Vegetation regeneration on blanket mire after mechanized peat-cutting

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-289

  Cooper, A ^a   Mccann, T P ^a   Hamill, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Environment and Heritage Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna; Grazing intensity; Partial analysis; PCA; Peatland exploitation; RDA; Regional sampling; Sphagnum; Vegetation recovery; Water table depth

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; GRAZING PRESSURE; PEATLAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; VEGETATION COVER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034974777     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2001.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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