L. Van Doorslaer's research while affiliated with University of Galway and other places

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Figure 2 Distribution of Erica mackayana and E. × stuartii in Donegal,...
Figure 3 E. mackayana at L. Nacung, Donegal, confined to the...
Figure 4 Distribution of Erica mackayana and E. × stuartii at...
Figure 5 Distribution of Erica mackayana and E. × stuartii at Nephin...
+3 Figure 6 E. mackayana in open forestry, Nephin Beg, Mayo; plants are...
Distribution and habitats of Erica mackayana and Erica × stuartii (Ericaceae): New insights and ideas regarding their origins in Ireland
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  • Sep 2015
Erica mackayana has an unusual disjunct distribution in Europe, as it occurs only in Ireland and northern Spain and is thus known as a Hiberno-Lusitanian species. In Ireland, it is confined to localised areas in the west coast counties of Donegal, Mayo, Galway, and Kerry, where it occurs in lowland, or Atlantic, blanket bog habitat. Detailed mappin...
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... It has already been proposed that two of these species were introduced from north Spain through human activity: Erica erigena R. Ross (Irish Heath), by pilgrims (Foss & Doyle 1988, 1990) and E. mackayana Bab. (Mackay's Heath), through smuggling (Sheehy Skeffington & Van Doorslaer, 2015). The results of a recent genetic study of the latter species (Fagúndez & Díaz-Tapia, 2023) are consistent with the theory of an introduction through human activity, principally through smuggling, but for one population the introduction was probably much earlier. ...
Reference: Were the five rare heathers of the west of Ireland introduced through human activity? An ecological, genetic, biogeographical and historical assessment
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