Abstract: A monitoring programme is described which charts the recolonisation of moorland vegetation on the slopes of the Kinder plateau (Peak District, Derbyshire, UK) after reduction of sheep grazing. Deschampsia flexuosa has spread substantially, and there have been parallel increases in biomass and numbers of flowering culms. Calluna vulgaris and Vaccinium myrtillus have also increased significantly, but changes in other moorland species were limited. The previously bare and eroding ground has largely been revegetated except on the steepest slope, and the community is reverting to that described for the area in 1913.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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