARSOLOGICA, 36 :217-222. [Details] |
| Roden, C., Sheehy Skeffington, M. and D'Arcy, G. (2007) 'Three Oak woods in the valley of the Owendalulleegh river in the Slieve Aughty Hills, South east Galway H15'. Irish Naturalists' Journal, 28 (9):361-371. [Details] |
| Visser, M, Moran, J, Regan, E, Gormally, M and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2007) 'How users and non-users perceive turlough management under the converging EU agendas of Natura 2000 and CAP in Ireland'. Land Use Policy, 24 :362-373. [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Gormally M. (2007) 'Turloughs: a mosaic of biodiversity and management systems unique to Ireland'. Acta Carsologica, 36 (2):217-222. [Details] |
| Regan, E.C., Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Gormally, M.J. (2007) 'Wetland plant communities of turloughs in the west of Ireland in relation to environmental factors'. Aquatic Botany, 87 :22-30. [DOI] [Details] |
| Scott N and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2007) 'Turloughs -Ireland’s vanishing lakes'. British Wildlife, 19 (2):109-117. [Details] |
| Moran, J, Sheehy Skeffington, M and Gormally, M. (2008) 'The influence of the hydrological regime, soils and management on the plant community composition and species richness of Skealoghan turlough, Ireland'. Applied Vegetation Science, 11 :11-22. [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Scott, N.E., (2008) 'Do turloughs exist in Slovenia?'. Acta Carsologica, 37 (40604):291-306. [Details] |
| Moran, J. Regan, E.C., Visser, M., Gormally, M. and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2008) 'Past and present land management of 12 turloughs in the west of Ireland'. Tearmann (Irish Journal Of Agri-Environmental Research), 6 :83-102. [Details] |
| Moran, J, Kelly, S, Sheehy Skeffington, M and Gormally, M. (2008) 'The use of GIS techniques to quantify the hydrological regime of a karst wetland (Skealoghan turlough) in Ireland'. Applied Vegetation Science, 11 :23-34. [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Gormally M. (in press) (2009) 'Turloughs: a mosaic of biodiversity and management systems unique to Ireland'. Cultural Landscapes Of Europe, Fields Of Demeter, Haunts Of Pan, . [Details] |
| 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'. Biology And Environment: Proceedings Of The Royal Irish Academy, 111B(1) :41--60. [Details] |
| Moran, J., Gormally, M., Sheehy Skeffington, M. (2011) 'Turlough ground beetle communities: the influence of hydrology and grazing in a complex ecological matrix'. Journal Of Insect Conservation, . [Details] |
| Williams, CD. Beltman, B., Moran, J., Sheehy Skeffington, M., and Gormally M J. (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'. Biology And Environment: Proceedings Of The Royal Irish Academy, 111B(1) :19--31. [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington M., and Hall, K. () (2011) 'The ecology, distribution and invasiveness of Gunnera L. species in Connemara, western Ireland'. Biology And Environment: Proceedings Of The Royal Irish Academy, 111B(3) . [Details] |
| 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. [Details] |
| Coll, J., Bourke, D, Sheehy Skeffington, M., Sweeney, J. and Gormally, M. () (2011) 'Developing a predictive modelling capacity for a climate change-vulnerable blanket bog habitat: Assessing 1961-1990 baseline relationships'. Irish Geography, . 44, (1), - :27-60. [Details] |
Conference Paper
| Sullivan, C., Sheehy Skeffington, M., Gormally, M., Finn, J. and Kelly, S. (2007) Identifying High Nature Value Grassland in the West of Ireland. High Value Grassland: providing biodiversity, a clean environment and premium products. University of Keele, Stafforshire: Conference Paper [Details] |
Media
Sheehy Skeffington, M. and Gormally, M. (2005) Turloughs, west of Ireland. Seven web pages in Cultbase, Cultural Landscape Database for Europe. Atlantic central. Media  [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington M (2006) Organic fruit and vegetable growing as a national policy: the Cuban story. Energy Bulletin / FEASTA. Media [Details] |
Other Item
| Chollett, D, Ferguson, B, Furusawa, K, Furusawa, M, Hollis, S., Hollis, A, Kent, A., Sheehy Skeffington, M., Sugai, M, Rosset, P, and Martinez-Torres, M.E. (2006) The Cuban Agroecological Transformation: from Necessity to a Way of Life. Report of the Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture Research and fact-Finding Delegation to Cuba, May 4-12 2006 Organized by Desarrollo Alternativo, AC, Mexico. Other Item [Details] |
| Sheehy Skeffington M, Morales, H. and Ferguson, B. G. (2008) Lessons from two contrasting organic growing systems -Chiapas, Mexico and Cuba. Developments Futures eBook; Proceedings of conference at 24th & 25th November, 2007.; Development Education Network (DERN), NUI Galway & Irish Aid. NUI, Galway: Other Item [Details] |
| Conaghan J., and Sheehy Skeffington, M. (in press). The Distribution and Conservation of Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth in Ireland. Watsonia. Other Item [Details] |
Non Published Reports
| Ferguson, B, Hollis, S., Sheehy Skeffington, M., Kent, A., Furusawa, K, and Ikeda, M, (2006) Agroecological transition in Cuba: From a necessity to a way of life. Report to Desarollo Alternativo on Research on Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture Delegation to Cuba. Non Published Reports [Details] |