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

  1. 2014
  2. Published

    Greening the MBA

    McDonald, M. A., Griffiths, N. V., Kelliher, F. (ed.) & Reinl, L. (ed.), 12 Dec 2014, Green Innovation and Future Technology: Engaging Regional SMEs in the Green Economy. Palgrave, p. 81-84

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  3. Published

    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. 1081-1097

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Agro-Biodiversity Management: Using Indigenous Knowledge to Cope with Climate Change in the Middle-Hills of Nepal

    Baul, T. K. & McDonald, M. A., 21 Feb 2014, In: Agricultural Research. 3, 1, p. 41-52

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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. 125-138

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. 2013
  7. Published

    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. 36-42

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 2012
  9. Published

    Perennial Biomass Production in Arid Mangrove Systems on the Red Sea Coast of Saudi Arabia

    Abohassan, R., Okia, C., Agea, J. & McDonald, M., 2012, In: Environmental Research. 6, 1, p. 22-31

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. 2011
  11. Published

    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. 916-930

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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. 817-826

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    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. 346-356

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    The repeatibility of vegetation classification and mapping

    Hearn, S. M., Healey, J. R., McDonald, M. A., Turner, A. J. & Stewart, G. B., 1 Apr 2011, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 92, 4, p. 1174–1184

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Coppice shoot dynamics in a tropical dry forest after human disturbance.

    Lévesque, M., McLaren, K. P. & McDonald, M. A., 10 Mar 2011, In: Journal of Tropical Ecology. 27, 3, p. 259-268

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    The effect of land use systems on tree diversity: farmer preference and species composition of cocoa-based agroecosystems in Ghana.

    Anglaaere, L. C., Cobbina, J., Sinclair, F. L. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Mar 2011, In: Agroforestry Systems. 81, 3, p. 249-265

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. 2008
  18. Published

    Sustainability of sloping land cultivation systems in the mid-hills of Nepal.

    Acharya, G. P., Tripathi, B. P., Gardner, R. M., Mawdesley, K. J. & McDonald, M. A., 1 Sept 2008, In: Land Degradation and Development. 19, 5, p. 530-541

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. 2007
  20. Published

    Financial analysis of shaded cocoa in Ghana.

    Bright, G., Obiri, B. D., Bright, G. A., McDonald, M. A., Anglaaere, L. C. & Cobbina, J., 1 Oct 2007, In: Agroforestry Systems. 71, 2, p. 139-149

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Nutrient losses from rain-fed bench terraced cultivation systems in high rainfall areas of the mid-hills of Nepal.

    Acharya, G. P., McDonald, M. A., Tripathi, B. P., Gardner, R. M. & Mawdesley, K. J., 1 Sept 2007, In: Land Degradation and Development. 18, 5, p. 486-499

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    The economic potential and farmer perceptions of herbaceous legume fallows in Ghana.

    Bright, G., Obiri, B. D., Bright, G. A., McDonald, M. A., Jatango, A., Cobbina, J. & Sinclair, F., 1 Jul 2007, In: Experimental Agriculture. 43, 3, p. 269-287

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    A new approach to monitoring biodiversity across complex landscapes.

    Hearn, S. M., Healey, J., McDonald, M. A. & Wong, J., 1 Jan 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  24. Published

    Developing the Potential of Undomesticated, Indigenous Forest Species as Cacao Companion Trees in Ghana.

    Anglaaere, L. C., McDonald, M. A., Sinclair, F. L. & Cobbina, J., 1 Jan 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  25. Published

    Management of Riparian Woodlands: The Experiences from Wales, the United Kingdom.

    De Zoysa, M., McDonald, M. A. & Price, C., 1 Jan 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  26. Published

    Sustainable Management of Riparian Woodlands: The Environmental Attributes and Institutional Perspectives.

    De Zoysa, M., McDonald, M. A. & Price, C., 1 Jan 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  27. 2005
  28. Published

    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. 584-590

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    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. 69-84

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. 2004
  31. Published

    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. 1-15

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Developing the potential of undomesticated, indigenous forest species as cacao companion trees in Ghana

    McDonald, M. A. & Anglaaere, L. C., 7 Sept 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  33. Published

    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. 14-24

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review