Landscape-scale vegetation change in the Cairngorms, Scotland, 1946-1988: Implications for land management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-51

  Hester, Alison J ^a   Miller, David R ^a   Towers, Willie ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cairngorms; Land use; Management; Succession; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GRASSLAND; HEATHER; LAND MANAGEMENT; SCRUB; SUCCESSION;

UK, SCOTLAND, CAIRNGORMS;

EID: 0029730581     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(96)80650-1     Document Type: Article

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