Methane flux dynamics during mire succession

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 489-499

  Leppälä, Mirva ^a,d   Oksanen, Jari ^b   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Peatland Ecology Group   (Finland)

^d Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

CH4; Functional plant group; Mire development; Peatland; Water table

Indexed keywords

METHANE; RAIN;

BOG; EMISSION; FEN; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWING SEASON; HERB; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; METHANE; PERTURBATION; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDGE; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PLANT; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; VEGETABLE; WATER SUPPLY; WETLAND;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; VEGETABLES; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

CAREX;

EID: 78651428105     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1754-6     Document Type: Article

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