The importance of transplant size and gap width in the botanical enrichment of species-poor grasslands in Britain

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-280

  Davies, Angus ^a   Dunnett, Nigel P ^a   Kendle, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; SPACING; SURVIVORSHIP; TRANSPLANTATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS TAURUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033390907     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.72020.x     Document Type: Article

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