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Rory P. D. Walsh is a researcher affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their primary focus lies within the field of Environmental Science, with particular engagement in Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Pollution, and Environmental Engineering.

The research themes addressed by Rory P. D. Walsh encompass a range of environmental issues including soil erosion and sediment transport, heavy metals in the environment, water quality and pollution assessment, urban stormwater management solutions, flood risk assessment and management, mine drainage and remediation techniques, and hydrology and watershed management studies.

Rory P. D. Walsh has contributed to several recent publications, exemplifying their areas of study and collaborative efforts. These recent papers include:

  • Impact of Land-Use Changes on Spatiotemporal Suspended Sediment Dynamics within a Peri-Urban Catchment, 2020, published in Water
  • Long-term changes in water quality downstream of three abandoned metal mines, 2024, published in Journal of Hydrology
  • Baseflow Persistence and Magnitude in Oil Palm, Logged and Primary Tropical Rainforest Catchments in Malaysian Borneo: Implications for Water Management under Climate Change, 2022, published in Water
  • Identification and quantification of diffuse groundwater pollution in a mineralised watershed, 2024, published in Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

These publications demonstrate interdisciplinary research attention to environmental changes, water quality, and pollution dynamics across different ecosystems and geographic contexts.

Frequent co-authors of Rory P. D. Walsh include A. Miller Todd, Iain Robertson, Patrick Byrne, Paul Edwards, and Tom Williams, each collaborating on multiple projects, indicating a strong network of scholarly interaction within the environmental science community.

Publication venues where Rory P. D. Walsh has contributed more than once include:

  • Water
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

This pattern of publications highlights a consistent engagement with journals specializing in hydrological and environmental research topics.

Best Publications

  • Soil water repellency: its causes, characteristics and hydro-geomorphological significance

    S.H. Doerr;R.A. Shakesby;R.P.D. Walsh

  • RAINFALL SEASONALITY: DESCRIPTION, SPATIAL PATTERNS AND CHANGE THROUGH TIME

    R. P. D. Walsh;D. M. Lawler

  • The erosional impact of soil hydrophobicity: current problems and future research directions

    R.A. Shakesby;S.H. Doerr;R.P.D. Walsh

  • Spatial variability of soil hydrophobicity in fire-prone eucalyptus and pine forests, Portugal

    Stefan H. Doerr;Richard A. Shakesby;Rory P. D. Walsh

  • The ecoclimatology of Danum, Sabah, in the context of the world's rainforest regions, with particular reference to dry periods and their impact.

    R. P. D. Walsh;David McClintock Newbery

  • Soil hydrophobicity variations with depth and particle size fraction in burned and unburned Eucalyptus globulus and Pinus pinaster forest terrain in the Águeda Basin, Portugal

    Stefan H. Doerr;Richard A. Shakesby;Rory P.D. Walsh

  • Changes in forest land use and management in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, 1990-2010, with a focus on the Danum Valley region.

    Glen Reynolds;Junaidi Payne;Waidi Sinun;Gregory Mosigil

  • Soil water repellency as a potential parameter in rainfall-runoff modelling: experimental evidence at point to catchment scales from Portugal

    S. H. Doerr;A. J. D. Ferreira;R. P. D. Walsh;R. A. Shakesby

  • Quantifying the impact of soil water repellency on overland flow generation and erosion: a new approach using rainfall simulation and wetting agent onin situ soil

    G. Leighton-Boyce;S. H. Doerr;S. H. Doerr;R. A. Shakesby;R. P. D. Walsh

  • Hydrological implications of soil water-repellency in Eucalyptus globulus forests, north-central Portugal

    A.J.D. Ferreira;C.O.A. Coelho;R.P.D. Walsh;R.A. Shakesby

  • Nutrient losses in eroded sediment after fire in eucalyptus and pine forests in the wet Mediterranean environment of northern Portugal

    Andrew D. Thomas;Rory P.D. Walsh;Richard A. Shakesby

  • Drought frequency changes in Sabah and adjacent parts of northern Borneo since the late nineteenth century and possible implications for tropical rain forest dynamics

    Rory P. D. Walsh

  • Temporal dynamics of water repellency and soil moisture in eucalypt plantations, Portugal

    Gemma Leighton-Boyce;Stefan H. Doerr;Richard A. Shakesby;Rory P. D. Walsh

  • Limiting the soil degradational impacts of wildfire in pine and eucalyptus forests in Portugal: A comparison of alternative post-fire management practices

    Richard A Shakesby;David J Boakes;Celeste de Oa Coelho;AJ Bento Gonçalves

  • Vegetation Litter: An Underestimated Variable in Hydrology and Geomorphology

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  • Degradation in urban areas

    Carla S.S. Ferreira;Rory P.D. Walsh;António J.D. Ferreira

  • The role of extreme events in the impacts of selective tropical forestry on erosion during harvesting and recovery phases at Danum Valley, Sabah.

    I. Douglas;K. Bidin;G. Balamurugan;N. A. Chappell

  • Impacts of prescribed fire on soil loss and soil quality: An assessment based on an experimentally-burned catchment in central Portugal

    Richard A. Shakesby;Célia P.M. Bento;Célia P.M. Bento;Célia P.M. Bento;Carla S.S. Ferreira;António J.D. Ferreira

  • Urbanization Development under Climate Change: Hydrological Responses in a Peri‐Urban Mediterranean Catchment

    Zahra Kalantari;Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira;Rory Peter Dominic Walsh;António José Dinis Ferreira

  • The effects of catchment and riparian forest quality on stream environmental conditions across a tropical rainforest and oil palm landscape in Malaysian Borneo

    Sarah H. Luke;Holly Barclay;Holly Barclay;Kawi Bidin;Vun Khen Chey

  • A portable rainfall simulator for field assessment of splash and slopewash in remote locations

    Michelle A. Clarke;Rory P. D. Walsh

  • Parsimonious modelling of water and suspended sediment flux from nested catchments affected by selective tropical forestry.

    Nick A. Chappell;Paul McKenna;K. Bidin;I. Douglas

  • Recent trends in the intrinsic water-use efficiency of ringless rainforest trees in Borneo

    Neil J. Loader;Rory Peter Dominic Walsh;Iain Robertson;Kawi Bidin

Frequent Co-Authors

António Ferreira
António Ferreira Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra
Richard A. Shakesby
Richard A. Shakesby Swansea University
William H. Blake
William H. Blake Plymouth University
Celeste Coelho
Celeste Coelho University of Aveiro
Stefan H. Doerr
Stefan H. Doerr Swansea University
Tammo S. Steenhuis
Tammo S. Steenhuis Cornell University
Ian Douglas
Ian Douglas University of Manchester
Nick A. Chappell
Nick A. Chappell Lancaster University
Robert M. Ewers
Robert M. Ewers Imperial College London

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