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European heathlands are of high conservation value but have declined as a result of agricultural intensification. Heathland recreation is currently be...

Numerous studies describe thresholds at which transitions between alternate ecosystem states occur but few quantitatively delimit these conditions and...

High concentrations of toxic metals appear to be the major cause of the sparse vegetation cover of metalliferous mine wastes in the UK, but comparison...

There is growing evidence suggesting that small sewage discharges (SSDs), in practice mainly septic tank systems but also including package treatment ...

Nutrient limitation (mostly N or P) is a driving force in ecosystem development. Current techniques to determine the nature of nutrient limitation use...

Microclimatic measurements and flux determinations were made on natural grassland at the Matador project site in Saskatchewan, dominated by Agropyron ...

The numbers of Rhopalosiphum padi sampled using UK 12.2 m suction traps during the autumn were related to weather data from the preceding year using m...

Changes in the arthropod fauna of a newly established ley pasture in the Irish Republic were monitored in soil and vegetation. Soil and foliage commun...

At Cooper's Hill Nature Reserve, Bedfordshire, England, areas of mature heather Calluna vulgaris have been lost and replaced by dense grassy swards. W...

Over the last century, the loss of around half of the world's wetlands, principally through drainage and conversion to agriculture, has been one of th...