A field assessment of the role of selective herbicides in the restoration of british moorland dominated by Molinia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 369-379

  Milligan, Anna L ^a,b   Putwain, Phillip D ^a   Marrs, Rob H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Environ Protection Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Conservation management; Dwarf shrubs; Glyphosate; Graminicide; Molinia caerulea

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HERBICIDE; MOORLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; MOLINIA; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 0037332827     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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