Mind the Gap II New Insights into the Irish Postglacial

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This volume contains more articles on the Irish postglacial. See table of contents for more details

Contents

Introduction
D. Paddy Sleeman and Jens Carlsson

Ireland, an unexpected focus for genetic biodiversity and the ecological implications.
D. Paddy Sleeman

The use of genetics to infer the origins of the terrestrial and freshwater element of the Irish fauna.
Jens Carlsson, Tom F. Cross, Philip McGinnity, Paulo A. Prodöhl, and Allan D. McDevitt

Ireland's native mammals: a survey of the archaeological record.
Peter C. Woodman

The origin of the Irish avifauna - a perspective from Island Biogeography Theory.
Thomas C. Kelly, Patrick Smiddy and Conor T. Graham

The Eurasian Crane (Grus grus) in Ireland - another extinct bird or a key species for an ancient belief system?
Lorcán O’Toole

Post-glaciation plant colonization of Ireland: fresh insights from An Loch Mór, Inis Oírr, western Ireland.
Karen Molloy and Michael O’Connell

Breeding birds in Ireland: success and failure among colonists.
Patrick Smiddy

What Ireland's soil macroinvertebrate fauna can tell us about postglacial colonization.
Ruth Boland and Thomas Bolger

Never mind the gap: climate, rather than insularity, may limit Ireland's species richness.
Simon Harrison

Did melting ice sheets create temporary low-salinity corridors that facilitated the natural colonization of Ireland by stenohaline fishes?
Declan T.G. Quigley

Origin of the Holocene mammals of 'these islands'.
W. Ian Montgomery

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