Animal and vegetation patterns in natural and man-made bog pools: Implications for restoration

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 333-350

  Mazerolle, Marc J ^a,b   Poulin, Monique ^a   Lavoie, Claude ^a   Rochefort, Line ^a   Desrochers, André ^a   Drolet, Bruno ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Birds; Frogs; Peat extraction; Ponds; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BRYOPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33645068856     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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