Key variables controlling the vegetation of a cool-temperate mire in northern Japan

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Yabe, Kazuo ^a   Onimaru, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a Sapporo School of The Arts   (Japan)

^b Bihoro Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floating peat mat; Floodplain fen; Mean water level; Valley fen; Water level fluctuation

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; MIRE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

JAPAN, HOKKAIDO, BIBI MIRE;

ALNUS JAPONICA; BETULACEAE; CALAMAGROSTIS LANGSDORFFII; CAREX LASIOCARPA OCCULTANS; CAREX LIMOSA; CAREX PSEUDOCURAICA; CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 0030620067     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237239     Document Type: Article

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