Vegetation succession in a floating mire in relation to management and hydrology

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 809-820

  Van Diggelen, R ^a   Molenaar, W J ^a,b   Kooijman, A M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KIWA Ltd   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidification; Bollemaat; Embryonic bog; Infiltration area; Poor fen; Rich fen; Water composition

Indexed keywords

FLOATING MIRE; HYDROLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MIRE; SUCCESSION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030299370     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236459     Document Type: Article

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