Conservation of bog plant species assemblages: Assessing the role of natural remnants in mined sites

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-180

  Poulin, Monique ^a   Rochefort, Line ^a,b   Desrochers, André ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Drainage; Peat mining; Peatland; Restoration; Similarity analysis; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BOG; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY; LICHEN; MINING; MOSS; PEAT BOG; PLANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0033393279     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478980     Document Type: Article

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