Mass balance and nitrogen accumulation in hummocks on a South Swedish bog during the late Holocene

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 535-549

  Malmer, Nils ^a   Svensson, Göran ^a   Wallén, Bo ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOG; HOLOCENE; MASS BALANCE; MIRE; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; PEAT DEVELOPMENT;

STORE MOSSE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031414921     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00422.x     Document Type: Article

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