A palaeoecological perspective for the conservation and restoration of wetland plant communities in the central French Alps, with particular emphasis on alder carr vegetation

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 171, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-139

  Muller, Serge D ^a   Miramont, Cécile ^b   Bruneton, Hélène ^b   Carré, Matthieu ^a   Sottocornola, Matteo ^c   Court Picon, Mona ^d   de Beaulieu, Jacques Louis ^b   Nakagawa, Takeshi ^e   Schevin, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biology conservation; Mountain; Palaeoecology; Palynology; Plant community; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MIRE; NATURALNESS; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDGE; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WETLAND;

ALPS; FRANCE;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CAREX ADELOSTOMA; CYPERACEAE; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA; NUPHAR; NUPHAR LUTEA; NYMPHAEA; NYMPHAEA ALBA; POACEAE; SALIX; THELYPTERIS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84855445022     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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