Plant community composition and attributes reveal conservation implications for newly created grassland on capped landfill sites

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 198-205

  Rahman, Md Lutfor ^a,b   Tarrant, Sam ^a,c   McCollin, Duncan ^a   Ollerton, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b International Wildlife Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grassland; Landfill sites; NVC; Restoration; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDFILL CAPPING; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL FERTILITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

ENGLAND; MIDLANDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84880044081     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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