In search of a hydrological explanation for vegetation changes along a fen gradient in the Biebrza Upper Basin (Poland)

Vegetatio

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-209

  Wassen, M J ^a   Joosten, J H J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidification; Extreme rich fen; Hydrology; Moderate rich fen; Succession; Water and peat chemistry

Indexed keywords

FEN; NITROGEN LIMITATION;

POLAND, BIEBRZA UPPER BASIN;

AULACOMNIUM PALUSTRE;

EID: 0029662414     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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