Professor Morag McDonald
Dean of College / Professor/ Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor

Contact info
Professor of Ecology and Catchment Management
Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Diversity and Inclusion)
Office: G21 Thoday Building
Telephone: +44 (0)1248 388076
email: m.mcdonald@bangor.ac.uk
Practitioner of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (PIEMA)
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers (FRGS)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Level 5 ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Certificate in Management and Leadership
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Plant diversity patterns in neotropical dry forests and their conservation implications
DRYFLOR, McDonald, M., Banda-R, K., Delgado-Salinas, A., Dexter, K. G., Linares-Palomino, R., Oliveira-Filho, A., Prado, D., Pullan, M., Quintana, C., Riina, R., Rodríguez M, G. M., Weintritt, J., Acevedo-Rodríguez, P., Adarve, J., Álvarez, E., Aranguren B., A., Arteaga, J. C., Aymard, G., Castaño, A. & Ceballos-Mago, N., 23 Sept 2016, In: Science. 353, 6306, p. 1383-1387 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Advancing Circular Transformation in the Food Industry: Leveraging Dynamic Capabilities for Business Model Innovation
Ullah, K., Butler, M., McDonald, M. & Griffiths, G., 1 Sept 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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The contribution of small ruminants to soil fertility management in the forest and savannah zones of Ghana
Stewart, T. P., McDonald, M. A. & Omed, H. M., 5 Apr 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Bridging gaps between farmers' and scientists' soil classification: Revisiting the methodology used in documentation and analysis of farmers' knowledge.
Shrestha, P. K., Sinclair, F. L. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Application of knowledge based systems approach in participatory technology development: a case of developing soil and water management interventions for reducing nutrient losses in the middle hills of Nepal
Shrestha, P. K., McDonald, M. A. & Sinclair, F. L., 1 May 2001.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Combining Local Knowledge in Developing Soil and Water Management Interventions to Minimise Soil and Nutrient Losses in the Middle Hills of Nepal: Using a Participatory Technology Development Approach.
Shrestha, P. K., McDonald, M. A., Lawrence, A. & Sinclair, F. L., 1 Jan 2003.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Linking microbial communities, functional genes and nitrogen-cycling processes in forest floors under four tree species
Ribbons, R., Levy-Booth, D. J., Masse, J., Grayston, S. J., McDonald, M., Vesterdal, L. & Prescott, C. E., 1 Dec 2016, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 103, December, p. 181-191Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Context-dependent tree species effects on soil nitrogen transformations and related microbial functional genes
Ribbons, R., McDonald, M., Vesterdal, L. & Prescott, C. E., 28 Aug 2018, In: Biogeochemistry. 140, 2, p. 145-160 15 p., 140.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Roots and rhizospheric soil microbial community responses to tree species mixtures.
Ribbons, R., Del Toro, I., Smith, A., Healey, J., Vesterdal, L. & McDonald, M., Aug 2022, In: Applied Soil Ecology. 176, 104509.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts of type of fallow and invasion by Chromolaena odorata on weed communities in crop fields in Cameroon.
Ngobo, M. P., McDonald, M. A. & Weise, S., 1 Dec 2004, In: Ecology and Society. 9, 2, p. 1-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Revisiting the performance of natural fallows in central Africa.
Ngobo, M. P., Weise, S. F. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Aug 2004, In: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research. 19, Supplement 4, p. 14-24Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Influence of fallow land-use intensity on weed dynamics and crop yield in southern Cameroon.
Ngobo, M., Weise, S. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Jan 2000.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Vegetation structure, floristic composition and ethnobotanical study of shortened fallows in southern Cameroon
Ngobo, M., Weise, S., McDonald, M. A. & Zapfack, L., 17 Jun 2002.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Agroforestry potential of ofur key productive non-timber forest species in a shifting cultivation system of Cameroon
Ngobo, M., Weise, S. & McDonald, M. A., 27 Jun 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Influence of fallow land-use history on weed dynamics and crop yield in Southern Cameroon
Ngobo, M., Weise, S. & McDonald, M. A., 11 Mar 2002.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Fallows of southern Cameroon: trends and implications for agroforestry research
Ngobo, M., Weise, S. & McDonald, M. A., 27 Jun 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Characterizing the Intensity and Dynamics of Land-Use Change in the Mara River Basin, East Africa
Mwangi, H., Lariu, P., Julich, S., Patil, S., McDonald, M. & Feger, K.-H., 2018, In: Forests. 9, 1, 17 p., 8.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling the impact of agroforestry on hydrology of Mara River Basin in East Africa
Mwangi, H. M., Julich, S., Patil, S. D., McDonald, M. A. & Ferger, K., 30 Aug 2016, In: Hydrological Processes. 30, 18, p. 3139-3155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linking urban agroforestry and child nutrition: A case study from Kampala, Uganda. Keynote
Mollee, E., McDonald, M. & Kehlenbeck, K., 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Into the Urban Wild: Collection of wild urban plants for food and medicine in Kampala, Uganda
Mollee, E., McDonald, M. & Pouliot, M., 1 Apr 2017, In: Land Use Policy. 63, April, p. 67-77Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gaps need not apply: Regeneration dynamics and shade demand in a tropical dry limestone forest in Jamaica.
McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Jan 2003.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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From seedlings to trees: Using ontogenetic models of growth and survivorship to assess long-term (>100 years) dynamics of a neotropical dry forest
McLaren, K. P., Lévesque, M., Sharma, C. A., Wilson, B. S. & McDonald, M. A., 15 Sept 2011, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 262, 6, p. 916-930Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting species response to disturbance from size class distributions of adults and saplings in a Jamaican tropical dry forest.
McLaren, K. P., McDonald, M. A., Hall, J. B. & Healey, J. R., 1 Nov 2005, In: Plant Ecology. 181, 1, p. 69-84Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Regeneration of a tropical dry limestone forest in Jamaica.
McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Jan 2003.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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The effects of moisture and shade on seed germination and seedling survival in a tropical dry forest in Jamaica.
McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M. A., 15 Sept 2003, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 183, 1-3, p. 61-75Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coppice regrowth in a disturbed tropical dry limestone forest in Jamaica.
McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M. A., 17 Jul 2003, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 180, 1-3, p. 99-111Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Regeneration of a tropical dry limestone forest in Jamaica following human disturbance.
McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Jan 2002.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Seasonal patterns of flowering and fruiting in a dry tropical forest in Jamaica.
McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M. A., 3 Dec 2005, In: Biotropica. 37, 4, p. 584-590Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seedling dynamics after different intensities of human disturbance in a tropical dry limestone forest in Jamaica.
McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Sept 2003, In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. 19, 5, p. 567-578Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resilience of upland soils to long term environmental changes
McGovern, S. T., Evans, C. D., Dennis, P., Walmsley, C. A., Turner, A. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Apr 2013, In: Geoderma. 197-198, p. 36-42Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Increased inorganic nitrogen leaching from a mountain grassland ecosystem following grazing removal: a hangover of past intensive land-use?
McGovern, S. T., Evans, C. D., Dennis, P., Walmsley, C. A., Turner, A. & McDonald, M. A., 20 Jan 2014, In: Biogeochemistry. 119, 1-3, p. 125-138Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identifying drivers of species compositional change in a semi-natural upland grassland over a 40-year period.
McGovern, S., Evans, C. D., Dennis, P., Walmsley, C. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Apr 2011, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 22, 2, p. 346-356Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maintenance of soil fertility on steeplands in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica: the role of contour hedgerows
McDonald, M., Stevens, P. A., Healey, J. & Devi Prasad, P. V., 1997, In: Agroforestry Forum. 8, 4, p. 21-25Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Maintenance of soil fertility on steeplands in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica: the role of contour hedgerows
McDonald, M., Stevens, P. A., Healey, J. & Devi Prasad, P. V., 1999, Global Change in the Mountains. Price, M. F. (ed.). CRC Press, p. 193-196Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Contour hedgerows of Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn. for soil and water conservation in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica
McDonald, M., Stevens, P. A. & Healey, J., 2001, Sustaining the Global Farm – Selected Papers from the 10th International Soil Conservation Organization Meeting. Stott, D. E., Mohtar, R. H. & Steinhardt, G. C. (eds.). West Lafayette, Indiana, USA: International Soil Conservation Organization , p. 395-402Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Habitat distribution modelling to identify areas of high conservation value under climate change for Mangifera sylvatica Roxb. of Bangladesh
McDonald, M., Marriott, R., Akhter, S. & Van Breugel, P., 7 Nov 2016, In: Land Use Policy. 60, p. 223-232 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects of forest clearance on soil conservation: preliminary findings from the Yallahs Valley, Jamaican Blue Mountains
McDonald, M., Healey, J. & Devi Prasad, P. V., 1992, In: Caribbean Geography. 3, p. 253-260Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Greening the MBA
McDonald, M. A., Griffiths, [. V., Kelliher, F. (Editor) & Reinl, L. (Editor), 12 Dec 2014, Green Innovation and Future Technology: Engaging Regional SMEs in the Green Economy. Palgrave, p. 81-84Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Soil fertility under Calliandra calothyrsus hedgerows and other land-use treatments following forest clearance in Jamaica.
McDonald, M. A., Stevens, P. A. & Healey, J. R., 1 Feb 2003, In: Agroforestry Systems. 57, 2, p. 127-135Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term changes in above ground biomass after disturbance in a neotropical dry forest, Hellshire Hills, Jamaica
McDonald, M. A., Nino, M., McLaren, K. P., Meilby, H., Levesque, M., Wilson, B. & McDonald, M., 2 Jul 2014, In: Plant Ecology. 215, 10, p. 1081-1097Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effects of secondary forest clearance and subsequent land use on erosion losses and soil properties in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica
McDonald, M. A., Healey, J. R. & Stevens, P. A., 1 Oct 2002, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 92, 1, p. 1-19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of trees indigenous to the montane forest of the Blue Mountains, Jamaica for reforestation and agroforestry.
McDonald, M. A., Hofny-Collins, A., Healey, J. R. & Goodland, T. C., 3 Mar 2003, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 175, 1-3, p. 379-401Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variations and phenotypic correlation of growth attributes of Calliandra calothyrsus in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica
McDonald, M. A., Healey, J. R. & Jones, M., 1 Dec 2000, In: Agroforestry Systems. 50, 3, p. 293-314Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improved agroforestry systems for steeplands in the Caribbean.
McDonald, M. A., Healey, J. R., Stevens, P. A., Devi Prasad, P. V., Price, M. F. (Editor) & Butt, N. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development. 2000 ed. CABI Publishing, p. 287-293Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Evaluation of trees indigenous to the montane forest of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica for reforestation and agroforestry.
McDonald, M. A., Healey, J. R., Price, M. F. (Editor) & Butt, N. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development. 2000 ed. CABI Publishing, p. 293-295Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Soil and water conservation projects and rural livelihoods: Options for design and research to enhance adoption and adaptation.
McDonald, M. A. & Brown, K., 1 Jul 2000, In: Land Degradation and Development. 11, 4, p. 343-361Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The forests of the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, Jamaica.
McDonald, M. A., 1 Jan 2000.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Recovery and dynamics of a primary tropical dry forest in Jamaica, 10 years after human disturbance
McDonald, M. A., Lévesque, M., McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M., 1 Sept 2011, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 262, 5, p. 817-826Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Relative contribution of land use change and climate variability on discharge of upper Mara River, Kenya
McDonald, M. A., Mwangi, H. M., Julich, S., Patil, S. D., McDonald, M. S. & Feger, K. H., 12 Feb 2016, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 5, p. 244-260Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Soil erosion.
McDonald, M. A., Lawrence, A., Shrestha, P. K., Schroth, G. (Editor) & Sinclair, F. L., 1 Jan 2003, Trees: crops and soil fertility: concepts and research methods. 2003 ed. CAB International, p. 325-343Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter