Factfile 8: Reading List on Wetlands


Anonymous (2008c) The Living Farmland. A Guide to Farming with nature in Clare. Rural Resource Development, Shannon, Clare and Clare County Council. 

Bellamy, D. (1986) The Wild Boglands. Country House, Dublin. 

Brooks, S. and Stoneman, R. (1997) Conserving Bogs, The Management Handbook. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh.

Cabot, D. (1999) Ireland. A Natural History. Harper Collins Publishers, London.

Callan, R. (2008) Role of wetlands and floodplains for flood prevention. Oral presentation at Wise Use of Wetland Conference, Monaghan County Council February 2008. 

Clabby, G. (2003) Conservation and management of wetlands in Ireland. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

Cross, J.R. & Kelly, D.L. (2003) Wetland woods. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

Crowe, O. (2005) Ireland’s Wetlands and their Waterbirds: Status and Distribution. BirdWatch Ireland, pp. 402. 

Curtis, T.G.F. & Thompson, R. (2009) The Orchids of Ireland. National Museums Northern Ireland. pp. 160.

Doyle, G.J. (1982) The vegetation, ecology and productivity of Atlantic blanket bog in Mayo and Galway, western Ireland. Journal of Life Sciences, Royal Dublin Society, 3  pp. 147-164. 

Doyle, G.J. & Ó Críodáin, C. (2003) Peatlands - fens and bogs. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

Farrell, C. & Doyle, G.J. (1998) Rehabilitation of Atlantic blanket bog industrial cutaway at Bellacorrick, North-West Mayo, Ireland. In: O’Leary, G. & Gormley, F. (eds.) Towards a Conservation Strategy for the Bogs of Ireland. Irish Peatland Conservation Council, pp. 103-109. 

Feehan, J. & O’Donovan, G.  (1996) The bogs of Ireland. An introduction to the Natural, Cultural and Industrial Heritage of Irish Peatlands. The Environmental Institute, University College, Dublin.

Fossitt, J. (2000) A Guide to Habitats in Ireland. The Heritage Council, Ireland. (You can download the Heritage Councils habitat key here).

Goodwillie, R. (2003) Vegetation of Turloughs. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin, Press.

Goodwillie, R. & Reynolds, J.D. (2003) Turloughs. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

Hall, V. (2011) The making of Ireland’s Lanscape since the Ice Age. The Collins Press, Cork. pp. 180.

Hammond R.F. (1979) The Peatlands of Ireland. Soil survey Bulletin No 35, An Foras Talúntais, Dublin.

Harding, J. M. (2008) Discovering Irish Butterflies & their Habitats. Jesmond Harding, Ireland, pp. 156.

Heery, S. (2003) Callows and floodplains. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

Johnston, B. (2003) Canals and Canal Banks. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

Kelly, D.L. & Iremonger, S.F. (1997) Irish wetland woods: The plant communities and their ecology. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 97B 1 pp. 1-32.

Lynas P., Newton S.F. and Robinson, J.A. (2007) The status of birds in Ireland: an analysis of conservation concern 2008-2013. Irish Birds 8: 149-166.

Maltby, E. (1986) Waterlogged Wealth. An Earthscan Paperback, International Institute for Environment and Development, Washington DC. pp. 200.

Mitchell, F. & Ryan, M.  (1996) Reading the Irish Landscape. Country House, Dublin.

Monaghan County Council (2008) Monaghan’s Wonderful Wetlands. Monaghan County Council, pp. 10.

Nairn, R.G.W. (2003) Birds of Irish wetlands: a literature review. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

NBDC (2010) Ireland’s Biodiversity in 2010: Knowledge Gaps.. National Biodiversity Data Centre, Waterford, 22 pp. 

Newton S., Donaghy, A., Allen, D. and Gibbons, D. (1999) Birds of Conservation Concern in Ireland. Irish Birds 6: 333-344.

O’Connell, M., Ryan, J.B. & Macgowran, B.A. (1984) Wetland Communities in Ireland: a phytosociological review. In: Moore, P.D. (ed.) European Mires. Academic press, London pp. 303-364.

Otte, M.L. (2003) The value of wetlands. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

Otte, R. (2003a) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, Ecological Uses and Economic Value. University College Dublin Press, Dublin.

Parnell, J. & Curtis, T. (2012) Webb’s: An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. pp. 504.

Quinty, F. & Rochefort, L. (1997) Peatland Restoration Guide. University Laval, Canada. pp. 21. 

Reynolds, J.D. (2003) Fauna of Turloughs and other wetlands. In: Otte, R. (ed.) Irish Wetlands: Distribution, ecology, uses and economic value. University College Dublin Press.

Rodwell, J.S. (1991) British Plant Communities: Volume 2. Mires and Heath.. Cambridge University Press.

Roebuck, P. (2011) The Age of Aliens - Human Perception and Management of Invasive Species. Bulletin of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, In Practice No. 72, pp. 4-5.

Ryan, J. & Cross, J.  (1984) The Conservation of Peatlands in Ireland. Proc. of the 7th International Peat Congress, Dublin. pp. 389-406.

Rydin, H. & Jeglum, J. (2006) The Biology of Peatlands. Oxford University Press, England. pp. 343

Sheehy Skeffington, M., Moran, J., O Connor, A., Regan, E., Coxon, C.E., Scot, N.E. & Gormally, M. (2006) Turloughs - Ireland’s unique wetland habitat. Biological Conservation, 133, pp. 265-290. 

Sheppard, R. (1993) Ireland’s wetland wealth. Irish Wildbird Conservancy, Dublin. 

Stace, C. (1997) New Flora of the British Isles. Second edition. . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 1130

Tansley, A.G. (1939) The British Islands and their vegetation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Úna FitzPatrick, Eugenie Regan & Liam Lysaght (2010) Ireland’s Biodiversity in 2010: State of Knowledge. National Biodiversity Data Centre, Waterford, 45 pp. 

Wheeler, B.D. & Shaw, S.C. (1995) Restoration of Damaged Peatlands. HMSO, London. pp. 211. 

Wheeler, B.D., Shaw, S.C., Fojt, W.J. & Robertson, R.A. (1995) Restoration of temperate wetlands. Whiley & Sons, England. pp. 562.

Whelan, P. (2011) Lichens of Ireland. The Collins Press, Cork. pp. 154.

White, J. (1982) Studies on Irish Vegetation. Royal Dublin Society, Dublin.

White, J. & Doyle, G.J. (1982) The Vegetation of Ireland. A Catalogue Raisonne. In: White J. (ed.) Studies on Irish Vegetation. Royal Dublin Society, Dublin. pp. 289-368.

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