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The effects of cultivation treatment on water potential and soil aeration in wet heathland with special reference to afforestation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Read, D. J. & Armstrong, W. & Weatherell, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Describes a study in north Yorkshire comparing the effects of the following treatments on soil aeration, water potential, and growth of Pinus sylvestr...

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A literature review of urban effects on lowland heaths and their wildlife.

Published online: 20 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Syldata, R. S. P. B.

Content type: Reports

This paper reviews the urban effects on Dorset lowland heathlands and their wildlife. This urban public access places considerable pressures on the he...

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Who guides the shepherd? Competition or cooperation? Nature and culture production with sheep flocks.

Published online: 05 Oct 2016

Authors: Schrijver, R. A. M.

Content type: Bulletin

A study was carried out in the Netherlands to assess the financial situation of shepherds looking after flocks, mainly on heathlands. A total of 47 bu...

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Population structure of the rare, long-lived perennial Gentiana pneumonanthe in relation to vegetation and management in the Netherlands.

Published online: 14 Oct 1994

Authors: Oostermeijer, J. G. B. & Veer, R. van't & Nijs, J. C. M. den

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Analysis of population age-state spectra of Gentiana pneumonanthe in a variety of vegetation types (principally wet heathlands and unmanured hay meado...

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The effect of prescribed burning on Pulsatilla vernalis at Marma military training area in Sweden.

Published online: 27 May 2024

Authors: Hagström, C. & Löfgren, T. & Lindquist, I. & Forslund, M. & Jandér, K. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Changes in habitat have led to a decline in many species which are now threatened. One of them is the spring pasque flower Pulsatilla vernalis, which ...

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Prescribed burning protects endangered tropical heathlands of the Arnhem Plateau, northern Australia.

Published online: 29 Jul 2015

Authors: Murphy, B. P. & Cochrane, M. A. & Russell-Smith, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

There are concerns that frequent intense fires are reducing biodiversity on the Arnhem Plateau within Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Since ...

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Nature-based solutions for climate change in the UK: a report by the British Ecological Society.

Published online: 25 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Content type: Reports

For this report the definition of Nature-based solutions (NbS) as solutions that "work with and enhance nature to mitigate or adapt to climate change ...

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Formulating a general statistical model for Betula spp. invasion of lowland heath ecosystems.

Published online: 04 Jan 2006

Authors: Manning, P. & Putwain, P. D. & Webb, N. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

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

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Control of bracken and the restoration of heathland. IV. Effects of bracken control and heathland restoration treatments on nutrient distribution and soil chemistry.

Published online: 18 Jul 1992

Authors: Marrs, R. H. & Lowday, J. E. & Jarvis, L. & Gough, M. W. & Rowland, A. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field trials were conducted on Calluna and grassland heaths in the UK (Cavenham and Weeting Heaths, resp.) to compare bracken [Pteridium aquilinum] co...

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Fire intensity, fire severity and ecosystem response in heathlands: factors affecting the regeneration of Calluna vulgaris.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Davies, G. M. & Smith, A. A. & MacDonald, A. J. & Bakker, J. D. & Legg, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Upland heaths in the UK are of significant conservation importance. Large areas are managed through prescribed burning to improve habitat and grazing ...

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