A restoration experiment on moorland infested by Pteridium aquilinum: Plant species responses

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 53-59

  Le Duc, M G ^a   Pakeman, R J ^b   Marrs, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid grassland; Calluna vulgaris; Disturbance; Grazing; Repeated measures; Succession; Target vegetation

Indexed keywords

FERN; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOORLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WEED CONTROL;

DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; OVIS ARIES; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 33845544685     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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