Long-term effects of rotational prescribed burning and low-intensity sheep grazing on blanket-bog plant communities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-635

  Lee, Hyohyemi ^a   Alday, Josu G ^a   Rose, Rob J ^b   O'Reilly, John ^c   Marrs, Rob H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c PTYXIS ECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fire; Mixed effects modelling; Moorland; Peatland; Principal response curves; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BLANKET BOG; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LICHEN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOORLAND; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHEEP;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; ERIOPHORUM; HYPNUM JUTLANDICUM; OVIS ARIES; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84878179729     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12078     Document Type: Article

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