Dr Niall Burnside
Principal Lecturer
contact:
Environment and Technology
Moulsecoomb
Brighton
BN2 4GJ
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 642425
Email: N.G.Burnside@brighton.ac.uk
Teaching
- Geographical Information Systems and Applied GIS
- Environmental Resource Management
- Soil and Vegetation Systems
- Environmental Conservation and Management
Research
- Landscape Ecology & Biogeography
- Application of GIS to Environmental & Ecological Management
- Calcareous grassland ecology
Consultancy
- Landscape ecological management
- GIS decision support systems for environmental management
- Contract research: Ecological management and GIS-based applications for local, regional and national conservation organisations
Biography
- Course leader for the MSc in Geographical Information Systems
- Lectures in Landscape Ecology and conservation management at undergraduate level
- A committee member of the Biogeography Research Group (BRG) of the Royal Geography Society
- Research interests are in Biogeography and Landscape Ecology
- Joined the University of Brighton in 2000
Research Publications
WARD, RAYMOND, BURNSIDE, NIALL, JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER and Sepp, Kalev (2012) The use of medium point density LIDAR data in determining the coverage of plant community types in internationally important Baltic seashore indicators Ecological Indicators . ISSN 1470-160X
BURNSIDE, NIALL, BILOTTA, GARY and JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER (2012) Developing environment-specific water quality guidelines for suspended particulate matter Water Research, 46 (7). pp. 2324-2332. ISSN 0043-1354
BURNSIDE, NIALL, BERG, MAUREEN and JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER (2011) Differential responses of abandoned wet grassland plant communities to reinstated cutting management Hydrobiologia, 692 . ISSN 0018-8158
Burnside, N.G. and Waite, S. (2011) Monitoring and modelling biogeographical phenomena: predictive modelling In: Blumler, M., MacDonald, G., Millington, A. and Schickhof, U., eds. Handbook of Biogeography. Sage Publications, USA. (In Press)
Foss, C., Morris, D., Burnside, N.G. and Ravenscroft, N. (2010) 'Champagne comes to England': assessing the potential of GIS in the identification of prime vineyard sites in south east England Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London, UK.
Ward, R., Burnside, N.G., Joyce, C.B. and Sepp, K. (2010) The effects of micro-topography and edaphic factors on vegetation community structure In: Eycott, A., Scott, D. and Smithers, R., eds. Future landscape ecology. IALE (UK), pp. 32-36. ISBN 0954713052
Waite, S., Burnside, N.G. and Flint, A.R. (2010) Habitat diversity determines ghyll woodland species diversity. Adding complexity to the species area relationship, a new predictive model? In: Eycott, A., Scott, D. and Smithers, R.J., eds. Future Landscape Ecology. International Association of Landscape Ecology UK. ISBN 0954713052
BURNSIDE, NIALL, BERG, MAUREEN and JOYCE, CHRISTOPHER (2008) The relationship between microtopography and vegetation in Estonian coastal wetlands: implications for climate change Publicationes Instituti Geographici Universitatis Tartuensis, 106 . pp. 19-23. ISSN 1406-3069
Yarnell, Richard W., Metcalfe, Daniel J., Dunstone, Nigel, Burnside, Niall and Scott, Dawn M. (2008) The impact of fire on habitat use by the short nosed sengi (elephantulus brachrthynchus) in Northwest Province, South Africa African Zoology, 43 (1). pp. 45-52. ISSN 1562-7020
Scott, D.M., Joyce, C.B. and Burnside, N.G. (2008) The influence of habitat and landscape on small mammals in Estonian coastal wetlands Estonian Journal of Ecology, 57 (4). pp. 279-295. ISSN 1736-602X
Burnside, Niall, Joyce, Chris B., Puurmann, Elle and Scott, Dawn M. (2007) Use of vegetation classification and plant indicators to assess grazing abandonment in Estonian coastal wetlands Journal of Vegetation Science, 18 (5). pp. 645-654. ISSN 1100-9233
Elliott, Jennifer A., Burnside, Niall, Broomhead, T., Kinsey, B.H. and Kwesha, D. (2006) The nature and extent of landscape change under resettlement programmes in Zimbabwe Land Degradation & Development, 17 (5). pp. 495-508. ISSN 1099-145X
Burnside, Niall, Metcalfe, Daniel J., Smith, Roger and Waite, S. (2006) Ghyll woodlands of the Weald: characterisation and conservation Biodiversity and Conservation, 15 (4). pp. 1319-1338. ISSN 0960-3115
Bond, Georgina, Burnside, Niall, Metcalfe, Daniel J., Scott, D.M. and Blamire, John (2005) The effects of land-use and landscape structure on barn owl (Tyto alba) breeding success in southern England, U.K. Landscape Ecology, 20 (5). pp. 555-566. ISSN 0921-2973
Holm, R.A., Burnside, Niall, Joyce, Chris B. and Waite, S. (2005) Structure of calcareous grassland plant communities at different scales: a study from the South Downs, Sussex, U.K. In: McCollin, D. and Jackson, J., eds. Planning, people and practice: the landscape ecology of sustainable landscapes. IALE, UK, pp. 81-88. ISBN 0954713036
Ravenscroft, N, Church, A, Burnside, N, Gilchrist, P, Rogers, G, Hickey, R, Markwell, S, Scott, A, Reeves, J and Hammond, B (2004) Improving Access for Canoeing on Inland Waters: A Study of the Feasibility of Access Agreements Countryside Agency.
Joyce, Chris B. and Burnside, Niall (2004) Baltic coastal wetlands: back from the brink? National Wetlands Newsletter, 26 (1). pp. 11-15. ISSN 0164-0712
Burnside, Niall, Smith, Roger and Waite, S. (2003) Recent historical land use change on the South Downs, United Kingdom Environmental Conservation, 30 (1). pp. 52-60. ISSN 1469-4387
Burnside, N.G., Joyce, C.B., Metcalfe, D.J., Smith, R.F. and Waite, S. (2003) South Downs lifescapes: suitability modelling for BAP target habitats in the proposed South Downs National Park English Nature, Peterborough, UK.
Burnside, Niall, Smith, Roger and Waite, S. (2002) Habitat suitability modelling for calcareous grassland restoration on the South Downs Journal of Environmental Management, 65 (2). pp. 209-221. ISSN 0301-4797
Burnside, N.G., Carrett, N.J., Metcalfe, D. and Waite, S. (2002) The determination of Ghyll woodland types in the Weald: a GIS approach Project Report. East Sussex County Council. Interreg.
Burnside, N.G., Carrett, N.J., Metcalfe, D. and Waite, S. (2001) GIS analysis of the current extent and levels of fragmentation of ancient and ghyll woodlands within East Sussex Project Report. East Sussex County Council. Interreg.
Waite, Stephen and Burnside, Niall (2001) The radiate and non-radiate capitulum morph of senecio vulgaris L. within Sussex: the use of GIS in establishing origins In: Millington, A., Walsh, S. and Osbourne, P., eds. GIS and remote sensing applications in biogeography and ecology. Kluwer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 179-192. ISBN 0792374541
Church, A, Ravenscroft, N, Curry, N, Burnside, N, Fish, P, Joyce, C, Hill, D, Smith, T, Scott, P, Markwell, S, Mobbs, B and Grover, S (2001) Water-based sport and recreation: the facts DEFRA, London.

