Vegetation patterns around Eriophorum vaginatum L. tussocks in a cut-away peatland in southern Finland

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-58

  Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^a   Rita, Hannu ^a   Vasander, Harri ^a   Laine, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Cut away peatland; Eriophorum vaginatum; Facilitation; Logit models; Ordination

Indexed keywords

FINLAND; PEATLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER;

FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY;

FINLAND;

ERIOPHORUM; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 0034041872     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-78-1-47     Document Type: Article

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