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Vegetation Changes on Ilkley Moor 1964-1984
Cotton, David E. Hale, William H.G.
Cotton, David E.
Hale, William H.G.
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1989
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In 1970 a set of maps was published which summarized the results of an extensive survey of
the vegetation of Ilkley Moor. This paper presents new maps showing the distribution of
selected vegetation communities based on a detailed survey undertaken in 1983-84, and
examines the changes which have occurred in the period 1964--1984.
Comparison of the maps reveals that Calluna vulgaris and Pteridium aquilinum have
increased their occupancy of the moor, whilst there has been a marked reduction in the
abundance of Empetrum nigrum and Eriophorum spp. These changes indicate that the
degradation of the moor which was recorded during the 1960s was reversed, at least
partially, between 1964 and 1984.
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Cotton, D.E. and W.H.G. Hale (1989). Vegetation Changes on Ilkley Moor 1964-1984. Naturalist. Vol. 114 No. 991, 104-114.
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