Multiple limiting gradients in peatlands: A call for a new paradigm

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-65

  Bridgham, Scott D ^a   Pastor, John ^b   Janssens, Jan A ^c   Chapin, Carmen ^a   Malterer, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Decomposition; Hydrology; Multiple limiting gradients; Nutrients; Peatlands; pH; Plant species distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002034947     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160645     Document Type: Article

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