Professor Fraser Mitchell

• Bernhardt-Rmermann, M., Baeten, L., Craven, D., De Frenne, P., Hdl, R., Lenoir, J., Bert, D., Brunet, J., Chudomelov, M., Decocq, G., Dierschke, H., Dirnbck, T., Drfler, I., Heinken, T., Hermy, M., Hommel, P., Jaroszewicz, B., Keczyński, A., Kelly, D. L., Kirby, K. J., Kopeck, M., Macek, M., Mli , F., Mirtl, M., Mitchell, F. J. G., Naaf, T., Newman, M., Peterken, G., Petřk, P., Schmidt, W., Standovr, T., Tth, Z., Calster, H. V., Verstraeten, G., Vladovič, J., Vild, O., Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K. , Drivers of temporal changes in temperate forest plant diversity vary across spatial scales, Global Change Biology , 21, 2015, p3726 - 3737Journal Article, 2015
• O'Halloran, J., T. Gittings, G.F. Smith, M. Wilson, A. Oxbrough, S. O'Donoghue, L. French, P.S. Giller, S. Iremonger, J. Pithon, D.L. Kelly, F.J.G. Mitchell, T.C. Kelly, P. Dowding, A. O'Sullivan, P. Neville, A.-M. McKee and L. Coote, Biodiversity of plantation forests in Ireland: BIOFOREST project, Opportunities for Biodiversity Enhancement in Plantation Forests, edited by L. MacLennan , COFORD, 2004, pp29 - 38Conference Paper, 2004
• Perrin, P. M., Mitchell, F. J. G. & Kelly, D. L., Long-term deer exclusion in yew-wood and oakwood habitats in southwest Ireland: Changes in ground flora and species diversity., Forest Ecology and Management, 262, 2011, p2328 - 2337Journal Article, 2011
• Kelly, D., Nickrent, D. & Ulloa Ulloa, C., New genus found in Honduran rainforest., Biodiversity Science: Developments in biodiversity & conservation management, 1, (1), 2011Journal Article, 2011, URL
• Coote, L., French, L.J., Moore, K., Mitchell, F.J.G. and Kelly, D.L. , Can forestry plantations support plant species and communities of semi-natural woodland?, Forest Ecology and Management, 283, 2012, p86 - 95Journal Article, 2012, DOI
• Coote, L., Dietzsch, A.C., Wilson, M.W., Graham, C.T., Fuller, L., Walsh, A.T., Irwin, S., Kelly, D.L., Mitchell, F.J.G., Kelly, T.C., O'Halloran, J. , Testing indicators of biodiversity for plantation forests, Ecological Indicators, 32, 2013, p107 - 115Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Irwin, S., Kelly, D. L., Kelly, T. C., Mitchell, F. J. G., Coote, L., Oxbrough, A., Wilson, M. W., Martin, R. D., Moore, K., Sweeney, O., Dietzsch, A. C. & O'Halloran, J., Do Irish forests provide habitat for species of conservation concern?, Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 113B, (3), 2013, p273 - 279Journal Article, 2013, DOI
• Newman, M., Mitchell, F. J. G., Kelly, D. L., Exclusion of large herbivores: Long-term changes within the plant community, Forest Ecology and Management, 321, 2014, p136 - 144Journal Article, 2014, DOI

• O'Halloran, J, Irwin, S, Kelly, DL, Kelly, TC, Mitchell, FJG, Coote, L, Oxbrough, A, Wilson, MW, Martin, RD, Moore, K, Sweeney, O, Dietzsch, AC, Walsh, A, Keady, S, French, V, Fox, H, Kopke, K, Butler, F, Neville, P, Management of biodiversity in a range of Irish forest types, Dublin, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 2011, 391Report

Dr Fraser Mitchell joined the Botany department in 1990. He is a member of both the Palaeoecology and Woodland Ecology research groups. His primary research activity is the investigation of long-term vegetation change. This encompasses palaeoecological research (primarily pollen analysis) to reconstruct the change coupled with research into contemporary ecosystems to gain a greater understanding of the mechanisms of vegetation change. Climate change and large herbivore grazing in woodland are actively researched in this respect. He currently collaborates on research projects with Drs. Daniel Kelly, Paul Dowding and Trevor Hodkinson within the Botany Department and with researchers in UCC, Coillte and Teagasc. In 2000 Dr Mitchell was a Charles Bullard Fellow at Harvard University where he investigated the impact of disturbance regimes on the stand dynamics of the Pisgah Old Growth Forest in New Hampshire.

• Title

  Long term forest monitoring
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  National Parks and Wildlife Service
  Date From

  2006
  Date To

  2006
• Title

  Irish Palaeoecological Data Synthesis and Analysis Project (IPAL) - Phase 2
  Summary

  Development of database of all Irish fossil pollen records and subsequent data analysis. Staff: Dr Rob Marchant
  Funding Agency

  EU Marie Curie
• Title

  Ecology of deep sea echinoids
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  IRC
  Date From

  2010
  Date To

  2014
• Title

  BIOFOREST
  Summary

  Biodiversity of Irish plantation forests http://bioforest.ucc.ie/
  Funding Agency

  EPA and COFORD
  Date From

  2000
  Date To

  2006
• Title

  Irish Palaeoecological Data Synthesis and Analysis Project (IPAL) - Phase 1.
  Summary

  Reconstruction of lake environments since the last ice age using diatom analysis from a series of high altitude lakes in Ireland. Staff: Dr. Manel Leira
  Funding Agency

  EU- Marie Curie - Principal Investigator
  Date From

  2000
  Date To

  2004
• Title

  WOODUSE
  Summary

  Quantifying woodland resource usage in the Irish midlands using archaeological and palaeoecological techniques
  Funding Agency

  NRA (National Roads Authority)
  Date From

  2008
  Date To

  2011
• Title

  Earth and Natural Sciences Doctoral Studies Programme
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  HEA PRTLI5
  Date From

  2011
  Date To

  2015
• Title

  Ecology of Irish yew.
  Summary

  Principal Investigator: Investigate the ecology of Irish yew (Taxus baccata) both in the field and through designed experiments. Collaboration with Dr. Daniel Kelly. Staff: Mr. Philip Perrin
  Funding Agency

  Dúchas
• Title

  Woodland dynamics, tree regeneration and the effects of large herbivores in Killarney National Park.
  Summary

  Partner / Collaborator: Monitor vegetation change inside and outside experimental exclosures in native woodlands of international importance. The broader aim is to promote informed management and conservation in the National Park. Staff: Ms. G. Therese Higgins, Mr. R. Larkin
  Funding Agency

  Dúchas (National Parks and Wildlife)
• Title

  Native woodland restoration on clear-fell sites.
  Summary

  Restoration of native woodland on the sites of former conifer plantations in Irish National Parks and Nature Reserves: with especial reference to Wicklow National Park. Staff: Mr. George F. Smith
• Title

  BIOPLAN
  Summary

  Forest biodiversity
  Funding Agency

  COFORD
  Date From

  2010
  Date To

  2013
• Title

  PLANFORBIO
  Summary

  Planning and Management Tools for Biodiversity in a Range of Irish Forests www.ucc.ie/en/planforbio/
  Funding Agency

  COFORD (National Council for Forest Research and Development)
  Date From

  2007
  Date To

  2012
• Title

  Irish Pine Project
  Summary

  Modern and palaeoecology of Pinus sylvestris in Ireland
  Funding Agency

  IRCSET (Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology)
  Date From

  2005
  Date To

  2009
• Title

  Pollen drift from oil seed rape.
  Summary

  Principal Investigator: Investigate distance that pollen travels from oil seed rape crops on the wind and via bees. Assess the risk of hybridisation of crop plants with other brassicas. Collaboration with Drs. Trevor Hodkinson and Paul Dowding. Staff: Ms. Marie-Louise Flannery
  Funding Agency

  Teagasc
  Date From

  2000
  Date To

  2004
• Title

  High altitude Irish lakes.
  Summary

  Co-ordinator: To reconstruct the environment in the catchments of the lakes used in the IPAL project using pollen and sediment analysis. Staff: Dr. Edwina Cole
  Funding Agency

  Enterprise Ireland
• Title

  ACCROTELM
  Summary

  project will generate continuous records of proxy-climate data from mire sites in transects across Europe, and compare with complementary data on lake-level changes, to focus on episodes of past abrupt climate change. The project will generate a pan-European perspective on climate changes of the past 4500 years, and through study of mire carbon-balance an asssessment of the 'Global Warming Potential' over that period. The benefits include a much clearer perspective on the magnitude, rate, frequency, causes and effects of past climate change in Europe. http://www2.glos.ac.uk/accrotelm/
  Funding Agency

  EU
  Date From

  2003
  Date To

  2006
• Title

  ForestBio
  Summary

  Forest biodiversity
  Funding Agency

  COFORD
  Date From

  2007
  Date To

  2010