Dr Helen Shaw
Biography
Research Interests
Peer Reviewed Journals
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2020 | 'Relating dung fungal spore influx rates to animal density in a temperate environment: Implications for palaeoecological studies'
van Asperen E.;Kirby J.;Shaw H. (2020) 'Relating dung fungal spore influx rates to animal density in a temperate environment: Implications for palaeoecological studies'. Holocene, 30 (2):218-232 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2020 | 'Interpretation of the herbaceous pollen spectra in paleoecological reconstructions: A spatial extension of Indices of Association and determination of individual pollen source areas from binary data'
Shaw, H;Whyte, I (2020) 'Interpretation of the herbaceous pollen spectra in paleoecological reconstructions: A spatial extension of Indices of Association and determination of individual pollen source areas from binary data'. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 279 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2014 | 'Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology'
Seddon, A.W., Mackay, A.W., Baker, A.G., Birks, H.J., Breman, E. , Buck, C.E., Ellis, E.C., Froyd, C.A., Gill, J.L., Gillson, L. , Johnson, E.A., Jones, V.J., Juggins, S. , Macias‐Fauria, M. , Mills, K., Morris, J.L., Nogués‐Bravo, D., Punyasena, S.W., Roland, T.P., Tanentzap, A.J., Willis, K.J., Aberhan, M. , Asperen, E.N., Austin, W.E., Battarbee, R.W., Bhagwat, S., Belanger, C.L., Bennett, K.D., Birks, H.H., Bronk Ramsey, C., Brooks, S.J., Bruyn, M. , Butler, P.G., Chambers, F.M., Clarke, S.J., Davies, A.L., Dearing, J.A., Ezard, T.H., Feurdean, A., Flower, R.J., Gell, P., Hausmann, S., Hogan, E.J., Hopkins, M.J., Jeffers, E.S., Korhola, A.A., Marchant, R. , Kiefer, T., Lamentowicz, M., Larocque‐Tobler, I., López‐Merino, L., Liow, L.H., McGowan, S., Miller, J.H., Montoya, E., Morton, O., Nogué, S., Onoufriou, C., Boush, L.P., Rodriguez‐Sanchez, F., Rose, N.L., Sayer, C.D., Shaw, H.E., Payne, R., Simpson, G., Sohar, K., Whitehouse, N.J., Williams, J.W. and Witkowski, A. (2014) 'Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology'. Journal of Ecology, 102 (1):256-267 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2013 | 'Palynological perspectives on vegetation survey: a critical step for model-based reconstruction of Quaternary land cover'
Bunting, M.J., Farrell, M., Broström, A,. Hjelle, K.L., Mazier, F., Middleton, R., Nielsen, A.B., Rushton, E., Shaw, H., Twiddle, C.L. (2013) 'Palynological perspectives on vegetation survey: a critical step for model-based reconstruction of Quaternary land cover'. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 82 :41-55 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2013 | 'The Holocene vegetation cover of Britain and Ireland: overcoming problems of scale and discerning patterns of openness'
Ralph M Fyfe, Claire Twiddle, Shinya Sugita, Marie-José Gaillard, Philip Barratt, Christopher J Caseldine, John Dodson, Kevin J Edwards, Michelle Farrell, Cynthia Froyd, Michael J Grant, Elizabeth Huckerby, James B Innes, Helen Shaw, Martyn Waller (2013) 'The Holocene vegetation cover of Britain and Ireland: overcoming problems of scale and discerning patterns of openness'. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS, 73 :132-148 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2013 | 'The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project'
Basil AS Davis, Marco Zanon, Pamella Collins, Achille Mauri, Johan Bakker, Doris Barboni, Alexandra Barthelmes, Celia Beaudouin, Anne E Bjune, Elissaveta Bozilova, Richard HW Bradshaw, Barbara A Brayshay, Simon Brewer, Elisabetta Brugiapaglia, Jane Bunting, Simon E Connor, Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu, Kevin Edwards, Ana Ejarque, Patricia Fall, Assunta Florenzano, Ralph Fyfe, Didier Galop, Marco Giardini, Thomas Giesecke, Michael J Grant, Jöel Guiot, Susanne Jahns, Vlasta Jankovská, Stephen Juggins, Marina Kahrmann, Monika Karpińska-Kołaczek, Piotr Kołaczek, Norbert Kühl, Petr Kuneš, Elena G Lapteva, Suzanne AG Leroy, Michelle Leydet, José Guiot, José Antonio López Sáez, Alessia Masi, Isabelle Matthias, Florence Mazier, Vivika Meltsov, Anna Maria Mercuri, Yannick Miras, Fraser JG Mitchell, Jesse L Morris, Filipa Naughton, Anne Birgitte Nielsen, Elena Novenko, Bent Odgaard, Elena Ortu, Mette Venås Overballe-Petersen, Heather S Pardoe, Silvia M Peglar, Irena A Pidek, Laura Sadori, Heikki Seppä, Elena Severova, Helen Shaw, Joanna Święta-Musznicka, Martin Theuerkauf, Spassimir Tonkov, Siim Veski, WO van der Knaap, Jacqueline FN van Leeuwen, Jessie Woodbridge, Marcelina Zimny, Jed O Kaplan (2013) 'The European Modern Pollen Database (EMPD) project'. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 22 (6):521-530 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2010 | 'Mainstreaming LEADER delivery of the RDR in Cumbria: an interpretative phenomenological analysis'
Ian Convery, Ian Soane, Tom Dutson, Helen Shaw (2010) 'Mainstreaming LEADER delivery of the RDR in Cumbria: an interpretative phenomenological analysis'. Sociologia Ruralis, 50 (4):370-391 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2008 | 'The use of modelling and simulation approach in reconstructing past landscapes from fossil pollen data: a review and results from the POLLANDCAL network'
Marie-José Gaillard, Shinya Sugita, M Jane Bunting, Richard Middleton, Anna Broström, Christopher Caseldine, Thomas Giesecke, Sophie EV Hellman, Sheila Hicks, Kari Hjelle, Catherine Langdon, Anne-Birgitte Nielsen, Anneli Poska, Henrik von Stedingk, Sim Veski (2008) 'The use of modelling and simulation approach in reconstructing past landscapes from fossil pollen data: a review and results from the POLLANDCAL network'. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 17 (5):419-443 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2006 | 'Recent pine woodland dynamics in east Glen Affric, northern Scotland, from highly resolved palaeoecological analyses'
Helen Shaw, Richard Tipping (2006) 'Recent pine woodland dynamics in east Glen Affric, northern Scotland, from highly resolved palaeoecological analyses'. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 79 (3):340-340 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
Book Chapters
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2013 | 'Land Management and Biodiversity Through Time in Upper Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UK: Understanding the Impact of Traditional Management'
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2013) 'Land Management and Biodiversity Through Time in Upper Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UK: Understanding the Impact of Traditional Management' In: I Rotherham (eds). Cultural Severance and the Environment: The Ending of Traditional and Customary Practice on Commons and Landscapes Managed in Common. Netherlands: Springer. [DOI] [Details] |
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2010 | 'Land management and biodiversity through time in upper Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UK: Understanding the impact of traditional management'
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2010) 'Land management and biodiversity through time in upper Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UK: Understanding the impact of traditional management' In: Rotherham, ID; Agnoletti, M; Handley, C (eds). The End of Tradition? Landscape Archaeology and Ecology Series 8. Sheffield: Wildtrack Publishing. [Details] |
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2013 | 'Palaeoecological Records of Woodland History During Recent Centuries of Grazing and Management Examples from Glen Affric, Scotland and Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire'
Shaw, H and Whyte, I (2013) 'Palaeoecological Records of Woodland History During Recent Centuries of Grazing and Management Examples from Glen Affric, Scotland and Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire' In: Rotherham, Ian D (eds). Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals A European Perspective on Woodlands and Grazed Treescapes. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. [DOI] [Details] |
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2003 | 'Recent woodland history from pollen analysis'
Shaw, H and Tipping, R (2003) 'Recent woodland history from pollen analysis' In: Tipping R (eds). The Quaternary of Glen Affric and Kintail. Field Guide. London: Quaternary Research Association. [Details] |
Other Journals
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2008 | 'Shifting ecosystem services through time in the North West uplands'
H Shaw, I Whyte (2008) 'Shifting ecosystem services through time in the North West uplands' Aspects of Applied Biology, 85 :99-106. [Details] |
Conference Publications
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2011 | The history of woodland dynamics in relict east Glen Affric pinewoods: A lack of human impact?
Shaw, H (2011) The history of woodland dynamics in relict east Glen Affric pinewoods: A lack of human impact? . In: Mills, Coralie M eds. Woods as Working and Cultural Landscapes, Past and Present Dunkeld, Perthshire, , pp.22-28 [Details] |
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2010 | Palaeoecology and landscape history in upper Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UK
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2010) Palaeoecology and landscape history in upper Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UK . In: Pickles A eds. Managing the Future: building on the past, Proceedings of the 2009 Malham Tarn Research Seminar Malham, Yorkshire, [Details] |
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2006 | Conclusions and Conference Outcomes
Soane, I. and Shaw, H. (2006) Conclusions and Conference Outcomes . In: Soane, I. and Shaw, H eds. The future of the Uplands: Sustainable scenarios for people, the environment and landscape Kendal, Cumbria, , 30-MAY-06 - 01-JUN-06 , pp.287-292 [DOI] [Details] |
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2006 | Introduction and Overview of Papers
Soane, I. and Shaw, H. (2006) Introduction and Overview of Papers . In: Soane, I. and Shaw, H eds. The future of the Uplands: Sustainable scenarios for people, the environment and landscape , pp.117-122 [DOI] [Details] |
Conference Contributions
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2021 | The Yorkshire Palaeo Group Meeting April 2021.
Helen Shaw (2021) The Yorkshire Palaeo Group Meeting April 2021. [Oral Presentation], Biodiversity and herb representation in pollen samples: an analysis from upper Ribblesdale Yorkshire, Online [Details] |
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2021 | 52nd Annual Conference of Irish Geographers.
Helen Shaw (2021) 52nd Annual Conference of Irish Geographers. [Oral Presentation], Palaeoecology meets environmental history, Online , 18-MAY-21 - 21-MAY-21 [Details] |
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2021 | 52nd Annual Conference of Irish Geographers.
Ro Charlton, Helen Shaw, Abbie Nugent (2021) 52nd Annual Conference of Irish Geographers. [Oral Presentation], Palaeoecological analysis of land-use changes and fluvial response in the River Suck catchment, Online , 18-MAY-21 - 21-MAY-21 [Details] |
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2021 | 52nd Annual Conference of Irish Geographers.
Helen Shaw, Ro Charlton, Carla Ferreira (2021) 52nd Annual Conference of Irish Geographers. [Chaired Session], Communicating the palaeoenvironmental archive, Online , 18-MAY-21 [Details] |
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2021 | 52nd Annual Conference of Irish Geographers.
Helen Shaw, Carla Ferreira (2021) 52nd Annual Conference of Irish Geographers. [Oral Presentation], Applied palaeoecology – potentials and communication experiences, Online , 18-MAY-21 - 21-MAY-21 [Details] |
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2019 | INQUA.
Shaw, H. (2019) INQUA. [Poster Presentation], Understanding pollen representation of rare herb taxa at the local scale, Dublin , 24-JUL-19 - 31-JUL-19 [Details] |
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2019 | INQUA.
Shaw, H. (2019) INQUA. [Oral Presentation], Beyond the bog: the importance and value of small-scale stratigraphic deposits in the landscape as archives for applied palaeoecology, Dublin , 24-JUL-19 - 31-JUL-19 [Details] |
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2019 | EUGEO CIG.
Shaw, H. (2019) EUGEO CIG. [Oral Presentation], Forest sustainability and rewilding, Galway , 15-MAY-19 - 18-MAY-19 [Details] |
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2019 | EUGEO CIG.
Shaw, H.; van Asperen; E. Kirby, J. (2019) EUGEO CIG. [Oral Presentation], Dung fungus: how does it represent the grazing record?, Galway , 15-MAY-19 - 18-MAY-19 [Details] |
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2018 | Conference of Irish Geographers 2018.
Maynooth University, Department of Geography (2018) Conference of Irish Geographers 2018. [Conference Organising Committee Member], n/a, Maynooth University, Ireland , 10-MAY-18 - 12-MAY-18 [Details] |
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2016 | Quaternary Research Association Short Discussion Meeting — New Approaches, New Insights.
Shaw, H. (2016) Quaternary Research Association Short Discussion Meeting — New Approaches, New Insights. [Oral Presentation], Palaeoecology and Community Ecology: Potential for close linkages?, Cardiff Museum, Wales , 06-SEP-16 - 07-SEP-16 [Details] |
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2017 | Conference of Irish Geographers 2017.
Shaw, H. (2017) Conference of Irish Geographers 2017. [Oral Presentation], Palaeoecology and landscape history in Ribblesdale,, University College Cork , 04-MAY-17 - 06-MAY-17 [Details] |
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2018 | Conference of Irish Geographers 2018.
Shaw, H. and Lawton, P. (2018) Conference of Irish Geographers 2018. [Chaired Session], 50 Questions for Irish Geography research, Maynooth, Ireland , 10-MAY-18 - 12-MAY-18 [Details] |
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2018 | British Ecological Society Annual Meeting.
Shaw, H. (2018) British Ecological Society Annual Meeting. [Oral Presentation], Palaeoecology and community ecology, potential for close linkages: testing the ability to detect diversity and herbaceous pastoral species in pollen diagrams, Birmingham , 16-DEC-18 - 19-DEC-18 [Details] |
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2018 | British Ecological Society Annual Meeting.
Shaw, H. (2018) British Ecological Society Annual Meeting. [Chaired Session], S56: Conservation Science & Policy (Species & Diversity, Birmingham , 16-DEC-18 - 19-DEC-18 [Details] |
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2013 | Landscape-scale palaeoecology: towards quantitative reconstruction of landscape-scale vegetation mosaics from pollen data.
Shaw, H. (2013) Landscape-scale palaeoecology: towards quantitative reconstruction of landscape-scale vegetation mosaics from pollen data. [Invited Lecture], Extended spatial calculations of Indices of Association: assessing the interpretive value of rare pollen types in pollen diagrams, University of Hull , 05-SEP-14 - 09-SEP-14 [Details] |
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2012 | Trees Beyond the Wood An exploration of concepts of woods, forests and trees.
Shaw, H. (2012) Trees Beyond the Wood An exploration of concepts of woods, forests and trees. [Oral Presentation], Palaeoecological History around Windermere, Sheffield Hallam University , 05-SEP-12 - 05-SEP-12 [Details] |
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2010 | Landclim 10000 workshop.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2010) Landclim 10000 workshop. [Oral Presentation], Land management and biodiversity through time in upper Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UK, Lund, Sweden , 01-AUG-10 - 01-AUG-10 [Details] |
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2009 | Landclim 10000 workshop.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2009) Landclim 10000 workshop. [Oral Presentation], An introduction to palaeoecological and historical research in Ribblesdale North Yorkshire, Tallinn, Estonia , 01-OCT-09 - 01-OCT-09 [Details] |
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2004 | British Ecological Society Annual Meeting: Ecology Without Frontiers: Environmental Challenges Across Europe. Ecology Without Frontiers: Environmental Challenges Across Europe.
Shaw, H. (2004) British Ecological Society Annual Meeting: Ecology Without Frontiers: Environmental Challenges Across Europe. Ecology Without Frontiers: Environmental Challenges Across Europe. [Oral Presentation], Long term ecology of Glen Affric, Lancaster University [Details] |
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2014 | Open PAGES Focus 4 Workshop, Human-Climate-Ecosystem Interactions. Towards a more accurate quantification of human-environment interactions in the past.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2014) Open PAGES Focus 4 Workshop, Human-Climate-Ecosystem Interactions. Towards a more accurate quantification of human-environment interactions in the past. [Oral Presentation], Human impact on the vegetation of pastoral uplands: recent centuries of change in the Yorkshire Dales, UK, University of Leuven, Belgium , 03-FEB-14 - 07-FEB-14 [Details] |
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2013 | BES/Intecol Annual meeting: BES Centenary.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2013) BES/Intecol Annual meeting: BES Centenary. [Oral Presentation], The contribution of palaeo-historical studies to understanding biodiversity and ecosystem services in traditional multifunctional landscapes, London , 18-AUG-13 - 23-AUG-13 [Details] |
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2012 | Planet under pressure: new knowledge towards solutions.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2012) Planet under pressure: new knowledge towards solutions. [Poster Presentation], Land management and biodiversity through time in upper Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, UK: understanding the impact of traditional management, London , 26-MAR-12 - 29-MAR-12 [Details] |
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2012 | QRA ADM.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2012) QRA ADM. [Oral Presentation], The impact of traditional pastoral management palaeoecological and historical contributions to understanding sustainability, resilience and ecosystem services, Beaulieu, Hampshire, UK , 04-JAN-12 - 06-JAN-12 [Details] |
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2011 | INQUA.
Shaw, H and Whyte, I (2011) INQUA. [Oral Presentation], Interpreting the pollen signal to determine recent ecological change for nature conservation in the UK uplands, Bern, Switzerland , 21-JUL-11 - 27-JUL-11 [Details] |
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2011 | Resilience 2011.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2011) Resilience 2011. [Oral Presentation], Post Medieval land use and vegetation change in upland Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Dales, UK, Arizona State University, Phoenix Arizona , 11-MAR-11 - 16-MAR-11 [Details] |
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2011 | British Ecological Society Annual meeting.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2011) British Ecological Society Annual meeting. [Oral Presentation], Understanding the spatial extent and taxonomic detail from pollen analyses in open land in Ribblesdale, Sheffield , 12-SEP-12 - 14-SEP-12 [Details] |
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2010 | Climate Change in the Yorkshire Dales.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2010) Climate Change in the Yorkshire Dales. [Oral Presentation], The little Ice age and upland farming in the Yorkshire Dales: Recent research in Ribblesdale, Grassington, Yorkshire , 09-OCT-10 - 09-OCT-10 [Details] |
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2010 | Global change and the worlds mountains.
Shaw, H. and Whyte, I. (2010) Global change and the worlds mountains. [Oral Presentation], Post Medieval land use and vegetation change in upland Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Dales, UK, Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth, Scotland , 26-SEP-10 - 30-SEP-10 [Details] |
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2010 | Empirical estimates of relative pollen productivity, Training Workshop.
Shaw, H. (2010) Empirical estimates of relative pollen productivity, Training Workshop. [Oral Presentation], Modern pollen analogues in Scotland and Yorkshire, University of Hull [Details] |
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2010 | The Native Woodland Discussion Group Annual Conference.
Shaw, H. (2010) The Native Woodland Discussion Group Annual Conference. [Invited Oral Presentation], Woodland history in Glen Affric, Birnam Institute, Dunkeld, Scotland , 27-OCT-10 - 27-OCT-10 [Details] |
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2008 | RICS North Rural Conference.
Shaw, H. (2008) RICS North Rural Conference. [Invited Oral Presentation], Shifting ecosystem services through time in the North West uplands: implications for valuing and for planning future adaptation, Kendal, Cumbria , 25-SEP-08 - 25-SEP-08 [Details] |
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2007 | Global Warming, What do I care?.
Shaw, H. (2007) Global Warming, What do I care?. [Other], Global Warming, What do I care?, Penrith, Cumbria , 31-MAR-07 - 31-MAR-07 [Details] |
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2005 | Open Science Conference on Global Change in Mountain Regions.
Shaw, H. (2005) Open Science Conference on Global Change in Mountain Regions. [Oral Presentation], Determining detailed woodland history from pollen analysis in Glen Affric, Scotland: spatial resolutions and pollen vegetation representation in a patchy pinewood ecosystem, Perth, Scotland , 02-OCT-05 - 06-OCT-05 [Details] |
Thesis
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2006 | A palaeoecological investigation of long-term stand-scale ecological dynamics in semi-open native pine woods: contributing to conservation management in east Glen Affric.
H Shaw (2006) A palaeoecological investigation of long-term stand-scale ecological dynamics in semi-open native pine woods: contributing to conservation management in east Glen Affric. Stirling, UK: Thesis [Details] |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Quaternary Research Association | Member | / |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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Irish Ecological Association | Committee Member (Policy Group) | 2021 / |
Employment
Employer | Position | From / To | |
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University of Wales Trinity Saint David | Senior Lecturer and Programme Manager | 01-SEP-15 / 31-DEC-16 | |
Liverpool John Moores University | Lecturer in Conservation Ecology | 01-JAN-14 / 30-JUL-15 | |
Lancaster University, Centre for Northwest Regional Studies | Lecturer in Ecology | 01-FEB-12 / 31-AUG-13 | |
Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre | Senior Research Associate | 01-MAR-09 / 30-MAR-13 | |
Oxford Archaeology North | Project Palynologist | 01-OCT-13 / 28-FEB-14 | |
University of Cumbria International Centre for the Uplands | Project Officer | 01-FEB-07 / 01-SEP-09 | |
Lancaster University, International Centre for the Uplands | Project Officer | 01-SEP-04 / 31-AUG-07 |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2006 | University of Stirling | PhD | A palaeoecological investigation of long-term stand-scale ecological dynamics in semi-open native pine woods: contributing to conservation management in east Glen Affric | |
1997 | University of Southampton | BSc (Hons) | Biology | |
1998 | The Open University | BSc (Hons) | Science |
Teaching Interests
Internal Collaborators
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IRELAND |
External Collaborators
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Dr Eline van Asperen/Durham University | UNITED KINGDOM | ||
Dr Eileen Tisdall/Stirling University | Lecturer | SCOTLAND | |
Dr Jason Kirby/Liverpool John Moores University | UNITED KINGDOM |