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The Cavenham Study

The UK bracken control study

Selected references
 


Approaches - Experiment

Selected References

1. PATERSON, S., MARRS, R.H. & PAKEMAN, R.J. 1997. Efficacy of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) control treatments across a range of climatic zones in Great Britain: a national overview and regional examination of treatment effects. Annals of Applied Biology, 130, 283-303.

2. MITCHELL, R.J., MARRS, R.H. & AULD, M.H.D. 1998. A comparative study of the seedbanks of heathland and successional habitats in Dorset, Southern England. Journal of Ecology, 86, 588-596.

3. MARRS, R.H., JOHNSON. S.W. & LE DUC, M.G. 1988c. Control of bracken and restoration of heathland. VIII. The regeneration of the heathland community after 18 years of continued bracken control or six years of control followed by recovery. Journal of Applied Ecology, 35, 857-870.

4. OWEN, K.M. & MARRS, R.H. 2000. Creation of heathland on former arable land at Minsmere, Suffolk: the effect of soil acidification on the establishment of Calluna and ruderal species. Biological Conservation, 93, 9-18.

5. LE DUC, M.G., PAKEMAN, R.J., PUTWAIN, P.D., & MARRS, R.H. 2000. The variable responses of bracken fronds to control treatment in the UK. Annals of Botany, 85B, 37-46.


 

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