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HEATHER REGENERATION FOLLOWING BURNING: A SURVEY
Author(s) -
Grant Sheila A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1968.tb00547.x
Subject(s) - exclosure , regeneration (biology) , grazing , ecology , range (aeronautics) , environmental science , spring (device) , geography , biology , engineering , mechanical engineering , aerospace engineering , microbiology and biotechnology
A survey of heather regeneration following muirburn was undertaken over a range of sites and community types covering a wide area. The sites were all spring burned and a small grazing exclosure was erected on each after burning. Botanical analyses, height measurements and observations on grazing effects were made annually thereafter in late summer or early autumn. Several factors were found to be of importance in influencing heather regeneration, and the data collected are discussed from the standpoint of: the actual firing process, plant characteristics, biotic factors, site characteristics, and climatic factors. All factors may operate at any one site and may interact one with another. At many sites one factor may be of over–riding importance for a particular year of burning, but the same factor may not be of similar importance in subsequent years.