How tussocks structure sedge meadow vegetation

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 322-335

  Peach, Michelle ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carex; Ecosystem engineer; Microtopography; Species richness; Topographic variability; Wetland; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; MEADOW; MICROHABITAT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDGE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

BRYOPHYTA; CAREX; CAREX STRICTA;

EID: 33845807310     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[322:HTSSMV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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