Seed limitation, not soil legacy effects, prevents native understorey from establishing in oak woodlands in Scotland after removal ofRhododendron ponticum

Authors :: Robin J. Pakeman
Janet E. Maclean
David F. R. P. Burslem
Ruth J. Mitchell
David R. Genney
Jeanette Hall
Source :: Restoration Ecology. 26:865-872
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Wiley, 2018.
Abstract: We thank Scottish Natural Heritage for funding this work via a PhD studentship to JM. The National Trust for Scotland provided the field site and fenced the experiment. In particular we thank Kate Sampson and Lindsay Mackinlay at NTS staff for their assistance in establishing this experiment. RJM and RJP were funded through the 2011-2016 and 2016-2021 Strategic Research Programmes of the Scottish Government.

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