Environmental conditions and fen vegetation in three lowland mires

Vegetatio

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-189

  Bootsma, M C ^a   Wassen, M J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Groundwater composition; Poor fen; Rich fen; Species response curve

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; EUTROPHICATION; FEN; GROUNDWATER; MIRE;

NETHERLANDS, OVERIJSSEL; NETHERLANDS, VECHT RIVER; POLAND, BIEBRZA VALLEY;

EID: 0030303655     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044639     Document Type: Article

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