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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Marrs, R. H.;
Lowday, J. E. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Inst. of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambs, UK |
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| Title: | Control of bracken and the restoration of heathland. II. Regeneration of the heathland community |
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| Source: | Journal of Applied Ecology. Vol. 29, No. 1, 1992, p. 204-211. |
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| Publishing Information: | Oxford, England: Blackwell Scientific Publications |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Pteridium
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| Abstract/Contents: | "This paper describes the effectiveness of a range of bracken control and healthland restoration treatments (cutting, spraying with asulam, and seed sowing , in factorial combination) at a Calluna and a grass heath in Breckland over 10 years. In the grass heath, 13 species were recorded during the 10 years, although in most plots two species were dominant: Festuca ovina which was sown, and Deschampsia flexuosa which colonized naturally. Festuca ovina which was sown, and Deschampia flexuosa which colonized naturally. Festuca ovina rapidly colonized the seeded plots, but Deschampsia flexuosa appeared 5 years later. After 10 years D. flexuosa was co-dominant on many plots. On the Calluna heath, 13 vascular and three bryophyte species were found. the sown species Calluna was found mainly on seeded plots, especially where the bracken was cut. Agrostis capillaris, Dicranum scoparium and Galium saxatile were most abundant on plots where the bracken ws cut twice yearly. Other species appeared independent of treatment, reflecting low abundance, ubiquitous distributions, or clumped distributions. Two clonal species, Care arenaria and Calamagrostis epigejos, invaded in large patches where cover of other heath species was negligible. Most of the species colonizing the restored areas had higher Ellenberg nitrogen-indicator values than the dominant heathland restoration. The results are discussed in relation to practical conversation management and vegetation dynamics." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 18 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Marrs, R. H., and J. E. Lowday. 1992. Control of bracken and the restoration of heathland. II. Regeneration of the heathland community. J. Appl. Ecol. 29(1):p. 204-211. |
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