Botany: Recent submissions
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Realizing multispecies justice through a capability approach to promote nature-based solutions
(2025)The design and implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS) in cities are often limited by an anthropocentric approach that prioritizes utilitarian goals instead of the diverse needs and abilities of multiple species ... -
Urban novel ecosystems as affective landscapes
(2024)Intertwined within a patchwork of different types of land use and land cover, novel ecosystems are urban ecosystems that have no historical analogues and contain novel species assemblages. Some researchers and practitioners ... -
Redefining co-design for social-ecological research and practice: A systematic literature review
(2025)Collaborative processes such as co-design are increasingly crucial in generating social-ecological research and practice. Fostering change within complex adaptive systems requires collaboratively working with real-world actors ... -
Exploring the restorative capacity of urban green spaces and their biodiversity through an adapted One Health approach: a scoping review
(2024)The One Health framework was proposed by the World Health Organisation to explore human, animal, and environmental health interfaces using a holistic and interdisciplinary approach. Yet, the application of this framework ... -
Growing Older Urbanism: exploring the nexus between ageing, the built environment, and urban ecosystems
(2023)Background: Some of the main urban issues we currently face include ageing popu- lations, the impact of the built environment, and the treatment of urban ecosystems. Yet the dynamic relationships and synergies between ... -
Premises, practices and politics of co-creation for urban sustainability transitions
(2025)Co-creation is becoming a widely used mode of urban governance and research for city- making and city-transitioning being conceptually entangled with experimentation, innovation and collaboration. In this paper, we address ... -
Using ecosystem services to measure the degree to which a solution is nature-based
(2021)There has been a recent surge of interest in Nature-based Solutions, a concept encompassing a broad suite of ideas that have arisen from the intersection of ecology, engineering, sociology and economics. Solutions founded ... -
Historical and contemporary effects of fire on native woodland vegetation of Killarney, S.W. Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Botany, 1991)Summary: This research investigates the Post-glacial history of fire in the Killarney area, and describes how heathland burning practices have affected the present-day extent and species composition of the native oakwoods. ... -
Plant community ecology of petrifying springs (Cratoneurion) - a priority habitat
(2017)Aims: To investigate the floristic and abiotic characteristics of the Habitats Directive priority habitat ‘Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)’. Location: The island of Ireland, north-western Europe. ... -
Can air humidity and temperature regimes within cloud forest canopies be predicted from bryophyte and lichen cover?
(2015)The use of bryophyte and lichen cover as a proxy for air relative humidity (RH) and temperature in tropical forests has been widely proposed. Many studies that have assessed the usefulness of such indicators have mostly ... -
Conservation biology of the threatened Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciosum Willd.) in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2014)Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciosum Willd.) is a rare fern species which is listed on Annex II and IV of the EU Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC) and the Irish Flora Protection Order (1999). T. speciosum ... -
Methods for the identification of important areas of plant diversity in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2016)The loss of biodiversity is an on-going global issue that not only results in the extinction of species but also threatens the ecosystem services and goods on which humanity depends. The global community has responded with ... -
Quantification of the population dynamics of Pinus and Ulmus in Europe
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2016)This thesis addresses the need to elucidate tree population dynamics at a local and regional scale. Herein tests and develops a variety of methods to quantify tree population dynamics at varying temporal and spatial scales. ... -
Pollinator ecology at a landscape scale
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2016)Pollination is a key ecosystem service in natural and agricultural ecosystems which provides benefits to human society. It has been estimated that 87.5 % of angiosperms depend on animal pollinators. The role of pollinators ... -
Quantifying fire regimes and their impact on the Irish landscape
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2016)This thesis examines the role of fire in the Irish landscape in the past, its drivers, impacts and interactions with the surrounding landscape, vegetation, climate and humans. Lacustrine sediment is utilised from seven ... -
Biodiversity impacts of legume-supported cropping in Europe
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Botany, 2016)Current global biodiversity loss is mainly driven by anthropogenic activities including land use change, pollution and over exploitation. Legumes have for millennia been used as a source of nitrogen in agriculture, and may ... -
Leverage points for improving urban biodiversity conservation in the Anthropocene: A novel ecosystem lens for social-ecological transformation
(2024)Environmental governance faces persistent challenges worldwide, with traditional conservation and restoration policies often proving ineffective against ongoing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. This is ... -
How can architectural form follow ecological function? Mixed methods research with practitioners of architecture and landscape architecture to study their professional insights into perceptions of informal wild spaces, and to explore how biodiversity in general is considered within the design and development process in Ireland.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2024)A major factor in global biodiversity loss is land use change. Several processes influence this, including the expansion of the built environment through development. Consequently, there is a need for development projects ... -
Characterisation and Application of Sphagnum to Indoor Agriculture Food Production Systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Botany, 2024)In response to the impacts of climate change and global population growth on traditional food production activities, agricultural industries and government agencies are now investing significant time and funding into ...
