Germination and seedling growth of bog plants in relation to the recolonization of milled peatlands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-84

  Campbell, Daniel R ^a,b   Rochefort, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bogs; Burial; Cutover peatland; Growth analyses; Mire; NAR; Relative growth rate; Restoration; RGR; Seed size; SLA

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; PEATLAND; RECOLONIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED SIZE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CANADA;

BETULA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0242592078     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026258114901     Document Type: Article

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