The Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) scheme in Northern Ireland: Ten years of agri-environment monitoring

Biology and Environment

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-423

  McEvoy, P M ^a   Flexen, M ^a   McAdam, J H ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; JUNCUS; RUBUS; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS;

EID: 33845667213     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2006.106.3.413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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