Assessing long-term hydrological and ecological responses to drainage in a raised bog using paleoecology and a hydrosequence

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 143-156

  Talbot, J ^a   Richard, P J H ^a,b   Roulet, N T ^b   Booth, R K ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peatland; Succession; Testate amoebae; Vegetation dynamics; Water table

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; ORDINATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PEATLAND; RAISED BOG; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; MER BLEUE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BETULA; LARIX; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77956874025     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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