Fine-scale vegetation distribution in a cool temperate peatland

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 910-923

  Bubier, Jill L ^a   Moore, Tim R ^b   Crosby, Gareth ^a  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bog; Environmental gradients; Multivariate analyses; Vegetation distribution; Water table

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL MECHANICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION;

VEGETATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEATLAND; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION; WATER TABLE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; PLANTS; SOIL MECHANICS; SWAMPS; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; MER BLEUE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33750590464     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-044     Document Type: Article

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