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Conservation of Calluno-Vaccinietum heathland in the Belgian Ardennes, an experimental approach

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It is now difficult to manage the semi-natural groupings of heathland because of the tendency for succession towards forest stages.

Several experiments were conducted in the Hautes Fagnes region (Belgium). After the vegetation was mapped, plots were treated by mowing, burn-beating, and burning.

The changing floristic composition was followed from 1972 to 1980 in permanent quadrats. Burn-beating is an excellent method of management for old heath, because it reestablishes the properties of the heath ecosystem.

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  1. Department of Botany, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, 4000, Liège, Belgium

    A. Froment

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Nomenclature follows de Langhe et al., 1978. Nouvelle flore de la Belgique, du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des Régions voisines, 2e éd.

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Froment, A. Conservation of Calluno-Vaccinietum heathland in the Belgian Ardennes, an experimental approach. Vegetatio 46, 193–200 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118397

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