Saorla Kavanagh
Research Officer - Farmland BiodiversityResearch Interests
- Pollinator conservation and ecology
- Landscape ecology
- Regenerative agriculture
- Agri-environment policy
- Citizen science
Education
PhD “Honey chemical constituents from apiaries in different landscapes in Ireland”, Dublin City University.
BA Botany, Trinity College Dublin.
BSc Horticulture Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown.
Higher Certificate in Applied Chemistry, Institute of Technology, Tallaght.
Professional Membership
Royal Entomological Society
BurrenBeo Trust
Peer reviewed publications
Globalisation and pollinators: Pollinator declines are an economic threat to global food systems. JT Murphy, TD Breeze, B Willcox, S Kavanagh, JC Stout. People and Nature 4 (3), 773-785, 2022
Neonicotinoid residues in honey from urban and rural environments (pdf)
S Kavanagh, M Henry, JC Stout, B White. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28, 28179-28190, 2021
Physicochemical properties and phenolic content of honey from different floral origins and from rural versus urban landscapes
S Kavanagh, J Gunnoo, TM Passos, JC Stout, B White. Food chemistry 272, 66-75, 2019
Assessing market and non-market values of pollination services in Ireland (pdf) (Pollival)
JC Stout, JT Murphy, S Kavanagh. Environmental Protection Agency Research Report, Johnstown Castle, Co …, 2019
Protecting Farmland Pollinators: Whole Farm Scorecard - Experiences and Recommendations S Kavanagh, N Phelan, N Rodriguez-Gasol, S O’ Brien, JC Stout. Ú Fitzpatrick. Journal of Pollination Ecology In Review
Non-peer reviewed publications
Kavanagh, S, Špulerová, J, Kernecker, ML, Stover, D, Kirchweger, S Robles, JF 2023. Managing High Diversity Landscape Features (HDLF) for pollinators. (pdf)
Kavanagh S 2022 Protecting Farmland Pollinators midterm report. (pdf)
Becket, O and Kavanagh, S 2022 Farmer Moth Monitoring EIP Project Report. (pdf)