Nutrients and hydrology indicate the driving mechanisms of peatland surface patterning

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 803-818

  Eppinga, Maarten B ^a   De Ruiter, Peter C ^b   Wassen, Martin J ^a   Rietkerk, Max ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Hummock hollow; Hydraulic conductivity; Positive feedback; Scale dependent feedback; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PEAT; PEATLAND; SURFACE STRUCTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANT; SOIL; WETLAND;

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 67650228016     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598487     Document Type: Article

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