Orchid
by Mark Carter
ecological Research
ecologymatters staff have combined experience of over 60 years of undertaking a wide variety of quality research and have published the results of a number of these projects. As well as carrying out research for a variety of government agencies and other organisations, ecologymatters undertake their own ecological projects.
Examples of ecologymatters staff research projects include:
Birds
Little Owl
Breeding success and post-fledging dispersal of chough in Wales; breeding success of hen harriers; effect of windfarm construction on breeding success and distribution of curlew; the status of the dipper in Shropshire and mid-Wales.
Mammals
Ecology of red squirrels, distribution of cetaceans in Cardigan Bay.
Examples of papers published by ecologymatters staff include:
Cartmel, S. 1997. A study of red and grey squirrels in Clocaenog forest, north Wales - a preliminary analysis. In The Conservation of Red Squirrels, Sciurus vulgaris L. (eds. J. Gurnell & P. Lurz), pp 89-95. PTES, London.
Cartmel, S. 1999. Squirrel population dynamics in a conifer plantation of North Wales. In The Proceedings of the 3rd NPI Red Alert UK Red Squirrel Forum (eds. L. Collins & M. Cooper). pp 86-91. SNH.
Bryce, J., Cartmel, S., and Quine, C. (October 2005) Habitat use by red and grey squirrels: results of two recent studies and implications for management. Forestry Commission Information Note 76.
Gurnell, J., Lurz, P. Shirley, M., Cartmel, S., Garson, P., Magris, L., and Steele, J. Monitoring red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris and grey squirrels Sciurus carolinensis in Britain. Mammal Review vol 34, No. 1-2, January 2004, pg 51-74
Davis, P., Cross, T. and Davis, J. 2001. Movement, Settlement, Breeding and Survival of Red Kites Milvus milvus marked in Wales. Welsh Birds 3 (1):18-43
Sim, I. M. W., Cross A. V., Lamacraft D. L. & Pain D. J. (2001). Correlates of Common Buzzards Buteo buteo density and breeding success in the West Midlands. British Birds.
Tony Cross & Peter Davis 2005. The Red Kites of Wales. Subbuteo Natural History Books
Cross A. V.2001. The Raven. In: The BTO Migration Atlas. T & AD Poyser.
Green M, McGrady M, Newton S & Uttley J. 1994. The Shorebirds of Barr Al Hickman and Ghubbat Al Hashish, Oman. Wader Study Group Bulletin. January 1994.
Green, M. 2003. The Welsh Uplands Past, Present and Future. British Wildlife. 14/6
Green M & Simmonds M. 2003 Cardigan Bay and its conservation importance. Natur Cymru 7
Green M 2005. Densities of Breeding Skylark in Upland Wales. Welsh Birds. 4/3
Green M. 2005. Marine Protected Areas Science, Policy and Politics. Paper given at British Ecological Society Annual Conference, Hatfield University, September 2005.
Wotton, S. R., Carter, I. , Cross, A. V., Etheridge, B., Snell, N., Duffy, K., Gregory, R.D. and Thorpe R. I. 2001. Red Kites Milvus milvus in the UK in 2000. Bird Study
