Origins of Ireland’s Biodiversity

Origins of Ireland’s Biodiversity

Cover of book 'Origins of Ireland's Biodiversity' featuring a drawing of a pygmy shrew by Michael Viney

Coughlan, N.E., Sleeman, D.P. and Monaghan, N.T. (eds) (2024) Origins of Ireland’s biodiversity. Irish Naturalists’ Journal, Belfast.

ISBN 978-0-9569704-9-7

(published 12 December 2024, print circulation March 2025)

 

Contents

  • Introduction. Coughlan, N.E., Sleeman, D.P. and Monaghan, N.T.
  • The long view: ancient bones and biological conservation. Stimpson, C.M.
  • Phylogeographical studies indicate multiple origins of Ireland’s tree flora. Kelleher, C.T.
  • Our friends in the North: On the Arctic genetic affinity of Arenaria ciliata L. and A. norvegica Gunn. in Ireland. Meade, C., Howard-Williams, E., Dang, X., Abukrees, F., Kozlowski, G. and Kelleher, C.T.
  • Fleshy fruit seed dispersal by terrestrial carnivorous mammals in Ireland. Jones, P., Sleeman, D.P. and Lettice, E.
  • Phylogenetic origin of the Common Lizard in Ireland. Lyne, L., Dillane, E., O’Riordan, R.M. and Butler, F.
  • Trends in the number of breeding bird species in Ireland during 1801–2020. Smiddy, P.
  • Prey deficit for reintroduced Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in Ireland. McAuliffe, F., Wilson-Parr, R., O’Toole, L., Marnell, F. and Reid, N.
  • The Hooded Crow–Carrion Crow conundrum: taxonomic uncertainty and a brief review of the changing perspectives. Kelly, T.C., Coughlan, N.E., Dillane, E. and Smiddy, P.
  • Wolves (Canis lupus), Lynx (Lynx lynx) and their main prey in Ireland’s Mesolithic: ratios of prey to carnivore. Sleeman, D.P.
  • Reintroductions: mind those gaps. Coughlan, N.E., Kelly, T.C. and Sleeman, D.P.