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Titre :
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Experiments to increase red grouse stocks and improve the Irish Bogland environment
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Auteurs :
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Adam Watson ;
P.J. O'Hare
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Publisher :
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Biological Conservation, 5(1)
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Type de document :
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Article
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Année de publication :
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January 1, 1973
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Format :
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41-44
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Résumé :
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Blanket bog in western Ireland is a wet infertile habitat, heavily grazed by sheep and cattle, and supporting very low densities of Red Grouse and other wild birds and mammals. An experiment using phosphatic fertilizers increased the growth of vegetation and the nutritive value of the Heather. There followed an increase in the population density of Grouse: territories became smaller and the Grouse reared bigger broods. An experiment in which sheep were excluded led to better growth of Heather and colonization by Grouse.
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En ligne :
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0006320773900542
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