Growth response of downy birch (Betula pubescens) to moisture treatment at a cut-over peat bog in the Šumava Mts., Czech Republic

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-256

  Lanta, Vojtěch ^a   Hazuková, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens; Cut over peatland; Ecology; Facilitation; Increment; Spatial pattern; Water table depth

Indexed keywords

BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 25144486625     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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