Tree and scrub clearance from lowland heathland at Great Ovens, Dorset, England
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Published source details
Liley D. (2005) Tree and scrub clearance from lowland heathland at Great Ovens, Dorset, England. Conservation Evidence, 2, 133-134.
Published source details Liley D. (2005) Tree and scrub clearance from lowland heathland at Great Ovens, Dorset, England. Conservation Evidence, 2, 133-134.
Summary
An area of about 13 ha of former open heathland in southern England was cleared of Scots pine Pinus sylvestris, maritime pine P.pinaster and birch Betula spp.; prior to management it contained 50-75% scrub and mature tree cover. Clearance was conducted using chainsaws; brash was burnt. Five years later, there was considerable evidence of pine regeneration (2,600 seedlings per ha). To maintain open heath, control of tree seedlings is required after tree clearance.
