Factors affecting the restoration of heathland and acid grassland on pteridium aquilinum - Infested Land across the United Kingdom: A multisite study

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-562

  Cox, Emma S ^a   Marrs, Robert H ^a   Pakeman, Robin J ^b   Le Duc, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bracken; Calluna vulgaris; Community change; Control; Heath; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FERN; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CAMPYLOPUS INTROFLEXUS; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; GALIUM; GALIUM SAXATILE; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 52449096454     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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