A5054679555- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
- Geological formations and processes
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Archaeological Research and Protection
Trinity College Dublin
2006-2012
University College Dublin
2012
Coastal dunes are considered some of the most threatened and vulnerable habitats in European Union. Mapping spatial distribution these is an essential task for their conservation. Advances Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) facilitate flexible acquisition high-resolution imagery identifying detailed distributions within dune systems. This study aimed to assess effectiveness UAV remote sensing mapping habitat types. Specifically, we determined impact temporally acquired UAV-derived spectral...
Abstract Questions Which are the main vegetation types of lowland hay meadows and pastures in Western Central Europe? What environmental gradients that drive patterns species composition? Is it possible to classify these grasslands phytosociological alliances reflect management practices? Location Europe (excluding Alps Carpathians). Methods A database 21 400 plots mesic across was compiled. After geographically stratified resampling, semi‐supervised classification based on K‐means algorithm...
Abstract Upland habitats provide vital ecological services, yet they are highly threatened by natural and anthropogenic stressors. Monitoring these vulnerable is fundamental for conservation involves determining information about their spatial locations conditions. Remote sensing has evolved as a promising tool to map the distribution of upland in space time. However, resolutions most freely available satellite images (e.g., 10-m resolution Sentinel-2) may not be sufficient mapping...
The National Survey of Native Woodlands in Ireland, which was initiated 2003, will provide two key resources identified the Biodiversity Plan: an inventory native woodlands and a woodland classification system. project has taken advantage recent advances GIS remote sensing to develop GIS-based potentially sites. Field survey characterisation large subset these sites is currently ongoing. In this paper, proposed methodology presented for developing national based on data from field using...
Spartina anglica C. E. Hubb. is an invasive species of saltmarsh and mudflats in Ireland. It spreads quickly can form extensive meadows, which lead to the extinction native plant animal species. Traditional ground-based field surveys would be expensive for scale monitoring needed formulate site-specific management strategies. Advanced mapping techniques, such as Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle (UAV) remote sensing deep learning (DL), offer opportunity automatically map species' occurrence....
Abstract Question Studies in the northwest Atlantic have shown that nutrient enrichment can severely impact salt marshes, undermining their broad range of high‐value ecosystem services. However, biogeographical differences plant communities may preclude extrapolation these findings to other regions. The few investigations such impacts elsewhere, including Europe, been strongly localised, restricting generalisations, and not addressed community‐level properties. Location South east coasts...
Species richness is widely used as a measure of biodiversity in quantifying the conservation value sites or habitats and researching ecological functioning, but it gives equal weighting to different species irrespective their rarity. We developed Rarity Co-efficient related indices utilising plant distribution records investigate significance this limitation applied these quantitative vegetation plot data from Irish European importance. The ecosystems differed markedly depending upon whether...
The increasing decline in the status of habitats, mainly due to anthropogenic stressors, has spurred development and implementation many conservation-related legislation. This legislation involves mapping, a critical task gather important information about including their locations, spatial extents changes over time. Advancements mapping technologies, such as drones machine learning, can be integrated with conventional field surveys improve efficiency effectiveness habitats. study assessed...
The National Survey of Native Woodlands in Ireland, which was initiated 2003, will provide two key resources identified the Biodiversity Plan: an inventory native woodlands and a woodland classification system. project has taken advantage recent advances GIS remote sensing to develop GIS-based potentially sites. Field survey characterisation large subset these sites is currently ongoing. In this paper, proposed methodology presented for developing national based on data from field using...