Moss regeneration for fen restoration: Field and greenhouse experiments

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-130

  Graf, Martha D ^a   Rochefort, Line ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brown mosses; Moderate rich fen; Peatland; Plant reintroduction; Poor fen; Sphagnum mosses

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEN; FIELD METHOD; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT EFFECT; MOSS; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 73949085629     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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