Polytrichum strictum as a solution to frost heaving in disturbed ecosystems: A case study with milled peatlands

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 74-82

  Groeneveld, Elisabeth V G ^a   Rochefort, Line ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; Bryophyte; Mire; Nursing plant; Restoration; Substrate stability

Indexed keywords

FROST HEAVE; MINING; MOSS; MULCHING; PEATLAND; PIONEER SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL STABILIZATION;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; POLYTRICHUM STRICTUM;

EID: 16344375490     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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