Vegetation and carbon gas dynamics under a changed hydrological regime in central European peatlands

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-103

  Urbanová, Zuzana ^a   Picek, Tomáš ^a   Hájek, Tomáš ^b   Bufková, Ivana ^c   Tuittila, Eeva Stiina ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c Administration of the umava National Park and Protected Landscape Area   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

bog; carbon balance; CH4; CO2; drainage; fen; NEE; plant community; respiration; restoration

Indexed keywords

MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 84868247092     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.688069     Document Type: Article

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