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PhD Thesis, 2007 - University College Cork

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Chapter 4<br />

Vegetation survey<br />

Acknowledgement<br />

This study was funded by the ERTDI Programme 2000–2006, financed by the Irish<br />

Government under the National Development Plan and administered on behalf of<br />

the Department of Environment and Local Government by the Environmental<br />

Protection Agency (CELTICFLUX 2001-CC-C2-M1). MS and AL are funded by<br />

Environmental Protection Agency <strong>PhD</strong> fellowships (Grant codes 2002_<strong>PhD</strong>2_47<br />

and 2002_<strong>PhD</strong>2_46 respectively). Financial support from Academy of Finland<br />

(SAxxx) to E-ST is appreciated. We thank Caitriona Douglas of NPWS and Coillte<br />

Teoranta for permission to use the study site, Peter Jones and Mairead Kiely of the<br />

Plant Science Department in UCC for the use of lab facilities for plants<br />

identification, and Julien Gillet for help in fieldwork. Useful discussions with Mary<br />

O’Connor, Petr Smilauer and Teemu Tahvanainen are appreciated.<br />

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