Vegetation succession under developing birch woods

Birch readily colonizes heather moorland in the absence of regular burning, and successional changes in the dominance of various plant species take place beneath the developing woodland. Birch (unlike Calluna vulgaris and many conifers) has long been thought to have an ameliorating effect on soils....

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Main Author: Hester, Alison Janet
Published: University of Aberdeen 1988
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.303308