PETER D HULME - EXPERT ON PLANT ECOLOGIST

 

	Name	:	Peter David HULME
	Address for  Communication	:	10 Nethermains Road Muchalls Stonehaven Kincardineshire AB39 3RN SCOTLAND UK
	Tel	:	+44 (0)1569 730554
	Email	:	pdhulme@taik21.com
	Nationality	:	British
	Date of birth	:	3.12.1947
	Profession	:	Plant Ecologist

 

PRESENT POSITIONS

1.       Ecological Consultant (self-employed)

2.       Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Plant and Soil Science 
          University of Aberdeen

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D.       University of Hull, 1976
B.Sc.       Botany and Geography, University of Hull, 1970
MIEEM     Membership of the Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Managers, 2000

CAREER EXPERIENCE (See Bibliographic Details on for more details of Consultancy and other projects)
Ecological Consultant (Self-employed)

1999 -        Thirteen contracts on the reinstatement of peatland after disturbance by civil engineering work and ditching, plant and vegetation survey of upland river corridors and peatland vegetation and hydrological investigation awarded by English Nature, Fealar Estate, Gaoithe Saor Toe., Northern Ecological Services, Scottish Natural Heritage, and Shawater Ltd.

HONORARY

1998 - 2001 Darwin Initiative Peatland Biodiversity Course, University of Aberdeen Representative

1998 - 2001 Darwin Initiative Peatland Biodiversity Course, Instructor and Field Excursion Leader

2002 Recipient of a Royal Society/Estonian Academy of Sciences International Exchange Grant to set up collaborative research on peatland ecology in Estonia

Consultancy (Part time consultancy as an employee of the MLURI)

1974 - 1998 Twenty-one contracts on the grazing impact upon and management of heathland, peatland and associated habitats and the conservation, survey and resource evaluation of peatlands, awarded by Adam Wilson and Sons, Argyll and Bute District Council, Clyde Surveys, Cornerstone Construction, Department of Energy - GB, Department of the Environment - GB, Department of the Environment - NI, European Commission, Fisons, Highgreen Estate, National Coal Board, National Trust for Scotland, North of Scotland College of Agriculture, North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board, Scottish Agricultural Industries, Scottish Development Department, Scottish Malt Distillers, and Scottish Natural Heritage.

Core Funded Research (Employee)

1995 - 1998 Management of rehabilitated heathland
1988 - 1996 Recovery of degraded heathland under controlled grazing regimes
1988 - 1996 Effects of sheep grazing on the vegetation dynamics of species-poor Agrostis-Festuca grassland
1985 - 1988 Classification of Scottish organic soils
1983 - 1988 Paiudification of pine forest in northern Finland
1988 - 1992 Effects of drainage ditches on the hydrology of blanket mire
1983 - 1988 Phytosociology, ecology and mapping of the peatland vegetation of Shetland
1982 - 1985 Palaeobotany of a kettle-hole deposit alongside North Mains archaeological excavation, Strathallan
1977 - 1986 Late and post-glacial vegetation history of the Lang Lochs area, Shetland
1977 - 1982 Phytosociology and ecology of peatland vegetation on the Isle of Lewis and Harris
1974 - 1987 Classification of Scottish Peatlands
1974 - 1986 Peatland chapters for the Soil Survey of Scotland Memoirs

University of Hull (Student)

1970 - 1973 Postgraduate research into the ecology and development of surface features on Craigeazle  Mire, Silver Flowe National Nature Reserve

1967 - 1970 Undergraduate course in Botany and Geography with ancillary Geology; advanced courses  included ecology, biogeography and hydrology

COMMITTEE POSTS

1998 - 2001 Darwin Initiative Peatlands Conservation and Biodiversity Consortium, University of Aberdeen  representative

1997 - 1998 Darwin Initiative Peatlands Conservation and Biodiversity Consortium, Macaulay Institute  representative

1986 - 1990 Member, Steering Group of Peat as Fuel contract awarded by the Department of Energy and  the European Commission

1983 - 1986 Member, Meetings Committee, British Ecological Society

1983 - 1986 Secretary, Mires Research Group, British Ecological Society

1970 - 1972 Member, East Yorkshire Conservation Committee

1970 - 1972 Secretary, Conservation Core, University of Hull

MEMBERSHIP

Professional   :                                                    Personal Interest:

Botanical Society of Scotland                        Amateur Entomologists Society
Biogeography Study Group                            British Entomological and Natural History Society 
British Bryological Society                             Ecoscene Photographic Agency   
British Ecological Society                              Gerrard Street Baptist Church 
International Peat Society
Mires Research Group

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS

1 .    Consultancy Reports
2.     Journal Papers
3.     Conference Proceedings
4.     Book Contributions
5.     Maps
6.     Popular Articles
7.     Abstracts
8.     Thesis
9.     Personal Interest

1 .    CONSULTANCY REPORTS (37)

Hulme PD. 200i. Report on a Reconnaissance visit to Keitney Bum and the Proposed Pipeline. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD. 2002. Foinaven Site of Special Scientific Interest: an Assessment of the Scientific Status of the Area of Objection. Report for the Advisory Committee on Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

Hulme PD, Giavarini V J, 2002. Plant Surveys Along a Stretch of the Uriar Burn, Strath Tay, Perthshire. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, Giavarini V J, 2002. Plant Surveys Along a Stretch of the Tombuie Burn (Alit a'Bhealaich), Strath Tay Perthshire. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, 2002. An Ecohydrological Impact Assessment of Millerston Wetland Complex, Report for Northern Ecological Services/BMT Cordah Ltd.

Hulme PD, Giavarini V J, 2001. Bryophyte and Lichen Surveys Along a Stretch of the Assarnacally River, County Donegal, Ireland. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, Giavarini VJ, 2001. Bryophyte and Lichen Surveys Along Stretches of the Abha na Feinne River and its' tributary the Owennafeana River, County Kerry, Ireland. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, Giavarini V J, 2001. Bryophyte and Lichen Surveys Along a Stretch of the Emlagh River, County Kerry, Ireland. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, Glavarini V J, 2001. Bryophyte and Lichen Surveys Along a Stretch of the Loughaderry River, County Donegal, Ireland. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, Giavarini V J, 2001. Bryophyte and Lichen Surveys Along a Stretch of the Mahon River, County Cork, Ireland. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, Giavarini V J, 2001. Bryophyte and Lichen Surveys Along g Stretch of the Roughty River, County Kerry, Ireland. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, Giavarini VJ, 2001. Plant Surveys Along a Stretch of Camsemey Bum, Strath Tay, Perthshire. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, Giavarini VJ, 2001. Plant Surveys Along the Lower Reaches of Keitney Bum, Strath Tay, Perthshire. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Dargie TCD, Hulme PD, 2000. Numerical Analysis of Intact Peat Vegetation, Wedholme Flow SSSI / CSAC. Report for English Nature.

Hulme PD, 2000. An Ecologically Sensitive Approach to the Extension of Corrie Windfarm, County Leitrim. Report for Gaoithe Saor Teo.

Hulme PD, Giavarini VJ 2000. Plant Surveys of Potential Hydro-Electric Power Sites in South-West and West-Central Scotland. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, 2000. Comment on the Objections to the Proposed Extension to the Windfarm on Moneenatieve Townland, Co. Leitrim. Report for Gaoithe Saor Teo.

Hulme PD, 1999. Peatland Reinstatement at Potential Pump-Storage Sites in Co. Donegal, Ireland: a Reconnaissance Inspection. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Hulme PD, 1999. Reinstatement of Peatland Affected by Pipeline Installation: a Review. Report for Shawater Ltd.

Gauld JH, Bell JS, Huirne PD. 1996. Report on Survey and Sampling of a Site at Muir of Ord, Highland Region. Report for Cornerstone Construction (Highlands) Ltd. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

Hulme PD, 1996. An Investigation of the Peat of Ballynahone Bog, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Report for The Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

Hulme PD, Nolan AJ, Sibbald AR, Birnie RV, Moss R. 1996. Fealer Estate, Perthshire: a Land Use and Impact Study. Report for Scottish Natural Heritage. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

Nolan AJ, Hulme PD, Chaimers NA, Milne JA. 1995. Glen Fender Meadows SSSI: Management, Grazing Impact and Future Options. Report for Scottish Natural Heritage. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

Hulme PD, Nolan A J. 1992. An Investigation of the Status of Heather on Fair Isle. Report for the National Trust for Scotland. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

Hulme PD, Clayton P, Griffiths P. 1991. Characteristics of Scottish Peat as a Fuel. In: Birnie RV, Clayton P, Griffiths P, Hulme PD, Robertson RA, Soane BD Ward SA. Scottish Peat Resources and their Energy PotentiaL Contract Report, ETSU B 1204, Department of Energy, 43-80.

Hulme PD. 1987. An Assessment of the Wedholm Flow Site Reports. Report for Fisons plc. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

Hulme PD, Anderson JS, Blyth AW. 1987. A Peat Resource Investigation on the Island of Islay, Argyll. Report for Argyll and Bute District Council. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

Department of Peat and Forest Soils. 1986. Report on Springfield, Whim and Auchencorf Mosses, Penicuik. Report for Scottish Agricultural Industries. Macaulay institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Department of Peat and Forest Soils. 1986. The Peat Resources of Castlehill, Isle of

Islay. Report for the Scottish Development Department. Macaulay inst4tute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Hulme PD, Blyth AW. 1986 An Investigation of the Peat Deposits of Highgreen Estate,

Northumberland. Report for High green Estate. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Hulme PD, Robertson RA. 1985. An Investigation of the Peatland Area of the Benbain

Opencast Coalmine, Ayreshire. Report for the National Coal Board. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Hulme PD, Robertson RA. 1984. The Peat Resources of Orkney. Report for the North of Scotland College of Agriculture. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Birnie RV, Hulme PD, Robertson RA. 1983. The Peat Resources of the Isle of Yell, Shetland. Report for the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Anderson JS, Blyth AW, Hulme PD. 1981. Mean Muir, Darvel, Ayreshire. Report for Adam Wilson & Sons Ltd. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Stove GC, Hulme PD, Robertson RA. 1980. Evaluation of a Thermal Infrared Line-scan Survey Over a Hill Peatland Test Area in Scotland. Report for Clyde Surveys Ltd. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Peat & Forest Soils Section. 1974. Bolton Fell, Cumbria. Report for Scottish Agricultural Industries. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Peat & Forest Soils Section. 1974. Loch nan Gebhar, Islay. Report for Scottish Mait Distillers. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.


2.     JOURNAL PAPERS (25)

Hulme PD, Merrell B, Torvell L, Fisher JM, Small J, Pakeman RJ. In Press. The response of degraded Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull and associated plants to controlled sheep grazing in a Northumberland upland. Biological Conservation.

Hulme PD, Pakeman RJ, Torvell L, Fisher JM, Gordon IJ. 1999. The effects of controlled sheep grazing on the dynamics of upland Agrostis-Festuca grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology 36: 886-900.

Whittington G, Connell RE, Coop GR, Edwards KJ, Hall AM, Hulme PD Jarvis J. 1998.

Devensian organic interstadial deposits and ice sheet extent in Buchan, Scotland. Journal of Quaternary Studies 13: 309-324.

Bragg OM, Hulme PD, lngram HAP, Johnson JP, Wilson AIA. 1994. A maximum-minimum recorder for shallow water tables, developed for ecohydrological studies on mires. Journal of Applied Ecology 31: 589-592.

Hulme PD. 1994. A palaeobotanical study of paludifying pine forest on the island of Hailuoto, northern Finland. New Phytologist 126: 153-161.

Hulme PD, Sherriffs J. 1994. The Late-glacial and Holocene vegetation of the Lang Lochs area, Guiberwick, Shetland: a pollen and macrofossil investigation. New Phytologist 128: 793-806.

Nolan AJ, Hulme PD, Wheeler D. 1994. The Status of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull on Fair Isle. Botanical Journal of Scotland 47: 1-16.

Birnie RV, Hulme PD. 1990. Overgrazing of peatland vegetation in Shetland. Scottish Geographical Magazine 106: 28-36.

Hulme PD. 1990. Gross stratigraphy of Traeth Mawr and Traeth Bach.ppl94-196. In: Mead R, Wheeler BD. llityd Pools, Brecon: description and conservation. New Phytologist 115: 185-199.

Agnew ADQ, Edwards KJ, Hirons KR, Hulme PD, Proctor MCF. 1989. The mire of Loch a'Bhogaidh, Islay. Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 45: 187-201.

Hulme PD. 1986. The origin and development of wet hollows and pools on Craigeazle Mire, south-west Scotland. International Peat Journal 1: 15-28.

Hulme PD. 1985 The peatland vegetation of the Isle of Lewis and Harris and the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Aquilo Seria Botanica 21: 81-85.

Hulme PD, Blyth AW. 1985. Observations on the erosion of blanket peat in Yell, Shetland. Geographisca Annaler 67A: 119-122.

Hulme PD, GreatRex A, Wilmott A. 1985. Peat stratigraphy. pp26-29. In: Wheeler BD. Observations on the plant ecology of Upton Fen, Norfolk, with special reference to the Doles. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalist Society 27: 9-32.

Hulme PD, Sherriffs J. 1985. Pollen analysis of a radio-carbon dated core from North Mains, Strathallan, Perthshire. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1 1 5: 105-113.

Hulme PD, Sherriffs J. 1984. Castlehill of Strachan pollen analysis. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1 1 4: 361 & fiche 4: E2/3.

Hulme PD, Shirriffs J. 1983. Note on the pollen content of soil samples from the mound and hen ge at North Mains. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1 1 3: 270272.

Hulme PD, Blyth AW. 1982 The annual growth of some Sphagnum species on the Silver Flowe National Nature Reserve, south-west Scotland. Journal of Bryology 12: 287-291.

Boatman DJ, Goode DA, Hulme PD. 1981. The Silver Flowe Ill. Pattern development on Long Loch B and Craigeazle mires. Journal of Ecology 69: 897-918.

Hulme PD, Durno SE. 1980. A contribution to the phytogeography of Shetland. New Phytologist 84: 165-169.

Hulme PD. 1980. The classification of Scottish peatlands. Scottish Geographical Magazine 96: 46-50.

Stove GC, Hulme PD. 1980. Peat resources mapping in Lewis using remote sensing techniques and automated cartography. International Journal of Remote Sensing 1: 319344.

Hulme PD. 1979. Calliergon richardsonii (Mitt.) Kindb. From the Late Devensian of Lang Lochs mire, Shetland. Journal of Bryology 10: 281-285.

Boatman DJ, Hulme PD, Tomlinson RW. 1975. Monthly determinations of the concentrations of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium in the rain and in the pools of the Silver Flowe National Nature Reserve. Journal of Ecology 63: 903-912.

Hulme PD, Beckett SC. 1973. Pollen analysis of the Faxfleet peats. East Yorkshire Field Studies 4: 15-24.


3.     CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (8)

Hulme PD, Birnie RV. 1997. Grazing induced degradation of blanket mire: its measurement and management, ppl63-173. In: Tailis JH, Meade R, Hulme PD. Blanket Mire Degradation: Causes, Consequences and Challenges, Proceedings, University of Manchester, 9-1 1 April 1997. Mires Research Group.

Birnle RV, Hulme PD, Wright GC, Aspinal RJ, Gauld JH. 1992. Remote sensing from ground, air and space: its role in assessment of Scottish grasslands. European Collaborative Programme Workshop on Grassland Classification and Mapping, Paris, 1992, pp 81-101. Commission of the European Community.

Hulme PD, Merrell B, Fisher JM. 1992. The effects of sheep grazing on the rehabilitation of degraded dry heather moor. In: Brown RW. ed. Heather, Proceedings of the National Heather Convention, University of Leeds, 1991, pp 54-55. The Joseph Nickerson Heather Improvement Foundation and Seale Hayne Faculty, Polytechnic South West.

Huirne PD, Fisher JM, Merrell B. 1991. The effects of seasonal grazing pattern and of sheep grazing intensity on the recovery of degraded heather moor. In: ADAS Heather Regeneration Studies. 4pp. Redesdale Experimental Husbandry Farm.

Morrice JG, Miller DR, Gauld JH, Nolan AJ, Hulme PD, Birnie RV. 1990. Digital mapping for land cover studies. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society Symposium, Stirling, 1989, pp 69-73.

Hulme PD. 1988. A classification system for Scottish peat soils. Proceedings of the 8th International Peat Congress, Leningrad, 1988, Volume 1: 208-213. International Peat Society.

Hulme PD, Blyth AW. 1984. The classification of the peatland vegetation of the Isle of Lewis and Harris, Scotland. Proceedings of the 7h International Peat Congress, Dublin, 1984, Volume 1: 188-204. International Peat Society.

Hulme PD. 1979. Peatland classification with special reference to Scotland. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Classification of Peat and Peatlands, Hyytiala, Finland, 1979, pp76-81. International Peat Society.

4.     BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS (11)

Birnie RV, Hulme PD. 1997. Appendix 6. Common Methods: Topography. In: Brooks S, Stoneman R, eds. Conserving Bogs: The Management Handbook. Edinburgh: The Stationary Office, 247-253.

Hulme PD, Birnie RV. 1997. Part 4. Monitoring and Site Assessment: Topography. In: Brooks S, Stoneman R, eds. Conserving Bogs: The Management Handbook. Edinburgh: The Stationary Office, 64-65.

Hulme PD, Birnie RV. 1997. Part 4. Monitoring and Site Assessment: Peat. In: Brooks S, Stoneman R, eds. Conserving Bogs: The Management Handbook. Edinburgh: The Stationary Office, 74-80.

Hulme PD, Birnie RV. 1997. Part 4. Monitoring and Site Assessment: Vegetation. In: Brooks S, Stoneman R, eds. Conserving Bogs: The Management Handbook. Edinburgh: The Stationary Office, 80-82.

Hulme PD, Birnie RV. 1997. Appendix 6: Common Methods: Vegetation. In: Brooks S, Stoneman R, eds. Conserving Bogs: The Management Handbook. Edinburgh: The Stationary Office, 258-266.

Tailis JH, Meade R, Hulme PD. eds. 1997. Blanket Mire Degradation: Causes, Consequence and Challenges. Proceedings, University of Manchester, 1997. Mires Research Group.

Nolan AJ, Hulme PD, Wheeler D. 1994. The Status of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull on Fair Isle. Botanical Journal of Scotland 47: 1-16.

Bragg OM, Hulme PD, lngram HAP, Robertson RA. eds. 1992. Peatland Ecosystems and Man: an Impact Assessment. Proceedings of the British Ecological Society and International Peat Society Symposium. 1989. Dundee: University of Dundee and International Peat Society.

Birnie RV, Clayton P, Griffiths P, Hulme PD, Robertson RA, Soane BD, Ward SA. 1991. Scottish Peat Resources and their Energy Potential. Contract Report, ETSU B 1204, Department of Energy.

Huirne PD. 1984. Peat. In: Romans JCC. The Soils of the Black Isle. Memoir of the Soil Survey of Scotland. Aberdeen, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, 52.

Hulme PD, Nicol AT, Robertson RA, Durno SE. 1980. Chapter 6: Peat. In: Bown CJ, Hesiop REF. Soils of the Country Round Wigtown. Memoir of the Soil Survey of Scotland. Aberdeen, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, 170-195.

Hulme PD, Nicol AT, Robertson RA, Durno SE. 1977. Chapter 5: Peat. In Futty DW, Dry FT. Soils of the Country Round Wick Memoir of the Soil Survey of Scotland. Aberdeen, Macaulay Institute for Soil Research.

5.     MAPS (2)

Macaulay Institute for Soil Research. 1986. Peat of the Shetland Islands. Aberdeen: Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.

Macaulay Institute for Soil Research. 1981. Peat and Terrain Categories of Lewis and North Harris. Aberdeen: Macaulay Land Use Research Institute.

6.     POPULAR ARTICLES (3)

Thornton B, Hulme PD, Nolan AJ, Merrell BG. 1995. Measurements of the remobilisation of nitrogen for spring shoot growth of Molinia caerulea growing on moorland sites: current -research. Pasture Ecology Newsletter No. 36: 2 1.

Hulme PD, Birnle RV. 1990. Cause for Concern. In: Discover Scotland, Issue 39: ibc. Mirror Publications Ltd.

Hulme PD. 1990. Cause for Concern. In: Discover Scotland, Issue 43: ibc. Mirror Publications Ltd.

7.     ABSTRACTS (2)

Hulme PD, Merrell B, Fisher JM, Torvell L, Small JL. 1996. Recovery of degraded heathland vegetation: a study of the effects of intensity and seasonality of sheep grazing on floristic recovery. Winter and Annual General Meeting: Programme and Abstracts. University of Durham 1986. British Ecological Society, 33.

Hulme PD, Sherriffs J. 1982. Palaeoecology of a basin mire and an adjacent Neolithic site near Perth, north-east Scotland. Bulletin : British Ecological Society 13: 186.

8.     THESIS (1)

Hulme PD. 1976. Developmental and Ecological Studies on Craigeazle Bog, the Silver Flowe National Nature Reserve, Kirkcudbrightshire. Ph.D, thesis, University of Hull.

9.     PERSONAL INTEREST (5)

Hulme PD. 1982. Macrolepidoptera of an upland area in Kirkcudbrightshire, south-west Scotland. The Entomologists Record 94: 106-108.

Hulme PD. 1981. Satumia pavonia (L.) on Potentilla palustris (L.) Scop. The Entomologists Record 93: 153.

Hulme PD. 1980. Cataplectica farreni (Wals.) (Lep.: Epermeniidae) at Muchalls, Kincardineshire. The Entomologists Record 92: 171.

Hulme PD, Young MR. 1979. Schiffermuelleria subaquilea (Stainton) on Cairngorm. The Entomologists Record 91: 56.

Hulme PD, Paimer RM, Young MR. 1978. Lepidoptera of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, appendix to Part 3 (Micropterigoidea to Tortricoidea). The Entomologists Record 90: 237-241.