Ecological processes and trophic status of two low-alpine patterned mires, south-central South Island, New Zealand

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 369-384

  Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a   Chagué Goff, Catherine ^b   Mark, Alan F ^a   Cullen, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Environmental gradient; Hydrology; Nutrient status; Patterned wetland; Peatland; String bog

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HYDROLOGY; MIRE; PLANT COMMUNITY; TROPHIC STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 1942463164     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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