Developing an integrated land management strategy for the restoration of moorland vegetation on Molinia caerulea-dominated vegetation for conservation purposes in upland Britain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-385

  Milligan, A L ^a,b   Putwain, P D ^a   Cox, E S ^a   Ghorbani, J ^a   Le Duc, M G ^a   Marrs, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calluna vulgaris; Conservation; Cutting; Graminicide; Grazing; Herbicide; Multivariate analysis of variance; Seed addition; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; MOORLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WEED CONTROL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; MOLINIA; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 3042742541     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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