Reconstructing the recent dynamics of mires using a multitechnique approach

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1008-1021

  Pellerin, Stéphanie ^a   Lavoie, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Fire; Forest expansion; Historical ecology; Mires

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FIRE; FOREST COVER; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MIRE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0346121786     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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