Effects of sowing and management on vegetation succession during grassland habitat restoration

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 393-402

  Warren, John ^a,b   Christal, Anna ^a   Wilson, Fred ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community change; Habitat restoration; Set aside; Similarity index; Sowing; Succession

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOWING; SUCCESSION;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; BOS TAURUS; FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS REPENS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0036889413     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00341-3     Document Type: Article

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