Characterizing and evaluating successional pathways of fen degradation and restoration

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-120

  Schrautzer, Joachim ^a   Sival, Francisca ^b   Breuer, Michael ^a   Runhaar, Han ^c   Fichtner, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecosystem indication; Ecosystem traits; Light competition; Nutrient limitation; Restoration success; Rewetting; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL; ECOSYSTEM TRAIT; EUTROPHIC LAKES; GROUND WATER TABLE; INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MANAGEMENT COSTS; MESOTROPHIC; NETHERLANDS; NUTRIENT LEVELS; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PHYTOMASS; RE-WETTING; RESTORATION MEASURES; RIVER VALLEY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL PARAMETERS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIFIC AREAS; STUDY AREAS; SYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; TARGET SPECIES; VEGETATION TYPE;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; WETLANDS;

RESTORATION;

BIODEGRADATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FEN; FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REWETTING; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER TABLE;

GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

EID: 84867198352     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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