Changes on the heathlands in Dorset, England, between 1987 and 1996

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 117-125

  Rose, R J ^a   Webb, N R ^a   Clarke, R T ^a   Traynor, C H ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Landscape; Monitoring; Succession; Survey

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEATHLAND; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034050484     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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