Moor House Grazing Plots Bibliography
Alday, J., O’Reilly, J., Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H. (2022) Effects of long-term removal of sheep-grazing in a series of British upland plant communities: upland grasslands and moorlands. Ecological Indicators 139: 108878. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108878]
Alday, J., O’Reilly, J., Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H. (2020) Effects of long-term removal of sheep-grazing in a series of British upland plant communities: insights from plant species composition and traits. Science of the Total Environment 759: 143508. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143508]
Marrs, R.H., Lee, H., Blackbird, S., Connor, L., Girdwood, S.E., O'Connor, M., Smart, S.M., Rose, R.J., O’Reilly, J., Chiverrell, R.C. (2020) Release from sheep-grazing appears to put some heart back into upland vegetation: A comparison of nutritional properties of plant species in long-term grazing experiments. Annals of Applied Biology 1: 152-162. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12591]
Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H., O’Reilly, J., Furness, M., Wood, C.M. (2020) Long-term monitoring of vegetation in exclosure and grazing plots at Moor House National Nature Reserve, 1953-2016. Ecological Indicators 139: 108878. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5285/c72ab043-1b02-42c9-94e8-c1cae42b3dc8]
Marrs, R.H., Sánchez, R., Connor, L., Blackbird, S., Rasal, J., Rose, R.J. (2018) Effects of removing sheep grazing on soil chemistry, plant nutrition and forage digestibility: Lessons for rewilding the British uplands. Annals of Applied Biology 173: 294–301. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12462]
Milligan, G., Rose, R.J., Marrs, R.H. (2016) Winners and losers in a long-term study of vegetation change at Moor House NNR: effects of sheep-grazing and its removal on British upland vegetation. Ecological Indicators 68, 89–101. [Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.053]
Marrs, R.H., Rizand, A., Harrison, A.F. (1989) The effects of removing sheep grazing on soil chemistry, above-ground nutrient distribution, and selected aspects of soil fertility in long-term experiments at Moor House National Nature Reserve. Journal of Applied Ecology 26, 647-661. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.2307/2404089]
Marrs, R.H., Bravington, M., Rawes, M. (1988) Long-term vegetation change in the Juncus squarrosus grassland at Moor House, northern England. Vegetatio 76 3, 179-187. [Available online at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20038332]
Marrs, R.H., Rawes, M., Robinson, J.S., Poppitt, S.D. (1986) Long‑term studies of vegetation change at Moor House NNR: guide to recording methods and database. (Merlewood Research and Development Paper 109). Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Grange‑over‑Sands, UK.
Rawes, M. (1981) Results of Excluding Sheep from High-Level Grasslands in the North Pennines. Journal of Ecology 69 (21): 651-669. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.2307/2259690]
Heal, O.W., Smith, R.A.H. (1978) Introduction and site description. In: Production Ecology of British Moors and Montane Grasslands (ed by O.W. Heal & D.F. Perkins), pp 3-16. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Eddy, A., Welch, D., Rawes, M. (1969) The vegetation of the Moor House National Nature Reserve in the northern Pennines England. Vegetatio 16, 5/6: 239-284. [Available online at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20035417]
Rawes, M., Welch, D. (1969) Upland productivity of vegetation and sheep at Moor House National Nature Reserves, Westmorland, England. Oikos Supplementum 11, 1-69.
