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ArticleScientific reports2019

Shrub establishment favoured and grass dominance reduced in acid heath grassland systems cleared of invasive Rhododendron ponticum.

Gruffydd Lloyd Jones, Max Tomlinson, Rhys Owen, John Scullion, Ana Winters, Tom Jenkins, John Ratcliffe, Dylan Gwynn-Jones

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gruffydd Lloyd JonesIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7962-1771
Max TomlinsonIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK.
Rhys OwenSnowdonia National Park Authority, National Park Office, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, LL48 6LF, UK.
John ScullionIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK.
Ana WintersIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK.
Tom JenkinsForest Research, Thoday Building, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK.
John RatcliffeNatural Resources Wales, Maes y Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 4DE, UK.
Dylan Gwynn-JonesIBERS, Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK. dyj@aber.ac.uk.
Aberystwyth University · GBForest Research · GBNatural Resources Wales · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rhododendron ponticum L. is a damaging invasive alien species in Britain, favouring the moist, temperate climate, and the acidic soils of upland areas. It outshades other species and is thought to create a soil environment of low pH that may be higher in phytotoxic phenolic compounds. We investigated native vegetation restoration and R. ponticum regeneration post-clearance using heathland sites within Snowdonia National Park, Wales; one site had existing R. ponticum stands and three were restoring post-clearance. Each site also had an adjacent, uninvaded control for comparison. We assessed whether native vegetation restoration was influenced post-invasion by soil chemical properties, including pH and phytotoxic compounds, using Lactuca sativa L. (lettuce) bioassays supported by liquid chromatography-mass spectroscopy (LC-MS

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GrasslandIntroduced SpeciesConservation of Natural ResourcesLactucaRhododendron

Identifiers

PMID30783123
PMCPMC6381222
OpenAlexW2925757565

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