The dynamics of a cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum L.) cover expansion in a vacuum-mined peatland, Southern Québec, Canada

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-75

  Lavoie, Claude ^a   Marcoux, Kathleen ^a   Saint Louis, Annie ^a   Price, Jonathan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Cotton grass; Eriophorum vaginatum; Mire; Monitoring; Peatland; Qu bec; Restoration

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; GRASS; MOSS; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 27844530240     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0064:TDOACE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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