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. 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

  2. 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

  3. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  4. Published

    Any alternatives to rice? Ethnobotanical insights into the dietary use of edible plants by the Higaonon tribe in Bukidnon Province, the Philippines

    Buenavista, D., Mollee, E. & McDonald, M., 1 Jun 2022, In: Regional Sustainability. 3, 2, p. 95-109 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published
  6. Published

    Asian Indigeneity, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and Challenges of the 2030 Agenda

    Buenavista, D. P., Wynne-Jones, S. & McDonald, M., 31 Dec 2018, In: East Asian Community Review. 1, 3-4, p. 221-240

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Begonia bangsamoro (Begoniaceae, section Petermannia), a new species from Mindanao Island, the Philippines

    Buenavista, D., Ang, Y. P., Pranada, MC. A. K., Salas, D. S., Mollee, E. & McDonald, M., 16 Apr 2021, In: Phytotaxa. 497, 1, p. 39-48 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published
  9. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published
  11. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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. 395-402

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  13. Published

    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. 99-111

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Distributing power? Community energy projects' experiences of planning, policy and incumbents in the devolved nations of Scotland and Wales

    Haf, S., Parkhill, K., McDonald, M. & Griffiths, G., 1 May 2018, In: Journal of Environment Planning and Management. 62, 6, p. 921-938

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    Establishment of background water quality conditions in the Great Zab River catchment: influence of geogenic and anthropogenic controls on developing a baseline for water quality assessment and resource management

    Ismaiel, I. A., Bird, G., McDonald, M., Perkins, W. & Jones, T., Jan 2018, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 77, 2, 50.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    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. (ed.) & Butt, N. (ed.), 1 Jan 2000, Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development. 2000 ed. CABI Publishing, p. 293-295

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  20. Published

    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. 379-401

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Fallows of southern Cameroon: trends and implications for agroforestry research

    Ngobo, M., Weise, S. & McDonald, M. A., 27 Jun 2004.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  22. 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

  23. Published

    From poison to food: On the molecular identity and indigenous peoples’ utilisation of poisonous “Lab-o” (Wild Yam, Dioscoreaceae) in Bukidnon, Philippines.

    Buenavista, D., Mollee, E., McDonald, M. & Dinopol, N. M. A., 7 Jan 2021, In: Cogent Food and Agriculture. 7, 1, 1870306.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. 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

  25. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  26. Published

    Geographical Ecology of Dry Forest Tree Communities in the West Indies

    Franklin, J., Andrade, R., Daniels, M. L., Fairbairn, P., Fandino, M. C., Gillespie, T. W., González, G., González, O., Imbert, D., Kapos, V., Kelly, D. L., Marcano-Vega, H., Meléndez-Ackerman, E. J., McLaren, K. P., McDonald, M. A., Ripplinger, J., Rojas-Sandoval, J., Ross, M. S., Ruiz, J., Steadman, D. W., Tanner, E. V. J., Terrill, I. & Vennetier, M., May 2018, In: Journal of Biogeography. 45, 5, p. 1168-1181

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Global analysis of the relationship between reconstructed solar induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) and gross primary production (GPP)

    Gao, H., Liu, S., Lu, W., Smith, A., Valbuena, R., Yan, W., Wang, Z., Xiao, L., Peng, X., Li, Q., Feng, Y., McDonald, M., Pagella, T., Liao, J., Wu, Z. & Zhang, G., 18 Jul 2021, In: Remote Sensing. 13, 14

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Greenhouse gas mitigation and rural electricity generation by a novel two-stroke biogas engine

    Gde Tirta Nindhia, T., McDonald, M. & Styles, D., 20 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 280, 2, 124473.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published
  30. 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

  31. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. Published

    Improved agroforestry systems for steeplands in the Caribbean.

    McDonald, M. A., Healey, J. R., Stevens, P. A., Devi Prasad, P. V., Price, M. F. (ed.) & Butt, N. (ed.), 1 Jan 2000, Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development. 2000 ed. CABI Publishing, p. 287-293

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  35. 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

  36. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  37. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  38. Published

    Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data

    Feng, S., Liu, S., Huang, Z., Jing, L., Zhao, M., Peng, X., Yan, W., Wu, Y., Lv, Y., Smith, A., McDonald, M., Patil, S., Sarkissian, A., Shi, Z., Xia, J. & Ogbodo, U. S., 17 Dec 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 116, 51, p. 25491-25496

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Integration of Indigenous knowledge in addressing climate change

    McDonald, M. A., Baul, T. K. & McDonald, M., 1 Jan 2015, In: Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 14, 1, p. 20-27

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Interventions to minimise nutrient losses from bari land (rainfed upland) in the middle hills of the western development region of Nepal

    Acharya, G. P., Tripathi, B. P. & McDonald, M. A., 26 May 2002.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  41. Published
  42. Published

    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. 67-77

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  43. Published

    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. 181-191

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Linking urban agroforestry and child nutrition: A case study from Kampala, Uganda. Keynote

    Mollee, E., McDonald, M. & Kehlenbeck, K., 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  45. 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

  46. Published

    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. 21-25

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticle

  47. Published

    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. 193-196

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  48. 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

  49. Published

    Mangifera sylvatica (Wild Mango): A new cocoa butter alternative

    Akhter, S., McDonald, M. & Marriott, R., Aug 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 32050 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    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. 3139-3155

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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