Extreme variability of water table dynamics in temperate calcareous fens: Implications for biodiversity

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3790-3802

  Duval, Tim P ^a   Waddington, J M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Downcrossing; Hydrogeomorphic setting; Hydroperiod; Peat; Water table; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DOWNCROSSING; GROUND SURFACES; GROWING SEASON; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; HYDROPERIODS; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; PEAT LAND; PLANT SPECIES; ROOTING DEPTHS; SECOND ORDERS; WATER TABLE; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS; WATER TABLE FLUCTUATIONS; WATER TABLES; WEATHER VARIABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER; PEAT; PLANTS (BOTANY);

WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; FEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; PEATLAND; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER TABLE;

EID: 81455154659     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8109     Document Type: Article

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