Sphagnum re-introduction in degraded peatlands: The effects of aggregation, species identity and water table

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 697-706

  Robroek, Bjorn J M ^a,b   van Ruijven, Jasper ^a   Schouten, Matthijs G C ^a,c   Breeuwer, Angela ^a   Crushell, Patrick H ^d   Berendse, Frank ^a   Limpens, Juul ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c National Forest Service of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biodiversity; Ecological restoration; Interspecific variation; Manipulation of succession; Patch size; Plant diversity; Raised bog; Single source introductions; Sphagnum dominated peatlands

Indexed keywords

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 70350485318     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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