Recovery of moorland vegetation after aerial spraying of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) with asulam

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 718-724

  Pakeman, Robin J ^a   Small, Jim L ^a   Le Duc, Mike G ^b   Marrs, Rob H ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asulox; Calluna vulgaris; Chronosequence; Herbicide; Vegetation management

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; HERBICIDE; MOORLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 33747066116     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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