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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Heathland"”.
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Heathland Restoration after Mineral Extraction
… study investigated the ecological restoration of heathlands at a china clay mineral extraction site in the UK. Assessment of historical restoration practices revealed that previous work carried out on the study site is not achieving Atlantic Lowland Heath (ALH) and that specific amendments might …
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Spiders on lowland heath: Functional diversity and abundance in relation to heathland structure
… effects on biodiversity worldwide. The Dorset Heathlands, despite historical changes and drastic losses, are home to some of the rarest species in the UK. The dominant plants, ericaceous shrubs, vary in structure according to age, creating a heterogeneous landscape of different habitats. …
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Fuel moisture and fuel dynamics in woodland and heathland vegetation of the Sydney Basin
… Basin vegetation types, eucalypt woodland and heathland, each with a history of problematic fire management, were measured in the field for diurnal fluctuations in FFM following rain, under conditions similar to when prescribed burns are conducted. The FFM components of current operational fire …
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The conservation ecology of the European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) in a complex heathland-plantation landscape.
… europaeus) was investigated in a complex heathland-plantation landscape in eastern England. Using radio telemetry, 31 nightjars were tracked in 2009 and 2010. The breeding behaviour of males was found to have potential implications for nightjar survey methods. While surveyors should be …
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Examining the impact of heathland restoration via felling on carabid diversity in the Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve
… species. This study aimed to evaluate how heathland restoration through conifer felling influences the species richness, composition, and functional traits of carabid assemblages. Specifically, it assessed the impact of restorative felling — the removal of planted conifers from former …
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Biotic and Abiotic Factors of Picea rubens (Red Spruce) Seedling Regeneration in Disturbed Heathland Barrens of the Central Appalachians
… and regeneration of a red spruce seedling in the heathland.
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Management and monitoring in protected areas: a case study in the New Forest National Park. The effects upon Valley Mire and Heathland Communities.
… two important open habitats: valley mires and heathlands. Research aims are to determine the impact that long term management (including differences between cutting and burning) has had on heathland communities in the New Forest, uncover the effects of restoration programmes on both biotic and …
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Effects of experimental disturbance on multi-taxa assemblages and traits: conservation implication in a forest-open landscape mosaic
… potential of open habitat for lowland heathland biodiversity within a mosaic forest landscape. A range of experimental management treatments were implemented covering a gradient of disturbance intensity intended to enhance connectivity through plantation forest for early-successional …
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The effect of vegetation reclamation on birds and invertebrates in Iceland : a comparative study of barren land, restored heathland and land revegetated by Nootka lupin
Hnignun vistkerfa og framandi ágengar tegundir ógna líffræðilegum fjölbreytileika á heimsvísu. Endurheimt og landgræðsla eru mikilvægar aðgerðir til að bæta upp búsvæðatap og líffræðilega ferla innan vistkerfa og til viðhalds á stofnum og fjölbreytileika plantna og dýra. Mikill hluti gróðurhulu …
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The Compilation of a British Lowland Heathland and Agricultural Grassland Phytolith Reference Database and its application at the archaeological site of Wytch Farm, Poole Harbour, Dorset
… Isle habitats, agricultural grassland, lowland heathland, and an experimental agricultural field, were used for the phytolith reference collection. Plants collected from these habitats in late autumn led to the compilation of a website that shows the plant’s phytoliths (httms://phynd.online). …
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Land use and vegetation change on the Long Mynd
… is well known, indeed the traditional mode of heathland management, burning, depends on the regenerative capacity of the target species, generally heather (Calluna vulgaris), for its success. However, changes in post WW2 stocking practice; the loss of ponies followed by an increase in the …
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Population ecology and conservation genetics of the smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) in a fragmented heath landscape
… rarest snake, being confined to the lowland heathlands of Dorset, Hampshire and Surrey. As a result, it remains the least understood; despite being listed as a key biodiversity action plan species. Substantial loss and fragmentation of its primary UK habitat - lowland heathland - has occurred …
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A Palaeoecological survey of French Island, Victoria's past environment from 9000 years ago
… of the largest remaining areas of intact native heathland in Victoria. By analysing Holocene data (from ~9200 years ago to present), we aim to uncover the first long-term record of fire and vegetation on an island landscape that has been under the custodianship of Traditional Owners (Bunurong) …
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A Palaeoecological survey of French Island, Victoria's past environment from 9000 years ago
… of the largest remaining areas of intact native heathland in Victoria. By analysing Holocene data (from ~9200 years ago to present), we aim to uncover the first long-term record of fire and vegetation on an island landscape that has been under the custodianship of Traditional Owners (Bunurong) …
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Grazing Management and Plant Community Composition on Bodmin Moor
… by acid grassland and mire with some small heathland fragments. It lacked the cover of ericaceous dwarf-shrubs that define heathland in the rest of Britain. Chapter Six provides the first description of the soil seed banks on Bodmin Moor and determined that seed availability was not limiting …
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Is it all about the ants? What are the factors influencing the presence of Plebejus argus (the Silver-studded Blue butterfly) on Studland Peninsula?
… investigation into the spatial occurrence of the heathland species, Plebejus a argus across Studland Peninsula, a 350-hectare area of dune, lowland heath, salt marsh, mire and open water habitat on the south-eastern side of Poole Harbour. At present, records from Butterfly Conservation transects …
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Ecosystem service provision in dynamic heath landscapes.
… explore all these themes in the Dorset lowland heathlands, UK. The Dorset lowland heathlands are highly fragmented and a priority habitat for nature conservation because they are rare and threatened and support a characteristic flora and fauna. The main threat to this habitat is now woody …
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The variation of components in the radiation balance over different fynbos vegitation types
… below those recorded in the literature for other heathland vegetation. On the basis of a numerical classification of the vegetation structural data, it has been found that there is no clear relationship between the vegetation and the various components of the radiation balance.
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Transport and decomposition of allochthonous litter in Icelandic headwater streams: Effects of forest cover
… 14°48’). The streams either ran through treeless heathlands, birch forests (Betula pubescens Ehrh.) or conifer plantations (mainly Larix sibirica Ledeb.). The transport of terrestrial organic matter was measured with litter traps inserted into the stream banks. Decomposition of litter was measured …
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The colonisation by vegetation of colliery spoil heaps in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, and implications for biodiversity management
… be required on sites valued as open grassland or heathland habitats to prevent potential colonisation by woody species.
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