Resilience and alternative equilibria in a mire plant community after experimental disturbance by volcanic ash

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 952-963

  Hotes, Stefan ^a   Grootjans, Albert P ^b   Takahashi, Hidenori ^c   Ekschmitt, Klemens ^a   Poschlod, Peter ^d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Hokkaido Institute of Hydro Climate   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MIRE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL WATER; SUCCESSION; TEPHRA; VOLCANIC ASH; WATER CHEMISTRY;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SAROBETSU MIRE;

BRYOPHYTA; MYRICA GALE; MYRICACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77953598946     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18094.x     Document Type: Article

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