The effects of fluctuating climatic conditions and weather events on nutrient dynamics in a narrow mosaic riparian peatland

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-263

  Kull, Ain ^a   Kull, Anne ^a,b   Jaagus, Jaak ^a   Kuusemets, Valdo ^b   Mander, Ülo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEGOPODIUM PODAGRARIA; ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; CAREX DATA; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM OLERACEUM; FILIPENDULA; FILIPENDULA ULMARIA;

EID: 47049102747     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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