Peatland restoration: A brief assessment with special reference to sphagnum bogs

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 109-119

  Gorham, Eville ^a   Rochefort, Line ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; Fen; Mire; Paleoecology; Peatland; Restoration; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

BOG; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MINING; PALEOECOLOGY; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0038363923     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022065723511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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