Plant species and community responses to sand burial on the machair of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 669-678

  Owen, Nia W ^a   Kent, Martin ^a   Dale, M Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Yetta Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal ecology; Dune slack; Similarity coefficient; South Uist; Vegetation dynamics; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DUNE; SAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SOUTH UIST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 6344239162     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02309.x     Document Type: Article

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