Temperate zone fens of the glaciated Midwestern USA

Wetlands

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 301-317

  Amon, James P ^a   Thompson, Carol A ^b   Carpenter, Quentin J ^c   Miner, James ^d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Definition; Fens; Flora; Ground water; Hydrogeology; Hydrology; Midwestern USA; Mire; Peatland; Sedge meadow; Soils; Temperate zone; Wet meadow

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT TYPE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; WETLAND;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 0344161732     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0301:TZFOTG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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