Regular surface patterning of peatlands: Confronting theory with field data

Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 520-536

  Eppinga, Maarten B ^a   Rietkerk, Max ^a   Borren, Wiebe ^b   Lapshina, Elena D ^c   Bleuten, Wladimir ^a,c   Wassen, Martin J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c YUGRA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Great Vasyugan Bog; Peatlands; Positive feedback; Scale dependent feedback; Self organization; Siberia; Surface patterns

Indexed keywords

DATA; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEATLAND; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION; WATER TABLE;

EURASIA; GREAT VASYUGAN BOG; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 45049084995     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9138-z     Document Type: Article

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