Aboveground plant production and nutrient content of the vegetation in six peatlands in Alberta, Canada

Plant Ecology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Thormann, Markus N ^a   Bayley, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; Fen; Marsh; Tissue nutrient concentrations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PEATLANDS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER LEVEL;

CANDA, ALBERTA;

CAREX LASIOCARPA; CYPERACEAE; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM;

EID: 0030613448     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009736005824     Document Type: Article

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