An understanding of the factors which shape the range of, and distribution of diversity within, a species, is fundamental in understanding both the species itself, but also, the effectiveness, if needed, of conservation ...

Toxocara canis, the parasitic roundworm of dogs, can infect a number of paratenic hosts, such as mice and humans, due to the widespread dissemination of its ova in the environment (Glickman and Schantz, 1981). In the murine ...

Introduction: Zoos, living museums and menageries have been around since early Egyptian and Roman times. Throughout the ages zoos have developed a more important role than merely exhibits. Nowadays, zoos serve a major role ...

The majority of the research for this thesis was carried out on a reestablished population of pine marten in Killarney National Park (KNP). I explored the success of the translocation and used distributional, biometric and ...

Kennedy, Bates and Brown (1989) stated that in the British Isles the acanthocephalan, Pomphorhynchus laevis could be separated into three strains, an English, Irish and marine strain. Much ecological evidence exists in ...

Spatially explicit approaches (differing from the traditional stock assessment theory) to the assessment of scallop off the southeast coast of Ireland were developed. Different stock assessments methods were presented with ...

Habitat mapping is an extremely important area in marine science. Before we can conserve areas or consider the potential impacts of industries such as fishing, aggregates, windfarms and wave or tidal turbines, we first ...

Although decapod crustaceans represent a major component of benthic fauna in many geographic localities around the world, little is known of their early benthic life history. This study examined the relative influences ...

This research was concerned with the way that passerine bird species use odour cues in isolation and in combination with colour cues to make decisions about new foods. Galliformes are known to demonstrate a disproportionately ...

Islands play a key role in both the evolution of new species and our understanding of that evolution. The colonisation of islands, followed by different levels of gene flow between populations, has produced a diverse ...