Effects of drainage ditches on vegetation patterns in abandoned agricultural peatlands in central New York

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 397-409

  Fisher, Andrew S ^a   Podniesinski, Gregory S ^a   Leopold, Donald J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground water depression; Hydrologic gradient; Mucklands; Sapric peatlands; Vegetation pattern; Wetland indicator status

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0343000595     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161329     Document Type: Article

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