• Assessing the distribution and vulnerability of a seabird community at sea to inform conservation and management 

  Critchley, Emma Jane (University College Cork, 2018)

  Seabirds are an apex predator in marine ecosystems and can be important bio-indicators for informing wider marine conservation and management. They face many threats from anthropogenic activities at sea but the interactions ...
• Education in the zoo: a study of the relationship between education, zoo visitors and animal behaviour 

  Collins, Courtney Keane (University College Cork, 2018)

  One of the primary stated goals of zoos is education of the public. Yet, zoos have been criticised for failing to show evidence of their claims to be educators. Because of the general lack of research surrounding education ...
• Developing and assessing methods to census and monitor burrow-nesting seabirds in Ireland 

  Arneill, Gavin Euan (University College Cork, 2018)

  Censusing and monitoring populations are key priorities in conservation. This is particularly challenging for seabirds, where several life history characteristics and the remote nature of breeding colonies of many species ...
• Responses to global change in a river passerine 

  Fernández-Bellon, Darío (University College Cork, 2018)

  Human-induced environmental change is affecting biodiversity across the world. River systems and species associated with these habtitats are particularly vulnerable to the different drivers of global change (e.g. land use, ...
• The effects of commercial seaweed extracts on disease resistance and crop yield 

  Philip, Benjamin Ross (University College Cork, 2017)

  In the face of climate change, crop production faces many challenges, such as increased productivity per unit land area under increasingly harsh climatic conditions, with far less dependence on fossil fuel-based aids such ...

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