The nature of three ancient woodland soils in southern England

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 633-646

  Wilson, B R ^a,c   Moffat, A J ^b   Nortcliff, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient woodland; England; Recent woodland; Soil properties; Soil variability

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT WOODLAND; FOREST SOIL; SOIL; SOIL PROPERTIES;

BERKSHIRE; ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; NEW FOREST; UK;

EID: 0030783313     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1997.tb00074.x     Document Type: Review

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