Estimates of nutrient removal during heathland restoration on successional sites in Dorset, southern England

Biological Conservation

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-246

  Mitchell, R J ^a   Auld, M H D ^b   Hughes, J M ^a   Marrs, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Management; Nutrient removal; Predicting nutrient offtake; Scrub removal

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HEATHLAND; NUTRIENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BETULA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; RHODODENDRON PONTICUM; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0033949802     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00046-X     Document Type: Article

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