Spontaneous revegetation of mined peatlands: An useful restoration tool?

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 97-107

  Lavoie, C ^a   Grosvernier, P ^b   Girard, M ^a   Marcoux, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LIN'eco   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cotton grass; Eriophorum vaginatum; Europe; Mire; North America; Qu bec; Regeneration; Restoration; Spontaneous revegetation

Indexed keywords

MINING; PEATLAND; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0038522539     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022069808489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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