Vegetation patterns and biodiversity of peatland plant communities surrounding mid-boreal wetland ponds in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 621-637

  Whitehouse, Heather E ^a   Bayley, Suzanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; Classification; Diversity; Fen; Marsh; Vegetation ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; PH; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOG; DIVERSITY; FEN; MARSH; VEGETATION ECOLOGY;

VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; PH; PLANTS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 26244433652     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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