Hydrological and biogeochemical controls on plant species distribution within calcareous fens

Ecohydrology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-89

  Duval, Tim P ^a   Waddington, J Michael ^a   Branfireun, Brian A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Hydrologic regime; Nonlinear quantile regression; Nutrient availability; Species response; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GROWING SEASON; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INITIAL SATURATION; METHOD OF ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT GRADIENTS; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PLANT SPECIES; PORE WATERS; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; QUANTILE REGRESSION; RESPONSE CURVES; SINGLE SPECIES; SOURCE AREA; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPECIES RESPONSE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND RESTORATION;

AGGLOMERATION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PEAT; POTASSIUM;

WETLANDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT; POREWATER; POTASSIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84856577956     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.202     Document Type: Article

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