The potential of soil seed banks for revegetation of bogs in SW Finland after long-term aerial pollution

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Huopalainen, Mia ^a   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^a   Vanha Majamaa, Ilkka ^b   Nousiainen, Hannu ^b   Laine, Jukka ^a   Vasander, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bogs; Pollution; Recovery; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034043526     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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