Decreased summer water table depth affects peatland vegetation

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-339

  Breeuwer, Angela ^a   Robroek, Bjorn J M ^a,c   Limpens, Juul ^a   Heijmans, Monique M P D ^a   Schouten, Matthijs G C ^a,b   Berendse, Frank ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Forest Service of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Competition; Ecosystem functioning; Environmental change; Periodic drought; Resilience; Species replacement; Sphagnum; Vascular plants; Vegetation shift

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM CUSPIDATUM; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 67249143423     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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