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Phylogenetics, Flow-Cytometry and Pollen Storage in Erica L
Institut für Nutzpflanzenwissenschaft und Res sourcenschutz Professur für Pflanzenzüchtung Prof. Dr. J. Léon Phylogenetics, flow-cytometry and pollen storage in Erica L. (Ericaceae). Implications for plant breeding and interspecific crosses. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades Doktor der Agrarwissenschaften (Dr. agr.) der Landwirtschaftlichen Fakultät der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn von Ana Laura Mugrabi de Kuppler aus Buenos Aires Institut für Nutzpflanzenwissenschaft und Res sourcenschutz Professur für Pflanzenzüchtung Prof. Dr. J. Léon Referent: Prof. Dr. Jens Léon Korreferent: Prof. Dr. Jaime Fagúndez Korreferent: Prof. Dr. Dietmar Quandt Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 15.11.2013 Erscheinungsjahr: 2013 A mis flores Rolf y Florian Abstract Abstract With over 840 species Erica L. is one of the largest genera of the Ericaceae, comprising woody perennial plants that occur from Scandinavia to South Africa. According to previous studies, the northern species, present in Europe and the Mediterranean, form a paraphyletic, basal clade, and the southern species, present in South Africa, form a robust monophyletic group. In this work a molecular phylogenetic analysis from European and from Central and South African Erica species was performed using the chloroplast regions: trnL-trnL-trnF and 5´trnK-matK , as well as the nuclear DNA marker ITS, in order i) to state the monophyly of the northern and southern species, ii) to determine the phylogenetic relationships between the species and contrasting them with previous systematic research studies and iii) to compare the results provided from nuclear data and explore possible evolutionary patterns. All species were monophyletic except for the widely spread E. arborea , and E. manipuliflora . The paraphyly of the northern species was also confirmed, but three taxa from Central East Africa were polyphyletic, suggesting different episodes of colonization of this area. -
An Investigation Into Bridge Usage by Bats Within the Sullane & Laney
An Investigation into Bridge Usage by Bats within the Sullane & Laney River Catchments, Co. Cork Report prepared by Mark Masterson, Daniel Buckley, Mary O’Brien and Conor Kelleher of the Cork County Bat Group for The Heritage Council & National Parks and Wildlife Service March 2008 An Investigation into Bridge Usage by Bats within the Sullane & Laney River Catchments, Co. Cork Report prepared by Mark Masterson, Daniel Buckley, Mary O’Brien & Conor Kelleher of the Cork County Bat Group for The Heritage Council & National Parks and Wildlife Service March 2008 An Investigation into Bridge Usage by Bats within the Sullane & Laney River Catchments, Co. Cork 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................................................. 1 ABSTRACT................................................................................................................................................... 2 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Project aims .......................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Cork County Bat Group ....................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Bats and bridges .................................................................................................................. 4 1.4 Previous bridge -
Republic of Ireland Hen Harrier Survey 2010
Republic of Ireland Hen Harrier Survey 2010 Irish Wildlife Manuals No. 59 Republic of Ireland National Hen Harrier Survey 2010 Ruddock, M.,1 Dunlop, B.J.,1 O’Toole, L.,1, 2 Mee, A.,1, 2 & Nagle, T.2 In collaboration with Lyden, J.,2 Clarke, D.J.,2 O’Donoghue, B.G.,3 Wilson, M.W.,4 Oliver, G.A.,3, 4 McGeough, C.,2 Lusby, J.,5 Monaghan, J.,3 Porter, B.,5 O’Mahony, B.,4 Troake, P.,4 Norriss, D.,3 & Tierney, D.3 1 Golden Eagle Trust Ltd, 22 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2 www.goldeneagle.ie 2 Irish Raptor Study Group c/o Direen, Black Valley, Kerry 3 National Parks & Wildlife Service, Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government, 7 Ely Place, Dublin 2 www.npws.ie 4 Department of Zoology, Ecology & Plant Science, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Co. Cork www.ucc.ie 5 Birdwatch Ireland, Midlands Office, Crank House, Banagher, Co. Offaly www.birdwatchireland.ie 6 Contact Nature, 4 Kent Terrace, Barnhill, Dalkey, Co. Dublin Citation: Ruddock, M. & Dunlop, B.J., O’Toole, L., Mee, A., Nagle, T. (2012) Republic of Ireland National Hen Harrier Survey 2010. Irish Wildlife Manual, No. 59. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Dublin, Ireland. Keywords: hen harrier, circus cyaneus, national survey, population estimate, habitat change, forestry, windfarms, disturbance, upland, heather moorland, burning, Special Protection Area (SPA), demography. Site list: 004160; 004161; 004162; 004165; 004167; 004168 Cover photos: Adult female hen harrier © M. Ruddock The NPWS Project Officer for this report was: David Norriss Irish Wildlife Manuals Series Editors: N. -
Guidelines for a National Survey and Conservation Assessment of Upland Vegetation and Habitats in Ireland
Guidelines for a national survey and conservation assessment of upland vegetation and habitats in Ireland. Version 1.0 Irish Wildlife Manuals No. XX Guidelines for a national survey and conservation assessment of upland vegetation and habitats in Ireland. Version 1.0 April 2010 Philip M. Perrin, Simon J. Barron, Jenni R. Roche and Brendan O’Hanrahan Botanical, Environmental & Conservation Consultants Ltd. 26 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin 2. Citation: Perrin, P.M., Barron, S.J., Roche, J.R. & O’Hanrahan, B. (2010) Guidelines for a national survey and conservation assessment of upland vegetation and habitats in Ireland. Version 1.0. Irish Wildlife Manual s, No. XX. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland. Cover photos: Limestone crags at Cloontyprughlish, Dartry Mountains, Co. Leitrim © J.R Roche, Irish Wildlife Manuals Series Editor: N. Kingston & F. Marnell © National Parks and Wildlife Service 2010 ISSN 1393 – 6670 HEALTH AND SAFETY Health and safety is a very serious consideration for field surveyors. The following guidance is based on common sense and the experience of BEC Consultants Ltd. working in upland areas. Please note that people following these guidelines do so at their own risk and neither BEC Consultants Ltd. nor the National Parks and Wildlife Service can be held accountable for accident or injury to anyone following them. Working in uplands and in associated habitats requires suitable health and safety procedures and equipment to ensure a safe working environment for all survey personnel. It also requires an above average level of fitness and awareness of the physical environment for those undertaking such work. -
Report Template Normal Planning Appeal
Inspector’s Report ABP-306647-20 Development Construction of a crematorium and all associated site works and landscaping including decommissioning of existing waste water treatment system and provision of new waste water treatment system, new car parking and circulation, removal of the entrance gateposts, alterations to entrances at existing locations to create one dedicated entrance and one dedicated exit. Location The former Duhallow Park Hotel site, Drumcummer Beg, Kanturk, Co. Cork. Planning Authority Cork County Council Planning Authority Reg. Ref. 18/06880 Applicant(s) Classic Lodges (Ireland) Ltd Type of Application Permission Planning Authority Decision Refusal Type of Appeal First Party -v- Decision ABP-306647-20 Inspector’s Report Page 1 of 36 Appellant(s) Classic Lodges (Ireland) Ltd Observer(s) John Murphy The Island Crematorium Ltd Dromcummer Residents’ Association Date of Site Inspection 21st May 2020 Inspector Hugh D. Morrison ABP-306647-20 Inspector’s Report Page 2 of 36 Contents 1.0 Site Location and Description .............................................................................. 4 2.0 Proposed Development ....................................................................................... 4 3.0 Planning Authority Decision ................................................................................. 6 Decision ........................................................................................................ 6 Planning Authority Reports .......................................................................... -
Annual Report Year 3: May 2019 - April 2020
HEN HARRIER PROJECT ANNUAL REPORT YEAR 3: MAY 2019 - APRIL 2020 ADDRESS: Hen Harrier Project Unit 2 Oran Point Main Street Oranmore Galway CONTACT: (091) 792 865 Hen Harrier Project Glossary BPS Basic Payment Scheme DAERA NI- Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Northern Ireland DAFM Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine GLAMS Generic, Land Management System GMIT Galway Mayo Institute of Technology HHP Hen Harrier Project ITAG Information Technology Association Galway NPWS National Parks and Wildlife Service ANNUAL REPORTS YEAR 1 & 2 The Hen Harrier Project Annual Reports for Year 1 and Year 2 are available online via our website and provide a summary of the Project’s activities in our first two years of development and operation. Available at the following links: http://www.henharrierproject.ie/HHPAR2017.pdf http://www.henharrierproject.ie/HHPAR2018.pdf 1 Annual Review Year 3 Introduction May 2019 - April 2020 The third year of the Hen Harrier Programme has seen an increase in the number of participants from 629 in Year 1 to almost 1,600 by the summer of 2020. These farmers manage 37,000 ha of land representing over 65% of the total agricultural area of the Special Protection Area (SPA) network. The summer of 2019 was also the first season where the new Hen Harrier Programe App was operational. This facilitated the collection of data on almost 19,000 fields. Habitat payments worth over €3,000,000 were paid to participants this year. This year also seen the commencement of the first payments for supporting actions. The issuing of the Hen Harrier payment was delayed, but €453,110.90 was paid out to 972 participants in 2020. -
News Quarterly
Heather News Quarterly Volume 34 Number 4 Issue #136 Fall 2011 North American Heather Society Your guess is as good as mine Donald Mackay........................1 Editing the heather garden Ella May T. Wulff............................6 In memoriam: Judith Wiksten Ella May T. Wulff....................18 My other favorite heathers Irene Henson...............................19 Erica carnea ‘Golden Starlet’ Pat Hoffman...............................24 Misleading advertising department...........................................27 Calendar........................................................................................28 Index 2011.....................................................................................28 North American Heather Society Membership Chair Ella May Wulff, Knolls Drive 2299 Wooded Philomath, OR 97370-5908 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED issn 1041-6838 Heather News Quarterly, all rights reserved, is published quarterly by the North American Heather Society, a tax exempt organization. The purpose of The Society The Information Page is the: (1) advancement and study of the botanical genera Calluna, Cassiope, Daboecia, Erica, and Phyllodoce, commonly called heather, and related genera; (2) HOW TO GET THE Latest heather INFORMation dissemination of information on heather; and (3) promotion of fellowship among BROWSE NAHS website – www.northamericanheathersociety.org those interested in heather. READ Heather News Quarterly by NAHS CHS NEWS by CHS Heather Clippings by HERE NAHS Board of Directors (2010-2011) Heather Drift by VIHS Heather News by MCHS Heather Notes by NEHS Heather & Yon by OHS PRESIDENT ATTEND Society and Chapter meetings (See The Calendar on page 28) Karla Lortz, 502 E Haskell Hill Rd., Shelton, WA 98584-8429, USA 360-427-5318, [email protected] HOW TO GET PUBLISHED IN HEATHER NEWS QUARTERLY FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT CONTACT Stefani McRae-Dickey, Editor of Heather News Quarterly Don Jewett, 2655 Virginia Ct., Fortuna, CA 95540, USA [email protected] 541-929-7988. -
Bell Heather Erica Cinerea
Bell heather Erica cinerea Family Ericaceae (heath) Also known as Heath, Scotch heather Where is it originally from? Western Europe What does it look like? Long-lived, low growing (<30 cm), bushy shrub with small needle-like leaves arranged in groups of three around stems. Bell-shaped, mostly purple (sometimes pink or white) flowers (6 mm long, Dec-Feb) produce large amounts of seed in mature plants. Are there any similar species? Calluna vulgaris Photo: Trevor James Why is it weedy? Forms dense mats, suckers and seeds profusely, and is faster growing than its subalpine competitors. Tolerates cold, high to low rainfall, semi-shade, and poor soils, but is intolerant of heavy shade. How does it spread? Mature plants produce large amounts of seeds that are viable for a long time (30-40 years). Seed spread via gravity, wind, animals, ornamental trade. What damage does it do? Adversely impacts environmental values of rocky outcrops, low stature shrub land and tussock communities in the hill and high country by competing with native species such as flax and snow Photo: Trevor James tussock. Loss of production from pastoral agriculture is also a possibility if left uncontrolled in the hill and high country. Has allelopathic properties, especially affecting grasses, and may cause patches of bare soil as a result that are vulnerable to further weed invasion or erosion. Which habitats is it likely to invade? Grows on hillsides, cliffs, dry slopes, sea cliffs heaths, rocky ground, woods, frequently disturbed sites and tussock grassland. Can tolerate acidic, waterlogged soils, has slight salt tolerance and frost resistant. -
Authorisations to Construct
Authorisations Issued Total No. 320 From: 01/01/2000 Total MWs 8,910.9 MW To: 30/09/17 Plant Type Power Station Name Company Name Power Station Address Size Auth (MW) Biomass Kerry County Council North Kerry Landfill, 1.0 Muingnaminnane, Tralee Kerry Irish Softfoods Limited Derrigra, Enniskeane 1.8 (Independent Biomass Systems) Cork Wexford County Council Killurin Landfill, Crossabeg 1.0 Wexford Biomass 3.8 CCGT Hunstown 2 Viridian Power Limited Mill House, Ashtown Gate, 396.7 Navan Road Dublin Great Island SSE Generation Ireland Limited Great Island, Camplie, New 469.0 Ross Wexford Dublin Bay Dublin Bay Power Pigeon House Road, Ringsend 408.0 Dublin Aghada Electricity Supply Board Aghada, Ballincarroonig, 420.0 Whitegate, Midleton Cork Hunstown 1 Huntstown Power Company Ltd Huntstown & Johnstown, 343.0 Finglas, Dublin 11 Dublin Tynagh Tynagh Energy Limited Derryfranch, Tynagh, 404.0 (Homemount Limited) Galway Aghada Electricity Supply Board Ballincarroonig, Whitegate, 431.6 Midleton Cork Ireland Power Enregy Ltd Damanstown Industrial Park, 400.0 Mullhuddart Dublin Whitegate Power Station Bord Gáis Eireann ConocoPhillips Oil Refinery, 445.0 Corkbeg, Whitegate Cork Dungarvan Dungarvan Energy Ltd Glanbia Creamery, Dungarvan 110.0 Waterford CCGT 3,827.3 CCP Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Vistakon Plant, Vistakon 3.0 (Ireland) T/A Vistakon Ireland Irl,National Technology Park, Limerick CCP 3.0 Report Generated on: Monday 2 October 2017 Page 1 of 19 Plant Type Power Station Name Company Name Power Station Address Size Auth (MW) CHP Dalkia Limited AIB Bank Centre, Ballsbridge 1.1 Dublin Dublin Airport Authority Dublin Airport Authority,Old 7.6 Central Terminal Building, Dublin Ai Dublin J. -
Irish Landscape Names
Irish Landscape Names Preface to 2010 edition Stradbally on its own denotes a parish and village); there is usually no equivalent word in the Irish form, such as sliabh or cnoc; and the Ordnance The following document is extracted from the database used to prepare the list Survey forms have not gained currency locally or amongst hill-walkers. The of peaks included on the „Summits‟ section and other sections at second group of exceptions concerns hills for which there was substantial www.mountainviews.ie The document comprises the name data and key evidence from alternative authoritative sources for a name other than the one geographical data for each peak listed on the website as of May 2010, with shown on OS maps, e.g. Croaghonagh / Cruach Eoghanach in Co. Donegal, some minor changes and omissions. The geographical data on the website is marked on the Discovery map as Barnesmore, or Slievetrue in Co. Antrim, more comprehensive. marked on the Discoverer map as Carn Hill. In some of these cases, the evidence for overriding the map forms comes from other Ordnance Survey The data was collated over a number of years by a team of volunteer sources, such as the Ordnance Survey Memoirs. It should be emphasised that contributors to the website. The list in use started with the 2000ft list of Rev. these exceptions represent only a very small percentage of the names listed Vandeleur (1950s), the 600m list based on this by Joss Lynam (1970s) and the and that the forms used by the Placenames Branch and/or OSI/OSNI are 400 and 500m lists of Michael Dewey and Myrddyn Phillips. -
List of Irish Mountain Passes
List of Irish Mountain Passes The following document is a list of mountain passes and similar features extracted from the gazetteer, Irish Landscape Names. Please consult the full document (also available at Mountain Views) for the abbreviations of sources, symbols and conventions adopted. The list was compiled during the month of June 2020 and comprises more than eighty Irish passes and cols, including both vehicular passes and pedestrian saddles. There were thousands of features that could have been included, but since I intended this as part of a gazetteer of place-names in the Irish mountain landscape, I had to be selective and decided to focus on those which have names and are of importance to walkers, either as a starting point for a route or as a way of accessing summits. Some heights are approximate due to the lack of a spot height on maps. Certain features have not been categorised as passes, such as Barnesmore Gap, Doo Lough Pass and Ballaghaneary because they did not fulfil geographical criteria for various reasons which are explained under the entry for the individual feature. They have, however, been included in the list as important features in the mountain landscape. Paul Tempan, July 2020 Anglicised Name Irish Name Irish Name, Source and Notes on Feature and Place-Name Range / County Grid Ref. Heig OSI Meaning Region ht Disco very Map Sheet Ballaghbeama Bealach Béime Ir. Bealach Béime Ballaghbeama is one of Ireland’s wildest passes. It is Dunkerron Kerry V754 781 260 78 (pass, motor) [logainm.ie], ‘pass of the extremely steep on both sides, with barely any level Mountains ground to park a car at the summit. -
An Introduction to Our Catchment
streamscapes Lee source to sea An Introduction to our Catchment Where the Lee is young...the rich & complex ecology of the Gearagh www.streamscapes.ie “To protect your rivers, protect your mountains.” - Emperor Yu (1600BC) Foreword: What is a Catchment? When you think of it, we all live in valleys, no matter how steep or broad, SAFETY FIRST!!! The ‘StreamScapes’ programme involves a hands-on survey of your local landscape and and all of our valleys have streams and rivers. From the hills above us to waterways...safety must always be the underlying concern. If you are undertaking aquatic survey, remember that all bodies of water are potentially dangerous places. the sea below, these watercourses make their way across our landscape and Slippery stones and banks, broken glass and other rubbish, polluted water courses which define the Catchment in which we live. Here a mountain stream runs may host disease, poisonous plants, barbed wire in riparian zones, fast moving currents, misjudging the depth of water, cold temperatures...all of these are hazards to be minded! swiftly and tumbles over waterfalls, there a wide river flows easily past If you and your group are planning a visit to a stream, river, canal, or lake for purposes of assessment, ensure that you have a good ratio of experienced and water-friendly adults green fields, through our communities and down to the sea. to students, keep clear of danger, and insist on discipline and caution! In that river, along its banks and into the surrounding landscapes, may be found a wealth of biodiversity; fish, birds, insects, animals, trees, wild Welcome to StreamScapes, a dynamic environmental education programme for schools, flowers, and people, but only if our waters run pure and clean.