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The Landscape Ecological Impact of Afforestation on the British Uplands and Some Initiatives to Restore Native Woodland Cover Cover

The Landscape Ecological Impact of Afforestation on the British Uplands and Some Initiatives to Restore Native Woodland Cover

Journal of Landscape Ecology
Volume 7 (2014): Issue 2 (November 2014)
By: Robert G. H. Bunce,  Claire M. Wood,  Simon M. Smart,  Rachel Oakley,  Gareth Browning,  Mike J. Daniels,  Philip Ashmole,  John Cresswell and  Kate Holl  
Open Access
|Nov 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2014-0013 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427
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Language: English
Page range: 5 - 24
Submitted on: Feb 27, 2014
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Accepted on: May 27, 2014
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Published on: Nov 1, 2014
Published by: Czech Society for Landscape Ecology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
plantation trends,
exotic conifers,
landscape pattern,
biodiversity loss,
native woodland restoration
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other,
Life sciences,
Ecology

© 2014 Robert G. H. Bunce, Claire M. Wood, Simon M. Smart, Rachel Oakley, Gareth Browning, Mike J. Daniels, Philip Ashmole, John Cresswell, Kate Holl, published by Czech Society for Landscape Ecology
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