A reappraisal of the mechanisms leading to ombrotrophy in British raised mires

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-9

  Hughes, Paul D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fen bog transition; Holocene; Ombrotrophy; Peat stratigraphy; Raised bog

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033955532     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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