Vegetation and peat characteristics in the development of lowland restiad peat bogs, North Island, New Zealand

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-151

  Clarkson, Beverley R ^a   Schipper, Louis A ^a   Lehmann, Anthony ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Empodisma minus; Environmental response curve; Nutrient gradient; Peat bog; Restionaceae; Sporadanthus ferrugineus; Vegetation succession; Von Post

Indexed keywords

BOG; PEATLAND; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

CYPERACEAE; EMPODISMA; EMPODISMA MINUS; FRAXINUS; RESTIONACEAE; SPORADANTHUS;

EID: 1942499589     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0133:VAPCIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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