The natural revegetation of a harvested peatland in southern Québec: A spatial and dendroecological analysis

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-111

  Lavoie, Claude ^a   Rochefort, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betula populifolia; Ericaceous shrubs; Harvested peatlands; Larix laricina; Restoration ecology; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BETULA POPULIFOLIA; LARIX LARICINA; SPHAGNUM SPP.;

HARVESTED PEATLAND; NATURAL REVEGETATION; PEAT MINING; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION;

CANADA, QUEBEC, CACOUNA STATION;

EID: 0029661276     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682321     Document Type: Article

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