Experimental wet heath translocation in Dorset, England

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-171

  Box, John ^a,d   Brown, Mark ^a,e   Coppin, Nick ^a   Hawkeswood, Nicola ^a,f   Webb, Mike ^a,g   Hill, Andy ^b,h   Palmer, Quentin ^b   Le Duc, Mike ^c   Putwain, Phil ^c  

^a Wardell Armstrong LLP   (United Kingdom)

^b IMERYS MINERALS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^e Sinclair Knight Merz   (United Kingdom)

^f Cale Cross House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g Sub Base Platypus   (United Kingdom)

^h Alaska Environmental Contracting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological engineering; Habitat translocation; Heathland; Valley mire; Wet heath

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; HABITAT TRANSLOCATION; HEATHLANDS; VALLEY MIRE; WET HEATH;

AQUIFERS; CLAY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAKES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

LANDFORMS;

BIOMONITORING; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHRONOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEATHLAND; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIRE; MOSS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSLOCATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 78751701277     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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