Translocation of herb-rich grassland from a site in Wales prior to opencast coal extraction

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 336-347

  Good, J E G ^a   Wallace, H L ^b   Stevens, P A ^a   Radford, G L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b School House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; OPEN PIT MINE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSLOCATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033493196     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.72028.x     Document Type: Article

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