Effects of experimental restoration on the diaspore bank of an upland moor degraded by Pteridium aquilinum invasion

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 659-669

  Ghorbani, J ^a,b   Le Duc, M G ^a   McAllister, H A ^a   Pakeman, R J ^c   Marrs, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrostis capillaris; Calluna vulgaris; Coupling; Propagule bank; Pteridium aquilinum; Seed bank; Spore bank; Vegetation development

Indexed keywords

PEST CONTROL; RESTORATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

DIASPORE BANK; PROPAGULE BANK; SEED BANK; SOIL DEPTH;

SEED;

DIASPORE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOORLAND; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; FILICOPHYTA; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 37449011072     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.804     Document Type: Article

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