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

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

The majority of forest cover in the British Uplands had been lost by the beginning of the Nineteenth Century, because of felling followed by overgrazing by sheep and deer. The situation remained unchanged until a government policy of afforestation, mainly by exotic conifers, after the First World Wa...

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Main Authors: Bunce Robert G. H., Wood Claire M., Smart Simon M., Oakley Rachel, Browning Gareth, Daniels Mike J., Ashmole Philip, Cresswell John, Holl Kate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-11-01
Series:Journal of Landscape Ecology
Subjects:
plantation trends
exotic conifers
landscape pattern
biodiversity loss
native woodland restoration
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2014-0013

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https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2014-0013

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