Pound Hill disturbance timing experiment

The Pound Hill experiment studies the composition of species that colonize the land, considering year to year variations in weather patterns and the timing of plant and soil disturbance. The species of plants that first colonize disturbed lands, usually known as ruderal or weeds, have increasingly been recognized as key in the recovery of biodiversity and ecosystem services of man-made habitats. In urban and industrial settings, borders of roads and agricultural fields, they sustain pollinators, improve soils and create wildlife corridors. These plants can also become a problem in managed environments and agroecosystems with implementation of control measures that can harm the environment and have high economic impacts. The Pound Hill experiment is helping us to understand the plant communities that appear with different management regimes and that can compete with crops. 

• Silwood PoundHill Metadata
• Experiment DOI

This experiment is linked with the following programs and institutions:

• The Ecological Continuity Trust