A site about botany and ecology in Ireland.
I am an ecologist based in Belfast. I am interested in grassland biodiversity, especially how interactions between plants and pathogens mediate biodiversity.
My current main project is documenting the plant pathogens of Ireland. I am developing a Field Guide to Plant Pathogens as well as writing an accompanying book encouraging people to get interested in them.
There are lots of species-rich grasslands to visit in Belfast and Co. Down!
These grasslands are very overlooked. I am conducting a survey of them with the generous help of a Plant Study Grant from the BSBI.