The influence of past and present hydrological conditions on Sphagnum recolonization and succession in a block-cut bog, Québec

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-328

  Price, Jonathan S ^a   Whitehead, Grant S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary barrier; Capillary fringe; Cutover bog; Hydrology; Peat; Peatland; Restoration; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

PEAT; SOILS; SUBSTRATES; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER DEMAND; WATER STORAGE;

HYDROLOGY;

AQUATIC PLANT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PEATLAND; RECOLONIZATION; SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC;

ERICACEAE; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 1342287887     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1377     Document Type: Article

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